Payton Sparks C  #24

Current Team: Indiana

Born: Oct 24, 2002 (21 years old)

Birthplace/Hometown: Winchester, Indiana

Nationality: United States

Height: 6-9 (206cm)     Weight: 255 (116kg)

Current NBA Status: Draft Eligible in 2025

Draft Entry: 2025 NBA Draft

Pre-Draft Team: Ball State (Jr)

High School: Winchester High School [Winchester, Indiana]

AAU Team: Midwest Basketball Club (OH)

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NCAA

College: Ball State (2025)

NCAA Season Stats - Per Game

Season School Class GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
2021-22 Ball State Fr 31 31 28.0 13.48 4.45 8.35 .533 0.00 0.23 .000 4.58 6.52 .703 3.13 5.32 8.45 1.19 0.39 0.48 2.16 2.55
2022-23 Ball State So 31 31 29.2 13.26 4.74 8.06 .588 0.06 0.16 .400 3.71 7.06 .525 3.16 5.52 8.68 1.90 0.45 0.94 2.00 2.45
2023-24 Indiana Jr 24 2 7.4 2.12 0.75 1.46 .514 0.00 0.00 .000 0.62 1.50 .417 0.58 1.25 1.83 0.25 0.21 0.38 0.33 1.00
CAREER NCAA DI   86 64 22.7 10.23 3.52 6.33 .557 0.02 0.14 .167 3.16 5.31 .595 2.43 4.26 6.69 1.19 0.36 0.62 1.59 2.08

NCAA Season Stats - Totals

Season School Class GP GS MIN PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF
2021-22 Ball State Fr 31 31 868 418 138 259 .533 0 7 .000 142 202 .703 97 165 262 37 12 15 67 79
2022-23 Ball State So 31 31 906 411 147 250 .588 2 5 .400 115 219 .525 98 171 269 59 14 29 62 76
2023-24 Indiana Jr 24 2 178 51 18 35 .514 0 0 .000 15 36 .417 14 30 44 6 5 9 8 24
CAREER NCAA DI   86 64 1,952 880 303 544 .557 2 12 .167 272 457 .595 209 366 575 102 31 53 137 179

NCAA Season Stats - Misc Stats

Season School Class GP Dbl Dbl Tpl Dbl 40 Pts 20 Reb 20 Ast Techs HOB Ast/TO Stl/TO FT/FGA W's L's Win % OWS DWS WS
2021-22 Ball State Fr 31 12 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0.55 0.18 0.78 14 17 .452 2.63 0.69 3.32
2022-23 Ball State So 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 .252 0.95 0.23 0.88 20 11 .645 2.86 1.14 3.99
2023-24 Indiana Jr 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 .037 0.75 0.62 1.03 14 10 .583 0.15 0.23 0.38
CAREER NCAA DI   86 22 0 0 0 0 0 .180 0.74 0.23 0.84 48 38 .558 5.39 2.09 7.48

NCAA Season Stats - Advanced Stats

Season School Class GP TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% TOV% STL% BLK% USG% Total S % PPR PPS ORtg DRtg PER
2021-22 Ball State Fr 31 .589 .533 12.51 20.89 16.74 8.98 15.88 0.77 2.01 23.88 123.58 -4.67 1.61 115.1 106.3 22.11
2022-23 Ball State So 31 .580 .592 13.51 22.38 18.06 13.15 14.90 0.90 3.28 23.34 151.31 -2.50 1.64 116.9 102.2 23.69
2023-24 Indiana Jr 24 .489 .514 10.12 19.90 15.22 5.91 13.31 1.58 5.62 17.34 93.10 -2.22 1.46 100.8 102.9 13.74
CAREER NCAA DI   86 .578 .559 12.94 21.60 17.38 10.51 15.25 0.90 2.98 23.17 131.88 -3.47 1.62 114.4 104.3 21.78

NCAA Awards & Honors

MAC Player of the Week - 11/28/2022
NABC All-District (14) Second Team - 2022, 2023
All-MAC Second Team - 2023
All-MAC Third Team - 2022
MAC Freshman of the Year - 2022
MAC All-Freshman Team - 2022