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JAGUAR MEN’S BASKETBALL POSITION PREVIEW – POINT GUARDS

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Date: 10/19
Position: Point guard

Returning Letterwinners (Key stats): Dederick Lee, Sr. (3.0 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.5 apg, 31.5 FG%, 33.3 3FG%, 60.0 FT%); Herb McGee, So. (3.6 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.0 apg, 32.2 FG%, 29.4 3FG%, 54.5 FT%)

Letterwinners lost (Key stats): None

Newcomers (Yr., Hometown/Previous school): John Pettway (R-Fr., Safford, Ala./Keith HS)

Miscellaneous Notes
- South Alabama returns both point guards from last season after not having any returning point guards last season
- Pettway redshirted in 2016-17
- Lee had 81 assists last year, the most by a Jaguar newcomer since 2011-12
- Lee and McGee had just 42 and 37 turnovers, respectively, last season
- Ken Williams, who saw action at both shooting guard and point guard last season as a senior, led the team with 106 assists

Matthew Graves
- On how the point guards have performed so far: "I really believe that all three of our point guards have made significant strides since last year.