JP Pegues, a transfer point guard from Furman, was formally signed by Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers without any delay.
Pegues made his commitment to Auburn on Friday at 11 a.m. and had already signed a contract hours before Auburn made the official announcement of his addition just after 9 p.m.
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Pegues’ transfer to Auburn comes after three seasons at Furman, where he averaged 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game during his junior campaign last season.
During the 2023-24 season, the 6-foot-2 Nashville native shot 42 percent from the field and 36 percent from the 3-point line. Pegues logged a season-high 35 points at Western Carolina in one of 15 where he tallied 20-plus points with the Paladins last season.
“JP is a winner,” Pearl said. “He is a scoring point guard that has great ability to shoot the basketball. He can score at all three levels, defend and lead. Talking to several great coaches in the SoCon, they unanimously believed he was the best player in their league this season.”
Pegues was named to the all-SoCon first team this past year. The year prior, Pegues was named the Most Outstanding Player of the SoCon men’s basketball championship after he helped Furman to its first league title since 1980.
Pegues’s signing comes after Tre Donaldson and Aden Holloway, Auburn’s starting point guards for the 2023–24 campaign, declared their plans to use the transfer portal.
For those who have transferred to Auburn, such as Johni Broome, Wendell Green Jr., Denver Jones, and Zep Jasper, “we have shown a great ability to get into the high levels of mid-major basketball,” Pearl remarked. “The staff and associate head coach Steven Pearl performed a fantastic job assessing talent through the transfer portal. This is a fantastic starting point for our roster makeover.
