CAREER HONORS
• 2023-24 NABC All-District 21 First Team
• 2023-24 All-Southern Conference First Team
• Two-Time Southern Conference All-Tournament Team (2022-23 and 2023-24)
• 2023-24 Preseason All-Southern Conerence
• 2022-23 Southern Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player
• SoCon Player of the Week (Feb. 26, 2024)
FURMAN (2021-24)
Rated No. 28 in the On3 Transfer Portal Player Rankings and the No. 41 overall transfer and No. 11 point guard by 247 Sports … Played in 95 career games with 66 starts for the Paladins … Averaged 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game during his junior campaign … Team’s leading scorer and top playmaker with a 2.32 assist-to-turnover ratio (144 assists to 62 turnovers) … Ranked third on the team in steals (35) … Shot 42 percent from the field and 36.2 percent from behind the 3-point arc … Became the 52nd player in school history to record 1,000 career points, a milestone he reached after pouring in a career-high 35 points on 6-of-13 shooting from behind the arc and a 9-for-9 effort at the free throw line at Western Carolina (2/28/24) … It was one of 15 games where he netted 20-or-more points during the season … Recorded a double-double with 16 points and a career-high 11 rebounds at Chattanooga (1/6/24) … Honored as SoCon Player of the Week after turning in a 33-point performance at Samford (2/21/24) and 20-point performance in a victory over Wofford (2/24/24) … 2024 All-SoCon First Team and NABC All-District 21 Team selection … Named Most Outstanding Player of the 2023 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship leading the Paladins to their first league title since 1980 … Was a March Madness hero after scoring 11 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with two seconds to go, in No. 13-seeded Furman’s 68-67 upset of No. 4-seeded Virginia in the 2023 NCAA First Round … Two-Time SoCon All-Tournament Team selection.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Hillsboro High School in 2021 … Lettered in basketball under head coach Rodney Thweatt … Rated No. 7 in the state of Tennessee by 247Sports.com and No. 8 by Tennessee Prep Hoops … Averaged 18.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game during his junior campaign … 2020 Tennessee Tribune All-Metro Boys Basketball First Team and Dontae Jones Defensive Player of the Year … All-state and all-region selection … Led the Burros to a berth in the 2020 TSSAA Class AAA state tournament hitting a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in a 51-49 win over Clarksville Northeast.
PERSONAL
Son of Dwayne and Chevon Pegues … Born on Nov. 4, 2002 … Has one younger brother, Jordan … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.
CAREER SUPERLATIVES
Points: 35 at Western Carolina (2/28/24)
Field Goals Made: 10 at Western Carolina (2/28/24)
Field Goals Attempted: 22 at Western Carolina (2/28/24)
3-Point Field Goals Made: 7 at Tulane (12/14/23)
3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 15 at Tulane (12/14/23)
Free Throws Made: 11 vs. Samford (3/10/24)
Free Throws Attempted: 14 vs. Samford (3/10/24)
Rebounds: 11 at Chattanooga (1/6/24)
Assists: 12 vs. Bob Jones (12/9/23)
Blocks: 2 vs. Samford (3/10/24), vs. The Citadel (2/2/22)
Steals: 4 vs. Bob Jones (12/9/23)
Minutes Played: 48 at Tulane (12/14/23)
Double-Figure Games: 54
30-Point Games: 2
20-Point Games: 19
10-Assist Games: 1
10-Rebound Games: 1
Double-Doubles: 2
Dunks: 7