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Jersey Number 5
Fred Payne
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Hometown:
- Grambling, La.
- High School:
- Legacy SSS
- Major:
- Undeclared
- Shop:
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Bio
AS A SOPHOMORE (2024-25):
- Saw action in 30 games, averaging 6.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.2 assists
- Finished with a team-best 2.06:1 assist/turnover ratio and a 1.44 steal/turnover mark.
- Returned to the court on Nov. 4 after rehabbing from a knee injury that limited him to nine games in 2023-24
- Began a stretch of three straight games in double figures with 10 points in 11 minutes against Loyola (Md.)
- Added 11 points in 14 minutes against ODU in the Cayman Islands Classic opener
- Poured in a career-high 18 points (6-8 FG), including make all three of his 3-point attempts against Missouri State in the Cayman Islands
- Added 12 points off the bench at Wake Forest
- Earned his first collegiate start against Miami, finishing with 15 points, six boards, three assists, and two steals in 32 minutes in the comeback winÂ
- Was 7-of-10 from the floor, scoring 17 points at Virginia
- Finished with 14 points - including five points in the final 30 seconds - in the buzzer-beating win against Florida State
- Forced overtime with a 3-pointer at the end of regulation at Syracuse, finishing with 10 points
- Scored 11 points and dished out a career-best five assists at home vs. Notre Dame
- Had nine points and a career-high eight rebounds at N.C. State
- Appeared in five games before injuring his knee. Redshirted the season.
- A four-star rated combo guard according to ESPN.com
- Finished his prep career at Legacy the School of Sport Sciences in Houston
- Helped Legacy SSS capture the 2023 CIBA Tournament Championship, earning MVP honors
- Was a 2022-23 First Team All-CIBA selectionÂ
- Finalist for the 2023 Guy V. Lewis Award, presented annually to the best boys basketball player in the greater Houston area
- Competed with LivOn Fleur De Lis, averaging 10.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.0 steals in 13 games on the Nike EYBL circuit during the summer of 2022. Â
- The left-handed guard was named the MVP at the Big Shots Prep Nationals in March 2022. Â Began his high school career at Lincoln Prep in Grambling, La. before transferring to Sunrise Christian in Kansas
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