4  Leonard L. Brown
Leonard L. Brown


LEONARD L. BROWN ('99) --- 2004 Inductee --- lettered four years in basketball. Member of the Xavier 1,000 point club.

Lenny Brown's freshman season was 1995-96, Xavier's first year in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Brown led a young Xavier group to an 8-8 A-10 record in his freshman season but the best was yet to come. Brown led XU to a combined 70-25 record over his final three seasons, including a 36-12 A-10 regular season record that earned XU its first-ever A-10 regular season titles in 1997 and 1998 and its first-ever A-10 tournament title in 1998.

Brown was known as a tough competitor and winner, the guy you wanted to have the ball to attempt a game-winning shot. It was his jumper at the buzzer that gave XU an upset win over then No. 1 Cincinnati at UC's Shoemaker Center in the 1996-97 season.

Brown earned plenty of accolades for his standout play, including two times on the A-10 First Team, once on the A-10 Second Team and once on the A-10 All-Rookie Team. In addition, he made the final John R. Wooden Award All-America nominee list and earned a spot on the 1999 All-National Invitation Tournament Team.

Brown, who stands fifth on Xavier's all-time scoring list with 1,885 career points, led Xavier to the second round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament and a berth in the 1998 NCAA Tournament. XU finished third in the 1999 NIT.

BROWN'S XAVIER CAREER BASKETBALL STATS

Yrs. G FGM-FGA % 3FM-3FA % FTM-FTA % RB/AVG AST PTS/AVG
95-96 27 111-280 .396 28-86 .326 88-119 .739 111/4.1 76 338/12.5
96-97 29 160-376 .426 56-166 .337 77-110 .700 111/3.8 102 453/15.6
97-98 30 159-359 .443 48-131 .366 75-101 .743 104/3.5 106 441/14.7
98-99 36 229-512 .447 104-263 .395 91-114 .798 128/3.6 100 653/18.1
Career 122 659-1527 .432 236-646 .365 331-444 .745 454/3.7 384 1,885/15.5
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