Rowe attended Wasatch Academy at Mount Pleasant, Utah, where he averaged 15.5 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 71.4 percent from the floor. He helped the Tigers to a 29–4 overall record and No. 14 rating in the final USA Today Super 25 Expert Rankings and was named the Boys' Basketball Mid-Utah Radio Defensive Player of the Year.[2]
College career
Rowe attended Cal State Fullerton where he played four years and averaged 15.6 points and 7.4 rebounds in 20 games, leading the team in the first two categories which earned him second-team All-Big West honors. Throughout his career, he tallied 21 double-doubles, fourth in school's history and was second rebounds with 811 and blocks with 113.[2][3]
Professional career
Chorale Roanne (2020–2021)
On May 5, 2020, Rowe signed his first professional contract with Chorale Roanne of the French LNB Pro A[4] where he played six games and averaged 5.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.3 steals and 0.3 blocks in 12.2 minutes.[5] Later that year, he went undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft.
Norrköping Dolphins (2021–2022)
On July 17, 2021, Rowe signed with the Norrköping Dolphins of the Swedish Basketball League[6] where he played 28 games and averaged 16.5 points and 7.2 rebounds while recording five double-doubles and scoring 20 or more points eleven times[3] while helping the Dolphins to win a championship.[7]
Ottawa BlackJacks (2023)
On March 2, 2022, Rowe signed with the Ottawa BlackJacks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League[8] where he played 13 games and averaged 9.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.1 blocks in 24.8 minutes.[5]
medi bayreuth (2022–2023)
On July 4, 2022, Rowe signed with medi bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga,[9] where he played 31 league games and averaged 10.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks in 27.1 minutes.[5]
Return to Ottawa (2023)
On March 14, 2023, Rowe re-signed with the Ottawa BlackJacks[3] and in 18 games, he averaged 15.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.4 blocks in 27.7 minutes.[5]
Santa Cruz Warriors (2023–2024)
On October 30, 2023, Rowe joined the Santa Cruz Warriors after a tryout.[10] In 49 games, he averaged 12.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.2 steals in 30 minutes per game.[11]
Rowe made his debut with the Canada men's national basketball team in the FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifiers in February 2023, where he averaged 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists in two games.[3]
Personal life
The son of Roger Rowe and Barbara McWaters, he has two siblings. He majored in kinesiology.[2]
