| Donald Brown |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Central Islip, N.Y.
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| High School:
St. Thomas More Prep
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| Height / Weight:
6-5 / 215
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| Position:
Forward
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Coming off an outstanding junior year when he was arguably the Patriot League's top "sixth man" ... elected team co-captain in 2006-07 ... has mainly platooned with Darren Mastropaolo at power forward, but this season has a chance to earn the starting small forward spot following the graduation of Charles Lee ... a gifted athlete who enjoys giving the team a spark when he comes in the game ... one of the conference's best leapers who routinely brings Sojka Pavilion patrons out of their seats with electrifying dunks ... strong, rangy defender ... good rebounder, especially on the offensive glass ... coming off back-to-back outstanding postseasons ... career 53.1% shooter.
2005-06
Played in all 32 games, starting once (Villanova) ... one of the team's top reserves ... even though he only started one game he ranked fifth on the team in minutes played (21.9 per game) ... shot 52.2% from the field ... averaged 7.2 ppg in postseason play ... equaled season high with 14 points in Patriot League championship game victory over Holy Cross ... made three critical plays in the NCAA Tournament win over Arkansas: grabbed two key rebounds in the final minute and assisted on Charles Lee's go-ahead layup with 1:02 remaining ... finished with seven points against Memphis in the second round ... also had 14 points (6-6 FG) with eight rebounds in a win over Colgate ... tied career high with 10 rebounds against both Haverford and Lehigh ... nine of those caroms against Lehigh came in the second half of a key Bison road victory ... had 12 points and seven boards in a road win at Navy to start league play ... played season-high 32 minutes at Holy Cross and had nine points and nine rebounds in come-from-behind win at the Hart Center ... played 31 minutes at Northern Iowa and chipped in eight points and six boards ... co-recipient of the team's Coaches Award at season's end.
2004-05
Played in 32 of 33 games ... started the first six contests of the season, then came off the bench the rest of the way and was a trusty reserve ... averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.9 rpg while shooting better than 50% from the field for the second straight year ... averaged 15.6 minutes off the bench ... was terrific in postseason play, where he averaged 6.0 rpg in the Patriot League Tournament and 6.0 ppg in the NCAA Tournament ... was 12-for-22 (.545) from the field in five postseason games ... scored six points against both Kansas and Wisconsin in Oklahoma City ... his fastbreak dunk off a behind-the-back, no-look pass from John Griffin staked the Bison to an early six-point lead against Kansas and was a top-10 play on ESPN's SportsCenter ... had season-high nine points (4-4 FG) along with team-high five rebounds against Army ... had six points, six rebounds and three steals in the PL Tournament win over Lafayette and four points and seven boards in the semifinals against American ... grabbed season-high eight rebounds against Northern Colorado and Saint Francis (Pa.).
2003-04
Played in all 29 games, including eight starts ... served as team's sixth man during Patriot League play ... scored in double figures nine times and averaged 6.7 ppg, fourth-best on the team ... shot 54.5% from the field ... broke school record with 10-for-10 shooting performance at Lehigh ... scored career-high 22 points in that game ... followed that performance with 5-for-5 night in win over Navy ... streak of 15 straight field goals made ended on first shot vs. Cornell, but he still shot 7-for-10 and scored a game-high 16 points in a win ... also had 10 rebounds against the Big Red for his first double-double ... solid off the bench with 11 points on 5 of 6 shooting vs. Yale ... named Patriot League Freshman of the Week after the 15-for-15 week ... played 20 minutes or more in 19 of first 21 games and averaged 20.1 minutes for the season.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Full name is Donald Christopher Brown ... son of Donald and Deborah Brown ... born Nov. 23, 1984 on Long Island ... 2002 graduate of St. John the Baptist ... did a postgraduate year at St. Thomas More Prep in Connecticut, where he played for Jere Quinn, the father of former Bucknell player Matt Quinn '04 ... averaged 10 points, seven rebounds and two assists per game ... helped lead the prep powerhouse to a 24-6 record in 2002-03 ... also averaged 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists per game at St. John the Baptist in 2001-02 ... was an All-Long Island selection that season and was selected to play in the New York Wheel Chair Classic ... majoring in sociology.
