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General
Very quick and aggressive player ... Will vie for the starting point guard position this season ... Has the ability to drive or shoot the perimeter shot ... Wearing No. 21 after wearing No. 12 the previous two seasons ... Became more of a three-point threat late in the season last year ... Has played in 29 games with 14 starts.
2001-02 (Sophomore)
Averaged 5.0 points and 2.5 rebounds a game ... Came off the bench to record a career-high 12 points in UK's upset of Mississippi State in the first round of the SEC Tournament ... Had nine points against No. 8 Vanderbilt in Nashville ... Scored eight against the Commodores in Lexington ... Had nine against No. 25 Cincinnati, hitting a career-high two three-pointers ... Swatted a career-high three blocks twice (Temple and Tennessee) ... Became a three-point threat late in the season, draining at least one three-pointer in four of the last five games ... Started in 14 of 29 games.
2000-01 - Freshman
Sat out as a partial qualifier ... Practiced with the team but did not participate in games.
High School
Charted 1,233 points, 617 rebounds and 344 steals in her career ... Was a three-year starter, scoring 30 points or more seven times her senior year ... Set a league record in the 1999-00 season by scoring 50 points in a game ... Recorded 14 double-doubles and one triple-double in her senior year at Dunbar, helping her team advance to the playoffs where she averaged 27 points and 10 rebounds in the three games ... Named Player of the Year by the league coaches and was named first-team All-Conference for the second straight season ... Also named to the Washington Post All-Met team as a senior.
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Full Name: Danyelle Payne
Nickname: "D" or "Danny"
Shooting Hand: Right
Birth date: 3/26/82
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
High School: Paul L. Dunbar HS
Team Nickname: Lady Tiders
Family: Rosalyn Payne ... Three brothers, Darrell, Dwayne and Derrick
Hobbies/Interests: Singing, reading, going to the movies, basketball
Career Stats:
Year GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT/AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS/AVG
01/02 29-14 514 53-172 .308 10-49 .204 28-49 .571 24-48 72/2.5 52-1 48 80 10 37 144/5.0
