2012-13 DEPAUL BASKETBALL 23-5 record... coached by Richard Kehoe... also played volleyball... played on the AAU circuit for the Illinois Heat coached by Terry Head.
PERSONAL
Son of Bart and Lisa Ryckbosch... has a brother, Steven... Lisa is the director of professional, corporate and community relations for the DePaul’s women’s basketball program... she was the women’s basketball head coach at UIC from 200211 after an 11-year stint at DePaul as an assistant and associate head coach... Lisa played collegiately at Loyola-Chicago (1980-84) and professionally for DBC Aalst Women’s Basketball Club from 1984-89... Bart, a native of Belgium, also played professionally in Belgium and is an archivist at the Art Institute of Chicago... undecided on major.
BRANDON YOUNG
HEIGHT: 6-4 | WEIGHT: 199 CLASS: JUNIOR | POSITION: GUARD HOMETOWN: BALTIMORE, MD. HIGH SCHOOL: FRIENDSHIP COLLEGIATE SCHOOL CAREER NOTES
Named to the 2011 BIG EAST All-Rookie Team... started 61 of 62 career games... 23rd at DePaul with 262 career assists... first player since Rod Strickland (1985-88) to record at least 100 assists in freshman and sophomore seasons... led the team and all BIG EAST freshmen with 3.71 assists per game in 2010-11... first DePaul freshman since Cliff Clinkscales in 2004-05 with over 100 assists in a season... first DePaul freshman since Lance Williams in 1998-99 to reach doublefigures in first seven collegiate games... one of three Baltimore natives on the roster with Cleveland Melvin and Montray Clemons... 44 career games in double-figures... reached double-figures in 71 percent of games (44-of-62)... 13 games of at least 20 points including one game of 30 or more points... signed with DePaul on Nov. 16, 2009.
2011-12 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in all 31 games with 30 starts... led team with 147 assists (most assists in a season since Imari Sawyer’s 179 in 2000-01)... the 147 assists are 15th on DePaul’s season list... 24 games in double-figures... eight games of at least 20 points... ranked among BIG EAST leaders in assists (9th - 4.74 apg), assist-to-turnover ratio (10th - 1.96), free throw percentage (12th - .765), scoring (14th - 14.5 ppg) and steals (15th - 1.58 spg)... in BIG EAST games only ranked in assists (t8th - 4.94 apg), assist-to-turnover ratio (9th - 2.07), free throw percentage (11th - .790), steals (t13th - 1.56 spg), scoring (23rd - 13.1 ppg)... 10 points, four assists, three steals against Seton Hall... 21 points, eight assists, three steals at West Virginia... 11 points, six assists, four boards against Providence... 17 points at St. John’s with four assists... 27 points, five rebounds, five assists, four steals against Louisville... 13 points at Notre Dame with three rebounds, three assists... nine points, seven assists at Cincinnati... posted first career double-double with 13 points and 11 assists against St. John’s... 11 points and seven assists at Rutgers... 16 points against Georgetown... made ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10 by throwing inbound pass off back of Georgetown defender and scoring on a layup... it was the No. 10 play... 14 points at Louisville with three boards... 16 points, two assists at Seton Hall... named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 24 points, six assists and four steals in games against Pittsburgh and Villanova... 22 points at Villanova with six assists, three steals... 26 points, six assists, five steals and four boards against Pittsburgh... with DePaul trailing 81-77 with 16 seconds left, Young scored the game’s final seven points including a three-point play with just over second left put DePaul ahead for good over Pitt... 16 points against Cal Poly with six assists and three rebounds... 19 points, five assists, four rebounds against Arkansas-Pine Bluff... named winner of the Jay Goedert Memorial Award as MVP of the DePaulNorthern Illinois game... totaled 16 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals against the Huskies... 21 points with seven assists, five boards against Chicago State... 20 points against Milwaukee... 18 points, three assists, three rebounds and three steals against Ole Miss... 13 points against Arizona State with six assists, two steals... 24 points, five assists, two steals against Texas Tech... 23 points, four assists, three steals against Minnesota... 19 points against Mississippi Valley State with five assists... totaled 12 points, seven assists and five boards against UT-Pan American.
2010-11 (FRESHMAN)
Named to BIG EAST All-Rookie Team... two-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week... led the team and all BIG EAST freshmen with 3.71 assists per game... ranked among league leaders in all games in assists (15th - 3.71 apg) and scoring (23rd - 12.6 ppg)... in BIG EAST games only, ranked 28th with 11.7 points per game... first DePaul freshman since Cliff Clinkscales in 2004-05 with over 100 assists in a season... first DePaul freshman since Lance Williams in 1998-99 to reach double-figures in first seven collegiate games... one of two players to start all 31 games (Krys Faber)... averaged 30.4 minutes per game... 20 games in double-figures and five games of at least 20 points... 20 points, four rebounds and four assists against Connecticut in the first round of the BIG EAST Championship... 21 points against Rutgers with four rebounds, three assists... named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week for second time after games against St. John’s and USF... 23 points, two assists against USF... 17 points at Providence with five assists... 14 points at West Virginia... 16 points and five assists against Cincinnati... 15 points, four assists at Louisville... 16 points against Notre Dame with four assists... 11 points and three rebounds at Marquette... 12 points against Seton Hall with four assists... 12 points, three assists against West Virginia... nine points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals at Georgetown... nine assists, eight
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