2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

4 Payton Banks

  • Position Wing
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 223
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Orange, Calif.
  • Prev School Penn State

Biography

As a GRADUATE STUDENT (2017-18): Played in 29 games and made 25 starts, averaging 28.4 minutes per game...Finished second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.4 points per game...Added 3.6 rebounds and a team-best 1.2 steals per game...Scored 20-plus points three times this season...Scored 23 points at Elon (11/30)...Scored 23 points against Northern Arizona (12/18), including 16 points in the first half...Tied career high with five made threes against Northern Arizona...Had five steals against Bethune-Cookman (12/14), a career high...Scored 22 points against Cincinnati (1/13), including 16 points in the second half...Had first career double-double at Tulane (1/25), scoring 14 points and grabbing a career-high 10 rebounds...Scored 19 points with seven rebounds in a win at Memphis (3/1).

As a REDSHIRT JUNIOR at Penn St. (2016-17): Appeared in 32 games (13 starts), playing 26.7 minutes per game…Set career high with 10.2 points per game…Tallied double figure points in 19 games…Scored 20 or more points in four games…Made 73 three-pointers while shooting 36.1% from beyond the arc…Career-high 24 points at Illinois (2/11).

As a REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE at Penn St. (2015-16): Appeared in 32 games (31 starts), playing 28.8 minutes per game…Lone game off the bench was Senior Night (3/3)…Averaged 9.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game…Made 40 three-pointers while shooting 32.5 percent…Tallied double figure points in 16 games…Career-high 24 points against Minnesota (1/5).

As a REDSHIRT FRESHMAN at Penn St. (2014-15): Appeared in 29 games…Played in 17 of 18 Big Ten games…All but four made field goals were three-pointers. 

As a FRESHMAN at Penn St. (2013-14): Redshirted to gain experience.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Lutheran HS, where he posted 17.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.5 assists per game as a senior…Two-time first-team All-CIF Southern Section Division 1 AA selection as a junior and senior…Two-time All-Orange County second team as a junior and senior

PERSONAL: Born May 20, 1994 in Las Alamito, Calif. and shares a birthday with teammate Stephan Jiggetts...Most proud of his degree in integrative arts...Majoring in globalization and sustainability.

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