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20 Zan Payne

Name
Zan Payne
Position
Forward-Guard
Class
Redshirt Junior
Hometown (Last School)
Lexington, KY (Lexington Catholic)
Ht
6'4"
Wt
215
Seasons
2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
Birthday
March 23, 2000

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Personal

Born March 23 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey … Major is undeclared/exploratory studies in agriculture … First name is Alexander but goes by Zan … Parents are Kenny and Michelle Payne … Has a sister, Alexis … Father played basketball at Louisville … Chose his jersey number because his father, Kenny, also wore that number in college … Enjoys playing Fortnite when he’s not on the court … Lists a definition of a true hero as someone who always does the right thing … His dad has had the greatest influence on his life.

High School

A highly-productive player out of Lexington Catholic High School … 1,000-point scorer for the Knights … Averaged 19.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game as a senior … Three-year starter and scored 1,282 career points, which ranks 14th all-time in program history … Also collected 934 career rebounds and finished his career as the school’s fourth all-time career leader in rebounds … A knee injury in February of his senior season prematurely ended his career.

2018-19

Freshman: 2018-19 SEC First-Yer Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List spring 2019 … Used his first season as a redshirt year to recover from a knee injury he suffered at the end of his high school career.

2019-20

Redshirt Freshman: 2019-20 Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List fall 2019, spring 2020 … Did not play this season as he continued to rehab from a knee injury he suffered at the end of his high school career … Began practicing with the team in January.

2020-21

Redshirt Sophomore: Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll member … Graduated in August with a degree in communication … Appeared in two games in 2020-21 after missing the first two seasons at UK rehabilitating from a knee injury suffered in high school …. Got onto the stats sheet with his first career points and two rebounds in three minutes of action in the regular-season finale vs. South Carolina … Played in his first basketball game and made his UK debut vs. Morehead State in the season opener.

College Statistics:

NCAA

SeasonTeamMINFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAORDRPFASTTOBLKSTLPTSGMPGFG%FT%3P%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Kentucky0000000000000000000000000
Kentucky0000000000000000000000000
Kentucky41200001100000222.050.00001.00.00.00.01.0
Kentucky132603440210101891.433.33100.000.000.20.00.10.00.9
Total-17380344131010110111.537.50100.000.000.40.00.10.00.9

Career Totals

SeasonMINFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAORDRPFASTTOBLKSTLPTSGMPGFG%FT%3P%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018-190000000000000000000000000
2019-200000000000000000000000000
2020-2141200001100000222.050.00001.00.00.00.01.0
2021-22132603440210101891.433.33100.000.000.20.00.10.00.9
Total17380344131010110111.537.50100.000.000.40.00.10.00.9

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 27, 1951, UK wins its third NCAA title, defeating Kansas State, 68-58, in the finals in Minneapolis.

 

On March 27, 1978, Jack “Goose” Givens scores 41 points as UK wins its fifth NCAA Championship, 94-88, over Duke in St. Louis.  Givens scored the last 16 points of the first half for Kentucky, bringing his first-half total up to 23 points. Givens poured in another 18 points in the second half.  Givens' helped lead the Wildcats to their first title in over 20 years.  More than 10,000 fans greet the team at Blue Grass Airport and 15,000 more celebrate at Memorial Coliseum

 

On March 27, 1993, Kentucky beat Florida State to advance to the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans. The victory completed a string of four games in which the Wildcats blitzed their Southeast Region opponents by an average of 31.0 points - the largest margin of victory by a team through four games en route to the Final Four.

 

On March 27, 2009, Billy Gillispie is fired as the Kentucky head basketball coach.

 

On March 27, 2011, freshman Brandon Knight scored 22 points and fourth-seeded Kentucky advanced to the Final Four for the first time since the 1998 title with a 76-69 win over second-seeded North Carolina in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.  The last minute of the game became the DeAndre Liggins show, as he blocked a shot on defense, hit a game-winning three-pointer on offense, then blocked another shot on defense to seal the victory. He finished with 12 points..

 

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