Mississippi State Men’s Basketball Gains Southern Miss Transfer Forward

Mississippi State has been energetic within the switch portal throughout a number of sports activities as of late and males’s basketball is not any exception.

Chris Jans’ group gained Southern Miss switch ahead Tyler Stevenson via the portal on Friday, one thing that would make a notable distinction when the Bulldogs get again to the court docket contemplating simply how a lot of a difference-maker Stevenson was for the Golden Eagles. 

The 6-foot-8, 215-pound Stevenson performed 4 years for Southern Miss, serving because the group’s main scorer for the previous two seasons, averaging 14.1 factors per sport and seven.5 rebounds per outing in 2021.

Stevenson, a graduate switch, was initially dedicated to UIC earlier than in the end altering his thoughts and switching over to MSU on Friday afternoon. A few of that got here right down to his Mississippi ties as Stevenson performed out his highschool profession at New Hope Excessive College, which is not removed from the Starkville space.

“It was a no brainer for me and my household,” Stevenson advised Paul Jones of 247Sports. “I’m from Columbus, Miss., so Mississippi State is in my yard. As a child, I at all times dreamed of enjoying for Mississippi State. Rising up, me and my household have been large followers of Mississippi State. They’ve good sources there for me to be good and I do know I may also help the group out. We’ve got plenty of good items this season and I feel we are able to get rather a lot accomplished.”

The upcoming season will mark Stevenson’s fifth and remaining yr of eligibility.