Sam Dower

Sam Dower
No. 35 – MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Position Power forward / Center
League Polish Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1990-11-06) November 6, 1990
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school Osseo (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
College Gonzaga (2009–2014)
NBA draft 2014 / Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present
Career history
2014 SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer
2014–2015 BK Valmiera
2015–present MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-WCC (2014)
  • WCC All-Freshman Team (2012)

Sam Dower, Jr. (born November 6, 1990) is an American basketball player. Standing 6'9, he mainly plays the power forward position. He played college basketball for Gonzaga and currently plays for Polish pro basketball team MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza.

College career

Dower committed to Gonzaga over scholarship offers from Marquette, Minnesota, California and George Mason.[1] He redshirted his first year. In his first collegiate game, he scored 19 points in 17 minutes against Southern. He was later named to the WCC All-Freshman Team.[2] As a sophomore, he recorded his first double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds in a win against Xavier. As a junior, he started seven of the first nine games until Kelly Olynyk took his place at the power forward position.[3] After three successful seasons, in which he was Gonzaga's top scorer off the bench, Dower shouldered the responsibilities as a senior and shared a role with Kevin Pangos as Gonzaga's top scoring option. He sustained an injury as a senior against Kansas State on December 21, 2013 and missed three games. Nonetheless, Dower led the Bulldogs in scoring with roughly 15 points per game. He admitted to being a reluctant rebounder at times, since he focused on scoring.[1] Dower's dominant senior campaign earned him All-WCC First team honors.[4] Dower then led Gonzaga to a berth into the NCAA Tournament, earning MVP honors in the WCC Tournament.[5]

Professional career

On July 21, 2014, Dower signed with Boulogne-sur-Mer, in France, in the first division.[6] In November 2014, he announced that he quit the team, citing personal reasons.[7]

On December 9, 2014, Dower signed with BK Valmiera, a team based in Valmiera, Latvia, in the LBL and Baltic League.[8]


Statistics

College

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Source: [9]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs 35 0 14.1 57.5 25.0 81.2 3.26 0.34 0.40 0.74 7.60
2011–12 Gonzaga Bulldogs 33 0 18.1 53.8 40.0 76.7 3.73 0.58 0.52 0.30 8.30
2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs 35 8 16.0 55.8 28.6 75.4 2.69 0.31 0.46 0.43 6.91
2013–14 Gonzaga Bulldogs 34 31 27.0 57.1 31.6 82.5 7.21 1.09 0.44 0.71 14.38
Total 137 39 18.8 56.2 32.8 79.7 4.2 0.58 0.45 0.55 9.28

References

  1. 1 2 Withers, Bud (March 19, 2014). "Shots are still falling for Gonzaga’s Sam Dower Jr.". Seattle Times. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "WCC Announces 2011 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Sam Dower Biography". Gonzaga Bulldogs. Gonzaga University. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ "WCC Announces 2014 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gonzaga tops BYU for WCC championship". Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ Boulay, Amaury (July 21, 2014). "Officiel : Sam Dower est le nouveau poste 4 de Boulogne-sur-Mer". catch-and-shoot.com (in French). Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Alando Tucker, un premier tour de draft à Boulogne-sur-Mer". LNB (in French). November 27, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ "BK Valmiera piesaista spēka uzbrucēju Semu Doveru" (in Latvian). December 9, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ "College Statistics". sports-reference.com. 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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