Stevenson Goes for the Cycle, Enters Portal Seeking 4th School
Erik Stevenson will try to hit for the college basketball cycle. He's touched three bags so far.
The well-traveled guard from Lacey, Washington, and formerly the University of Washington, is the first South Carolina player to enter the transfer portal since Gamecocks coach Frank Martin was fired — and he'll seek his fourth school.
A year ago, the Stevenson was the first of six players who went out the door after the Huskies tailed off badly to a 5-21 season.
The year before, the 6-foot-3 shooter transferred following two seasons at Wichita State and joined the UW.
Former Husky teammate Marcus Tsohonis, who transferred to Virginia Commonwealth, also re-entered the portal this week.
At South Carolina, Stevenson was the only player to start all 31 games for an 18-13 team that didn't advance to a postseason tournament. He finished second among the Gamecocks with an 11.6 scoring average and tied for the team lead with 4.7 rebounds per game.
Not shy about launching long-range balls, he shot 36.9 percent from the field and 33.1 percent from 3-point range.
In the previous season at UW, Stevenson was the Huskies' fourth-best scorer at 9.3 points an outing and shot 35.7 percent from the field and 29.8 behind the line.
No stranger to this process, he joins 700 Division I players who already have submitted their names to the portal.
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