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2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

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35 Payton Henson

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 215
  • Hometown Siloam Springs, Ark.
  • Highschool Siloam Springs (Tulane)

Biography

CAREER HONORS
• America East 
All-Conference Third Team (2017, 2018)

REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON (2017-18): Played in and started 34 games ... Averaged 12.3 points and a team-leading 5.5 rebounds per game ... Recorded a double-double at UMBC with 16 points and 14 rebounds ... Reached double figures 22 times with a pair of 20-point performances ... Scored a season-high 21 points against Maine ... Ranked third on the team with 36 triples ... Posted 12.6 points and 6.4 boards against conference opponents ... Eclipsed the 1,000-career point mark in a win at Stony Brook ... Named to the America East All-Conference Third Team

REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON (2016-17): Started 23 of 30 games for the Catamounts … Lead the team in field goal percentage (51.6 FG%) and tied for the team-lead in defensive rebounds (3.9 rpg) … His 51.6 FG% was good enough for second in America East … Placed second on the team in scoring (11.5 ppg) and rebounding (5.3 ppg) … Averaged 26.6 minutes per game … Shot 8-for-8 from the free throw line in a 19-point effort at Quinnipiac (11/12/16) … Scored a season-high 21 points against Providence (11/14/16) … Recorded his first collegiate double-double with 16 points and a season-high 10 rebounds against Dartmouth (12/7/17) … Totaled 18 points in a win over Albany (2/22/17) … Registered a game-high 17 points and a season-high 37 minutes played in the America East Championship win over UAlbany (3/11/7).

JUNIOR SEASON (2015-16): Sat out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

BEFORE VERMONT: Henson comes to Vermont after two seasons at Tulane University in New Orleans ... Will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules ... Played in 64 career games for the Green Wave and was a solid contributor off the bench ... Posted seven double-figure scoring games in two seasons including a career-high 20-point effort against Savannah St. on Dec. 16 ... Averaged 18 mintes per game as a sophomore and scored just over six points per game ... Had two of his best games at the conclusion of the 2014-15 season averaging 14 points and five rebounds against USF and Houston ... Played four years of varsity basketball at Siloam Springs High School and averaged 26.4 points per game as a senior ... Named the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Large School Player of the Year in 2013 ... Scored 2,239 career points, the most in school history.

PERSONAL: Is the son of Joy and Chris Henson ... Has two brothers, Sawyer and Dylan ... Graduated from Siloam Springs High School with a 3.92 GPA with High Honors.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2015-16Junior

    F
    6'8" 215 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2016-17Redshirt Junior

    F
    6'8" 215 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2017-18Redshirt Senior

    F
    6'8" 215 lbs
    35