BrianLong
- position Guard
- height 5-9
- Weight 155
- class Freshman
- Hometown Dumont, N.J.
- Major Communications
- High school River Dell
Four-time All-SEC Academic Team member
2014-15
Senior: Made the SEC Academic Honor Roll for a fourth straight season … Played in 10 games in 2014-15, his most since his freshman season … Made his first career start on Senior Day vs. Florida … Logged minutes in UK’s NCAA Tournament games vs. No. 20 West Virginia and Hampton, his first action in NCAA Tournament games since 2012 … Played a season-high five minutes in the victory over Montana State, attempting two shots while coming up with a steal.
2013-14
Junior: Earned All-SEC Academic team honors for the third consecutive year … Appeared in UK’s SEC Tournament victory over Georgia … Saw a minute of action in a win over Transylvania.
2012-13
Sophomore: Appeared in three games in his sophomore season … Registered his first career steal in a win over Mississippi State … Played two minutes against Mississippi State, attempting a pair of field goals and recording a steal … Saw two minutes against Eastern Michigan … Logged a pair of minutes against Lafayette … Logged two minutes in exhibition against Northwood … Saw three minutes of action against Transy.
2011-12
Freshman: Saw action in 12 games … Made an appearance in UK’s opening NCAA Tournament victory over WKU … Saw action in a win over Georgia … Logged his first action in conference play in the win over Ole Miss … Played in one minute of a victory over Lamar … Logged a minute of action in a win over Loyola … Appeared in the Samford win logging one minute … Saw two minutes of action in a win over Chattanooga … Played in two minutes of UK’s win over St. John’s … Pulled down a defensive rebound in two minutes of action in a win over Portland … Saw the floor for two minutes in a win over Radford … Tallied his first career points with a 2-for-4 showing at the free throw line in a win over Penn State … Also pulled down his first career rebound in that victory … Saw his first career action in a UK victory over Marist … Made two appearance in the exhibition contests … Played seven minutes in the win over Morehouse and pulled down one rebound.
High School
Averaged 9.6 points and 5.0 assists per game in senior season at River Dell High School … Named First Team All-Conference Big North … Honorable Mention All-County (Bergen County) … Helped lead team to state playoffs … As a junior, averaged 9.0 points and 4.0 assists per game … Named Second Team All-League (Bergen County Scholastic League).
Personal
Son of Brian and Patricia Long … Has two brothers, Keith and Travis, who played college basketball, Keith at UNLV and Travis at Memphis … Father played basketball at Creighton.