Chris Payton Jr.

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Bloomington, Ill.
High School:
Bloomington

2023-24 SEASON

Appeared in 28 games, making 20 starts…averaged 12.6 points per game, and led the team with 7.4 rebounds per game and 1.1 blocks per game….named to the Preseason All-MAC Team…Recorded a double-double against James Madison with a career-high 25 points and 17 rebounds on 11/09…recorded 18 double-digit games and four games with 10+ rebounds.

2022-23 SEASON

Appeared in 34 games, starting 4…Scored a career-high 22 points against Akron on 3/3... Averaged 6.7 points per game and 4.8 rebounds per game… Led the team in field goal percentage (.730)...Led the team in blocks (34)... Ranked first on Kent State's list of all-time field goal percentages.

PRIOR TO KENT STATE

2021-22 SEASON (PITTSBURGH)

Appeared in 13 games ... scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds ... also had three assists, one block and one steal… Matched a season high with two rebounds in a win over Syracuse (1/25)… Made his first career three-point field goal against Clemson (1/22)… Had two points and two rebounds against Monmouth (12/12).

2020-21 SEASON (INDIAN HILLS CC)

Appeared in 24 games, starting in 23 … averaged 12.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game… Shot 56.9 percent (115-of-202) from the field… Helped lead Indian Hills to a Region XI Title for the eighth time in 10 seasons and the No. 6 ranking in the country… Recorded 19 double-digit scoring games and eight games with 15 or more points… Registered 14 double-doubles… Scored 16 points with 14 rebounds and five steals vs. Northeast (4/3)… Totaled 15 points, 13 rebounds, two blocks and a steal against DMACC (3/17)… Had a career-high 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting at NIACC (2/20)… Scored 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in 19 minutes at Iowa Western (2/10).

2019-20 SEASON (INDIAN HILLS CC)

Appeared in 12 games, starting in three… Averaged 10.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per contest… Shot 67.1 percent from the field (47-of-70) and helped the Warriors to a 30-3 record… Recorded seven double-digit scoring games… Had a season-high 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting with nine rebounds at Iowa Western (2/8)… Registered 32 points on 11-of-17 shooting and 10-of-10 from the line with 11 rebounds and eight blocks in two games against Northeast (1/22) and Marshalltown (1/25)… Grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds with seven points and three blocks at Moberly Area (11/30).

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Ill…. Averaged 22.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per contest senior year… Earned second team all-state honors junior year with 20.2 points and 11.7 rebounds per game… Helped the team to a third-place finish in the 2017 Class 3A state tournament as a sophomore.

PERSONAL

Born Nov. 4, 2000 in Bloomington, Ill…. Son of Tammy Schultz and Chris Payton… Has four siblings, including three brothers and a sister.