Articles Tagged: Payton Sandfort

Hawkeye forward Payton Sandfort was terrific last season in many ways. He wants to bow out at Iowa with a big senior season and “a ton of wins” before turning toward pro basketball.

Iowa’s Payton Sandfort is on the preseason All-Big Ten men’s basketball team. The 6-foot-8 senior forward averaged 16.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists last season.

Payton Sandfort announced Wednesday night that he was withdrawing from the NBA draft to return to the Hawkeyes. The senior-to-be wing will provide perimeter shooting, rebounding, leadership in his senior season.

High-scoring Iowa forward Payton Sandfort will decide by Wednesday if he is staying in the NBA draft or returning for a fourth season with the Hawkeyes.

Iowa junior guard Payton Sandfort has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft, the school announced Tuesday. He has until May 29 to remove his name from draft consideration.

It’s a first for the Hawkeye junior, who followed a 26-point triple-double at Northwestern Wednesday with 23 points at Northwestern Saturday.

Payton Sandfort got Iowa’s first men’s triple-double Tuesday. Caitlin Clark has 16 triple-doubles and counting, and former Hawkeye Samantha Logic had six.

Payton Sandfort has 26 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists in the Hawkeyes’ 90-81 victory over Penn State

Payton Sandfort’s 26 points and Tony Perkins’ 24 points helped the hot-shooting Hawkeyes overpower Michigan and end a two-game losing skid.

The Iowa men’s basketball team averaged 116 points over three wins in France and Spain, with Payton Sandfort and Tony Perkins playing like the veterans they are.

A year after Kris Murray went from sixth man to offensive focal point, Payton Sandfort is working to take a similar jump in 2023-24. He also is staying competitive with his younger brother, Pryce.

Down 95-84 with a minute left, Iowa made five 3-pointers to force overtime, then prevailed against Michigan State, 112-106.

Payton Sandfort made a 3-pointer and three free throws with 3:36 left and matched teammate Filip Rebraca’s 20 points in Iowa’s 86-70 win over Northwestern.

The Iowa men’s basketball team trailed Michigan by seven with 2:00 left in regulation, but rallied to force overtime, then roared away.

Payton Sandfort scored 22 points as the Iowa men’s basketball team ended Rutgers’ five-game win streak, 76-65.