Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A JUNIOR IN 2021-22
Chosen ASUN Preseason All-Conference by league coaches … finished his career sixth on EKU’s steals list with 181 and 14th on the all-time scoring list with 1,436 points … played in 29 games and started three times as a junior … averaged 12.2 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.76 steals per game … shot 38 percent from the field and made 31 percent from three-point range … connected on 79 percent of his free throws … led the ASUN Conference in steals per game … ranked sixth in the ASUN in free throw percentage and 14th in scoring … scored a season-best 23 points against Marshall (Dec. 11) … had 22 points against Bellarmine (Feb. 26) … dished out a season-high eight assists against Alice Lloyd (Dec. 31) … had a season-best six steals in a game twice – against Marshall (Dec. 11) and North Alabama (Feb. 16).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020-21
Played in four games before suffering a season-ending injury … averaged 11.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.3 steals while shooting 44 percent from the field … made 10-of-11 attempts at the free throw line for 91 percent … had 12 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals at Xavier (Nov. 30) … scored a season-high 18 points and dished out four assists at USC Upstate (Dec. 2).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019-20
Voted first team All-OVC after ranking fourth in the OVC in scoring at 18.4 points-per-game … also voted first team All-District 18 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) … his 18.4 points-per-game ranked 12^th among all sophomores in the country … also ranked third in the OVC in steals-per-game (1.9) and 12^th in free throw percentage (75.1%) … poured in a career-high 41 points versus in-state rival Western Kentucky on Nov. 15 … that was the most points scored by an OVC player in a game all season … it is tied for the fourth-most points ever scored by a Colonel in a game … Brown stepped up his game during OVC play … averaged 20.2 points-per-game against conference competition, tied for second-highest in the league … ranked second in steals-per-game (2.2), 14^th in assists-per-game (3.2) and 14^th in three-point field goal percentage (38.2%) during the OVC schedule … posted 37 points, six rebounds and four assists to lead the Colonels to a key road win at Tennessee State on Jan. 18 … was 18-of-19 from the free throw line in that victory … is 18 free throws were the most by an OVC player in a game during the season … a week later, he connected on a career-high six three-pointers and finished with 31 points in a road win at Tennessee Tech … went for 19 points and a career-high nine assists in a road victory at rival Morehead State on Feb. 13 … scored his 1,000^th career point in the regular season finale versus Morehead State, an 80-76 victory at home.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018-19
Voted to the OVC All-Newcomer Team … ranked seventh in the OVC in scoring during conference play at 16.9 points-per-game … that number led all freshmen in the league … also ranked second in the OVC in steals during the regular season with 60, setting a new EKU freshman record … emerged on the scene with a 21-point performance in the win over Kennesaw State at the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam on Nov. 19 … a week later, went for 14 points, six rebounds, a career-high six steals and three assists at then-No. 6 Tennessee … opened OVC play with a 26-point performance at Austin Peay on Jan. 3 … on January 10, he poured in 24 points on the road at Tennessee State … closed out the season on fire … dropped 30 points, five rebounds and four assists to lead EKU to a 75-65 home win over Tennessee State on Feb. 9 … had 17 points and a career-high nine assists in the win over Austin Peay on Feb. 28 … closed out the season with a career-high 31 points versus rival Morehead State on March 2 … averaged 14.4 points-per-game over the whole season … was voted OVC Freshman of the Week three times.

HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 19.3 points-per-game as a senior at Southern Durham High School this past season ... was voted the Big Eight 3A Conference Player of the Year, as well as first team All-Metro and first team All-District II.

PERSONAL
Full name is Jomaru Johad Brown ... son of Talya Gerald and Joe Brown ... three siblings - Jodeya Brown, JaKnowa Brown and Negassi Brown ... majoring in sociology.