Jalen Brown

4 Jalen Brown

Height:

6-2
Weight:

175
Hometown:

Toledo, Ohio
Position:

G
Year:

So.
High School:

Emmanuel Christian

gp

16
pts/g

11.1
fg %

36.0
3pt %

25.0
ft %

72.7
reb/g

2.0
a/g

1.6

Bio

Sophomore (2025-26)

Played in 16 games with 4 starts
Finished second on the team in scoring average at 11.1 points per game
Scored double figures 10 times and had one 20-point effort
Set a single-game career high with 24 points off the bench in an overtime win over Washington Adventist on Nov. 22

Freshman (2024-25)

Started 22 of 26 games and led the Yellow Jackets in points scored (301), steals (31), assists (64), free throws made (108), double-digit scoring games (17) and 20-plus point games (3)
11.6 points per game led Defiance's stellar freshman class
Posted a season-high 23 points in a home win over Penn State Shenango on Nov. 5
Recorded first-career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds on Nov. 23 vs. Lourdes
Handed out a season-high 7 assists on Nov. 13 to go alongside 7 rebounds and 18 points
Finished third on the team in rebounding with 101 total and 3.9 per game
Averaged 16.1 points per game over first 9 games of the season
Led the team in scoring during five games, including a three-game stretch from Nov. 5-13 in which he averaged 20.7 points
Also led the Jackets in rebounding in six games
One of 8 players in the WHAC to make more than 100 free throws

Personal

Majoring in exercise science with a minor in sport management
Graduated from Emmanuel Christian in Toledo in 2024
Played basketball all four years and was a Second Team All-Ohio, First Team All-TAAC, First Team All-District and All-Toledo Blade as a senior in 2024
Team won district championship during senior year
Favorite teams are the Golden State Warriors and Green Bay Packers
Son of Anika and Jason Brown, both of whom were athletes at Defiance. Father Jason played football and Anika (McCants, '01) ran track.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	16	11
Games started	4	1
Minutes	321	189
Minutes per game	20.1	17.2
FG	58-161	38-104
FG Pct	36.0	36.5
3PT	21-84	13-53
3PT Pct	25.0	24.5
FT	40-55	20-27
FT Pct	72.7	74.1
Off rebounds	8	3
Def rebounds	24	16
Total rebounds	32	19
Rebounds per game	2.0	1.7
Personal fouls	28	15
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	26	15
Turnovers	18	12
Assist to turnover ratio	1.4	1.3
Steals	22	15
Blocks	6	2
Points	177	109
Points per game	11.1	9.9
Points per 40.0 min	22.1	23.1

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 4	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 71-60
Feb 7	Northwestern Ohio	L, 66-64
Feb 11	at #RV Madonna	L, 93-73
Feb 14	Michigan-Dearborn	W, 93-80
Feb 18	Cleary (MI)	L, 70-66
Feb 21	Aquinas (MI)	W, 84-75

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 1	Kent State Tuscarawas	W, 67-56	1	30	1-11	9.1	1-9	11.1	4-4	100.0	7
Nov 5	Goshen (IN)	W, 75-57	1	25	3-11	27.3	0-3	0.0	2-3	66.7	8
Nov 11	Miami-Middletown	W, 83-73	1	23	6-9	66.7	2-4	50.0	3-4	75.0	17
Nov 15	at Oakland	L, 113-47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 17	at Lawrence Tech	L, 70-59	1	24	4-10	40.0	1-7	14.3	3-4	75.0	12
Nov 21	Wright State - Lake Campus	W, 81-61	-	20	4-8	50.0	1-5	20.0	3-6	50.0	12
Nov 22	Washington Adventist (MD)	W, 94-91	-	34	6-18	33.3	4-10	40.0	8-11	72.7	24
Nov 25	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 89-68	-	25	6-15	40.0	3-10	30.0	0-0	-	15
Dec 3	Lourdes	L, 81-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 6	at Siena Heights	W, 61-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 13	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 78-71	-	7	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 17	#9 Indiana Tech	L, 64-53	-	25	4-13	30.8	1-6	16.7	1-2	50.0	10
Dec 22	at Western Michigan	L, 94-57	-	27	4-13	30.8	1-8	12.5	6-7	85.7	15
Dec 30	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	W, 87-85	-	32	5-16	31.3	1-7	14.3	5-9	55.6	16
Jan 3	at Michigan-Dearborn	W, 94-71	0	12	1-4	25.0	1-2	50.0	4-4	100.0	7
Jan 7	Madonna	L, 101-69	-	19	4-13	30.8	1-7	14.3	3-3	100.0	12
Jan 11	at Aquinas (MI)	W, 75-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 14	at Cleary (MI)	W, 75-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 17	Lawrence Tech	L, 67-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 21	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 79-75	-	18	4-14	28.6	3-7	42.9	3-4	75.0	14
Jan 24	Siena Heights	L, 86-78	-	15	8-13	61.5	0-3	0.0	1-1	100.0	17
Jan 28	at Lourdes	L, 75-74	-	6	2-3	66.7	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	6
Jan 31	at #12 Indiana Tech	W, 78-75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 71-60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 7	Northwestern Ohio	L, 66-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 11	at #RV Madonna	L, 93-73	-	6	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	0
Feb 14	Michigan-Dearborn	W, 93-80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 18	Cleary (MI)	L, 70-66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 21	Aquinas (MI)	W, 84-75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 1	Kent State Tuscarawas	W, 67-56	1	30	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
Nov 5	Goshen (IN)	W, 75-57	1	25	2	1	3	2	2	2	1
Nov 11	Miami-Middletown	W, 83-73	1	23	1	2	3	2	3	4	0
Nov 15	at Oakland	L, 113-47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 17	at Lawrence Tech	L, 70-59	1	24	0	4	4	2	0	0	1
Nov 21	Wright State - Lake Campus	W, 81-61	-	20	0	2	2	4	0	1	1
Nov 22	Washington Adventist (MD)	W, 94-91	-	34	1	3	4	1	1	0	1
Nov 25	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 89-68	-	25	1	2	3	1	2	2	0
Dec 3	Lourdes	L, 81-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 6	at Siena Heights	W, 61-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 13	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 78-71	-	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dec 17	#9 Indiana Tech	L, 64-53	-	25	2	2	4	2	0	1	0
Dec 22	at Western Michigan	L, 94-57	-	27	1	4	5	0	5	0	0
Dec 30	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	W, 87-85	-	32	0	1	1	2	2	4	0
Jan 3	at Michigan-Dearborn	W, 94-71	0	12	0	2	2	2	2	0	0
Jan 7	Madonna	L, 101-69	-	19	0	1	1	1	0	3	0
Jan 11	at Aquinas (MI)	W, 75-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 14	at Cleary (MI)	W, 75-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 17	Lawrence Tech	L, 67-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 21	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 79-75	-	18	0	3	3	3	1	1	1
Jan 24	Siena Heights	L, 86-78	-	15	0	1	1	1	2	2	0
Jan 28	at Lourdes	L, 75-74	-	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jan 31	at #12 Indiana Tech	W, 78-75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 71-60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 7	Northwestern Ohio	L, 66-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 11	at #RV Madonna	L, 93-73	-	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
Feb 14	Michigan-Dearborn	W, 93-80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 18	Cleary (MI)	L, 70-66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 21	Aquinas (MI)	W, 84-75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 1	Kent State Tuscarawas	W, 67-56	1	3	-	-
Nov 5	Goshen (IN)	W, 75-57	1	2	-	1.0
Nov 11	Miami-Middletown	W, 83-73	1	3	-	0.7
Nov 15	at Oakland	L, 113-47	-	-	-	-
Nov 17	at Lawrence Tech	L, 70-59	1	1	0	-
Nov 21	Wright State - Lake Campus	W, 81-61	-	2	-	-
Nov 22	Washington Adventist (MD)	W, 94-91	-	3	-	1.0
Nov 25	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 89-68	-	1	-	0.5
Dec 3	Lourdes	L, 81-64	-	-	-	-
Dec 6	at Siena Heights	W, 61-55	-	-	-	-
Dec 13	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 78-71	-	0	-	-
Dec 17	#9 Indiana Tech	L, 64-53	-	1	-	-
Dec 22	at Western Michigan	L, 94-57	-	0	0	0.0
Dec 30	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	W, 87-85	-	3	-	1.0
Jan 3	at Michigan-Dearborn	W, 94-71	0	4	0	1.0
Jan 7	Madonna	L, 101-69	-	1	-	-
Jan 11	at Aquinas (MI)	W, 75-71	-	-	-	-
Jan 14	at Cleary (MI)	W, 75-69	-	-	-	-
Jan 17	Lawrence Tech	L, 67-64	-	-	-	-
Jan 21	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 79-75	-	2	-	3.0
Jan 24	Siena Heights	L, 86-78	-	2	-	0.5
Jan 28	at Lourdes	L, 75-74	-	0	-	-
Jan 31	at #12 Indiana Tech	W, 78-75	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 71-60	-	-	-	-
Feb 7	Northwestern Ohio	L, 66-64	-	-	-	-
Feb 11	at #RV Madonna	L, 93-73	-	0	-	0.0
Feb 14	Michigan-Dearborn	W, 93-80	-	-	-	-
Feb 18	Cleary (MI)	L, 70-66	-	-	-	-
Feb 21	Aquinas (MI)	W, 84-75	-	-	-	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2024-25	26	29.3	3.1-9.6	1.2-4.7	4.2-5.9	11.6
2025-26	16	20.1	3.6-10.1	1.3-5.2	2.5-3.4	11.1
Total	42	25.8	3.3-9.8	1.2-4.9	3.5-5.0	11.4

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2024-25	26	22	762	81-249	32.5	31-122	25.4	108-153	70.6	301
2025-26	16	4	321	58-161	36.0	21-84	25.0	40-55	72.7	177
Total	42	26	1083	139-410	33.9	52-206	25.2	148-208	71.2	478

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2024-25	26	762	29.3	4.3-13.1	1.6-6.4	25.4	5.7-8.0	15.8
2025-26	16	321	20.1	7.2-20.1	2.6-10.5	25.0	5.0-6.9	22.1
Total	42	1083	25.8	5.1-15.1	1.9-7.6	25.2	5.5-7.7	17.7

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2024-25	26	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.1
2025-26	16	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.6	1.1	1.4	0.4
Total	42	0.7	2.4	3.2	2.1	2.2	1.3	0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2024-25	26	22	23	78	101	64	74	31	3
2025-26	16	4	8	24	32	26	18	22	6
Total	42	26	31	102	133	90	92	53	9

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2024-25	26	1.2	4.1	5.3	3.4	3.9	1.6	0.2
2025-26	16	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.2	2.2	2.7	0.7
Total	42	1.1	3.8	4.9	3.3	3.4	2.0	0.3

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	16	20.1	3.6-10.1	1.3-5.2	2.5-3.4	11.1
Conference	11	17.2	3.5-9.5	1.2-4.8	1.8-2.5	9.9
Exhibition	1	27.0	4.0-13.0	1.0-8.0	6.0-7.0	15.0
Location
Home	9	24.8	4.6-12.4	1.2-6.0	3.3-4.8	13.7
Away	7	14.0	2.4-7.0	1.4-4.3	1.4-1.7	7.7
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	7	25.1	3.7-11.0	1.4-5.7	4.1-5.9	13.0
Losses	9	16.1	3.6-9.3	1.2-4.9	1.2-1.6	9.6
Month
November	7	25.9	4.3-11.7	1.7-6.9	3.3-4.6	13.6
December	3	21.3	3.0-9.7	0.7-4.3	2.0-3.7	8.7
January	5	14.0	3.8-9.4	1.4-4.2	2.2-2.4	11.2
February	1	6.0	0.0-3.0	0.0-2.0	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	16	4	321	58-161	36.0	21-84	25.0	40-55	72.7	177
Conference	11	1	189	38-104	36.5	13-53	24.5	20-27	74.1	109
Exhibition	1	-	27	4-13	30.8	1-8	12.5	6-7	85.7	15
Location
Home	9	3	223	41-112	36.6	11-54	20.4	30-43	69.8	123
Away	7	1	98	17-49	34.7	10-30	33.3	10-12	83.3	54
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	7	3	176	26-77	33.8	10-40	25.0	29-41	70.7	91
Losses	9	1	145	32-84	38.1	11-44	25.0	11-14	78.6	86
Month
November	7	4	181	30-82	36.6	12-48	25.0	23-32	71.9	95
December	3	-	64	9-29	31.0	2-13	15.4	6-11	54.5	26
January	5	0	70	19-47	40.4	7-21	33.3	11-12	91.7	56
February	1	-	6	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	0

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	16	321	20.1	7.2-20.1	2.6-10.5	25.0	5.0-6.9	22.1
Conference	11	189	17.2	8.0-22.0	2.8-11.2	24.5	4.2-5.7	23.1
Exhibition	1	27	27.0	5.9-19.3	1.5-11.9	12.5	8.9-10.4	22.2
Location
Home	9	223	24.8	7.4-20.1	2.0-9.7	20.4	5.4-7.7	22.1
Away	7	98	14.0	6.9-20.0	4.1-12.2	33.3	4.1-4.9	22.0
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	7	176	25.1	5.9-17.5	2.3-9.1	25.0	6.6-9.3	20.7
Losses	9	145	16.1	8.8-23.2	3.0-12.1	25.0	3.0-3.9	23.7
Month
November	7	181	25.9	6.6-18.1	2.7-10.6	25.0	5.1-7.1	21.0
December	3	64	21.3	5.6-18.1	1.2-8.1	15.4	3.8-6.9	16.3
January	5	70	14.0	10.9-26.9	4.0-12.0	33.3	6.3-6.9	32.0
February	1	6	6.0	0.0-20.0	0.0-13.3	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	16	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.6	1.1	1.4	0.4
Conference	11	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.4	1.1	1.4	0.2
Exhibition	1	1.0	4.0	5.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0
Location
Home	9	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.9	1.1	1.9	0.4
Away	7	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.3
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	7	0.7	1.6	2.3	2.1	1.4	1.6	0.6
Losses	9	0.3	1.4	1.8	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.2
Month
November	7	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.0	1.1	1.3	0.7
December	3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	0.7	1.7	0.0
January	5	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.2
February	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	16	4	8	24	32	26	18	22	6
Conference	11	1	3	16	19	15	12	15	2
Exhibition	1	-	1	4	5	0	5	0	0
Location
Home	9	3	7	13	20	17	10	17	4
Away	7	1	1	11	12	9	8	5	2
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	7	3	5	11	16	15	10	11	4
Losses	9	1	3	13	16	11	8	11	2
Month
November	7	4	6	14	20	14	8	9	5
December	3	-	2	3	5	5	2	5	0
January	5	0	0	7	7	7	5	7	1
February	1	-	0	0	0	0	3	1	0

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	16	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.2	2.2	2.7	0.7
Conference	11	0.6	3.4	4.0	3.2	2.5	3.2	0.4
Exhibition	1	1.5	5.9	7.4	0.0	7.4	0.0	0.0
Location
Home	9	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.0	1.8	3.0	0.7
Away	7	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.7	3.3	2.0	0.8
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	7	1.1	2.5	3.6	3.4	2.3	2.5	0.9
Losses	9	0.8	3.6	4.4	3.0	2.2	3.0	0.6
Month
November	7	1.3	3.1	4.4	3.1	1.8	2.0	1.1
December	3	1.3	1.9	3.1	3.1	1.3	3.1	0.0
January	5	0.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	2.9	4.0	0.6
February	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	6.7	0.0