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Grand Canyon University Athletics
2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
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Jersey Number 1
Isiah Brown
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 180
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
- High School:
- Lakeside
- Prev School:
- Northwestern
- Major:
- Arts and Digital FIlm with an emphasis in Screenwriting
Bio
Suggested reading: Brown brings scoring punch to GCU
Grand Canyon
2019-20 | Junior
- Appeared in all 30 games and started over half (18) of them.
- Averaged the fourth-most minutes on the team (29.3).
- Led the Lopes in free-throw percentage, hitting on 43 of his 53 attempts for an 81.1% clip.
- Hit 33 3-pointers, second on the team to Carlos Johnson.
- Set career highs with five 3-pointers and 21 points in GCU's Paradise Jam victory over Illinois State on Nov. 25.
2018-19 | Redshirt
- Redshirted the season after transferring from Northwestern.
Northwestern (Evanston, Ill.)
2017-18 | Sophomore
- Saw action in 25 games off the bench. Averaged 10.8 minutes and 3.9 points.
- Hit a go-ahead basket with 1:30 left in overtime and sealed the win with a pair of free throws over Michael Finke's Illinois team on Dec. 1, 2017.
- Got a first-hand look at WAC member Chicago State on Dec. 11, 2017, posting seven points and three assists in a win.
2016-17 | Freshman
- Was the Wildcats' fifth-leading scorer and top freshman scorer at 6.9 points per game. Appeared in 35 of the team's 36 games and averaged 14.8 minutes.
- Part of a squad that led Northwestern to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in the program's 112-year history.
- Scored in double figures in three of his first four collegiate games (11 in season opener vs. Mississippi Valley State, 11 in win vs. Eastern Washington, 10 points in win vs. No. 22 Texas).
- Tallied a season-high 19 points off the bench against No. 23 Maryland on Feb. 15, 2017.
High School
Lakeside School - Seattle, Wash.
- Was named Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior in 2015-16 as the top boys basketball player in the state of Washington. Led the state with 33.8 points per game to go along with 6.0 rebounds while shooting 44.7 percent.
- Earned numerous accolades as a senior, including the News Tribune state Player of the Year, Associated Press Class 3A Player of the Year and Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A Player of the Year.
- All-time leading scoring in Metro League history, posting 2,372 points.
- As a junior in 2014-15, was a Class 3A Associated Press first-team all-state selection. Averaged 28.3 points, setting the school single-season scoring record with 867 points. Scored at least 30 points in 13 games.
- Had an impressive postseason run as a junior, when he helped lead the Lions to a 3A fourth-place state finish. Set 3A tournament record with 27 field goals and tied another with 78 points over a three-day span, earning all-tournament honors.
- Scored 53 points in a game as a sophomore and 50 as a senior.
- Helped Lakeside to a state runner-up finish as a freshman, when he was named Metro League Freshman of the Year and Seattle Times all-freshman team pick.
- Attended same high school at Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Personal
- Parents are Gerald and Yolanda Brown.
- Born in Anchorage, Alaska. Family moved to Seattle after his seventh-grade year to help him pursue basketball.
- Father, Gerald, played college basketball at Alaska-Anchorage 1978-85 and played professionally in Germany.
- Father, Gerald, coached Trajan Langdon and Mario Chalmers in Alaska. Isiah calls them "like family" and says he "grew up idolizing them."
- Major is Arts and Digital Film with an emphasis in Screenwriting.
- Chose GCU for "an opportunity to be a part of a program going to new heights."
- If he wasn't playing basketball, he'd be playing soccer.
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