Angus Brandt

Angus Brandt
No. 12 – Perth Wildcats
Position Centre
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1989-10-28) 28 October 1989
Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australian
Listed height 208 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight 110 kg (243 lb)
Career information
High school Blaxland
(Blaxland, New South Wales)
Lake Forest Academy
(Lake Forest, Illinois)
College Oregon State (2009–2014)
NBA draft 2014 / Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present
Career history
2014 Penrith Panthers
2014–2016 Sydney Kings
2016 Neptūnas Klaipėda
2016–present Perth Wildcats
Career highlights and awards

Angus Brandt (born 28 October 1989) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Oregon State University.

Early life

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Brandt grew up in the Blue Mountains region. Living in his hometown of Springwood, he attended Blaxland High School in Blaxland, where he graduated from in 2007.[1]

In 2008, Brandt moved to the United States to attend Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois for a prep season in 2008–09. In his one season playing for Lake Forest, he averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds per game for coach Matt Vaughn.[2]

College career

As a freshman at Oregon State in 2009–10, Brandt played sparingly for a Beavers team that finished the season with a 14–18 win/loss record. In 26 games (two starts), he averaged 1.1 points and 1.1 rebounds in 9.2 minutes per game.[2][3]

As a sophomore in 2010–11, Brandt earned first-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors, while also earning a bigger role on the team which led to higher production value. In 29 games (21 starts), he averaged 4.8 points and 2.5 rebounds in 16.0 minutes per game.[2][3]

As a junior in 2011–12, Brandt led the team in three-point field goal percentage with 49.2 percent (29-for-59), finished ninth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage with 53.5 percent (122-for-228), and earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention honors. In 36 games (35 starts), he averaged 9.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 23.2 minutes per game.[2][3]

On 16 November 2012, Brandt suffered an isolated tear of the ACL in his right knee against Purdue that required surgery and forced him to miss the remainder of the 2012–13 season.[4] He was later granted medical hardship by the Pac-12 Faculty Athletics Representative Committee and deemed eligible to play in 2013–14. In four games (all starts), he averaged 11.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.3 blocks in 30.5 minutes per game. He was again named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention team.[2][3]

As a redshirted senior in 2013–14, Brandt finished 11th in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage with 51.1 percent (138-for-265), and earned second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors. On 18 December 2013, he recorded a career-high 27 points against Towson. In 30 games (all starts), he averaged 12.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 25.4 minutes per game.[2][3]

Professional career

Sydney Kings (2014–2016)

On 16 June 2014, Brandt signed a three-year deal with the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League.[5] The following month, he joined the Penrith Panthers of the Waratah League in preparation for the 2014–15 NBL season. With the Panthers, he played alongside his brother, Louis.[6] In six games for the Panthers, he averaged 25.3 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.[7]

On 13 January 2015, Brandt was ruled out for four to six weeks with a knee injury he sustained playing for the Kings on 31 December 2014 against the Townsville Crocodiles.[8][9] He returned to action on February 6 and played out the season, going on to earn the 2014–15 Rookie of the Year award after averaging 7.4 points and four rebounds per game while shooting at nearly 50 percent from the field over 21 games.[10]

Brandt entered the 2015–16 season with a reduced role thanks to the Kings' off-season acquisition of Julian Khazzouh.[11] Brandt consequently averaged just 3.4 points in 10.8 minutes per game over the first 11 games of the season, but over the final eight games to close out 2015, Brandt averaged 10.5 points in 21.6 minutes per game. With a late December injury ruling Khazzouh out for the rest of the season, Brandt was forced to take on a much bigger role heading into 2016. He went on to play in all 28 games for the last-placed Kings in 2015–16, averaging 8.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 19.1 minutes per game.

Lithuania (2016)

On 23 February 2016, Brandt signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda of Lithuania for the rest of the 2015–16 LKL season.[12] He helped Neptūnas reach the Finals where they were defeated 4–1 in the best-of-seven series by Žalgiris.[13] In 21 games for the club, he averaged 4.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.

Perth Wildcats (2016–present)

On 12 May 2016, Brandt signed a two-year deal with the Perth Wildcats.[14]

National team career

In 2011, Brandt was part of the Australian University national team that played at the 26th World University Games in Shenzhen, China.[2] In 2014, he was part of the Boomers team that played in the four-game Sino-Australia Challenge series.[15]

Personal

Brandt is the son of John and Lorraine Brandt, and has two brothers, Seamus and Louis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Desiatnik, Shane (12 November 2013). "Angus Brandt bounces back from injury". BlueMountainsGazette.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "#12 Angus Brandt". osubeavers.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Angus Brandt Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "OSU basketball: Angus Brandt, teammates deal with ACL injury". OregonLive.com. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "STAR AUSTRALIAN JOINS THE SYDNEY KINGS". SydneyKings.com. NBL.com.au. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Tarbert, Kristine (15 August 2014). "Penrith Panthers miss out on playoffs in Waratah Championship Basketball League". DailyTelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Player statistics for Angus Brandt". FoxSportsPulse.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Injury update". SydneyKings.com. NBL.com.au. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "R15: Injury Update". NBL.com.au. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "NBL Awards: Rookie of the Year". NBL.com.au. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "KING KHAZZOUH RETURNS". NBL.com.au. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "SU „NEPTŪNU" ATSISVEIKINO GILVYDAS BIRUTA IR ATVYKSTA AUSTRALAS". bcneptunas.lt (in Lithuanian). 23 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "WILDCATS OFF-SEASON WRAP – 7 JUNE 2016". Wildcats.com.au. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "ANGUS BRANDT JOINS THE PERTH WILDCATS". Wildcats.com.au. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "WA STARS LEAD BOOMERS TEAM FOR SINO-AUSTRALIA CHALLENGE". Basketball.net.au. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

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