Sam Dower

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.

Sam Dower
Sam Dower hook shot
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
PositionPower forward / center
LeaguePolish Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1990-11-06) November 6, 1990
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High schoolOsseo (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
CollegeGonzaga (2009–2014)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014SO Maritime Boulogne
2014–2015BK Valmiera
2015–2016MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
2018–presentMKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-WCC (2014)
  • WCC All-Freshman Team (2012)

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
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:[10]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs 35014.157.525.081.23.260.340.400.747.60
2011–12 Gonzaga Bulldogs 33018.153.840.076.73.730.580.520.308.30
2012–13 Gonzaga Bulldogs 35816.055.828.675.42.690.310.460.436.91
2013–14 Gonzaga Bulldogs 343127.057.131.682.57.211.090.440.7114.38
Total 1373918.856.232.879.74.20.580.450.559.28

References
  1. 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. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. 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). Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. 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. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. "MKS Dabrowa Gornicza lands Sam Dower". Sportando. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  10. "College Statistics". sports-reference.com. 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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