Personal Life
- His father, Morris, played basketball and football at Alcorn State while his mother, Valerie, competed on the volleyball, basketball and track teams at Mississippi Valley State. His cousin, Jonathan Bender, played power forward for the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks.
- Two sisters, Tonda and Trina, played basketball at Alabama State.
- Established Mo's Maniacs, inviting 24 at-risk youth to each of the last eight home games of the 2002–03 season.
- Majored in child development at Michigan State University.
- Morris started the Morris Peterson Foundation as an opportunity to give back to underprivileged youth in his hometown of Flint, Michigan and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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