Amanda Dowe

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Amanda Dowe
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Dowe in action for the Perth Lynx
Personal information
Born (1991-05-17) May 17, 1991 (age 32)
Tabor City, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school South Columbus
(Tabor City, North Carolina)
College Charlotte (2009–2013)
WNBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Position Forward
Career history
2013–2014 Uni Girona CB
2014 Trogylos Priolo
2014–2015Presidente Venceslau
2015–2016 Saarlouis Royals
2016–2017 Bretagne Basket
2017–2018 Perth Lynx

Amanda Dowe (born May 17, 1991) is an American professional basketball player.

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Biography

Amanda Dowe is from Tabor City, North Carolina. She grew up there and began playing basketball while in school there. She played on the South Columbus Stallions Girls Basketball team. Amanda Dowe enters her first season with the University of the South women's basketball program in 2022-23.

Career

College

Dowe played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina for the 49ers in Conference USA of NCAA Division I. [1] During her collegiate career at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she was a four-year letterwinner with the 49ers, as her teams made the Women's NIT in each season of her career. Her sophomore season saw the 49ers make the semifinals of the WNIT, and in 2013, the team reached the Sweet 16. She also holds several individual records as well: rebounds in a postseason game (19 vs. Wake Forest, 2013) and offensive rebounds in a game (12 vs. Butler, 2013), breaking a 17-year record. In 121 career games, the Tabor City, N.C. native finished with 767 points, 106 steals and shot 47.6% from the field. Her 916 boards are the fifth-most in school history. During her senior year in 2013, Dowe crashed 374 rebounds for the fourth-most in program history as she earned All-Conference Third Team honors with the Atlantic-10 and First Team with the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA). [2]

Charlotte statistics

Source [3]

Legend
  GPGames 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
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2009-10Charlotte223644.1%0.0%50.0%2.00.00.20.31.6
2010-11Charlotte3716956.9%0.0%60.0%5.90.40.60.64.6
2011-12Charlotte3021144.0%0.0%72.9%9.31.11.40.87.0
2012-13Charlotte3235146.9%0.0%73.6%11.71.21.21.211.0
Career12173147.6%0.0%68.1%7.60.70.90.76.0

Europe

Dowe began her professional career with Uni Girona CB in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto for the 2013–14 season. [4] After just 11 games in Spain, Dowe signed with Trogylos Priolo in Italy's Serie A1. [5]

In 2015, Dowe would return to Europe, signing with Saarlouis Royals in the Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga. [6] The following year, Dowe signed with Bretagne Basket in Ligue Féminine de Basketball 2. [7]

Australia

Dowe played for the Perth Lynx during the 2017–18 WNBL season. [8] Dowe averaged 5.7 rebounds per game, and was named Perth Lynx Most Improved Player at the conclusion of the season. [9] [10]

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References

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  2. https://sewaneetigers.com/staff-directory/amanda-dowe/173
  3. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
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