Overview
A talented point guard, Brown has been among the league leaders in assists per game in each of her three seasons and has led the Missouri Valley Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio all three years on The Hilltop ... Has increased her scoring each season, averaging over eight points per game in conference play and has improved her three-point field goal and free throw percentages each year ... Ranks fifth in school history with 348 career assists, needing 13 assists to climb into third place ... Needs nine three-pointers and 29 steals to crack the career top 10 at BU in both categories ... Has started 83 of 84 career games and could become just the fourth player in program history to start 100 games ... Will break Bradley career marks for games played and starts with 29 games and 26 starts this season.
2005-06 Season (Junior)
Led the Missouri Valley Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio for the third consecutive year, dishing 2.14 assists for every turnover ... One of two players to start all 28 games, she led the team in assists (90) and steals (48), averaging 3.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 7.5 points, and was third in scoring in MVC games at 8.3 points per tillt ... Tied a career-high with 17 points in the Braves double-overtime victory against Valparaiso ... Averaged 9.0 points and 6.5 assists per game, while boasting a 2.89 assist-to-turnover ratio in the final four games of the season ... Hit 3-of-5 three-pointers en route to an 11-point, eight-assist effort in the Braves victory against NCAA Tournament participant Missouri State ... Followed that with an eight-point, eight-assist outing at Creighton, helping Bradley end an 18-game losing streak in the series with the Bluejays ... Tied her own school record for most assists without a turnover in the win over Creighton, dishing out eight assists without a turnover ... After connecting on just one of her first 11 three-point attempts in conference play, she hit 18-of-49 from long range (.367) to close out the season, which included a 12-game stretch in which Brown shot 42.5 percent (17-for-40) from beyond the arc ... Scored in double figures eight times ... Ranked fifth in the Valley in steals per game (1.71 per game), 11th in assists and 15th in three-opint field goal percentage ... Owned an impressive 2.27 assist-to-turnover ratio in conference games.
2004-05 Season (Sophomore)
Started 27 of the 28 games she played in and led the team in minutes played and assists ... Her 139 assists is the sixth-best season total in school history and the most by a Brave since Tammy Van Oppen dished out 141 assists in 1996-97 ... Ranked second in the Valley in assists per game (4.96) and led the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.93) for the second consecutive year ... Had four outings with 10 or more assists, including two games with a career-high 12 assists ... Notched her first career double-double with 11 points and 11 assists against Indiana State ... Started out the season strong averaging 9.7 points and 6.2 assists while shooting 58.6 percent from the field and 45.8 percent from beyond the three-point arc in non-conferene play ... Ranked third on the team in scoring (6.8) and steals (41) ... Scored in double figures seven times ... Hit 3-of-4 three-point attempts and finished with a then career-high 15 points at #10 Ohio State ... Connected on 7-of-9 shots and finished with a career-best 17 points in the Braves victory at Saint Louis.
2004 European Exhibition Tour
Averaged 10.2 points, 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game during the Braves trip to Western Europe ... Scored 16 and 11 points in Bradley’s final two games of the trip against the Dutch National Team ... Totalled six points, five assists, no turnovers and three steals against BC Evreux in France ... Scored nine or more points in four of the five games and made 15-of-17 free throw attempts on the trip.
2003-04 Season (Freshman)
The first Bradley freshman to start 28 games, Brown led the Missouri Valley Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.78 ... Earned a spot on the Valley’s All-Freshman team after leading the squad in starts, minutes, assists and steals ... Her 949 minutes played and 119 assists were the second best freshman total in school history and her 61 steals were the fourth best total by a Bradley frosh ... Averaged 6.0 assists per game the final seven contests of the year to go along with 7.4 points per contest during that stretch ... Ranked fifth in the Valley in assists per game (4.25) ... After averaging 3.0 points and 3.3 assists per game in her first six games, Brown averaged 6.7 points, 4.5 assists and 2.3 steals in the final 22 games ... Dished out a season-high nine assists at Western Illinois ... Had season-bests of 11 points and eight steals to go along with five assists in Bradley’s 69-58 win against Drake ... Posted seven points and had eight assists with no turnovers in 97-83 victory over Indiana State.
High School
Led Rolling Meadows to the sectional championship game as a senior and took home second-team Class AA all-state honors from the IBCA ... Led the Mustangs to a 21-11 record as a senior ... Earned all-area and all-conference honors three times in her career ... Named conference player of the year following her junior year ... Named Rolling Meadows High School Outstanding Student-Athlete following her senior year ... Averaged 17.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game as a senior at Rolling Meadows ... Led conference in steals as both a junior and sophomore and averaged 14.1 points and 4.8 assists as a junior ... A two-time all-conference and all-area honoree (sophomore & junior years), Brown had a conference record for steals in a year her junior and senior seasons ... Honorable mention all-state from the Champaign Gazette following her junior campaign, she was named one of the top 10 juniors in the area by the Chicago Sun-Times and also named one of the top defenders and playmakers in the area ... A three-time letterwinner in cross country, Jen was a team co-captain and qualified for sectionals as both a junior and senior ... Received the Shannon McNamara Award for the most outstanding track and field athlete at Rolling Meadows, while also earning the Howard Lester Award for the best female athlete in District 214.
Personal
The daughter of David and Jackie Brown, Jen was born Aug. 6, 1984 in Arlington Heights, Ill. ... Jen is majoring in elementary education ... Her older brother D.J. (23) was a member of the basketball team at St. Ambrose University ... Has been named to the Bradley Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in four of her six semesters at BU ... Is engaged to Matt Wright, a teacher and coach at Morton Junior High.
