Penn Hills’ Daivon Stephens signs with Eastern Michigan
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 | 9:12 PM
Daivon Stephens, who led Penn Hills to a WPIAL Class 6A basketball title in March, signed Saturday with Eastern Michigan.
Penn Hills announced the senior’s decision on Twitter.
The versatile 6-foot-6 forward averaged 17.9 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.3 blocks for the Indians, who won their first WPIAL title since 2003. He had a double-double in the finals with 23 points and 11 rebounds to defeat Pine-Richland, 60-56, at Petersen Events Center.
Stephens was chosen for the Trib 10.
EASTERN MICHIGAN
I would like to Thank God For Leading me to this and I will like to thank my mom For everything she did for me through all of this basketball stuff since I started
and I will like to thank the whole Eastern Michigan Staff ?
— Daivon Stephens (@Daivon__9) May 13, 2018
Congrats @Daivon__9 on signing to play basketball at Eastern Michigan University! pic.twitter.com/QzfVhBRGi1
— Penn Hills Athletics (@PH_Athletics) May 12, 2018
Chris Harlan is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at charlan@tribweb.com or via Twitter @CHarlan_Trib.
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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