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NOTING STEPHESON
Impressive young player who
should see a significant increase in
playing time this year • Solid defender,
rebounder and shot blocker
• Working to become as comfortable
on the offensive end as on the
defensive end of the floor.
FRESHMAN SEASON
(2006-07)
Played in all 36 games • Averaged
6.4 minutes per contest •
Scored in 21 games • Scored eight
points against Penn and UNC
Asheville • Made 4 of 6 shots from
the floor against UNCA • Followed
that outing with six points and five
rebounds against Florida Atlantic •
Scored six first-half points in a span
of four minutes against Rutgers •
Had six rebounds and two blocks
against Dayton • Had eight points
and two blocks vs. Penn • Had a
season-high six rebounds against
Gardner-Webb, UNC Asheville
and Dayton • Had five rebounds in
the win at Clemson • Grabbed a
season-high eight rebounds and
scored three points in win at Wake
Forest • Scored a season-high 10
points on 5 of 7 shooting from the
floor in the win at Arizona • Scored
eight of his 10 points in the opening
half as the Tar Heels built an 18-
point lead • Added six rebounds •
Season-high three blocked shots
against Wake Forest
on Feb. 10 • Had six
rebounds in eight
minutes in the
NCAA regional final
vs. Georgetown •
That was his best rebounding
effort since
the Arizona game and
his longest stint since
Feb. 10.
PREP/
PERSONAL
Grabbed 20 or
more rebounds in 16
games as a senior at
Harvard-Westlake
High School in North
Hollywood • Fourth-team
Parade All-
America selection •
Averaged 20.4 points
and 17.8 rebounds as a
senior • Played for coach Greg
Hilliard • Broke the school record
for career rebounds in just three
seasons (previous record was held
by former Stanford center
and New Jersey Net Jason
Collins) • Set single-game
school mark with 32 rebounds
• Had a five-game streak
with 32, 31, 23, 28 and 21 rebounds
• Named Co-MVP of the
Roundball Classic in Chicago after he had 15 points and
six rebounds • Averaged 17.0
points, 14.4 rebounds and 3.9
blocks as a junior • Led Harvard-
Westlake to 26-4 mark and California
Southern Sectional title in 2005
• Lost in 2005 state title game by a
single point • Last name is pronounced
STEEVIS-son.
