Tagged Content: pharrel-payne
Career Summary
Has played in 106 collegiate games overall with 47 starts ... Averaging 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds overall while shooting 62.4% from the floor and 71.9% from the free throw line ... Prior to missing the final 21 games of the 2025-26 season at Maryland due to injury, was averaging a career-best 17.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
2025-26 (Senior at Maryland)
Started all 10 games played during the season missing 23 due to injury … Averaged a team-best 17.5 points while adding 7.2 rebounds … Also averaged 26.9 minutes, 1.4 assists, and 1.1 blocks per game … Shot .624 overall from the field (53-85) and .719 at the free throw line (69-96) … Had three double-doubles during the season: 17 pts/14 reb at Iowa (12/6), 30 pts/10 reb vs. Wagner (12/2), and 17 pts/11 reb vs. Georgetown (11/7) ... Reached double digit points in nine games including four 20-point games ... Reached double figures three times in rebounds ... His 30 points against Wagner were a career high as were his 14 rebounds against Iowa ... In the Wagner game, was 14-of-20 at the free throw line which were career highs for both categories ... Tallied 14 points, four rebounds, four assists, and two blocks against #8 Alabama (11/26) ... Dropped 14 points, seven rebounds, and two steals versus #12 Gonzaga (11/25) ... Shot 7-8 from the floor posting 20 points, eight rebounds, and one block in a win over UNLV (11/24) ... Had 13 points, two assists, one rebound, and one steal in a road game against Marquette (11/15) ... Racked up 22 points and seven rebounds in a win over Alcorn State (11/11) ... Recorded 21 points, six rebounds, two assists, and one steal in the first game of the season against Coppin State (11/3) - the 21 points were the most ever for a Terp transfer in a season-opener.
2024-25 (Junior at Texas A&M)
Started 14 of 34 games played and ranked third on the team in scoring (10.4 ppg) – one of only three players to average double figures for the year … Also averaged 5.1 rebounds per game which was also third-best on the squad … Shot a team-best 64.6 percent from the field (128-of-198) … Finished the season with 352 total points and 173 rebounds (89 offensive) … Had 36 blocked shots for the year which ranked second on the team … Had a season-high and career-high 26 points against Michigan (3/22) and 11 rebounds against Oklahoma (1/28) … Posted two double-doubles on the year: 10 points, 11 rebounds vs. Oklahoma (1/28) and 25 points, 10 rebounds vs. Yale (3/20) … Averaged 25.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in a pair of NCAA Tournament games (25 vs. Yale, 26 vs. Michigan) … Was a combined 20-of-25 in those two postseason games … Had 16 double-figure scoring games for the year including five 20 points games.
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.
Personal
Parents: George and Emma Payne... Pary A. Harris Endowed Scholarship for Men’s Basketball recipient...
Samuel J. LeFrak Scholars Fund recipient.
