{"id":1308,"date":"2012-09-05T06:09:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2012-09-05T06:09:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T13:09:11","slug":"statecollege-com-small-forward-payton-banks-commits-to-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/statecollege-com-small-forward-payton-banks-commits-to-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"StateCollege.com: Small Forward Payton Banks Commits To Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several services are reporting:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Payton Banks, a 6-foot-5 small forward from Orange County, Calif., is Penn State basketball&#8217;s latest verbal commitment, after giving head coach Pat Chambers the word Tuesday night as part of his official visit.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Gershon of Scout.com first reported the story.<\/p>\n<p>Banks is the third commitment of Penn State&#8217;s 2013 class joining Shaler guard Geno Thorpe and forward Julian Moore out of Germantown Academy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statecollege.com\/news\/penn-state-sports\/penn-state-basketball-small-forward-payton-banks-commits-to-penn-state-1126635\/\">State College, PA &#8211; Penn State Basketball: Small Forward Payton Banks Commits To Penn State<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several services are reporting: Payton Banks, a 6-foot-5 small forward from Orange County, Calif., is Penn State basketball&#8217;s latest verbal commitment, after giving head coach Pat Chambers the word Tuesday night as part of his official visit. 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