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1998-99 Junior: Returned to the lineup for the Nov. 5 exhibition game only weeks after having surgery on Oct. 9 to repair a stress fracture in his left foot ... Saw 38 minutes of action in his first regular-season game against Wake Forest (11/10) and averaged 26.3 minutes a game for the year ... Led the team with 19 points against George Washington (11/17), 13 against Tennessee-Martin (11/23), 24 vs. UT-Pan American (11/28), 16 vs. Bradley (12/5), and 19 vs. Iowa (1/7) ... Scored in double figures 15 times ... After scoring 19 against Iowa he was held to 1-for-9 from the floor and three points against Northwestern (1/9) ... After four straight single-digit scoring games (Northwestern-1/9, Purdue-1/13, Michigan State-1/16, Wisconsin-1/20), he hit double figures the next four games (Penn State-1/23, Michigan-1/28, Ohio State-1/30, Minnesota-2/3) before being held to six points against Wisconsin–2/6 ... Left the Indiana (2/24) game in the first minute of the second half with a sprained right ankle ... Returned to the floor for the Big Ten tournament where he averaged 17 minutes a game, 5.3 points and 3.3 rebounds ... His high scoring game in the tournament was 11 points in the semifinals against Ohio State ... In Australia, Brown averaged 5.1 ppg and 2.0 rpg in seven games ... Cleotis underwent surgery in July to repair a stress fracture in his right ankle and was back on the practice floor when school started in August.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played the 1995-96 and 1997-98 seasons at Southern Union, but missed the 1996-97 season with a hip injury ... Averaged 20 ppg as a sophomore in 1998 ... Named a junior college third-team All-American in 1998 ... Led Southern Union to sixth place in the nation in 1997-98 and played in the Coca-Cola Classic All-Star game ... Led Southern Union to two state junior college championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played two seasons (1993-94, 1994-95) for Russell County High School ... Averaged 23 points, eight rebounds and four assists per game as a senior ... Named all-state, all-conference and all-bi-city in 1994 and 1995.
PERSONAL
Born January 19, 1978 ... Son of the late Cleotis Brown II and Katherine Brown ... Has two sisters Shaquetta, and Mercedes ... Lists basketball as his favorite hobby and Scottie Pippen as his favorite athlete ... Cleotis lists his late father as the person who has most influenced his athletic career because, "from the moment I was born he had a basketball in my hands and said, ‘My son is going to be a basketball player’." ... Majoring in speech communications.
Brown’s Career Statistics
| Year | G-GS | MIN-Avg | FGM-A/% | 3PM-A/% | FTM-A/% | OR-DR -- TOT/Avg | PF-DQ | A | TO | B | S | PTS/Avg |
| 98-99 | 32-29 | 840-26.3 | 107-280/.382 | 20- 64/.313 | 61- 99/.616 | 57- 95 -- 152/4.8 | 56-0 | 44 | 76 | 13 | 52 | 295- 9.2 |
Brown’s Career Highs
| Points | 24 vs. UT-Pan American (11/28/98) |
| FG | 10 vs. UT-Pan American (11/28/98) |
| FGA | 17 vs. UT-Pan American (11/28/98) |
| 3P | 3 vs. George Washington (11/17/98) |
| - | 3 vs. Iowa (2/21/99) |
| 3PA | 5 vs. Ohio State (1/30/99) |
| - | 5 vs. Iowa (2/21/99) |
| FT | 5 vs. Bradley (12/5/98) |
| - | 5 vs. Iowa (1/7/99) |
| FTA | 8, three times; last vs. Iowa (1/7/99) |
| Rebounds | 9, four times; last vs. Purdue (1/13/99) |
| Assists | 5 vs. Missouri (12/22/98) |
| Blocks | 2 vs. Bradley (12/5/98) |
| - | 2 vs. Iowa (2/21/99) |
| Steals | 5 vs. Valparaiso (11/30/98) |
| Fouls | 4 vs. Eastern Illinois (12/12/98) |
