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42 ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 2 f … Has six brothers (Maurice, Jaron, Marquis, Dante, Christopher and Mi- chan) and one sister (Jalia) … As- pires to be a filmmaker, and plans to major in film and video studies. 24 Anfernee Brown Sophomore • Guard • 6-1/190 East Chicago, Ind. (East Chicago Central) As a Freshman (2013-14) : Appeared in five games for a total of nine minutes … Scored first career points with a jumper against Boston College in the Big Ten / ACC Chal- lenge. High School: A three-year let- ter-winner at East Chicago Central High School, Brown earned three NWI Times All-Area accolades … As a senior, Brown was selected as a Northwest Indiana All-Star, was named a Top 100 Senior by Hoosier Basketball Magazine and was named his team MVP … Named honorable mention All-State by the AP … Aver- aged close to 18 points a game as a senior after averaging 15.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 6.0 apg as a junior … Played for his father, Abrian Brown, Sr., at Central. Personal: Full name is Anfernee Emond Ezzel Brown … Plans to major in pre-physical therapy … Born June 9, 1994. ... Son of Abrian Brown, Sr., and Chynisse Nobles … Has three brothers and one sister. His oldest brother, Abrian Brown, Jr., attends Indiana State University. 30 Neal Beshears Senior • Forward • 6-7/198 Winchester, Ind. (Winchester/Maine Institute) As a Junior (2013-14): Beshears appeared in six games, to- taling 12 minutes … Played a sea- son-best four minutes against CCSU, grabbing a rebound and blocking a shot against the Blue Devils ... Also grabbed a rebound against Nebraska (Feb. 23). As a Sophomore (2012-13): Saw action in 10 games, averaging 0.3 points and 0.5 rebounds in 2.7 minutes per outing ... Scored a ca- reer-high three points in the win over Hofstra, while connecting on his first career three-pointer. As a Freshman (2011-12): Played in 10 games, averaging 0.6 points and 0.3 rebounds in 2.2 min- utes per contest … Scored the first two points of his career in the home win over IPFW. Maine Central Institute (2010-11): Helped lead MCI to its first NEPSAC Class AAA champion- ship since 1998 … Started 28 of 31 games, averaging 5.7 points, 3.3 re- bounds and 1.4 assists per game … Converted a team-high 87.0 percent from the free throw line … Attended same prep school as former Boiler- maker Brad Miller. High School: An Indiana All-Star and honorable mention IBCA all-state selection … Averaged 18.3 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, while shoot- ing 87.5 percent from the free throw line, as a senior at Winchester. Personal: Full name is Neal Aron Beshears … Majoring in computa- tional science and engineering … Born on Aug. 24, 1991 … Son of Ken- ny and Sherry Beshears. ... Has two brothers, Bobby, a Purdue graduate, and David. Also has a sister, Jessica. 31 Dakota Mathias Freshman • Guard • 6-4/197 Elida, Ohio (Elida) High School: Ranked 141st na- tionally and a three-star recruit by Ri- vals.com … As a senior, Mathias av- eraged 28 points, eight rebounds and six assists per game en route to Ohio Division II Player-of-the-Year and first-team All-State accolades … As a junior, Mathias averaged 25.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 6.4 assists while shooting 62 percent from the field and making 63-of-169 three-point at- tempts … Was selected to play on the Ohio Rising All-Stars Team, was the Lima News 2013 Dream Team Player- of-the-Year and an Associated Press Division II All-Ohio First Team honor- ee … Also honored as the Associated Press District Co-Player-of-the-Year and the District 8 and Western Buck- eye League (WBL) Player-of-the-Year … As a sophomore, Mathias aver- aged 13.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game while making 39-of-114 three-point attempts and 88 percent of his free throw attempts … Started as a freshman where he averaged 10.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists and was named honor-