Mocs Jake Stephens Invited to Final Four All Star Festivities

(gomocs.com) HOUSTON, Texas — Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball standout big man Jake Stephens has been selected to participate in both the 2023 NABC – Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game and the 2023 State Farm College Team Skills and 3X3U Championships during the upcoming Final Four weekend in Houston, Texas.
 
The State Farm College Team Skills and 3X3U Championships at the Bayou Music Center in downtown Houston will take place at 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 29. The event will air on ESPN2 on Sunday, April 2 at 10 p.m. ET.
 
The 2023 NABC – Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game will take place on Friday, March 31 at 4:30 p.m. ET at NRG Stadium in Houston as part of Reese’s Final Four Friday. The game will broadcast LIVE on CBS Sports Network. Admission is free to the game.

Stephens had a remarkable campaign in his final collegiate season this year despite missing the last 11 games of the regular season due to injury. His gutsy return to the Southern Conference Tournament provided the Mocs with historic play and a four-game run for the ages.
 
Stephens finished the season averaging 22.0 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 blocks per game while becoming the 26^th Moc in program history to score 500 or more points in a single season (527). He was one of just two players in NCAA Division I this season (Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana) to average at least 20 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per contest.
 
He is the only player in NCAA DI basketball since at least 1992-93 to post 1,900 career points (1,943), 900 total rebounds (964), 350 assists (366) and 200 blocks (206) in a career, according to Sports Reference College Basketball’s stat database.
 
About the 2023 NABC – Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game
The contest features the top senior talent from across NCAA Division I. The game features the Reese’s Division I East All-Stars and the Reese’s Division I West All-Stars squaring off with Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams manning the West All-Stars and newly-named Iona head coach Tobin Anderson directing the East All-Stars.  
 
Reese’s Division I West All-Stars: Darius McGhee, Liberty, Kihei Clark, Virginia, Grant Sherfield, Oklahoma, Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State, Dexter Dennis, Texas A&M, Caleb McConnell, Rutgers, Hunter Tyson, Clemson, Morris Udeze, New Mexico, Jake Stephens, Chattanooga, Patrick Gardner, Marist
Head Coach: Buzz Williams, Texas A&M
 
Reese’s Division I East All-Stars: Demetre Roberts, Fairleigh Dickinson, Jordan Walker, UAB, Tyree Appleby, Wake Forest, Joe Bryant Jr., Norfolk State, D’Moi Hodge, Missouri, Tucker Richardson, Colgate, Seth Lundy, Penn State, Jalen Slawson, Furman, Justyn Mutts, Virginia Tech, Derrick Walker, Nebraska, Nate Laszewski, Notre Dame
Head Coach: Tobin Anderson, Iona
 
About the 2023 State Farm College Team Skills & 3X3U Championships
A new event this year, the State Farm College Team Skills & 3X3U Championships will feature a dynamic roster of graduating college seniors competing in a variety of competitions including team shootouts, a skills relay and 3×3 basketball.
 
Intersport will stage three events during college basketball’s most exciting weekend at the Bayou Music Center in downtown Houston, which it will dub Hoops House, providing ample programming for fans near and far to whet their basketball appetites ahead of the national semifinals and championship contests. Intersport’s complete schedule of events for Hoops House is as follows: