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Pitt Basketball Fills Open Roster Spot with Former WPIAL G

The Pitt Panthers have filled their last open roster spot.
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Pitt Basketball Fills Open Roster Spot with Former WPIAL G
Pitt Basketball Fills Open Roster Spot with Former WPIAL G

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PITTSBURGH -- A spot on the Pitt Panthers men's basketball roster became open this summer as junior college transfer Cashius McNielly declined to enroll this semester. With the start of official practices less than two weeks away, the Panthers have filled that open roster spot by adding a former local high school star. 

According to a report from George Michalowski of Pittsburgh Sports Now, former Montour High School guard Vason Stevenson has joined the team this week. Listed on the updated roster at 6'3 and 185 pounds, Stevenson will wear No. 21. 

Stevenson is familiar with the Petersen Events Center. He scored 23 points during a WPIAL 4A championship loss to Quaker Valley and blue-chip Kentucky recruit Adou Thiero this past winter. 

The Panthers have one scholarship and roster spot still open. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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