Keith Tower | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 250 |
Birth Date: | 15 May 1970 |
Birth Place: | Libby, Montana |
Nationality: | American |
Highschool: | Moon (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) |
College: | Notre Dame (1988–1992) |
Draft Year: | 1992 |
Career Start: | 1992 |
Career End: | 2002 |
Career Number: | 51, 55 |
Career Position: | Center |
Years1: | 1992–1993 |
Team1: | Columbus Horizon |
Years2: | – |
Team2: | Orlando Magic |
Years3: | 1994–1995 |
Team3: | Atenas Córdoba |
Team4: | Los Angeles Clippers |
Team5: | Milwaukee Bucks |
Years6: | 1996–1997 |
Team6: | Fort Wayne Fury |
Years7: | 1997 |
Team7: | La Crosse Bobcats |
Years8: | 1997–1998 |
Team8: | NKK Sea Hawks |
Years9: | 1998 |
Team9: | Śląsk Wrocław |
Years10: | 1998–1999 |
Team10: | Cantabria Lobos |
Years11: | 2001–2002 |
Team11: | Indiana Legends |
Keith Raymond Tower (born May 15, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player.
A 6'11" center from Libby, Montana and the University of Notre Dame, Tower was never drafted by an NBA team but did manage to play in four NBA seasons from 1993 to 1997. He played for the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks. In his NBA career, Tower played in 53 games and scored a total of 98 points.
Tower is the co-founder and senior pastor of HighPoint Church, with former NBA player Andrew DeClercq. Coincidentally, both players wore No. 55 during their careers.
|-| align="left" | 1993–94| align="left" | Orlando| 11 || 0 || 2.9 || .444 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.7|-| align="left" | 1994–95| align="left" | Orlando| 3 || 0 || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3|-| align="left" | 1995–96| align="left" | Los Angeles| 34 || 1 || 9.0 || .444 || .000 || .692 || 1.5 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 2.4|-| align="left" | 1996–97| align="left" | Milwaukee| 5 || 1 || 14.4 || .375 || .000 || .125 || 1.8 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 1.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 53 || 2 || 7.8 || .429 || .000 || .556 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 1.8|}
|-| align="left" | 1988–89| align="left" | Notre Dame| 29 || 5 || 11.3 || .560 || .000 || .455 || 2.8 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 2.4|-| align="left" | 1989–90| align="left" | Notre Dame| 25 || - || 11.0 || .311 || .000 || .600 || 2.7 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 2.1|-| align="left" | 1990–91| align="left" | Notre Dame| 32 || - || 30.3 || .464 || .000 || .632 || 7.0 || 1.7 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 7.9|-| align="left" | 1991–92| align="left" | Notre Dame| 31 || - || 25.0 || .396 || .000 || .545 || 5.3 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 4.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 117 || 5 || 20.1 || .434 || .000 || .573 || 4.6 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 4.4|}