FRANCE:”26-year old swingman Mark Payne (203-G/F-88) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Chalons-Reims and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 28.
He had the game-high 20 points adding nine rebounds and three assists for Chalons-Reims in his team’s victory, helping them to edge out Chalon (#12, 13-15) 84-80. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings. Chalons-Reims is placed at 9th position in French league. Chalons-Reims is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 15-13 record. Payne turned to be Chalons-Reims’ top player in his first season with the team. University of California – Davis graduate has very impressive stats this year. Payne is in league’s top in points (5th best: 15.2ppg) and averages solid 61.8% FGP.”
