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Jersey Number 5
Fred Payne
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Grambling, La.
- High School:
- Legacy SSS
- Major:
- Undeclared
- Shop:
- Athlete's Thread
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 win
- 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 selection
- 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.
- The left-handed guard was named the MVP at the Big Shots Prep Nationals in March 2022. Began his high school career at Lincoln Prep in Grambling, La. before transferring to Sunrise Christian in Kansas
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