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Matt Brase
Matt Brase

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.

High School:
Catalina Foothills

Last College:
Central Arizona College

Height / Weight:
6-6 / 215

Position:
F

Birthdate:
06/15/1982

Experience:
TR

General: A team-first guy and a great passer ... Joins grandfather Lute Olson as the only grandfather-grandson combination in NCAA Division I basketball.

2004-05 (Senior): Earned Arizona's Senior Award in a vote by his teammates ... Garnered his first career NCAA Tournament appearance with a rebound in three minutes vs. UAB on 3/19 ... Tallied two points in two minutes on 3/11 vs. Oregon State ... Grabbed a rebound in three minutes vs. California on 3/10 ... Posted career-high totals of four points and four rebounds in final McKale Center appearance on 2/20 vs. Oregon State ... Managed to equal a career high with two FG attempts on 2/17 vs. Oregon, but couldn't get one to drop ... Saw one minute of action on 2/10 at USC ... Played one minute vs. Stanford on 2/5 ... Earned three minutes vs. California on 2/3 ... Grabbed a rebound in two minutes at California on 1/6 ... Garnered a minute of playing time vs. Arizona State on 1/2 ... Saw action in his third straight game on 12/30 vs. Richmond and scored his first field goal of the season ... Collected a steal and an assist vs. Eastern Washington, but went 0-for-2 from the field ... Played a career-best six minutes on 12/21 vs. Manhattan ... Missed his only FG attempt (a trey), but collected an assist in three minutes vs. Wyoming on 11/30 ... Garnered one minute of action on 11/18 vs. Wright State.

2003-04 (Junior):A walk-on to the 2003-04 UA roster ... Actually prodded to join the Wildcat program by Hassan Adams ... The first Tucson-area player on the roster since John Ash (1996-2001) ... Returned to his home in the Old Pueblo after two successful seasons at Central Arizona College ... Wears No. 30 to honor former Wildcat forward Justin Wessel (1996-2001) ... Saw action in 11 games ... Scored a field goal off a nice feed from Jason Ranne on 3/7 vs. Arizona State ... Collected an offensive rebound and a put-back on 2/12 vs. USC ... Missed only FG attempt on 1/26 vs. Oregon ... Hit a trey, grabbed a rebound and collected an assist in three minutes vs. Oregon State on 1/22 ... Missed two FG attempts in four minutes vs. California on 1/8 ... Grabbed a board in one minute at Arizona State on 1/3 ... Collected two points a rebound and an assist in five minutes vs. Liberty on 12/28 ... Garnered one minute vs. San Diego State on 12/22 ... Earned one minute vs. Marquette on 12/13 ... Saw one minute of action on 12/9 vs. Texas, his first appearance since the opener ... Made the first field goal attempt of his NCAA Division I career on 11/24 vs. Northern Arizona to go with an assist. High School: A two-year letterwinner at Catalina Foothills High School ... Averaged 18.5 points and 9.4 rebounds as a senior in 2000-01 for coach Trent Emeneckek to earn all-city and all-Santa Cruz Tournament honors ... A two-year team captain for the Falcons.

Junior College: Played two seasons at Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Ariz., for coach Chuck Schnoor ... Saw action at both the small and power forward positions ... Averaged 14.6 points and 6.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a sophomore in 2002-03 to earn honorable mention all-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference and all-region honors ... Posted averages of 6.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.6 assists as a freshman in 2001-02 in helping the Vaqueros to a 23-10 record (17-7 ACCAC), the NJCAA Region 1 championship, and a berth in the 2002 NJCAA national finals in Hutchinson, Kan. ... Scored 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting in 84-79 opening-round loss to Lon Morris J.C. at NJCAA finals ... Was a two-time junior college Academic All-American ... A Dean's List honors ... A Phi Theta Kappa member, the international honor society for two-year colleges.

Brase, Matt

Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg 2003-04 11-0 26/2.4 5-9 .556 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 4 0.4 1-0 3 3 0 0 11/1.0 2004-05 15-0 44/2.9 4-11 .364 0-3 .000 0-4 .000 4-4 8 0.5 4-0 4 4 0 1 8/0.5 TOTAL 26-0 70/2.7 9-20 .450 1-4 .250 0-4 .000 6-6 12 0.5 5-0 7 7 0 1 19/0.7


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