Head Coach Scott Padgett on Peters
ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL
“What I loved about Alex the first time I saw him play was that his team was winning a game by 34 points, and this still sticks in my mind even to this day. He was on the far left side of the court. He then sprints full speed all the way over to the right side, does a full layout dive to save the ball from going out of bounds and taps it ahead to a wide-open teammate, who then picks it up and lays it in for the basket. I loved this, because he was still playing that hard to help give his team a 36 point lead.”
DURING HIS TIME AT SAMFORD
“His motor is phenomenal. He has really helped us defensively, especially in the way that we play in the press and we know that he’s going to do whatever it takes to win a game. He is also a specialist in the way that he get back defensively, remains in position and takes those key charges. It’s really a tough thing to do, but he’s perfected it and it definitely helps to shift momentum in a game.”
Junior (2016-17): Earned playing time in 32 of the team’s 36 games on the season . . . finished the year with a team-best 69.0 shooting percentage from the field . . . knocked down 29-of-42 attempts from the floor . . . finished the season averaging 2.4 points and 0.9 rebounds per contest . . . tallied 28 rebounds, nine steals, eight blocks and six assists . . . scored a season-high seven points at home against Western Carolina in a Southern Conference matchup on Feb. 2 . . . also pulled down a season-high three rebounds in the contest as he logged 17 points against the Catamounts . . . earned his third varsity letter.
Sophomore (2015-16): Equaled his career-high total of 10 points on Jan. 5 versus The Citadel as he went 5-for-5 from the field and added five rebounds and a blocked shot in 21 minutes of playing time . . . turned in a solid performance at Jacksonville State on Dec. 1, as he scored a career-high 10 points and grabbed a pair of rebounds . . . also went 6-of-6 from the free-throw line . . . played a vital role in Samford’s 69-58 win at Nebraska on Dec. 20 by tallying four points, four rebounds and two steals . . . scored six points and added three rebounds and a pair of steals at home versus Miles College on Dec. 29 . . . finished 3-for-4 from the field in only 13 minutes of playing time . . . scored four points and pulled down three rebounds on Feb. 11 at ETSU in only five minutes of playing time on the road against the Buccaneers . . . collected four points, two assists, one rebound, a blocked shot and a steal in 18 minutes at Austin Peay on Nov. 28 . . . earned his second varsity letter.
Freshman (2014-15): Earned playing time in 31 of the team’s 32 games and averaged 9.3 minutes per contest . . . started in eight games and turned in a 55.2-percent shooting mark from the field, which ranked second on the team . . . averaged 1.1 points and 1.3 rebounds per game and tallied 12 blocked shots . . . earned the first start of his collegiate career at Presbyterian on Dec. 16, and finished with four points, two rebounds and a steal in 13 minutes of playing time . . . turned in the best game of his young, up-and-coming career on Nov. 28 at Louisiana Tech as he exploded for 10 points, eight rebounds, two blocks and finished 5-of-8 from the floor . . . tallied one of the best games of his freshman campaign against The Citadel on Feb. 12, as he posted six points, three rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal . . . registered three points and a trio of rebounds on Nov. 14 in the Bulldogs’ season-opening contest at Purdue . . . earned 11 key minutes of playing time and accumulated five rebounds, two points and two steals against Mercer on Feb. 21 . . . pulled down five huge rebounds at Western Carolina on Feb. 5, as the Bulldogs rallied for a 76-72 SoCon victory . . . earned his first varsity letter.
High School: Led Mountain Brook High School to a stunning 34-3 overall record as a senior en route to the 6A state championship title . . . MBHS finished the season as the top-ranked squad in Alabama . . . averaged 9.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game as a senior . . . improved tremendously from his junior to senior seasons and boasts a tremendous upside . . . competed in 66 total games at MBHS . . . proved to be an above-average shooter and finished his senior campaign with a torrid 59-percent shooting mark from the field . . . against Woodlawn High School on Jan. 21, he scored a season-high 25 points on a near-perfect 7-of-8 shooting performance from the floor . . . in a huge game against Alabama’s No. 1-ranked 5A team, Wenonah High School, he proved to be the driving force behind the victory with a career performance of 23 points, nine rebounds and nine blocked shots . . . made 11 of his 17 shots in the win against WHS.
Personal: Born June 1, 1996 . . . majoring in international relations.
