The OTH Quarter Century Team: South Side Archers boys basketball

Recently, we unveiled our plan to name area programs’ top five players of the 21st century, which sits at 25 seasons in both football and basketball.

Reminder, this is based on high school career performance ONLY. This is by no means a definitive list and, if anything, is encouraging debate on potential omissions to this list.

Through exhaustive research, reaching out to former coaches and players and our own personal opinion, here is the OTH Quarter Century Team for South Side Archers boys basketball.

Note: The list is in alphabetical order

Raphael Davis

As a junior in 2010–11 he poured in 28.8 points a night, grabbed 7.8 boards and 3.1 assists, and famously hung 53 on Northrop to set the school single-game mark. Across his first three high-school seasons he totaled 1,399 points for the Archers before finishing at La Lumiere, then signed with Purdue, where he became the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. Davis was All-Area as a sophomore and junior at South Side and an Indiana Junior All-Star in 2011.

Trejean Didier

Over his tenure, he amassed 1,082 points—earning a place in Indiana’s 1000-Point Club—and was selected as the Most Outstanding Player in 2017’s Future Boys Game 2 at the Indiana All-Star Classic. As a junior, Didier averaged 19.3 points, 3.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds to follow up an 18.5 point per game sophomore season. As a senior, Didier led the Archers to the finals of the SAC Holiday Tournament, known as a sharpshooter shooting over 40 percent from long range.

Fred Ford

Ford was a key piece of the Archers’ 20–3 squad in 2006–07 and finished his prep career with 1,013 points. He was a three time All-SAC and two time All-Area selection. During Ford’s senior season at South Side, he averaged 14 points, four rebounds and four assists per game and played on the Indiana roster for the Border Wars game between Indiana and Ohio. He started his college career at UMKC.

Juston Hairston

Hairston was a four-year standout forward at South Side, starting with an All–Summit Athletic Conference honorable mention his freshman year. In his sophomore and junior seasons, he steadily improved—averaging 15 and then 17 points per game, respectively—and played a key role in South Side’s success. His senior year culminated in a 20-3 record, a sectional title (their first since 2004), and a share of the SAC title. Hairston earned all-state honors as a senior and finished with 1,001 career points for the Archers before going to Western Michigan.

Mikale Stevenson

Stevenson left South Side midway through his junior year while leading the Archers at 15.8 points per game, while shooting 43 percent from the field. He also lead the team in assists with 6.1 and steals with 2.4 per game. Stevenson scored a season high 31 points on December 28, 2017 in a SAC Holiday Tournament win over Snider. As a sophomore, Stevenson was 30 of 89 (34 percent) from three-point range and dished out a team-high 6.3 assists per game while scoring 15.9 points per game.

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