Appeared in 29 games making 11 starts, averaging 24.7 minutes per game … averaged 12.1 points per game, shooting 38.7 percent (118-of-305) from the field and a team-best 39 percent (90-of-231) from behind the arc … hit 66.7 percent from the free throw line … grabbed 2.8 rebounds per game … led the team with 56 steals … added 47 steals and five blocks … scored in double digits 19 times … totaled a season-high 32 points on seven triples against Central Baptist (11/9) … tallied seven three-pointers against Langston (2/22), going 7-for-9 from deep … pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against Langston (11/18).

Guiot transfers to John Brown after a pair of seasons in Tahlequah, Okla. at Northeastern State under head coaches Ja Havens and Mark Downey. Over his two years with the RiverHawks, the 6-foot-1 guard played in 37 contests and averaged 2.5 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists a night. Guiot posted a personal best 12-point outing on 4-of-10 shooting from the floor versus Central Oklahoma on Feb. 21. He finished his sophomore campaign shooting 41 percent from the floor and 39 percent behind the arc.

Before competing with Link Year Prep (Mo.), the Paragould, Ark. native spent two seasons at Greene County Tech under head coach and father Jeff Guiot, where the standout earned back-to-back All-State honors. In his senior season, he poured in a career-best 48 points en route to averaging 21 points, four assists, four rebounds and nearly four steals per game as a senior while shooting 43 percent from long range.

Payton is the son of Jeff and Tina Guiot and hopes to major in accounting.