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New Orleans Pelicans | #11 | Guard

Bryce McGowens

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

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

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.

BEFORE NBA

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).

PERSONAL LIFE

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.