PPG
1.0
RPG
0.2
APG
0.2
HEIGHT
6'6" (1.98m)
WEIGHT
190lb (86kg)
COUNTRY
USA
LAST ATTENDED
Nebraska
AGE
22 years
BIRTHDATE
November 8, 2002
DRAFT
2022 R2 Pick 40
EXPERIENCE
3 Years
6'6" | 190lb | 22 years
DRAFT
2022 R2 Pick 40
BIRTHDATE
November 8, 2002
COUNTRY
USA
LAST ATTENDED
Nebraska
EXPERIENCE
3 Years
Has appeared in 105 games (21 starts) in two seasons with Charlotte … Holds career averages of 5.2 points (41.9% FG, 33.0% 3-PT, 76.4% FT), 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 15.9 minutes per game...
2023-24: In 59 games (14 starts) with Charlotte, averaged 5.1 points (43.9% FG, 33.3% 3-PT, 77.6% FT), 1.7 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 0.4 steals in 14.9 minutes per game … Equaled his season best with 15 points on Feb. 9 at Milwaukee … Tallied a season-high 15 points and a career-best four steals on Feb. 2 at Oklahoma City … Matched his season high with 14 points on Dec. 18 at Toronto, in addition to grabbing a season-high five rebounds and a career-high-tying five defensive rebounds … Posted a season-high 14 points and a career-high four three-pointers on Nov. 30 at Brooklyn in his first start of the season.
COLLEGE: 2021-22: In 31 games (all starts) in his lone college season at Nebraska, he logged a team-high 16.8 points (40.3% FG, 27.4% 3-PT, 83.1% FT), 5.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 33.3 minutes per game … Earned All-Big Ten Third Team and Big Ten All-Freshman honors, in addition to being named Big Ten Newcomer of the Year … Was an eight-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week … Finished his college career ranking third in the Big Ten in free-throw percentage (83.1) … His scoring average (16.8) was third-highest among true freshmen nationwide … Made a career-best four three-pointers as he scored a career-high 29 points on Nov. 12 vs. Sam Houston State … Matched his career high in scoring with 29 points on Jan. 29 vs. Rutgers, which was a freshman school record for points in a conference game … Tallied two double-doubles … Collected a career-best 11 rebounds on Nov. 21 vs. Southern … Swiped a career-high three steals on Feb. 1 at Michigan … Set a Nebraska record for most points by a freshman in his debut by scoring 25 points on Nov. 9 vs. Western Illinois … Averaged 17.3 points in Big Ten play, the most by a freshman since Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell in 2014-15 … Set Nebraska freshman records in points (522), free throws made (162) and free throws attempted (195).
Hometown is Pendleton, S.C. … Son of Bobby and Pam McGowens … Has two siblings, Trey and Raina … His brother, Trey, was his teammate at Nebraska … His father played football at Clemson before transferring to South Carolina State to play football and basketball … His mother played basketball at Western Carolina and is a high school basketball coach.