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  Christy Brown
Christy Brown

Player Profile
Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Atlanta, GA

High School:
Holy Innocents'

Height:
5-6

Position:
G

Experience:
2VL

Major:
Prtm (Sport Management)

In 2008-09
• Saw action in all 31 games and averaged nearly 20 minutes per game
• Started 12 of the first 14 games of the year but came off the bench for most of the conference season
• Playing fewer minutes than in her freshman and sophomore seasons due to the return of Tasha Taylor and emergence of Bryelle Smith, averaged 3.7 points per game with 49 assists for the year
• Still ranks among the top 10 for her career assist per game average
• Rebounded from a less-than-stellar performance in the season opener to score six points and commit just one turnover against Presbyterian two days later
• Was 4-for-5 from the field for 10 points in just 19 minutes of play against Winthrop on Nov. 25; also had a pair of steals and assists with three rebounds in the game
• Followed that with a solid performance versus Kent State in the first game of the Husky Classic in Seattle, WA; hit a trio of field goals while collecting four steals and four rebounds to help Clemson to victory
• Best game of the season in terms of assists was in the Lady Tigers' overtime victory against Northwestern in the ACC/Big Ten Championship; tallied seven as Clemson shot 43.2% from the field
• Recorded a trio of assists in three of the next four games
• Knocked down four free throws on four attempts at Florida State on Jan. 11 in just 19 minutes of play
• Averaged 6.0 points over a five-games stretch from Jan. 23 to Feb. 4, one of the toughest for Clemson in 2008-09
• Scored 10 points in the final game of the run as she was 3-for-6 from the field and hit her only three-point attempt; also had two steals in the contest against Western Carolina
• Played just 18 minutes in the final home game of the season, versus Georgia Tech, but had four points, three assists, two rebounds and two steals
• Started the team's opening round game in the ACC Tournament against the Yellow Jackets but played just seven minutes
• Had three steals and scored four points in the season finale against North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament
• Shot 71.9-percent from the free throw line for the season and had 39 steals, second-most on the team.

In 2007-08
Highlights: Moved into fourth place in the Clemson record books with a 4.2 career assists per game average ...ranked eighth in the ACC with 3.67 assists per game in 2007-08 ...also had a 1.03 assist-to-turnover ratio that was 13th in the conference ...ranked 12th in minutes played per game with a 32.43 average.
• Played in 30 games with 28 starts at the point in the 2007-08 season, missing the one game due to an injury
• Led team with 110 assists and ranked third with an 8.7 scoring average
• Played a team-high 32.4 minutes per game
• Scored in double figures in 10 games in 2007-08
• Was Clemson's top scorer in six games - had 14 against Western Carolina on Nov. 11; posted 15 points in the first half in the win over Duquesne on Nov. 14; suffered an injury just two minutes into the second period that sidelined her for the remainder of the game; scored 11 points in defeat of JMU on Dec. 7; had 20 points in win at Wake Forest on Jan. 14; posted 11 against Duke on Feb. 13; had 17 against Georgia Tech on Feb. 24
• Matched her career high of nine assists in two games in 2007-08; first was against 20th-ranked Michigan State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Nov. 29; then had nine at Virginia on Feb. 21
• Also had a then-career-best six rebounds against the Spartans
• Tallied at least five assists in 11 games in 2007-08
• Recorded seven assists in a trio of games - against Charleston Southern on Dec. 16; at Charlotte on Jan. 2; versus Duke on Feb. 13
• Had drained a trio of three-pointers against the Dukes, matching a personal best, before leaving the game early in the second half due to an injury
• Was 3-for-3 from behind the three-point line against Siena in the Coors Classic on Nov. 24 to finish with 14 points
• Hit a critical free throw against Furman on Dec. 5 to help secure the Clemson win; the shot put the Lady Tigers up by four with less than 15 seconds remaining and they went on to win 58-52; she finished with 13 points, four rebounds and three assists
• Handed out 7 assists to go along with 8 points and 5 rebounds to held lead the Lady Tigers to a victory over Charleston Southern on Dec. 16
• Win at Wake Forest on Jan. 14 was one of her best of the season; along with 20 points (8-15), had five assists and two rebounds while committing just three turnovers in 39 minutes of play
• Followed that game with another superb performance at Virginia Tech just three days later; scored 19 points and was 8-for-9 from the free throw line with five assists, two steals and just two turnovers
• The eight free throws tied her career high
• Scored in double figures in three straight games; against #12 Duke on Feb. 13 (11), at Virginia on Feb. 21 (11) and against Georgia Tech on Feb. 24 (17)
• Against Florida State in regular season finale, had 13 points on 6-for-10 shooting to help Clemson achieve its largest come-from-behind victory against an ACC opponent in history
• Collected a career-high nine rebounds in the Lady Tigers' win over NC State in the ACC Tournament
• Concluded season with eight points, four assists and three steals against North Carolina in the second round of the ACC Tournament
• Earned the team's Playmaker Award.

In 2006-07
• Was named to the 2007 ACC All-Freshman Team, joining classmate Lele Hardy to mark the first time in program history that multiple Clemson players made the list
• Led all conference rookies for assists per game and ranked fourth for steals and fifth in scoring
• Also ranked fourth in the ACC overall with a 4.73 assist per game average
• Totaled a team-high 142 assists in her first year leading the offense while only turning the ball over 110 times during the season for a 1.29 assist-to-turnover ratio that was listed seventh in the league
• Started 29 of Clemson's 30 games during the 2006-07 season at the point guard position, with her only non-starting assignment due to an illness
• Led the team in minutes played with 899 for a 30.0 per game average while averaging 7.8 points and 2.1 rebounds per game
• Led the Lady Tigers in assists 19 times during the season and also held high-scorers honors on two occasions
• Was just one assist away from a double-double in her first career game, led team with 17 points and had nine assists against Arkansas on Nov. 10. The game was her first contest in nearly a year and a half after red-shirting the 2005-06 season to rehab an ACL injury.
• Tallied nine assists two more times in 2006-07 - against St. John's on Nov. 24 at the Dead River Company Classic in Orono, ME and in Clemson's victory over Wake Forest on Feb. 15
• Also had 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting against the Demon Deacons
• Had her most productive night from the field in the first match-up against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem on Jan. 5. She hit a season-high eight field goals in that contest, including 2-of-2 from three-point range, for an 18-point performance that led the Lady Tigers. The game was also one of five times that she collected five rebounds
• Ranked second on the team with 14 points against Maine on Nov. 25. She drained a three with 12 seconds remaining to tie the score at 78-78 before Maine hit a shot as time expired
• Also scored in double figures against Chattanooga on Nov. 13 (14); at James Madison on Dec. 6 (13); versus Kennesaw State on Dec. 10 (10); at Tennessee Tech on Dec. 17 (13); against Wofford on Dec. 22 (17); versus Florida State on Jan. 18 (10); and at Duke on Feb. 5 (12)
• Hit a season-high three three-pointers against the Dukes of James Madison
• Collected four steals in four games in the 2006-07 season (Furman on Nov. 29; Tennessee Techon Dec. 17; Kennesaw State on Dec. 10 and North Carolina on Jan. 11)
• In her first career ACC Tournament game, handed out seven assists against Virginia with six points and four rebounds
• Received the team's Playmaker, Hustle and Leadership awards at the post-season banquet.

In 2005-06
• Red-shirted

Before Clemson
• Lettered four years in track and field and basketball at Holy Innocents Episcopal School
• First-team All-State selection in AA classification her senior year
• Second-team All-State basketball player as a junior
• North/South Player of the Year as a junior
• Member of the Atlanta Tip-Off Club team and AAU 16-and-under All-American
• McDonalds and WBCA High School All American Nominee
• Scored over 1500 career points
• Region Player of the year senior year
• State champion as a junior in the 100m, 200m, and long jump
• Set Georgia high school long jump record as a senior, breaking her own mark set as a junior
• Played basketball for Liz Kennedy at Holy Innocents.

Personal
• Born August 18, 1987
• Majoring in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management.


 
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