University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Stevenson and Bolden Earn Conference USA Honors
3/7/2022 11:34:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Stevenson started his Southern Miss career as a walk-on before head coach Jay Ladner rewarded the Columbus, Miss. native with a scholarship less than a week into being at the helm of the Golden Eagles. The junior is averaging a career-high 14.3 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game. Stevenson has scored in double figures in all but five of the 26 games he has appeared in this season, including a season-high 29-point performance against Southeastern Baptist on Jan. 19.Â
In the Southeastern Baptist game, Stevenson became the 39th player in Southern Miss history to amass 1,000 career points and the 17th player to pair that with 500 career rebounds. He tied Randolph Keys and Casey Fisher as the 23rd-fastest Golden Eagle to reach 1,000 points. Stevenson currently sits 28th all-time on the Southern Miss scoring list with 1,171 points and has 616 rebounds.Â
Bolden was a two-time Conference USA Freshman of the Week and is the second-straight Golden Eagle to earn All-Conference USA Freshman Team honors after Jaron Pierre, Jr. got the nod last season. Bolden is averaging 6.9 points per game and 1.9 assists per game to go along with 28 starts in 31 appearances.Â
The Jackson, Miss. native enjoyed several moments of dominance this season that included a 29-point outburst against UNC Wilmington on Nov. 24 at the Zootown Classic. The St. Andrews product knocked down five three-pointers and went 11-of-12 from the field in the 80-66 win. Bolded followed a few games later with a three-game stretch of 19 points against ULM, 12 points against ECU, and 17 points in a C-USA win against UTSA on Jan. 6. Not long ago, he poured in 15 points in an overtime loss to Rice on Feb. 26.Â
Southern Miss starts Conference USA Tournament play on Tuesday night against UTSA at 7 p.m. Tipoff from Frisco is at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
Find the full All-Conference USA Team and All-Conference USA Freshman Team selections below:
All Freshman Team
Aly Khalifa, Charlotte
Aaron Scott, North Texas
Teafale Lenard, Jr., Middle Tennessee
Rashad Bolden, Southern Miss
Kaleb Stewart, LA Tech
All-Conference First Team
Jordan Walker, UAB
Kenneth Lofton, Jr., LA Tech
Jahmir Young, Charlotte
Dayvion McKnight, WKU
Tylor Perry, North Texas
All-Conference Second Team
Souley Boum, UTEP
Josh Jefferson, Middle Tennessee
Thomas Bell, North Texas
Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
Austin Trice, Old Dominion
All-Conference Third Team
Quan Jackson, UAB
Jamal Bienimy, UTEP
Tevin Brewer, FIU
Carl Pierre, Rice
Alijah Martin, FAU
All-Conference Honorable Mention
Michael Forrest, FAU
Camron Justice, WKU
Cobe Williams, LA Tech
Jacob Germany, UTSA
Jamarion Sharpe, WKU
Donovan Sims, Middle Tennessee
KJ Buffen, UAB
Travis Evee, Rice
Josh Anderson, WKU
Tyler Stevenson, Southern Miss
