E. J. Rowland
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| Eskişehir Basket | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | BSL |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 18, 1983 Salinas, California |
| Nationality | American / Bulgarian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Palma (Salinas, California) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–present |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2006 | Florida Flame |
| 2006 | Sydney Kings |
| 2006–2007 | Townsville Crocodiles |
| 2007 | Barons LMT |
| 2007–2008 | Artland Dragons |
| 2008–2009 | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| 2009–2011 | Vanoli Cremona |
| 2011–2012 | Unicaja Málaga |
| 2012–2013 | VEF Rīga |
| 2013–2015 | Banvit |
| 2015–2016 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| 2016–2017 | Khimki |
| 2017–present | Eskişehir Basket |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Earl Jerrod "E. J." Rowland (born May 18, 1983[1]) is an American-born Bulgarian professional basketball player for Eskişehir Basket of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he plays the point guard position.
College career
Rowland began his college career with CSU Dominguez Hills.[2] As a freshman with the Toros, he averaged 9.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.3 assists while starting 24 of 27 games.[3] Following this season, he transferred to Hartnell College, a two-year community college in Salinas, California. In his only season with the team, he led the squad in points, assists, steals, and free-throw percentage en route to being named Coast Conference Player of the Year and earning All-State honors.[3]
Rowland finished his college career with two years of NCAA basketball at St. Mary's (CA). He had two successful seasons with the Gaels, leading the team in assists in both his years there.[3] Following his senior season, he earned honorable mention All-WCC.[3]
Professional career
Rowland began his professional career in the D-League with the Florida Flame. After seeing little action off the bench for the team, he spent the 2005–06 season with Barons LMT in Latvia.[4] He then spent the 2006–07 season in Australia before landing with Artland Dragons of the Basketball Bundesliga in 2007.[4] In 2008–09, he averaged 13.6 points and 3.4 assists per game for Telekom Baskets Bonn.[5] He helped the team to the finals of the Bundesliga for the second consecutive season.[6] In July 2011 he signed a two-year deal with Unicaja Málaga in Spain.[7] After unsuccessful season for himself and team, Unicaja decided to go another direction and loaned Rowland to Latvian champions VEF Rīga.
In Latvia E.J. had a break-out year leading his team to a great season, while Rowland got multiple individual awards. After such season Rowland moved to Turkey, signing lucrative deal with Banvit.
On January 7, 2015, in a EuroCup away game against Budućnost Podgorica, he was involved in an on-court incident. With two minutes of game time remaining, a hooligan ran onto the court, in order to hit Sammy Mejía of Banvit, after which Rowland punched the hooligan fan in retaliation. After the brawl, the referees ejected him from the court.[8] He was fined by Euroleague Basketball (which organizes the EuroCup) for taking part in the incident, with a 30,000 euros fine.[9]
On August 12, 2015, Rowland signed a one-year deal with the Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem.[10]
On August 23, 2016, Rowland signed with Russian club Khimki for the 2016–17 season.[11]
On July 17, 2017, Rowland signed with Turkish club Eskişehir Basket for the 2017–18 season.[12]
Bulgarian national basketball team
Rowland was invited to try out for the one naturalized player spot on the Bulgarian national basketball team for EuroBasket 2009.[13] He beat out Andre Owens for the naturalized spot on the roster. With the national team, he led all players at EuroBasket 2009 in minutes played, while averaging 17.7 points per game.[14] Despite his efforts, the Bulgarians finished 0–3 and were eliminated in the group stage.
References
- ↑ "EJ Rowland". nbadleague.com. 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ CSUDH Athletics
- 1 2 3 4 E.J. Rowland at nba.com
- 1 2 E.J. Rowland at basketpedya.com
- ↑ Earl Rowland at doudiz.com
- ↑ Former Gael E.J. Rowland in Championship Game of German League
- ↑ UNICAJA adds Rowland at point
- ↑ "Igrači tukli huligana u Morači!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "ULEB odredio kazne za tuču u Morači". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ↑ "Hapoel Jerusalem puts Rowland at point". Eurocupbasketball.com. August 12, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ↑ "E. J. Rowland joins BC Khimki". .bckhimki.ru. August 23, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ↑ Eskisehir Basket inks with E.J Rowland
- ↑ US Basketball Players to Boost Bulgaria's Nationals
- ↑ Player Profile at eurobasket.com
External links
- E. J. Rowland at euroleague.net
- E. J. Rowland at fiba.com
- E. J. Rowland at tblstat.net
- E. J. Rowland on Twitter
