Photos from the Wisconsin men's basketball team's game vs. Iowa at the Kohl Center, Dec. 31, 2011
With a long-range shooting stroke and ball-handling ability, Ben Brust has an offensive game that can fit either backcourt spot. Largely a practice squad player in 2010-11, Brust showed enough as a freshman to lead head coach Bo Ryan to say the guard comes off a screen as quick as any player he has ever coached. A committed student, Brust played in the prestigious 2010 Academic All-American Classic.
Brust has twice tied the school record by making 7 3-pointers in a game
Career • Owns 51 career games of experience • Scored a total of 10 points in 45 mintues of action as a freshman, but reached double figures in 10 in 2011-12
2011-12 Season Appeared in all 36 games off bench, playing 6th-most minutes ... sixth-best scoring average among Big Ten reserves at 7.3 ppg ... increased scoring average by 6.6 points from last season ... averaged 1.6 treys per game to rank 13th in the Big Ten and finished 14th in conference in 3-point percentage at 38.9% ... fifth on the Badgers averaging 7.3 points per game ... hit 3-of-5 3-pointers to finish with 11 points and 4 rebounds in NCAA tournament win over Vanderbilt ... made 3 3-pointers in Sweet 16 loss to Syracuse, had 9 points ... team-high 13 points on 3-6 3-pointers against Indiana... team-high 13 points on 3-4 3-pointers in win at Purdue ... tied UW school record with 7 3-pointers made and finished with career-high 25 points against UNLV, second-most points by a UW player off the bench in Bo Ryan era ... hitting on 7-of-7 3-pointers against UNLV tied a Big Ten record for 3's made without a miss ... career-high 3 steals to go with 9 points at No. 5 North Carolina ... tied UW school record with 7 3-pointers and finished with 21 points against BYU, also had 4 rebounds ... first player in UW history to make at least 4 3-pointers in the first two games of the season (Brust went 4-for-8 from deep in each game) ... in first two games of season, became first non-starting Badger to post 14+ points in back-to-back games since 2008 ... hit 4 3-pointers in each of first two games, first player off the Badger bench to connect on 4+ 3-pointers in back-to-back games since 1999 ... hit four 3-pointers against Colgate, finishing with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists ... in season opener against Kennesaw State, scored 14 points, knocking down four 3-pointers
2010-11 Season Played in 15 games, averaging 3.0 minutes ... connected on a 3-pointer vs. Michigan State (2/6) ... hit first career 3-pointer vs. Manhattan ... played 6 minutes, recording 2 points and 1 rebounds vs. South Dakota ... season-high 7 minutes of action vs. North Dakota ... played 6 minutes in season-opener vs. Prairie View A&M, recording first career points (2)
High School A second-team all-state pick by the AP and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association ... averaged 24.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.1 steals per game during senior season, topping the 40-point mark on four occasions ... also took home all-conference and all-area merits ... earned all-conference and all-area honors as a junior averaging 27.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.0 steals ... started as a sophomore, averaging 17 points and 5.0 rebounds, earning all-conference and all-area honors ... attended Hersey H.S. in Arlington Heights, Ill., as a freshman ... 2010 Academic All-American ... participated in the prestigious 2010 High School Academic All-American Classic in Azusa, Calif., in May 2010
Personal Born in Arlington Heights, Ill. ... parents are John and Barb ... has two older brothers, Jonathan and Stephen, and an older sister, Courtney ... Jonathan golfed at Augustana (Ill.) and Cedarville (Ohio) and Stephen played soccer at Bradley ... major is Life Sciences Communication
