2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
Bryce Peters
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- La Puente, Calif.
- High School:
- Damien
2016-17 (Freshman): Averaged 4.7 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0 assist in nearly 16 minutes per game in his lone season at Colorado. Shot 33 percent from 3-point range (13 of 39) overall, but improved drastically as the season went along making eight of his final 16 from long range. He was the top scorer among Colorado's three first-year players with 113 total points and scored 77 of those points over his final 11 games (7.0 ppg). Played in 24 total games, making one start in the home win over Oregon State (1/26). Responded to the starting role by scoring a career-high 15 points and grabbing four rebounds. Peters averaged 8.4 points on 51.2 percent shooting over his last seven games - Colorado's fourth leading scorer during that span. He scored 12 points in the home win over Washington State (2/12), his fifth double-digit scoring game and fourth in a six-game span. He missed Colorado's final seven games, six due to a violation of team rules. Following the spring semester, Peters opted to explore other opportunities away from Colorado.
High School: A 2016 graduate of Damien High School. Averaged 22 points and five assists per game as a senior, as Damien finished 25-6, advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2016 CIF Open Division championship. Named the San Gabriel Valley Tribune's Boys Basketball Player of the Year while also earning All-Area and his second-straight All-Baseline League honor. He set school records for single-game scoring (44), 3-pointers in a home game (11) and most free throws made in one game while hitting a perfect 19-of-19 from the line. As a junior, Peters led Damien ot the 2015 CIF Division III State Championship. He averaged 14.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists, earning All-Baseline League honors. He scored 12 points, had eight rebounds and dished out three assists in Damien’s state final win over Campolindo and tallied had 18 points and four assists in the Spartans’ semifinal win over top-seeded Cathedral. Peters finished his career with 1,197 points. The website 247Sports listed him as the 14th best player out of California in 2016 while ESPN100 tabbed him as the state's 17th best. He was ranked as the 139th best player in the nation by Rivals.com.
Academics: Was an Open Option major at Colorado and has an interest in architecture.
Personal: The son of Alvin and Monica Peters. An uncle, Tracy Murray was a 12-year NBA veteran playing with six teams, most notably the Toronto Raptors and the Portland Trailblazers. Would like to play in the NBA or be an architect. He chose Colorado to "get away from home and they had the best family atmosphere."
