Lance Stephenson High School attended Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, new york.

Under Stephenson's leadership, Lincoln High School won the new york High School League Championship for a record four years in a row. In four seasons, Stephenson scored a record 2,946 points and was selected as the best team in new york High School by the new york Sports Journalists Association three times. In his senior year, Stephenson averaged 28.9 points 10.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, and was selected as new york's player of the year by new york Sports Journalists Association.

Lance Stephenson was elected the best newcomer in the United States in 2006, and the second year of high school was once again named the most valuable sophomore; In 2009, he was selected as the first team of McDonald's National High School.

In 2008, 18-year-old Stephenson failed to participate in the NBA draft because of the NBA age limit. Stephenson considered emulating the 2008 player brandon jennings in Europe, but in the end he stayed in the United States.

University period

Lance Stephenson entered the University of Cincinnati in 2009.

In the 2009- 10 (freshman) season, Lance Stephenson didn't start in only two games, averaging 12.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists, which is the highest score among all the rookies in the East. He was elected as the best rookie of the year in the Great East for three times and finally as the best rookie of the year in the Great East. For the first time in his college career, Stephenson scored 265,438+0 points against the University of Connecticut, including the last 0.7 second free throw. Stephenson scored a game-high 65,438+09 points against the sixth-ranked University of West Virginia in the quarterfinals of the Great Eastern Conference, and scored at least double digits in seven consecutive games.