#50 Stephen Cox
center • 6-8 • 215 • junior • peachtree city, ga/middle georgia 
2000-01: Two-year letterwinner at Middle Georgia College ... Averaged 10 points and five rebounds per game as a sophomore and helped lead coach Scott Moe’s team to the Georgia Junior College State Championship game and a 20-11 record ... Helped team to upset win over nationally-ranked Georgia Perimeter in GJCAA Tournament semifinals ... Averaged five points and three rebounds as a freshman on Dale Hatcher’s squad that finished 19-10 ... Scored 19 points and had 12 rebounds against ABAC ... Ranked in the top 20 in scoring in NJCAA Region 16.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at McIntosh High School ... Named team MVP as a senior and team captain on coach Steve Hale’s McIntosh team ... Scored 27 points against Lovejoy High School ... Also named to All-Area team and Region Honorable Mention ... Named Player of the Week three times, to Battle of the Borders All-Tournament Team and played in Annual Sportswriters All-Star game ... Rated in Top 50 in Georgia High School’s in Linzy Davis Team Georgia Report ... Averaged eight points and five rebounds his junior season on a team that was ranked 5th in the state and finished with a 20-5 record ... Named to All-Tournament at Mt. Zion Classic his junior season.

Personal: Born Stephen R. Cox on May 24, 1982 in Hollywood, FL ... Son of Steve and Ellen Cox ... Nickname: "Diesel" ... Majoring in marketing.

Coach Gibbons says
"Stephen has an excellent 15-to-18 foot jump shot and solid moves in the post. He will give us depth and experience in the front court."

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