High-Scoring Brown Signs with Lady Flames
4/15/2020 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The top scorer in NJCAA Division I women's basketball this past season at 26.6 ppg, Miami Dade College combo guard Dee Brown has signed a national letter of intent to attend Liberty University for the 2020-21 academic year.
Brown will have two seasons of eligibility remaining when she enrolls at Liberty this fall. She joins fellow junior college standout Alyssa Iverson and current high school seniors Sophia d'Oliveira, Bella Smuda and Nyah Stallings as part of the Lady Flames' incoming class of signees.
"We are excited to welcome the blend of our program's experienced senior leaders along with our returning talented young players and the high energy of the new additions into our program," remarked Liberty Head Coach Carey Green. "We are so grateful to be adding young women of such character and ability to our next year's team. Go Lady Flames!"
Dee Brown (G, 5-9, Chicago, Ill.)
Brown, who earned All-America honors for the second straight season in 2019-20, pulled down 9.1 rpg and ranked No. 2 nationally with 7.3 apg. The back-to-back Southern Conference Player of the Year helped her team win 20 games as a sophomore, posting three 40-point games and five triple-doubles. Brown got to the foul line 414 times for the season, connecting at a 78.7 percent clip.
Brown also led her team in scoring as a freshman, tallying 20.2 ppg. During two years at Miami Dade, she totaled 1,357 points as the Sharks went 42-21.
Brown graduated from Proviso East High School, where she averaged 19.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 6.0 apg as a senior, earning 2018 team MVP honors. Brown earned all-state honors in Illinois as a junior and senior.
What They're Saying about Dee Brown
"We welcome the amazing player, person and very talented leader Dee Brown to Liberty from the highly competitive national power Miami Dade Sharks. She has been mentored and coached by Dr. Susan Summons, respectfully the best in the coaching business! Dee is a scoring threat anywhere on the court but also excels at providing the leadership for a program to excel at the highest level. She is a passionate competitor who plays with poise and finishes strong. She has the ability, academic discipline and desire to lead and achieve major levels of success. We are excited to see how God works in her at Liberty."
Carey Green, Liberty Women's Basketball Head Coach
"Dee is an NCAA game changer. Night in and night out, she will show up to work. Dee finds a way to help her team win. She is a born leader who wants her teammates to play as hard as she will. Dee is a good teammate, a tremendous combo scoring guard and floor general. She brings tremendous leadership, intensity and energy to the already powerhouse Liberty women's basketball program."
Susan Summons, Miami Dade College Women's Basketball Head Coach
