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Marisha Brown

Class: Senior Hometown: Kansas City, Mo. High School: Center HS

Last College: Arkansas-Fort Smith Height: 5-9 Position: G Experience: 1L

Brown's Career Stats

2010-11 (Senior):
Played in 24 games and earned 12 starts, including seven during Big 12 Conference play ... Averaged 3.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game ... Connected on 15-of-20 free throws for 75.0 percent ... Made 31-of-77 attempts from the field for 40.3 percent ... Suffered an injury during her first career start versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 17, 2010) and missed the next eight contests ... Managed to score eight points and added five boards versus the Islanders ... Poured in eight points in 13 minutes of play during her first game back from injury versus SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 19, 2010) ... Pulled down seven rebounds versus Oklahoma (Jan. 23, 2011), tying a career best while also grabbing a personal-high three steals ... Hit all four of her attempts from the field at Texas (Feb. 5, 2011) for nine points and added two steals ... Scored a career-high 10 points at No. 6/6 Texas A&M (Feb. 12, 2011) hitting all three of her field goals, including two from beyond the arc.

2009-10 (Junior):
Played in 21 games ... Averaged 2.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game ... Connected on 15-of-38 shots from the field, good for 39.5 percent ... Knocked down 8-of-18 from beyond the arc, good for 44.4 percent ... Tallied 10 steals ... Scored a season-high eight points at New Mexico State (Jan. 3, 2010) ... Made 2-of-3 shots from the three-point line versus the Aggies ... Had a season-high seven boards at Iowa State (Jan. 20, 2010) ... Had six points and six rebounds against Oklahoma State (March 11, 2010) in the first round of the Big 12 Championship ... Scored seven points, pulled down four caroms and collected two steals versus Illinois State (March 25, 2010) in the WNIT.

Arkansas-Fort Smith (Sophomore):
Played in 32 games, starting all 32 ... Helped guide UAFS to a 28-4 overall mark and a runner-up finish in the Region II Tournament ... Tabbed All-Region II and also earned All-Conference honors after posting 14 points and a team-leading seven rebounds per game in her one season playing under Louis Whorton ... Registered a career-high 27 points versus Connors State (March 8, 2009) ... Collected a career-best 13 rebounds in a win over Carl Albert State College (Feb. 20, 2009).

Missouri State (Freshman):
Played in all 30 games as a freshman at Missouri State, starting 29 at the guard position ... Turned in 8.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game for the Lady Bears ... Named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team ... Recorded a career-high 26 points at Indiana State (Feb. 21, 2008) ... Also poured in 25 points in a win over Creighton (March 8, 2008) ... Pulled down a career-best 16 rebounds versus DePaul (Dec. 2, 2007) ... Played for Nyla Milleson at Missouri State.

High School:
A 2007 graduate of Center High School in Kansas City, Mo. ... Averaged 19.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.5 steals per contest as a senior ... A four-year starter for the Yellowjackets ... Earned first team all-conference honors in each of her four seasons at CHS, earning first team all-district honors twice and second team all-metro recognition as a senior ... Set the school's single-game scoring record (43 points) and led Center to a fourth-place Class 4 finish in 2004 as a freshman ... Also competed in volleyball and track and field for the Yellowjackets, helping Center's 4x100 meter relay team capture the 2006 Missouri Class 3 state title ... Was a National Honor Society inductee.

Personal:
Daughter of Sheena Brown ... Born in Kansas City, Mo. ... Has one brother, Marshall Taylor ... Majored in exercise science at KU.