On Saturday, February 5, 2011, a funeral service will take place in the Walter Sillers Coliseum of Delta State University. The Bethesda Five-Points Center in Greenwood will host a visitation the day before from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Harris, a native Mississipian, was the only Black woman to be on the Lady Statesmen of Delta State in 1975 when she led them to their first national title. The 6-foot-3 center was the first to score a basket at the Montreal Games in Olympic women’s basketball history a year later. Harris stated that “Now that’s an incredible record” in “The Queen of Basketball”, a documentary that she made about her life. Harris was a high school sweetheart and married George Stewart, her high school sweetheart. There wasn’t a WNBA league at Delta State when Harris graduated in 1977. After turning down an offer from the New Orleans Jazz to play, she took a job as a coach at Amanda Elzy High School. She had previously learned the game. Langston Rogers, the Delta State’s sports information director during the 1970s, said that Lucy was the “first superstar of women’s basketball.” She was the dominant player. No one could dominate a sport like Lucy.” Harris, 66, died Wednesday at Mound Bayou’s therapy facility. READ MORE: What made Lucy Harris a draft pick for the NBA? It was a Mississippi man.