Sam Dower Explained

Sam Dower
Position:Power forward / center
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:255
League:Polish Basketball League
Team:MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Nationality:American
Birth Date:1990 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
High School:Osseo (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
College:Gonzaga (2009–2014)
Draft Year:2014
Career Start:2014
Years1:2014
Team1:SO Maritime Boulogne
Years2:2014–2015
Team2:BK Valmiera
Years3:2015–2016
Team3:MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Years4:2018–present
Team4:MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Highlights:
  • 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]

On August 17, 2018, Dower signed with MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish side. He returned to action after missing two seasons with a knee injury.[9]

Statistics

College

Source:[10] |-| align="left" | 2010–11| align="left" | Gonzaga Bulldogs| 35 || 0 || 14.1 || 57.5 || 25.0 || 81.2 || 3.26 || 0.34 || 0.40 || 0.74 || 7.60|-| align="left" | 2011–12| align="left" | Gonzaga Bulldogs| 33 || 0 || 18.1 || 53.8 || 40.0 || 76.7 || 3.73 || 0.58 || 0.52 || 0.30 || 8.30|-| align="left" | 2012–13| align="left" | Gonzaga Bulldogs| 35 || 8 || 16.0 || 55.8 || 28.6 || 75.4 || 2.69 || 0.31 || 0.46 || 0.43 || 6.91|-| align="left" | 2013–14| align="left" | Gonzaga Bulldogs| 34 || 31 || 27.0 || 57.1 || 31.6 || 82.5 || 7.21 || 1.09 || 0.44 || 0.71 || 14.38|-bgcolor=#e9d9ff| align="left" | Total| align="left" || 137 || 39 || 18.8 || 56.2 || 32.8 || 79.7 || 4.2 || 0.58 || 0.45 || 0.55 || 9.28

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Withers. Bud. Shots are still falling for Gonzaga’s Sam Dower Jr.. May 15, 2015. Seattle Times. March 19, 2014.
  2. Web site: WCC Announces 2011 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team. March 1, 2011.
  3. Web site: Sam Dower Biography . . . May 15, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085051/http://www.gozags.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205173775 . May 18, 2015 .
  4. Web site: WCC Announces 2014 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team. March 3, 2014.
  5. Web site: Gonzaga tops BYU for WCC championship. March 13, 2014.
  6. Web site: Officiel : Sam Dower est le nouveau poste 4 de Boulogne-sur-Mer . July 21, 2014 . catch-and-shoot.com . Amaury . Boulay . August 7, 2014 . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808072300/http://www.catch-and-shoot.com/livenews/officiel-sam-dower-est-le-nouveau-poste-4-de-boulognemer/2014/ . August 8, 2014 .
  7. Web site: Alando Tucker, un premier tour de draft à Boulogne-sur-Mer. LNB. French. November 27, 2014. May 15, 2015.
  8. Web site: BK Valmiera piesaista spēka uzbrucēju Semu Doveru . December 9, 2014 . August 9, 2014 . Latvian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081053/http://bkvalmiera.lv/2014/12/bk-valmiera-piesaista-speka-uzbruceju-semu-doveru/ . May 18, 2015 .
  9. Web site: MKS Dabrowa Gornicza lands Sam Dower . Sportando . August 17, 2018.
  10. Web site: College Statistics . 2014 . sports-reference.com . May 15, 2014.