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  Derrick Brown

Derrick Brown

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Dayton, Ohio

High School:
Chaminade-Julienne

Height / Weight:
6-8 / 225

Position:
Forward

Birthdate:
09/08/1987

BROWN LOVES THE NCAA TOURNAMENT...has averaged 10.2 ppg. and 7.0 rpg. in six NCAA Tournament games for his career, while shooting 75.0 percent (24-of-32) from the field...had a career-high 19 points to go with a game-high 11 rebounds in the first round win over Georgia...scored a team-high 13 points on the strength of five dunks to go with six rebounds vs. UCLA, while being named XU's recipient of the CBS/Chevrolet Game MVP award...grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds in just 16 minutes of action in the 2007 NCAA Tournament First Round win over BYU...the 16 rebounds tied the Xavier record for an NCAA game first set by Brian Grant in a 1993 NCAA Second Round game against No. 1 Indiana.

2007-08...started each of Xavier's 37 games and scored in double figures 23 times, including a career-high 19 points to go with a game-high 11 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament First Round win over Georgia...the Georgia game marked Brown's fifth double-double of the season...had a 13-point, 10-rebound effort against Kent State...scored all 13 of his points in XU's big second half surge in the Kent win...recorded a 14-point, 12-rebound game against Kansas State...had a 12-point, 10-rebound game against Tennessee...had game-high totals of 13 points and 11 rebounds against Duquesne...had 11 points to go with a game-high nine rebounds in the Dayton Atlantic 10 Tournament win...second on the team in scoring at 10.9 ppg., including his game-high 18-point game at Saint Joseph's on 8-of-12 shooting from the field...had a 12-point game at Saint Louis that included the game-winning tip with 0.1 seconds left that was the number five "Play of the Day" on ESPN's Sportcenter...first on the team in rebounding at 6.5 rpg. (11th in the Atlantic 10 Conference) and led the team a team-high 19 times, including a game-high nine at Dayton and at Saint Louis and a game-high tying eight at Charlotte...came up big in the win over Cincinnati with 17 points to go with six rebounds...scored 11 points in the decisive final 6:43 of action in the UC win...hit 5-of-6 from the field en route to 13 points and a game-high eight rebounds against Creighton...led Xavier in dunks this season with 73...scored 15 points against SEMO in his first collegiate start in XU's season-opener and grabbed seven rebounds and two steals as well.

FINDING HIS TOUCH...hit a team-high 60.9 percent (148-of-243) from the field...hit 70.6 percent (96-of-136) from the free-throw line.

WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU? This athletic, left-handed forward can certainly rebound and dunk...his 12-rebound game against Kansas State, 11-rebound game against Georgia and 10-rebound games against Tennessee and Kent State came as no surprise to those who saw him grab 16 rebounds in just 16 minutes of action in a 2007 NCAA Tournament first round win over BYU...two-time Slam Dunk Champion for XU's annual preseason basketball Musketeer Madness...he led XU in dunks this past season with 73 in 37 games, including one from the Indiana game that was No. 2 that night on ESPN's "Top 10 Plays of the Day" segment...his 12-point, nine-rebound, three-assist game at Saint Louis included the game-winning tip with 0.1 seconds left that was the number five "Play of the Day" on ESPN's Sportcenter...has made ESPN's "Top 10 Plays of the Day" four times, including twice in each of the past two seasons...for his career over 50 percent (114-of-225 for .507) of his field goals made have been via a dunk.

RISING STAR...sat out the 2005-06 season but burst onto the scene in 2006-07 as a redshirt freshman...on the 2006-07 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team...had a career-high 16 rebounds to go with eight points in the NCAA Tournament win over BYU...shot 70.6 percent (77-of-109) from the field.

AT CHAMINADE-JULIENNE...two-time Division II All-State...Street & Smith's high honorable mention High School All-American...averaged 15.0 points and 10.2 rebounds as a senior while earning Greater Catholic League North Player of the Year and leading C-J to a 20-5 record...won three straight GCL North titles and three straight district titles at C-J...won a regional title and reached the state's final four as a junior...coach: Joe Staley.

PERSONAL...entrepreneurial studies and marketing major...born September 8, 1987 in Oakland, California...parents are Hermita Brown and Robert Brown.

CAREER HIGHS
Points19vs. Georgia in NCAA Tournament (March 20, 2008)
Field Goals Made8at Saint Joseph's (March 6, 2008)
3-Pt Field Goals Made2at Saint Joseph's (March 6, 2008)
Free Throws Made8vs. Tennessee (December 22, 2007)
Rebounds16vs. BYU in the NCAA Tournament (March 15, 2007)
Assists5vs. Virginia (January 3, 2008)
Blocks4vs. Richmond (March 8, 2008)
Steals5Twice

CAREER STATISTICS
YearGP-GSMinFG-APct3FG-APctFT-APctRbs-AvgPFATOSPts-Avg
2006-0734-016.977-109.7064-8.50056-80.700141-4.186273917214-6.3
2007-0837-3728.1148-243.60911-32.34496-136.706242-6.592637033403-10.9
TOTAL71-3722.7225-352.63915-40.375152-216.704383-5.41789010950617-8.7

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