Guest mffl Posted June 15, 2009 Report Posted June 15, 2009 Well check out his brother... Galveston Ball's Terran Petteway has grown up around basketball all his life. As he listened to the advice of his father and summer basketball coach Terry, he found himself often times playing with – and getting schooled by – his older brothers Terrell and Tavoir. "They made it hard, all the time," Petteway said of his brothers. "Every time I played basketball with them, it was hard, but it worked out for me." The beatings that the baby brother used to take, he's now delivering to opponents. No game showed Petteway's ability to dominate better than the NCAA Division championship game of the Bryan/College Station Great American Shoot-Out, as Petteway scored 40 points to lead the Galveston Hornets to a 95-85 win against the San Antonio Ro-Hawks 16. Not bad for the youngest of three Petteway brothers. Oldest brother Terrell, a 6-7 forward, played basketball overseas in England after a productive career at Lamar University. Tavoir, a 6-2 guard, played junior college ball in the Dallas area. Petteway (6-5, 185) had 16 points by the first half against the Ro-Hawks and then scored 18 of the team's first 20 points of the second half. The win also gave the Hornets a swagger needed to transition from the NCAA competition to the NBA competition beginning this weekend. "With me, it boosted me up, way up," Petteway said. "I feel more comfortable with the ball, handling it and everything. When it's clutch time, my teammates look to me to get the W." The 40-point performance helped Petteway's recruiting watch soar. The forward returned from a camp at Missouri this past weekend, and he has interest from the Tigers, along with Marquette, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Petteway's game is enhanced with the help of a solid core of teammates. The Hornets also feature guard Cory Laday of Clear Creek and forward Michael Evans and point guard Marcus Ruiz of Ball. "We're looking forward to playing in NBA," Petteway said. "We wanted to play NBA the last tournament, but we played the NCAA to get a feel for everything. We think we're ready."
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