Myles Stephens (born January 1, 1997) is an American basketball player who last played for Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball at Princeton University.
| Free Agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 1, 1997 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| College | Princeton (2015–2019) |
| NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| 2019–2020 | Oldenburger TB |
| 2020–2021 | Vilpas Vikings |
| 2021–2022 | Kangoeroes Mechelen |
| 2022–2023 | Crailsheim Merlins |
| 2023–2024 | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early life and high school
editStephens grew up in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and attended The Pennington School before transferring to St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware after his sophomore year.[1] He committed to play college basketball at Princeton over offers from Brown, Columbia, Holy Cross, Penn, Seton Hall, Cornell and Yale.[2]
College career
editStephens came off the bench as a freshman and averaged 5.5 points in 29 games played.[3] As a sophomore, Stephens was named first team All-Ivy League and the conference Defensive Player of the Year averaged 12.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game and blocked 22 shots.[4] He was named second team All-Ivy after averaging 15.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in his junior season.[5] Stephens was named first team All-Ivy as a senior after averaging 13.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.[6]
Professional career
editStephens signed with Oldenburger TB of the German ProB on December 7, 2019.[7]
Stephens signed with the Vilpas Vikings of the Finnish Korisliiga for the 2020–2021 season.[8][9] He averaged 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds on the season.[10]
Stephens signed with Belgian team Kangoeroes Mechelen of the BNXT League on September 3, 2021.[11]
On July 18, 2022, he has signed with Crailsheim Merlins of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[12]
On August 3, 2023, he signed with Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[13]
References
edit- ^ Carino, Jerry (February 19, 2019). "A win, and some reflection by Princeton Renaissance man Myles Stephens". Courier News. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Princeton gets commit from former Pennington standout Myles Stephens". The Trentonian. March 21, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "With Stephens Enjoying Breakout Weekend, Princeton Men's Hoops Sweeps Brown, Yale". Town Topics. January 18, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "After breakout season, Myles Stephens eager to lead new-look Princeton men's basketball". The Trentonian. November 2, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ Franklin, Paul (November 5, 2018). "Princeton's men's basketball team on the rise, with a new look". The Times. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Princeton's Myles Stephens, Richmond Aririguzoh earn All-Ivy recognition". The Trentonian. March 12, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Myles Stephens verstärkt Baskets Juniors". ewe-baskets.de (in German). December 7, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Vilpas hankki arvostetun yliopiston kasvatin – "Pystyy puolustamaan useaa eri pelipaikkaa"". SuomiKoris.com (in Finnish). May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ Tuuna, Juha (March 13, 2021). "Princetonin huippuyliopiston kasvatti Myles Stephens rentoutuu lukemalla Stephen Kingiä". Salon Seudun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ Buyse, Peter (June 14, 2021). "Mechelen lands Myles Stephens, ex-Vilpas". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ Bogaerts, Dirk (September 3, 2021). "Myles Stephens is met Kangoeroes Mechelen op stage". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Hakro Merlins land Myles Stephens". Sportando. July 18, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "Energia e versatilità al servizio della squadra: ufficiale l'arrivo di Myles Stephens". aquilabasket.it (in Turkish). August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.