2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 23
Peyton Watson
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly HS
Bio
2021-22
Played in 32 games … averaged 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 12.7 minutes per game … was an honorable mention Pac-12 All-Freshman Team selection … ranked second on the team with 19 blocked shots … also tallied 19 steals … scored at least 10 points in three games … registered a season-high 19 points against Bellarmine in a non-conference win a T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Nov. 22) … scored 12 points and totaled six rebounds in a Pac-12 win against California (Jan. 27) … recorded a season-high nine rebounds in the Bruins’ win at UNLV (Nov. 27) … also had eight rebounds against North Florida (Nov. 17) and versus Oregon (Jan. 13) … registered a season-high five assists in a non-conference win against Long Beach State (Jan. 6) and in a Pac-12 victory against Washington (Feb. 19).
High School
Was a four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Long Beach Poly High School, playing for head coach Shelton Diggs … was ranked among the nation’s top 10 players in his high school class by 247Sports.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com … was listed as the No. 8 player in his high school class by 247Sports.com … also was listed No. 9 by Rivals.com and No. 10 by ESPN.com in the national player rankings … was ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of California by 247Sports.com and ESPN.com … was selected as a 2021 McDonald’s All-American … competed at the Iverson Classic in Memphis in May of 2021 … in an abbreviated senior season at Long Beach Poly (2020-21), averaged 30 points per game for the Jackrabbits … had been listed as one of 50 top players in the country on the preseason watch list for the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy for High School Boys Player of the Year (as released by the Atlanta Tipoff Club) … as a junior in 2019-20, averaged 23.2 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game … helped lead Long Beach Poly (in 2019-20) to the program’s 11th consecutive Moore League title before earning All-CIF Southern Section Division I honors … was named the 2020 Moore League Player of the Year … in the finale regular-season game in 2019-20, finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in a must-win game that allowed Long Beach Poly to clinch the Moore League title … Long Beach Poly registered a 10-2 Moore League record in 2019-20 … as a sophomore (2018-19), guided Long Beach Poly to a perfect 12-0 Moore League record.
USA Basketball
Helped the USA Men’s Basketball U19 Team win the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup in July of 2021 … Team USA defeated France in the gold medal game, 83-81, on July 11, 2021 … totaled two blocks in five minutes off the bench in the gold medal game … helped Team USA post a perfect 7-0 record in the international tournament (Riga, Latvia) … finished the U19 World Cup having averaged 4.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game … Team USA advanced to the gold medal game with an 92-86 victory against Canada in the semifinals … became UCLA’s first student-athlete to represent the Bruins’ program on the U19 team since Thomas Welsh in the summer of 2015 (Welsh helped Team USA win the gold medal in Greece, that summer) … in addition, was named to the 2021 USA Nike Hoop Summit Team in March of 2021 (the event was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic) … participated in the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team October minicamp … took part in the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team July minicamp.
Personal
Full name: Peyton Tyler Watson … born in Beverly Hills, Calif. … is the oldest of Julio and Antoinette’s three children … has one younger brother, Christian, and one younger sister, Jolie Grace … uncle, Brantley Watson, graduated from UCLA … undeclared major.
Played in 32 games … averaged 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 12.7 minutes per game … was an honorable mention Pac-12 All-Freshman Team selection … ranked second on the team with 19 blocked shots … also tallied 19 steals … scored at least 10 points in three games … registered a season-high 19 points against Bellarmine in a non-conference win a T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Nov. 22) … scored 12 points and totaled six rebounds in a Pac-12 win against California (Jan. 27) … recorded a season-high nine rebounds in the Bruins’ win at UNLV (Nov. 27) … also had eight rebounds against North Florida (Nov. 17) and versus Oregon (Jan. 13) … registered a season-high five assists in a non-conference win against Long Beach State (Jan. 6) and in a Pac-12 victory against Washington (Feb. 19).
High School
Was a four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Long Beach Poly High School, playing for head coach Shelton Diggs … was ranked among the nation’s top 10 players in his high school class by 247Sports.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com … was listed as the No. 8 player in his high school class by 247Sports.com … also was listed No. 9 by Rivals.com and No. 10 by ESPN.com in the national player rankings … was ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of California by 247Sports.com and ESPN.com … was selected as a 2021 McDonald’s All-American … competed at the Iverson Classic in Memphis in May of 2021 … in an abbreviated senior season at Long Beach Poly (2020-21), averaged 30 points per game for the Jackrabbits … had been listed as one of 50 top players in the country on the preseason watch list for the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy for High School Boys Player of the Year (as released by the Atlanta Tipoff Club) … as a junior in 2019-20, averaged 23.2 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game … helped lead Long Beach Poly (in 2019-20) to the program’s 11th consecutive Moore League title before earning All-CIF Southern Section Division I honors … was named the 2020 Moore League Player of the Year … in the finale regular-season game in 2019-20, finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in a must-win game that allowed Long Beach Poly to clinch the Moore League title … Long Beach Poly registered a 10-2 Moore League record in 2019-20 … as a sophomore (2018-19), guided Long Beach Poly to a perfect 12-0 Moore League record.
USA Basketball
Helped the USA Men’s Basketball U19 Team win the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup in July of 2021 … Team USA defeated France in the gold medal game, 83-81, on July 11, 2021 … totaled two blocks in five minutes off the bench in the gold medal game … helped Team USA post a perfect 7-0 record in the international tournament (Riga, Latvia) … finished the U19 World Cup having averaged 4.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game … Team USA advanced to the gold medal game with an 92-86 victory against Canada in the semifinals … became UCLA’s first student-athlete to represent the Bruins’ program on the U19 team since Thomas Welsh in the summer of 2015 (Welsh helped Team USA win the gold medal in Greece, that summer) … in addition, was named to the 2021 USA Nike Hoop Summit Team in March of 2021 (the event was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic) … participated in the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team October minicamp … took part in the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team July minicamp.
Personal
Full name: Peyton Tyler Watson … born in Beverly Hills, Calif. … is the oldest of Julio and Antoinette’s three children … has one younger brother, Christian, and one younger sister, Jolie Grace … uncle, Brantley Watson, graduated from UCLA … undeclared major.
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