Bobby Pettiford Jr.

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-0
Weight:
196
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Durham, N.C.
High School:
South Granville
Prev School:
Kansas

2023-24: Played in all 33 games for the Pirates including 18 starts at the point guard spot … Led the team in assists with 3.4 per game and led the AAC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.2 … Shot 45 percent from the floor and finished fourth on the team in scoring with 7.8 points per game … Scored a career-high 24 points against UNC Wilmington (Nov. 30) to earn a spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll … Tallied 18 points on four made threes including a viral half-court game winner versus Kennesaw State (Nov. 21) … Recorded a career-high five steals against Florida (Dec. 14) … Tabbed the Preseason AAC Breakout Player of the Year by The Almanac.

2022-23 (at Kansas): Competed in 32 games, including 16 Big 12 league contests … Averaged 2.2 points per game and 1.6 assists per game on 12.0 minutes per contest … Finished with 71 points, 43 assists, and 38 rebounds on the year … Scored a career-high 13 points in the season opener against Omaha (11/7) … Hit a game-winner at the buzzer against Wisconsin in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament to advance the Jayhawks to the title game… Finished with a season high eight assists the very next game against North Dakota State (11/10) … Finished the season going 53% from the field, 30% from three and 75% from the free throw line … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2021-22 (at Kansas): Averaged 8.0 minutes and 1.4 points in 14 games played in 2021-22 to contribute to the Jayhawks’ run to a national championship title… Six of his contests were in Big 12 play … Had two games with three or more assists … Logged five minutes at Iowa State (2/1) and 10 minutes vs Kentucky (1/29) … Played a season-high 20 minutes vs. Stony Brook (11/18) with four points, four rebounds, three assists and one steal … Scored five points with two rebounds and two assists vs. Michigan State (11/9) … Recorded back to back three assist games vs. Tarleton State (11/12) and vs. Stony Brook (11/18).

High School: In 2020-21, helped lead South Granville High School to a 12-4 record, averaging 19.8 points, 6.4 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game under coach Jake Wohlfeil … Earned N.C. Basketball Coaches Association All-State honors … Was also named to the North Carolina roster for the 2021 Carolinas Classic All-Star Game. Due to COVID-19, the 2021 Carolina Classic All-Star Game was cancelled … South Granville’s all-time leader in scoring with 1,944 career points, assists (615) and steals (288) … In 2019-20, set the school season records in points (677), assists (230) and steals (95) … While at South Granville, was part of two conference championships, two conference tournament titles, two conference player of the year awards and a school-record 79 wins … Earned all-state honors as a junior where he averaged 21.8 points, 7.4 assists, 6.0 rebounds and 2.9 steals in helping South Granville to a 30-1 record and the NCHSSAA Class 2A state semifinals … As a sophomore, averaged 19.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.3 steals … Per 247Sports.com, was the No. 5 overall player in North Carolina and the No. 14 point guard nationally following his senior season.