Brandon Mouton

Brandon Prescott Mouton (born August 18, 1981) is an American former college basketball player. After playing high school basketball at St. Thomas More Catholic in Lafayette, Louisiana, Mouton signed to play for the Texas Longhorns, being a part of the team that reached the 2003 NCAA Tournament Final Four. In August 2003 he participated in the XIV Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic with the United States men's national basketball team, starting all 5 games. After his senior year in college, during which he earned first-team all-conference honors, he went undrafted in the 2004 NBA draft and after playing in the 2004 NBA Summer League with the Los Angeles Clippers he did not pursue a professional career in basketball.

High school career Mouton was born in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, to Joseph Mouton and Gertrude Butler. He lived with his family in Gates County, North Carolina and moved to Louisiana when he was in the 8th grade. He then enrolled at St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette and as a sophomore in 1997–98 he averaged 18.6 points and 9 rebounds per game. That year his team was District champion, and Mouton was named District 5-4A Most Valuable Player and was an All-District First Team selection. His success at District level also earned him an All-State selection. USA Today selected him as an Honorable Mention All-American.

In his junior year Mouton averaged 21.1 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, and All-State first teams, USA Today also named him an Honorable Mention All-American for the second year in a row. averaging 9.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game during the event. and the 7th best wing guard of the 2000 class. Bob Gibbons ranked him as the 32nd best prospect He ended his senior season earning District MVP averaging 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. Street & Smith named him an Honorable Mention All-American for his senior year. he committed to play for Texas in October 1999 and signed in November.

Mouton chose to wear jersey number 3 and in his freshman year he was primarily used as Maurice Evans' backup in the small forward position. and averaged 5.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists over 34 appearances (6 starts). He was the 6th best scorer on the team and he ranked 2nd in 3-point shooting percentage with 37.3%, behind Maurice Evans (38.9%).

Sophomore season Mouton's sophomore season saw him earning a starting role in the rotation, after Evans declared for the 2001 NBA draft. On November 17, 2001, he scored 15 points and posted 9 rebounds against Arizona in the first game of the season. Mouton appeared again in the NCAA tournament in 2002, starting all 3 games, scoring 9 points along with 6 rebounds in the first game against Boston College, and 8 points in the loss against Oregon.

Junior season For his junior year Mouton was confirmed in the starting five by coach Rick Barnes, and in the first five games of the season he scored at least 10 points. Mouton was one of Texas' top players during the 2003 NCAA tournament: he averaged 17.8 points, leading the team in scoring, In the first game of the season against UNC Asheville on March 21, 2003, he recorded 15 points and 6 rebounds, followed by 6 points against Purdue on March 23. In the NCAA Sweet Sixteen game against UConn Mouton recorded a career-high 27 points while shooting 4/7 (57.1%) from three-point range. In the summer of 2003 he was named in the list of preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award. Mouton was one of the players who joined the Texas Longhorns in 2000 and decided to return to the team for their senior season: with him, Brian Boddicker, Royal Ivey and James Thomas, who were all part of the rotation during the previous year participation in the Final Four. Mouton scored 20 points on November 24, 2003, against Sam Houston State, and on December 4 against Wofford; he did not play on January 2 against UT Arlington, missing the first game of his career at Texas after 109 consecutive appearances. On February 14, 2004, Mouton recorded his career-high in points with 29 against Iowa State, and then scored 25 points against Oklahoma: these performances earned him the Big 12 Player of the Week award on February 23. At the end of the season he was the team's leading scorer (13.9 points per game), averaging a team-best 30 minutes per game. He was named in the All-Big 12 First Team by the media, and in the Second Team by the coaches.

After the end of his senior season Mouton was automatically eligible for the 2004 NBA draft, but went undrafted. He was selected in the 2nd round of the 2004 CBA draft by the Great Lakes Storm, but did not sign with the team. He joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2004 NBA Summer League, but he did not make the final roster and did not play in the NBA.

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National team career Mouton was selected by Tom Izzo to be a part of the USA squad for the 2003 Pan American Games. He started all 5 games during the tournament, finishing as the 6th best scorer in the team with 7.2 points per game: he scored 9 points against Puerto Rico in the preliminary round, and in the bronze medal game against Puerto Rico he recorded 7 points and 10 rebounds. During the tournament he suffered a sprained ankle.