Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2020-21
Saw action in 18 games and started once … averaged 2.1 points per game … played an average of 7.7 minutes per contest … shot 45 percent from the field and 42 percent from long range … scored a season-high 10 points against Campbellsville-Harrodsburg (Dec. 17).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20
Took a redshirt season.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19
Appeared in 29 games, earning 11 starts … averaged 4.1 points and 1.5 rebounds-per-game … had eight points, four rebounds and three assists in a comeback road win at Chattanooga on Nov. 10 … knocked down three three-pointers and finished with a season-high 13 points in a win over Midway on Nov. 13 … drained three more three-pointers and finished with 12 points in a narrow loss to Northern Iowa in the U.S Virgin Islands on Nov. 17 … two days later, he had his best all-around game of the season in a win over Kennesaw State: 13 points, three rebounds, three assists and a career-best five steals … had his best conference game on the road at Jacksonville State on Feb. 23, scoring 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field and 2-of-2 shooting from deep  … also added three rebounds and a steal in that game … committed only 10 turnovers all season.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18
Played in 28 games as a freshman, starting four of them … averaged 4.1 points-per-game … shot 38.5 percent (15-of-39) from three-point range and 82.8 (24-of-29) from the free throw line … poured in a career-high 21 points in the win over Asbury on November 25 … posted 13 points off the bench in the win over Kentucky State on November 16 … had nine points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal at conference foe Austin Peay on January 25 … recorded EKU’s first four-point play since 2015 at in-state rival Murray State two days later … finished with seven points in that game … scored eight points and came up with two steals in the win over Morehead State on February 10.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named first team All-State after averaging 30.8 points and 8.5 rebounds 2.3 steals and 2.1 assists as a senior ... was a finalist for the coveted Kentucky Mr. Basketball award ... shot 62.4 percent from the field, 42 percent (42 of 100) from three-point range and 79.1 percent from the free-throw line ... joined the North Laurel varsity program as an eighth-grader and finished with 3,141 career points, ranking 21st in state history ... named the 13th Region Player of the Year by the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches ... earned second-team All-State honors as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore.


PERSONAL
Full name is Peyton Jasper-Trace Broughton ... son of Mike and Rachel Broughton  ... majoring in Accounting.

Get to Know Peyton Broughton ...

One thing people probably don't know about you:
Out of baseball, football, and basketball,  basketball was my worst one growing up. 

Why did you attend EKU?
I felt like it was the best fit, I felt wanted. And it was close to home.

If you could live anywhere in the world, it would be:
On the beach in Florida.

Your proudest accomplishment:
Ranked 20th in KHSAA scoring history.
Scored 67 points in a game.

If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Buy a Corvette.

If you could have one meal for the rest of your life, it would be?
Chicken Fingers and Shrimp.

Favorite NBA player and team:
Zach Lavine and Oklahoma City Thunder 

Do you have any hidden talents? If so, what?
Do not have any.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
Playing basketball or still in school.

If you could choose one decade to live in/time period, which one would it be? Why?
The 80's, I feel like it would have been fun to live then.