HIGH POINT, N.C. — For 12 minutes on Thursday night, John Brown was amazing.
The High Point senior had 19 points — he made nine of his 11 shots from the floor and scored on five consecutive possessions in one dominating stretch — four steals, three rebounds and even a couple of assists in his first dozen minutes against Big South-leading Winthrop.
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Then, his Senior Night ended abruptly.
Brown launched up what looked to be a heat-check long jumper — he’d already made two of those in a row — and went after the rebound.