Jay Bowie

Jay Bowie
No. 25 – Goldfields Giants
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League State Basketball League
Personal information
Born March 25, 1992
Tampa, Florida
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Middleton (Tampa, Florida)
Tampa Prep (Tampa, Florida)
College Marist (2010–2014)
NBA draft 2014 / Undrafted
Pro career 2014–present
Career history
2014 Delaware 87ers
2015–present Goldfields Giants
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× MAAC All-Academic Team (2012, 2013)

Jay Bowie (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Goldfields Giants of the State Basketball League (SBL). He played college basketball for Marist College.

High school career

Bowie attended George S. Middleton High School in Tampa, Florida where he spent his freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Tampa Preparatory School in 2008. As a junior in 2008–09, he was named Male Athlete of the Year after averaging a double-double with 14.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. As a senior in 2009–10, he again averaged a double-double with 16.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game while leading his team to the Class 2A state final at the power forward position, alongside swingman teammate Jamal Cherry.[1] He was also named to the Academic Honor Roll as a junior and senior.[2]

On April 26, 2010, Bowie signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Marist College.[3]

College career

As a freshman at Marist in 2010–11, Bowie was the lone Red Fox to start all 33 games. He averaged 6.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, and led the team with 24 steals.[2] On December 6, 2010, he was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week after averaging 13.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game and leading the Red Foxes to conference wins over Niagara and Canisius.[4]

As a sophomore in 2011–12, Bowie played in all 32 games and made 31 starts. He led the team in field goal and free-throw percentage with 49.1% and 84.9%, respectively, and was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team. On the season, he averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.[2] He scored a career-high 23 points on February 4, 2012 against Canisius.[5][6]

As a junior in 2012–13, Bowie played in 18 games and made 17 starts, all of them at power forward. He missed all of January as he sat out from December 31 to February 3 due to concussion-like symptoms he sustained after taking a hit to the head in practice in mid-December.[7] He finished the season with averages of 9.4 points and 4.9 rebounds, as he earned MAAC All-Academic Team honors for the second straight year.[2]

As team captain his senior year in 2013–14, Bowie started all 31 games while averaging 12.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He led the Red Foxes in free-throw percentage, three-pointers made and three-point percentage, while leading team in scoring three times and rebounding eight times. He graduated from Marist College with a major in business administration and finished just a dozen points shy of the 1,000-point plateau for his career.[2][8]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Marist 33 33 24.9 .399 .379 .727 4.2 .9 .7 .3 6.4
2011–12 Marist 32 31 20.4 .491 .370 .849 4.3 .8 .6 .3 7.3
2012–13 Marist 18 17 26.5 .527 .458 .833 4.9 1.3 .8 .2 9.4
2013–14 Marist 31 31 32.5 .423 .434 .812 5.2 1.2 1.1 .3 12.1
Career 114 112 26.0 .448 .416 .811 4.6 1.0 .8 .3 8.7

Professional career

2014–15 season

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Bowie tried out for the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League in October 2014. On November 3, he was named in the 87ers' 17-man training camp roster.[9] In the team's season opener on November 15 against the Canton Charge, Bowie came off the bench to record 3 points, 3 steals and 2 rebounds in 16 minutes of action.[10][11] After not playing in the 87ers' next game against the Westchester Knicks on November 22,[8] he made his second appearance of the season on November 23 against the Maine Red Claws as he recorded 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 12 minutes off the bench.[12] He was later waived in favor of Nolan Smith on November 26 after appearing in just two games.[13]

On February 11, 2015, Bowie signed with the Goldfields Giants for the 2015 State Basketball League season.[14][15] He made his debut for the Giants on March 14 in the team's season opener, scoring 18 points on 8-of-16 shooting in a blowout loss to the Willetton Tigers.[16] On April 11, he scored a massive 40 points on 14-of-19 shooting in a losing effort to the Perth Redbacks.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Nick (March 4, 2010). "Boys basketball: Bowie, Cherry give Terrapins 1-2 punch". TBO.com. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Jay Bowie Biography". GoRedFoxes.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Marist Men's Basketball Announces Signings Of Bowie, Kemp, Prinsloo". GoRedFoxes.com. April 26, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Glover and Bowie Earn MAAC Men's Basketball Weekly Honors". MAACSports.com. December 6, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ Vander, Eric (February 7, 2012). "Bowie's career day helps Red Foxes end losing streak". MaristCircle.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Marist 80, Canisius 69". ESPN.com. February 4, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Restivo, Ryan (January 9, 2013). "No Timetable for Jay Bowie’s Return for Marist". nycbuckets.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 McMann, Sean (November 22, 2014). "Marist men are 'a good team,' D-League's Bowie says". PoughkeepsieJournal.com. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ "DELAWARE 87ERS ANNOUNCE TRAINING CAMP ROSTER". NBA.com. November 3, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Roberts, 87ers Take Opener over Charge in Triple Overtime". NBA.com. November 15, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ McMann, Sean (November 21, 2014). "Jay Bowie moves from Marist men to NBA D-League". PoughkeepsieJournal.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ "James Young, Red Claws Blow Past 87ers". NBA.com. November 23, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  13. ↑ "87ERS ACQUIRE FREE AGENT NOLAN SMITH". NBA.com. November 26, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ McAuliffe, Hugh (February 12, 2015). "Giants sign Jay Bowie". Australiabasket.com. Sports I.T. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ "The latest Giant import from America (video)". Yahoo.com. GWN7 News. February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Tigers vs Giants". FIBALiveStats.com. March 14, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Giants vs Redbacks". FIBALiveStats.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.

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