R. Brian Gilgeous is an American

United States

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 former expatriate professional basketball player for Angers BC 49 in France

France

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's Ligue Nationale de Basketball

Ligue Nationale de Basketball

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. A native of Brooklyn

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, New York

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, Gilgeous is best known for his college career at American University

American University

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 between 1989–90 and 1982–93. He led the team in scoring in each of his final three seasons as an Eagle

American Eagles men's basketball

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, including a career-best 22.7 points per game as a senior

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. That year he was named the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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—the only player from American to be named as such—and through 2010–11

2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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 is just one of nine CAA men's basketball players to record 2,000+ points (2,013). He garnered three All-CAA First Team and All-Defensive Team selections as well.

Gilgeous' professional career spanned from 1993 until 1998, all overseas, and since then has worked in the Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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area. He was inducted into the American University Athletic Hall of Fame and was part of the CAA's 25th Anniversary all-time time in 2009, which honored the greatest 25 men's basketball players in the conference's history through its first 25 years.