Tico Brown Explained

Tico Brown
Position:Shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:180
Birth Date:17 July 1957
Birth Place:Kokomo, Indiana
Nationality:American
High School:Kokomo (Kokomo, Indiana)
College:
Draft Year:1979
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:23
Draft Team:Utah Jazz
Career Start:1979
Career End:1988
Years1:1979–1982
Team1:Anchorage Northern Knights
Years2:1982–1985
Team2:Detroit Spirits
Years3:1986–1988
Team3:Savannah Spirits
Highlights:

Quautico Moreno "Tico" Brown (born July 17, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] He was born in Kokomo, Indiana. At 6'5" tall, and 180-pounds, he played at the shooting guard position.

College career

Brown began his college basketball career in 1975, at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia, before starring at the Georgia Institute of Technology, from 1976–79, averaging 16 points per game over three seasons.

Professional career

Brown was selected by the Utah Jazz, in the second round (23rd pick overall) of the 1979 NBA draft, and spent eight seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), where he was a member of two championship teams. He retired in 1988, as the league's all-time leading scorer (with 8,538 points), and was voted to the All-Time CBA Team. He also played overseas in Switzerland, Venezuela, and Belgium.

A prolific scorer, Brown scored 53 points in a February 1987 game, while playing for the CBA's Savannah (Ga.) Spirits. He also logged a 52-point game 11 days earlier, and had a 51-point game in December 1986. In a double-overtime game on March 30, 1983, during the CBA Championship Series, Brown scored 60 points, to help the Detroit Spirits down the Montana Golden Nuggets, 136–128. His team went on to win the best-of-seven championship, 4 games to 3.[2]

Post-playing career

In October 2007, Brown was inducted into the Howard (Indiana) County Sports Hall of Fame.

Personal

One of Tico's sons, Rion, played for the University of Miami men's basketball team, from 2010 to 2014.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hoosier daddy: Ex-Savannah Spirits star Tico Brown recalls unlikely path that led him to honor | savannahnow.com . 2011-04-07.
  2. News: Wieberg. Steve. March 31, 1983. Brown's 60 give Spirits 136–128 CBA lift. USA Today.
  3. https://hurricanesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1403 RION BROWN Personal.