Full Name: Antoine
Pettway
Position: Guard
Height/Weight: 6-0 / 170
Birthdate: November 13, 1982 (Tuscaloosa, AL)
High School: Keith HS (AL), then Wilcox Central HS (AL)
College: Alabama
BACKGROUND
Played in the World Basketball Association with the Kentucky Reach in 2004,
averaging 12.7 points and 4.6 assists. Earned Rookie of the Year honors.
College Highlights: Became a full-time starter as a senior after starting
his career as a walk-on freshman. Started 43 of 126 career games.
Senior (2003-04): Averaged 9.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.5 assists.
Started all 33 games. Led team with career-high 25 points and six rebounds at
Mississippi. Posted 21 points and eight rebounds against Mississippi State.
Grabbed career-high 12 rebounds at Auburn. Scored 17 points in season opener
against Pittsburgh. Hit game-winning shot against Southern Illinois in the first
round of the NCAA Tournament. Posted ten points and tied a season-high with
nine assists against Syracuse in the Sweet Sixteen.
Junior (2002-03): Averaged 6.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists
in 27.0 minutes a contest. Started 10 times. Three-point field goal percentage
of 43.6 percent ranked as the third-highest single-season mark in school history.
Scored in double figures seven times. Shot 4-for-6 from behind three-point range
on his way to season-high 19 points against Mississippi. Registered 14 points
and five rebounds against Arkansas. Recorded 16 points against Vanderbilt in
the SEC Tournament.
Sophomore (2001-02): Averaged 6.5 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists
in 19.6 minutes a contest. Ranked second in the SEC in free throw percentage
(80.6 percent). Scored in double figures nine times, with a season-high of 16
points against Mississippi. Tallied 15 points, seven rebounds, and five assists
at Georgia. Tallied 12 points including a perfect 8-for-8 performance from the
free throw line in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Florida Atlantic.
Freshman (2000-01): Averaged 2.9 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 1.6 assists
in 12.4 minutes a contest. Posted season-high 19 points at Mississippi. Distributed
season-high six assists against Louisville.
Personal: Earned a bachelor's degree in biology. Father was an Alabama
graduate and mother a graduate of Stillman College.