Sherwood Brown Taking Advantage Of Increased Time

(Courtesy of Mike McSweeney)

Florida Gulf Coast alumni Sherwood Brown recently picked up two starts for the Maine Red Claws and has received extended minutes as of late.

"I've always got the same mind set," Brown said when asked about starting instead of coming off the bench.

This increased time spurred from both Chris Babb (Celtics) and Chris Wright (Bucks) receiving NBA call-ups and fellow guard Abdul Gaddy going down with the flu for a game.

"Opportunities present themselves in mysterious ways," Brown said. "You can never really ask for an opportunity. They just appear and you have to grasp it and take advantage."

And take advantage, Brown has. On March 21, on the road against the Delaware 87ers, the 2013 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year got the start and scored a career high 21 points while adding 6 rebounds and 7 assists. He followed that up by scoring 14 points (all first half) on 4/6 shooting from beyond the arc on Sunday, March 23.

"I've always been scorer since I started to play basketball. I felt the need to step up and I was expected to," Brown said.

Although the Red Claws have officially been eliminated from the NBA D-League playoff race, you can catch Maine in action on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. as they take on the Canton Charge.