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Pharrel Payne

Height:
6-9
Weight:
250
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Cottage Grove, Minn.
High School:
Park

2024-25 (Junior)
Was the team’s third-leading scorer and rebounder at 10.4 points (352 total) and 5.1 rebounds (173) per game while making 14 starts in 34 games … Ranked No. 2 on the team with 36 blocked shots … Led the SEC in field goal percentage for the full season at 64.6% among players with at least 160 FGA and in league games only at 63.5% among player with at least 75 FGA … Led the SEC in fouls drawn/40 minutes at 6.6 according to KenPom.com Reached double figures in points in 16 games, including five games with 20 or more points … Followed his then-season high of 25 points vs. Yale (3/20) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament by establishing a new best of 26 points vs. Michigan (3/22) in the second round … Also had 20-plus points against conference foes Alabama (23), Vanderbilt (23) and at Missouri (20) … Posted two double-doubles with 25 points/10 rebounds vs. Yale and 10 points/11 rebounds in a home win over Oklahoma (1/28) … Blocked a season-high four shots vs. No. 5 Alabama (1/11) and had three other games with three swats … Entered the transfer portal after the season.

2023-24 (Sophomore at Minnesota)

Academic All-Big Ten ... Played in 32 games for the Gophers with 19 starts ... Averaged 10 points and 6.1 rebounds with a team-best 44 blocks ... Posted 15 double-digit scoring games, including a season and career-high 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting against Rutgers (2/18) … Hit double digits in rebounds three times with a season-high 11 vs. Rutgers … Had two or more blocks in 11 games with a season and career-high five vs. at Indiana … Had two or more assists in 10 games with a season-high four at Purdue … Played season-high 35 minutes vs. Nebraska (12/6) and at Northwestern (3/9) ... Produced a 17-point, 10 rebound double-double at Indiana (1/12) ... scored 14 points, nine rebounds, two assists and four blocks in the Northwestern win (2/3) ... added a career-best 21 points and had 11 rebounds in the Rutgers win (2/18) … Averaged 10.7 points and 7.0 rebounds while hitting 50.0% of his shots in three games vs. AP Top 25 opponents

2022-23 (Freshman at Minnesota)

Played in 30 games with four starts, while averaging 22 minutes played ... ranked fourth on the team in scoring when he had 247 points and averaged 8.2 per game ... ranked second on the team in rebounds with 156 total rebounds and averaged 5.2 per game ... finished the season with 32 blocks, which was first on the team, 12th in the Big Ten and second among freshmen in the league ... shot 69.3 percent from the field and held a team-best 32 blocks ... Scored his first double double of his collegiate career in a 15 point, 13 rebound game in the California Baptist win (11/21) ... Achieved a then-career-high 18 points and added his second-career double double with 10 rebounds vs. Penn State (2/18) and also contributed six assists ... Scored 17 points in 17 minutes played at Maryland (2/22) ... Produced a double-double 15 points, 10 rebounds in the win against Rutgers (3/2) ... Scored a team-best 17 points in the Big Ten Tournament against Maryland (3/9) when he went a perfect 6-6 in field goals and 5-5 at the free throw line, as he also recorded three assists, a block and a steal.

High School

Mr. Basketball Top 10 finalist, which is given to the top boy’s basketball player in the state of Minnesota ... First team all-state as a senior at Park High School ... Second Team All-Metro ... Averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks per game as a senior ... Helped the Wolfpack to a 20-9 overall record ... had 10 games with at least 20 points his senior year and three 30-point games ... averaged 15 points per game and 10 rebounds as a junior ... Had a breakout AAU season this past summer with Minnesota Select under the direction of former Gopher Mitch Ohnstad ... Scored double-digits in 16 of 20 games ... Rated the No. 83 recruit nationally.