Antonius Cleveland

Antonius Cleveland was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Shonda Bowie in 1994. He spent his first two years of high school at Overton High School in Memphis. Cleveland stood 5-foot-8 as a freshman and played as a reserve on Overton's squad. Prior to his junior season, he transferred to Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee. During that year, he sprouted to 6-foot-2. With Germantown, Cleveland took on a more prominent role and averaged 12.5 points per game. The following year, he moved to Georgia and attended Faith Baptist Christian Academy in Ludowici. There he blossomed as a player, averaging 18 points, five rebounds and five assists per game. He then enrolled at Southeast Missouri State and eventually became the second NBA player in the school's history. Learn more about Cleveland by following him on Twitter and Instagram (@ac_uno1). Cleveland was second in the Ohio Valley Conference in two-point field goals (180) and third in the OVC in field goals (208) in his 2016-17 senior season. Along with two-point field goals and field goals, the Memphis, Tennessee native led Southeast Missouri State in points (549), points per game (16.6), steals (47), defensive rebounds (141) and defensive rebounds (4.3) per game. Cleveland was not selected in the 2017 NBA Draft. He signed a contract with the Portland Trail Blazers during the summer of 2017.