No. 1 Auburn
Freshman guard Tahaad Pettiford buried what was arguably the biggest bucket of the game late in Saturday’s 70-68 win at Georgia, a right-handed floater over 6-foot-8 RJ Godfrey.Pettiford is a lefty, but I’ve noticed that he’s shot a few of these floaters with his right hand, so I went back to watch Pettiford’s 12 shots this season that Synergy deems a “runner,” and he’s shot all 12 with his right hand! And after missing three of his first four to start the year, he’s made 6 of 8, and one of the misses immediately followed the one above when he tried to float it over Georgia’s star freshman Asa Newell and had it blocked. Against most lefties, it’s a win to make them move to their right; not Pettiford. Not only is he great knocking down those righty floaters, he’s also dangerous going to his right on stepback 3s.
Pettiford has stepped up in the absence of forward Johni Broome, who suffered an ankle injury on Jan. 11. The Tigers went 2-0 this week without their Wooden Award candidate, and Pettiford was the leading scorer, averaging 18 points in the Broome-less games and leading the Tigers with 24 in Saturday’s win.
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