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Houston signee Isiah Harwell praised Auburn guard Tahaad Pettiford for his dunk during the Tigers' 88-66 victory over Mississippi State on Tuesday. With the Tigers leading 56-37 in the second half, Pettiford made a steal and executed a windmill dunk.
House of Highlights shared the dunk on Instagram, which Harwell reshared.
"@HAAD.0 CHILL OUT 🫣😂," Harwell captioned the story.
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Harwell has played 19 games for The Wasatch Academy (Pocatello, Idaho), averaging 14.0 points, 1.4 assists, 3.7 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 0.6 blocks per contest. He only played 10 games last year in his junior season, averaging 14.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.9 apg, 0.6 spg and 0.6 bpg.
Harwell also represented Century High School, Pocatello, Idaho and was selected in the All-State First-Team while averaging 18.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg to lead his team to the district finals.
Furthermore, he led Team USA to a gold medal in the 2023 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. He was also invited to the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Men's Junior National Team October minicamp in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In 2023, he was named to the Men's U16 National Team.
Why did Isiah Harwell choose Houston?
With offers from 24 programs, Isiah Harwell took two visits to Houston before committing on Sept. 12. His unofficial visit was on Sept. 3, and his official visit was on Aug. 22.
"Houston was very consistent recruiting me during my injury and rehab," Harwell told ESPN in September. "On my visit it was a family atmosphere. I got to spend a lot of time with the players, and we ended up sitting around and they were talking [about] how they all arrived at Houston. Their culture is real."
He also talked about coach Kelvin Sampson.
"Coach Sampson is a cool dude," Harwell said. "He knows what it takes for players to reach the next level, we talked about that.
Harwell will be joined at Houston next season by Chris Cenac, Kingston Flemings and Bryce Jackson.
