FRANCE: “26-year old swingman Mark Payne (203-G/F-88) put on an amazing game in the last round for Chalons-Reims and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 22.
He had the game-high 33 points adding nine rebounds for Chalons-Reims in his team’s victory, helping them to beat Rouen (#14, 9-13) 97-84. In the team’s last game Payne had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He 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 (6th best: 15.2ppg) and averages solid 61.7% FGP.”
