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2012-2013 Women's Basketball Roster

42 Marian Brooks

  • Height 5-10
  • Position F
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Woodbridge, Va.
  • Last School Woodbridge HS

Biography

2011-12 (Junior Year)
Competed in all 29 games on the season with three starts … Inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society... Averaged 3.4 points and 2.8 rebounds in 15.2 minutes of action per game … Posted 99 points, 82 rebounds, 13 steals and nine assists on the year … Shot 33-of-76 (43.4 percent) from the floor and 33-of-65 (50.8 percent) from the free throw line … Scored in double figures twice on the year, including a season-high 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting with four rebounds against Virginia Union Nov. 26 … Added 11 points the game before at USC Upstate on 5-of-8 shooting on Nov. 21 … Grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds against Chowan Nov. 16 … Totaled eight points, four rebounds and two assists against Savannah State Dec. 5 … Had eight points and five rebounds at Monmouth Dec. 29, capping an eight-game stretch in which she averaged 7.5 points per game … Tallied seven points in back-to-back games against Coppin State Jan. 30 and at Delaware State Feb. 4.

2010-11 (Sophomore Year)
Competed in 28 games, starting 24 … Earned the team’s Most Improved Player Award … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Averaged 6.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game … Totaled 175 points and 155 rebounds along with 20 assists, 16 steals and three steals … Ranked third on the team in rebounding and fifth in scoring … Averaged a team-best 27.5 minutes per game … Shot 58-of-123 (47.2 percent) from the floor and 59-of-104 (56.7 percent) from the free throw line … Ranked second on the team in shooting … Led or tied for the team lead in rebounding in 13 games … Posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against Central Arkansas Nov. 20 … Also had 10 rebounds with nine points at William & Mary Dec. 15 … Added nine points and eight rebounds in a home win over McNeese State on Dec. 18 … Averaged 8.4 points per game during a seven-game stretch from Nov. 20-Dec. 29 … Had a season-high 12 points with four rebounds at Hampton Jan. 15 … Added back-to-back double-digit scoring efforts with 10 points at Delaware State Feb. 7 and 11 against Hampton Feb. 12 … Had a season-high three assists with six points, six rebounds and two steals at North Carolina Central Feb. 19 … Posted nine points and six rebounds in the regular season finale against North Carolina A&T on March 3.

2009-10 (Freshman Year)
Played in all 27 games … Got the starting nod in 22 games, including the last nine and 21 of the last 22 … Finished fifth on the team in scoring with 6.6 points per game and third in rebounds with 4.4 … Led the team in shooting with a 43.3 percent clip (61-of-141) … Was second in minutes played at 28.1 … Also added 21 steals, 12 assists and four blocks … Hit 56-of-109 (51.4 percent) from the free throw line … Made her first career start in the season opener at George Mason Nov. 13 … Scored her first career basket, a jumper in the paint, with 7:54 left in the first half … Had six games with 10 or more points … Saved the best for the last, posting a season-high 16 points against Bethune-Cookman March 9 in the MEAC Tournament to go along with eight rebounds … Shot 4-of-6 from the field and 8-of-10 from the free throw line in that game … Scored 11 points against St. Paul’s Nov. 20 … Tallied 10 points on four separate occasions … Posted a season-high 14 rebounds with seven points against Hampton Jan. 16 … Totaled eight points, seven boards and a season-high three steals against Winston-Salem State Feb. 20 … Handed out a season-high three assists with five points and three boards at Winston-Salem State Jan. 23.

High School
Played four years of varsity basketball for coach George Washington … Averaged 14.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game for Woodbridge … Named to the All-Northwest Region Second Team after helping the Vikings to first round of the Northwest Region Tournament … Was also a Group AAA Cardinal District first-team pick … Was a member of the Vikings’ volleyball and track and field teams … Finished second in the outdoor district meet in the shot put with a throw of 35 feet, 6 ¼ inches in 2009 … Turned in a fourth-place finish at the 2009 Northwest Region Outdoor Championship after hitting a personal-best mark of 36-0 ½ in the shot put.

Personal
Full name is Marian Corine Brooks … Born on April 7, 1991 … Daughter of Vernon and Keia Brooks … Has one younger sister, her No. 1 fan Olivia … Member of the Honors College… Majoring in journalism.

Brooks' Career Statistics

YEAR

GP-GS

FGM-A

PCT

3PM-A

PCT

FTM-A

PCT

REB/AVG

AST/AVG

BLK/AVG

STL/AVG

PTS/AVG

2009-10

27-22

61-141

.433

0-4

.000

56-109

.514

120/4.4

12/0.4

4/0.1

21/0.8

178/6.6

2010-11

28-24

58-123

.472

0-0

.000

59-104

.567

155/5.5

20/0.7

3/0.1

16/0.6

175/6.3

2011-12

29-3

33-76

.434

0-0

.000

33-65

.508

82/2.8

9/0.3

0/0.0

13/0.4

99/3.4

Totals

84-49

152-340

.447

0-4

.000

148-278

.532

357/4.3

41/0.5

7/0.1

50/0.6

452/5.4


CAREER HIGHS
Points………………..16, Bethune-Cookman (3-9-10)
FG Made……………..5 (5x), last: Virginia Union (11-26-11)
FG Att………………....10 (2x), last: North Carolina A&T (3-3-11)
3P FG Made…………N/A
3P FG Att……………..2, vs. Samford (11-28-09)
FT Made……………...8, Bethune-Cookman (3-9-10)
FT Att………………....14, Radford (12-16-11)
Rebounds…………...14, Hampton (1-16-10)
Assists……………….3 (2x), last: at North Carolina Central (2-19-11)
Steals………………...3, Winston-Salem State (2-20-10)
Blocks………………..1 (7x), last: at S.C. State (2-21-11)
Minutes…………….....39, McNeese State (12-15-10)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2009-2010Freshman

    Forward
    5'10"
    42
  • 42

    2010-2011Sophomore

    Forward
    5'10"
    42
  • 42

    2011-2012Junior

    Forward
    5'10"
    42
  • 42

    2012-2013Senior

    Forward
    5'10"
    42