Former Syracuse forward Maliq Brown scheduled to visit the Blue Devils

Maliq Brown, the former Syracuse Orange forward, will visit Duke later this week. He averaged 9.5 points and 7.2 rebounds as a sophomore last season.

Former Syracuse forward Maliq Brown will visit Durham from Wednesday through Friday, according to On3’s Joe Tipton.

Brown, a 6-foot-8 player who just finished his sophomore season, averaged 9.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in 2023-24. He tallied five double-doubles over the season, and his most productive game on the offensive end came against the Blue Devils.

Brown scored 26 points, his only 20-point game of the season after he made 11 of his 16 attempts, but Duke won the game by 20 points.

According to EvanMiya’s portal tracker, Brown is a five-star portal prospect, and he’s the 12th-best player available. He’s solid on both ends of the floor, with an Offensive Bayesian Performance Rating of 3.17 (31st among available players) and a Defensive Bayesian Performance Rating of 2.09 (26th among available players).

Only 11 other players have a rating above 2.00 on both ends.

Brown would help add depth to a frontcourt that lost Kyle Filipowski to the NBA draft and Christian Reeves and Mark Mitchell to the transfer portal since the end of the season.