Kyree Brown, a 6’3 guard from Philadelphia, has signed a national letter-of-intent to play his college basketball here at Eastern Illinois.

Brown, who played at Friends’ Central High School, averaged 24.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 6.1 assists per game last season. His scoring average was good for 10th in the eastern Pennsylvania area. Brown was named to First Team All-Friends League and team MVP. He also earned All-Main Line honors. Hoop Scoop magazine had Brown on its top 100 list for prep school athletes.

The coaching staff had a chance to see Brown play in a tournament in late spring and followed that up with a visit to his school. Brown was getting recruited by numerous East Coast schools, including North Carolina Greensboro and Jacksonville University. Head Coach Mike Miller said that Brown chose Eastern over those schools because he felt it was a good college environment and a good opportunity for him to play.

Miller expects Brown to come in and play both point guard and shooting guard and says one of Brown’s best attributes is his ability to play off the dribble and create scoring opportunities for himself and for his teammates.

Miller is very excited to have Brown coming to Eastern.

“We wanted to add something that would make an immediate impact,” said Miller.

Even though Brown will just be a freshman, Miller thinks that having experienced players around him, such as fellow guards Josh Gomes and Jake Sinclair, will help Brown immensely in the adjustments that are necessary when going from high school basketball to division I competition.

The fact that Brown is a good person who is very enthusiastic appeals to Coach Miller.

“He’s really a solid young man and has good people around him,” said Miller.

Everyone will have an equal opportunity to earn playing time this upcoming season as Miller expects to have to use depth to the team’s advantage. Expect to see Brown getting every opportunity to help make the team better.