ST. LOUIS – Jaylon Brown and Mislav Brzoja picked up two more Missouri Valley Conference awards on Wednesday as Brown notched a spot on the Most Improved Team and Brzoja was named to the All-Bench squad.
 
Brown saw great improvement this season as he has made the start in all 31 games.  He has made the start in all 31 contests this season and continues to rank as the #2 shooter in the league, hitting 52% of his attempts.
 
His career-best came on three occasions this year as he has notched 19 points.  He has averaged 10.5 points per game.
 
Yesterday, Brzoja becomes the third University of Evansville player to earn Sixth Man of the Year honors, joining Curt Begle (1999) and Ned Cox (2012).  He came off the bench to play in all 31 games, seeing an average of 24.1 minutes per game.
 
One of the top 3-point shooters in the MVC, Brzoja connected on 40.3% of his attempts.  His top game of the year came in the exciting win at Southern Illinois as he scored a career-high 25 points.  That game saw him drain 9 of his 12 attempts, including 4 of his 5 triples.  Those efforts saw UE overcome a late deficit to pick up an important overtime victory.
 
Both of the honorees and their teammates are working to prepare for Arch Madness as they open up on Friday at 6 p.m. against either Drake or Missouri State.
 

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