BracketBusters pairing announced -- Salukis play at Ball Sate on Feb. 18.
2011-12 Season
Recorded 25 assists and seven turnovers in the last eight games of the season...Tied for team lead in 3-point FGs (38) and was second in assists (61) ...Scored double figures in 11 games...Did not play during the fall semester, missing six games, in order to focus on academics...Scored a career-high 19 points at Northern Illinois in his season debut on Dec. 17.
2010-11 Season
Fourth on the team in scoring (7.2 ppg)...Started 19 games, including the last 10 of the season...Ranked 8th in the MVC in 3-point shooting at .396...Had a career-high 18-point performance vs. Bradley on Feb. 5...Played both the point and the 2 guard...Led the team with 76 assists.
2009-10 Season
Made four starts as a true freshman...In the last seven games, he averaged 7.3 points, 25.7 minutes and had 24 assists and 15 turnovers...Shot .486 from the field and .750 from the free throw line during that span...A defensive specialist...Played double-digit minutes in all but two games.
High School
Named second-team all-state his senior year, after averaging 19.6 points, 5.3 assists and 3.0 steals...Named an Indiana All-Star and ranked among the state's top 40 players...Three-time all-city selection, who averaged 15.5 points as a junior and 14.5 points as a sophomore...Played in the 2009 North/South Indiana All-Star Classic...Played football and was named all-conference...Finished sixth in the state in the long jump.
Dawg Bites
A cousin of Chris Lowery...Born February 10, 1991, in Evansville...From the same high school as Kevin Hardy, Calbert Cheaney, Walter McCarty and Chris Lowery...One of four left-handed players on the team (Justin Bocot, Mamadou Seck and Dantiel Daniels are the others)...Has three brothers and three sisters...Son of Jonathan Surles and Michelle Brown...Father is a marketing director for AT&T and mother works for Fed Ex.