Only senior on team...tri-captain... leads all active players in games (80) and rebounds (310) and is second in starts (27), minutes (1,483), points (319), and blocks (32)...
Coach Geitner: “Yarbs is our vocal leader and a great team player offensively and defensively. He understands everything we are trying to do and is able to vocalize that. Offensively, he has been better every year. This year, with the makeup of our team, he will play a more prominent role offensively, because he has the ability to knock down a jump shot.”
2013/14: Posted career-highs in starts (16), scoring average (5.7), average minutes (25.2), FG pct. (47.1) and FT pct. (70.8)... started 15 consecutive games in which he appeared through early February... sat out seven of the final nine games with injury, including all five in post season... twice contributed double figures in points, including a career-high 12 in the first road game of the year at Nichols... snagged a season-high 11 rebounds at Rhode Island College Jan. 25... twice logged season-highs of 34 minutes, sinking 4 of 6 FGs in the second such game against Carthage College in Orlando... season-highs (p-r-a-b): 10-11-3-3...
2012/13: Made his first career starts, starting more than one-third of the contests... saw time in all but one game, averaging 4.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in an average of 20.6 minutes per game... made his first six starts in succession prior to second-semester play and capped the year starting the final four post-season games -- the Little East semifinal loss and all three ECAC tournament victories... in the ECAC opener, set personal career highs in points (12), minutes (37) and assists (5), going 6-for-8 from the floor... grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds (eight offensive) and scored a then-career-high ten points Dec. 6 against Nichols... in one three-game stretch beginning with Nichols, was 12-for-16 from the field with 30 rebounds... season-highs (p-r-a-b): 12-16-5-2...
2011/12: Among five first-year letterwinners, the only one of which appeared in all 30 games... came off the bench in every game... played a season-high 22 minutes in the season-opener and posted season-highs (later equalled) with nine points and six rebounds in a win over Worcester State... only player on the team with more offensive rebounds than defensive ones... nearly 64 percent of his rebounds came on the offensive glass, including 11 of the first 15 of his career... in three NCAA games, totaled 11 points (5-for-6 from the floor) and two rebounds in 32 minutes... season-highs (p-r-a-b): 9-6-2-2...
Career-highs (thru 13/14): 37 min.,12 pts., 16 rebs., 5 assists, 3 blocks, 3 steals, one 3-pter. ...
High School: Attended Trinity Catholic as a freshman and sophomore, playing on the sub-varsity basketball team before transferring to St. Luke’s, where he was a three-year varsity starter in basketball… two-year football letterwinner at St. Luke’s, where he was a two-time all-league selection… in basketball, three-time all-league selection, earning first-team honors twice and All-New England accolades as a senior… helped the Storm to league regular-season title as a junior and to league tournament championship as a senior captain…
Other: In the summer of 2013, played in the DeSantis Basketball Academy league and served as coach for an AAU fifth-grade team...
PERSONAL: Born Brandon J. Yarborough December 20, 1992…Parents: Keiah… Sisters: Bria and Rhianna… Major: Music… Career Plans: High school choir director.. Residence: Stamford…
CAREER STATISTICS
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| Year | GP | GS | Min. | Avg. | FG- | A | Pct. | FG- | A | Pct. | FT- | A | Pct. | O | D | Reb. | Avg. | PF | DQ | A | TO | B | St. | Pts. | Avg. |
| 14/15 | 26 | 24 | 649 | 25.0 | 66 | 146 | .452 | 13 | 44 | .295 | 42 | 64 | .656 | 29 | 59 | 88 | 3.4 | 62 | 1 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 24 | 187 | 7.2 |
| 13/14 | 21 | 16 | 529 | 25.2 | 41 | 87 | .471 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 34 | 48 | .708 | 43 | 67 | 110 | 5.2 | 59 | 3 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 119 | 5.7 |
| 12/13 | 29 | 11 | 597 | 20.6 | 42 | 97 | .433 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 36 | 54 | .667 | 50 | 92 | 142 | 4.9 | 51 | 0 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 18 | 121 | 4.2 |
| 11/12 | 30 | 0 | 357 | 11.9 | 25 | 56 | .446 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 28 | 47 | .596 | 37 | 21 | 58 | 1.9 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 79 | 2.6 |
| TOTAL | 106 | 51 | 2132 | 20.1 | 174 | 386 | .451 | 18 | 56 | .321 | 140 | 213 | .657 | 159 | 239 | 398 | 3.8 | 200 | 4 | 113 | 131 | 38 | 62 | 506 | 4.8 |
BRANDON... REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Singing and listening to music
Best place for pizza: Riko’s Pizza
Favorite actor: Will Farrell
Most difficult aspect of college: Time management
Something that you may never live to see: Flying cars
Most important thing in your life: My family
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: Eye Spy
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Taking charges
Best athlete of all time: Michael Jordan
Sport requiring the most strength: Football
Greatest song ever: Changes – 2pac
Favorite pro team: The Clippers
One thing you would like to do before you die: Go skydiving
Greatest coach of all time: Jerry McDougal
Your favorite moment of all time: Hosting and winning the LEC championship as a freshman
Favorite smell: A bakery
A reality TV show you would like to see created: A show about my life
Closest brush with greatness: Making it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament
Your greatest thrill in sports: Winning close games against rivals
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: IPhone
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Play basketball
Most influential person in the world: Brandon Yarborough
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Sewage
Automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: Black Dodge Charger from the movie Fast and Furious
Favorite amusement park ride: Rollercoaster
Favorite amusement park game: Three-point shot
Favorite amusement park food: Fried Dough
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: Animal World
Favorite city ever visited: Vatican City
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Beach Volleyball
World’s most recognizable person: Barack Obama
Funniest comedian: Kevin Hart
Scariest insect: Spiders
Superstitions: I put on my uniform a certain way and in a certain order before every game while I listen to country music
Pet Peeve: Slow drivers
Red Sox or Yankees: Yankees
Biggest waste of money: Buying huge houses when there’s way more rooms than there are people that live there
Longest you’ve ever gone without sleep: Three days
Something no one would miss if it was blown up: Hurley
Best vacation of all time: Going to North Carolina when I was younger
Worst vacation of all time: Staying home
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: None
