SHELTON STATE CC: Joins the Red and White after one season at Tuscaloosa, Ala-based Shelton State Community College ... Played for head coach Barry Mohun at SSCC and averaged 8.4 points and 5.2 rebounds ... Scored in double figures in seven games at SSCC a year ago with a season-high 14 points twice Cecil Community Colle (12-23-06) and Marion Military Institution (3-1-07) ... Attempted a season high 11 three-pointers against Hutchinson Community College (11-11-06).

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY: Played as a freshman at Gulf South Conference foe Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn. ... Saw action in eight games at CBU.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed at John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham, Ala. ... Finished his high school career with 88 wins ... The 2002-03 Cavalier edition finished 36-0, winning the Alabama Class 5A State Championship ... JCCHS won its second-straight state championship with a 31-3 slate in 2003-04 ... Earned Gatorade Rookie of the Year honors in 2002-03 ... All-Region Team in 2003-04 and 2004-05 ... Tabbed as the Birmingham News Student-Athlete of the Week and participated in the North-South All-State game ... Earned area MVP honors as a senior ... A McDonald’s All-American Nominee in 2004-05 ... Member of the National Honor Scoiety and Mu Alpha Theta at JCCHS.

PERSONAL: Brian Joseph Murphy was born March 19, 1986 , in Mobile, Ala. ... Majoring in business ... The son of Francis and Nancy Murphy ... Has two sisters Anna and Caty.