Payton Pritchard

Payton Pritchard
No. 3 – Oregon Ducks
Position Point guard
League Pac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1998-01-28) January 28, 1998
Tualatin, Oregon
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school West Linn (West Linn, Oregon)
College Oregon (2016–present)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
2017 EgyptTeam Competition

Payton Michael Pritchard (born January 28, 1998) is an American college basketball player for the Oregon Ducks. As a sophomore, he was named second-team all-conference in the Pac-12.

High school career

Pritchard won four consecutive state titles with West Linn High School, while earning 2014 and 2015 Three Rivers League Player of the Year, Oregon Class 6A Player of the Year and 2015 Gatorade Oregon Player of the Year honors. As a junior (2014-15), he averaged 22 points and 5.8 assists a game. In his senior season at West Linn (2015-16), he scored 23.6 points a contest, dished out 6.8 assists, pulled down 5.1 rebounds and snagged 3.1 steals per game. A four-star recruit in the ESPN ranking,[1] he committed to the University of Oregon Ducks in August 2015.[2] He had previously committed to Oklahoma, where his father Terry played football.[3]

College career

In his freshman year (2016-17), Pritchard made 39 appearances for the Ducks, averaging 7.4 points, 3.4 boards, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals per outing. His highest scoring game was 19 points in a loss against Colorado.

With the departure of every rotation player due to the NBA or graduation, Pritchard was the lone returning starter for the Ducks in his sophomore year.

His current career high is 29 points vs DePaul.

International career

He represented the US at the 2015 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championship, scored 12 points on 4 three pointers in 14 minutes as a member of the USA Junior National Select Team at the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit[4] and made US squad for the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Egypt.[5] Pritchard averaged 9.0 points, 3.1 assists and 2.9 rebounds per contest during the tournament,[6] while winning bronze and being named to the All-Star Five.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Payton Pritchard - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  2. ↑ "Pritchard stays in-state, commits to Oregon". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  3. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (July 6, 2015). "ESPN 100 PG Pritchard decommits from Sooners". ESPN.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ↑ TEGNA. "Pritchard scores 12, USA wins Nike Hoop Summit 101-67". KGW. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  5. ↑ "Oregon Ducks point guard Payton Pritchard named to Team USA Under-19 World Cup roster". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  6. ↑ "États-Unis at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  7. ↑ "Payton Pritchard and Abu Kigab named to World Cup All-Star Team". DuckTerritory. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
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