Quentin Millora-Brown

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Quentin Millora-Brown
No. 42–UP Fighting Maroons
Position Center / power forward
League UAAP
Personal information
Born (2000-08-09) August 9, 2000 (age 24)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityFilipino / American
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school Bishop O'Connell High School (Arlington County, Virginia)
South County High School (Lorton, Virginia)
College Rice (2018–19)
Vanderbilt (2020–23)
The Citadel (2023–24)
UP (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards

Quentin "QMB" Millora-Brown (born March 8, 2001) is a Filipino-American college basketball player for the UP Fighting Maroons of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). Prior to winning a UAAP championship with UP, he also played for the Rice Owls, Vanderbilt Commodores, and The Citadel Bulldogs.

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Early life and high school career

Millora-Brown was born to Bryan W. Brown and Rosette Millora. [1] He has one sister, Sasha. [2] He was born in Washington D.C., but grew up in Virginia. [1] [3]

Growing up, Millora-Brown's first sport was fencing. His father was a fencer for the College of William & Mary and was even the team captain. [1] In middle school, he started playing basketball more often, and chose to pursue basketball. He played in the Filipino-American Youth Basketball Association. [3]

Millora-Brown first studied at Bishop O'Connell High School. He then transferred to South County High School in his senior year, where he learned under Mike Robinson. Under Robinson's coaching, he led South County to its first state title. He was also named as the district, regional player and state player of the year with averages of 16 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks, and four assists. [4]

College career

Rice

Millora-Brown first played for the Rice Owls. In his freshman season, Millora-Brown played all 32 games. He averaged 7.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.2 blocked shots per game. [1] He also set a freshman record with a field goal percentage of 59.8%. [4] Rice finished with a record of 13–19. [1]

Vanderbilt

On April 18, 2019, Millora-Brown decided to transfer schools. [5] On July 16, 2019, it was announced that he had joined the Vanderbilt Commodores. He redshirted the 2019–20 season. [6]

In his first full season with the team, Millora-Brown shot around 70% from the field. However, he contracted COVID-19 during the season, which affected his performance. [4]

In his senior season, Millora-Brown had a bigger role as center Liam Robbins was still recovering from a foot injury. [3] He led the team in blocks and was second on the team in rebounds. [2] One of the highlights of the season was when he limited Oscar Tshiebwe to 11 points and 17 rebounds and drew two flagrant fouls from him in a loss to Kentucky. [4] [7] That season, Vanderbilt made it to the quarterfinals of the 2022 National Invitational Tournament. [2]

As a fifth-year senior, he averaged 3.5 points and continued to gain more minutes as Robbins was hurt throughout the season. However, his field goal percentage dropped to 48.5% [8]

Initially, Millora-Brown was set to return for one more season. [9] However, he decided to enter the transfer portal as a graduate student. [10] [11]

Citadel

Millora-Brown then committed to The Citadel Bulldogs. [12] The Citadel's head coach, Ed Conroy, was previously his assistant coach for two years at Vanderbilt. [13] In his final season in the NCAA, he averaged 11.2 points and 9.4 rebounds, shooting 59.4% from the floor. [11] He also broke school records for rebounds and double-doubles, and was named to the SoCon All-Defensive Team. [14]

UP

On July 1, 2024, it was announced that Millora-Brown would come to the Philippines and commit to the UP Fighting Maroons of the UAAP. He was eligible to play in Season 87 college season as a master's student. [15] His grandfather had been a UP student, getting his medical degree in 1963. [16] [17]

In his UP debut, Millora-Brown had seven points, 17 rebounds, and two blocks in a win over Ateneo. [18] Towards the end of the elimination rounds, he had to miss a game to return to the US and attend his grandfather's burial. [19] UP finished the elimination rounds with a record of 11–3, and second in the standings. [20] In the Final Four, he had nine points, 19 rebounds, three assists, and four blocks against UST as UP made its fourth straight finals appearance. [21] Before the UAAP finals, he was averaging 8.6 points and 10.1 rebounds. [11]

In Game 1 of the UAAP finals against DLSU, Millora-Brown led UP to the win with a career-high 17 points, nine rebounds, three assists, and two steals. [22] He then contributed 11 points and eight rebounds, but DLSU overcame an eight-point third quarter lead to tie the series. [23] In Game 3, he led the team with 14 points, 10 rebounds, a steal and a block. He also made the game-sealing free throws with 11.3 seconds remaining to give UP its second UAAP title in four seasons. [24]

College career statistics

NCAA

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018–19 Rice 322723.3.598.000.4505.91.2.31.27.2
2020–21 Vanderbilt 19813.5.703.000.3533.2.6.2.33.1
2021–22 Vanderbilt 363024.3.649.000.4895.61.2.41.15.3
2022–23 Vanderbilt 362718.5.485.333.5964.3.7.4.63.5
2023–24 Citadel 323232.3.594.150.5479.42.0.71.511.2
Career15512423.1.595.174.5135.91.2.41.06.2

Personal life

Millora-Brown is Filipino-American. His maternal grandparents were immigrants from the Philippines who raised his mother near Albany, New York. [3]

Millora-Brown has a mechanical engineering degree from Vanderbilt and a graduate certificate in leadership from The Citadel. [14] In his freshman year, he made the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. [25] In his junior year, he made the SEC Academic Honor Roll. [3]

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