First Round Draft Pick, Canadian Jerome Brown Drops 26, Not Enough For Milrats

PHOTO COURTESY: ANCIL LONDON

QUEBEC, QC–The Saint John Mill Rats first round draft pick, and the first Canadian player ever drafted into the National Basketball League of Canada, Jerome Brown, scored 26 points in his first ever NBL action but it was not enough as the Quebec Kebs prevailed 108-89.
 
Mill Rats Head Coach Jaren Jackson sat out seven players including Will Blalock, Anthony Anderson, Marc Egerson, Steve Deluca, Modibo Diarra, Sani Ibrahim, and Antoine Tisby.
 
“We wanted to get a live game look at certain guys to see how they’d do,” stated Jackson.

Mill Rats season tickets are now on sale at the Harbour Station box office 657-1234 or the Mill Rats office 214-4454, as well as several flex-ticket options. 
 
The Mill Rats play in Fredericton on October. 23rd at the Richard J. Currie Center against the Quebec Kebs. To purchase tickets, Visit the PlayHouse
 
The Mill Rats first Preseason Home Game will be at Harbour Station October. 27th. For more information, visit www.millratsbasketball.ca or email hoops@millratsbasketball.ca.