LITTLE ROCK – Northwest sophomore guard Ciara Pettis will continue her collegiate basketball career at Philander Smith College, signing with the Lady Panthers this week.

The Memphis native transferred to Northwest for the 2017-18 season and averaged 7.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 20 minutes per game. She scored in double figures six times, including a career-high 19 at Mississippi Delta, and flirted with two triple-doubles.

Pettis saw action in 20 games as a freshman at Tennessee State, averaging just under seven minutes a contest.

Pettis played for head coach Lin Smith at Overton High School (Tenn.), helping the Wolverines to back-to-back playoff appearances, district and regional championships and a combined 43-8 record her two seasons. She averaged 11 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.0 steals per game as a senior and was selected to the TSSAA All-District 16 Team as well as the All-Regional Team.