Terran Petteway (born October 8, 1992) is an American professional

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player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for

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and the

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. Petteway led the

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in scoring during the 2013–14 season.

High school career

As a high school senior at

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, Petteway was signed by

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, however Knight was fired on March 7, 2011 from his role as head coach of the

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team before Petteway even suited up for the Red Raiders. Petteway elected to maintain his commitment to Texas Tech after

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was hired as the Red Raiders new head coach on March 20, 2011.

College career

Freshman year

As a true freshman at Texas Tech, Petteway saw action in 28 games and 10 of his 11 starts during the season came during

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play. Texas Tech finished their 2011–12 season with just eight total wins and a single conference win, which was the deciding factor in Petteway electing to transfer to a different institution.

Transfer to Nebraska

Petteway opted to sign with Tim Miles and the

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program citing the previous relationship he had developed with Coach Miles during high school when Miles recruited him at Colorado State.

Sophomore year

After sitting out during the 2012–13 season, Petteway was named co-captain for the Cornhuskers. Petteway led the league in scoring, averaging 18.1 points per game, becoming the first Nebraska basketball player to lead the league in scoring since Andre Smith led the Big Eight Conference during the 1980–81 season. He also helped guide the

team to its first NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournament appearance since 1998.

Junior year

Prior to the

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, Petteway was named Preseason All-American first team selection by '' Bleacher Report''. He was a second team selection by '' CBSSports.com'' and a third team selection by '' SB Nation'', and ''

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''. He was also listed as a

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Preseason Top 50 candidate. In April 2015, Petteway declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility.

College statistics

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Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Petteway joined the

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for the

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. On July 24, 2015, he signed with the Hawks. However, he was later waived by the Hawks on October 22 after appearing in three preseason games. On October 25, he signed with the Indiana Pacers, only to be waived by the team the following day. On October 29, he was acquired by the

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of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Pacers. On July 5, 2016, Petteway joined the

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for the

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. On August 7, 2016, he signed with Pistoia of the Italian

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, beginning his European career. Petteway spent the 2017–18 season with the French club

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and also had a brief stint in Greece with PAOK Thessaloniki, before returning to Italy for

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in 2018. On July 28, 2019, Petteway re-joined Pistoia for a second stint. There, he averaged 16.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. On June 20, 2020, Petteway signed with

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of the

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. In 24 games during the 2020–21 campaign, he averaged 11.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per contest. On July 26, 2021, he renewed his contract with the Greek club. In 26 games during the 2021–22 campaign, he averaged 11.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.8 steals, playing around 26 minutes per contest. On September 11, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Personal life

Petteway has two older brothers, Terrell and Tavoir, both whom played college basketball. His oldest brother, Terrell played college basketball for

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and also played professionally in England for the

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. His mother, Joetta, died on April 7, 2015 after a two and half year battle with

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at age 53, the same age her mother also died of cancer.

References

External links

Nebraska bio
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