Prewitt grew up in Mount Sterling, Kentucky and attended Montgomery County High School. He grew five inches during high school and left Montgomery as the Indians all-time leader in points, rebounds, 3-pointers and blocked shots. He averaged 21.4 points per game as a junior and was named second team All-State by the Lexington Herald Leader and the Louisville Courier Journal. As a senior, Prewitt averaged 23 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2.2 steals and 3.2 blocks and was named first team All-State as he led Montgomery to the semifinals of the Kentucky State Playoffs. Prewitt committed to play college basketball at William & Mary, the first Division I school to offer him a scholarship, over offers from Drake, Belmont, and Louisiana Tech.
College career
Prewitt played four seasons for the William & Mary Tribe, starting his last three seasons. He came exclusively off the bench as a freshman, averaging 11.4 points per game and playing 24.6 minutes per game, and was named the Colonial Athletic AssociationRookie of the Year. In his first season as a starter, Prewitt averaged 13.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game per game and was named third team All-CAA. He averaged 17.8 points and 5.2 rebounds as a junior, earning first team All-CAA honors. As a senior, Prewitt was named second team All-CAA after averaging 15.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Prewitt finished his collegiate career fifth in school history with 1,831 points, 11th in assists with 320 and 13th in rebounds with 640.
Professional career
Šiauliai
Prewitt signed with BC Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League on August 3, 2017. He averaged 8.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 14 LKL games and 9.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists in eight Baltic Basketball League contests before leaving the team in December of 2017.
Prewitt signed with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League on September 19, 2018. After scoring 33 points the previous week, Prewitt was named the PLK Player of the Week after scoring 32 points with nine rebounds and four assists in a 84-67 win over GTK Gliwice on April 20, 2019, the second-to-last round of the season, to clinch the eighth seed in the PLK Playoffs. Prewitt sustained an injury during the final game of the season that forced him to miss the playoffs as Legia Warszawa fell to top-seeded Asseco Gdynia 3-2 in the opening round. He averaged 18.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.2 steals in 30 PLK games and was named second team All-PLK by the media and first team by EuroBasket.com.
Teksüt Bandırma
Prewitt signed with Teksüt Bandırma of the Turkish Basketball Super League on July 17, 2019.
Personal
Prewitt's mother, Lea, was an All-Southeastern Conference guard at Kentucky and was the head women's basketball coach at Centre College. Lea Prewitt was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
