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Jersey Number 13
Bowen Born
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Norwalk, Iowa
- High School:
- Norwalk HS
Bio
2023-24: MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... First Team Preseason All-MVC ... Blue Ribbon Basketball Yearbook Preseason All-MVC ... Field of 68 Almanac MVC Preseason First Team and voted as the player who scares you most by the league's head coaches ... Appeared in and started 31 games ... Scored 411 points, averaging 13.3 points per game and 27.5 minutes per contest ... Pulled down 78 rebounds (2.5 per game), dished out 57 assists (1.8 per game), with 31 steals (one per game) and one block ... Shot 37.6% from the floor (133-354), 32% from beyond the three-point arc (54-169) and 88.3% from the free throw line (91-103) ... Scored a season-high 31 points at Toledo (12/9/23) with a career-high six made three-point baskets against the Rockets ... Recorded double-digit scoring figures in 24 games ... Posted the third-highest single-season free throw percentage in program history ... Cracked the program's top-ten all-time scoring list, reaching 1,486 points to end the season and moved to fourth in school history with 209 made three-pointers, as well as third in three-point attempts in his career.
2022-23: Second Team All-MVC ... NABC First Team All-District ... NABC Academic Honors Court ... MVC Honor Roll ... Preseason Second Team All-MVC ... Field of 68 Almanac MVC Preseason Breakout Player and Second Team All-Conference... Played in and started all 32 games... Led UNI with 573 total points, tenth most in a single season in program history, and averaged 17.9 points per game, fourth-best in the MVC ... Shot 40.8% from the field (177-433), 36.7% from beyond the three-point arc (80-218) and 83.7% from the free throw line (139-166) ... Finished the season with the fifth-highest career free throw percentage in program history (84.2%) ... Led the Panthers with 87 assists, averaging 2.7 assists per contest ... Grabbed 73 rebounds with 28 steals ... Averaged a team-high 33.3 MPG... Scored a career-high 34 points against Bradley in the MVC Tournament Quarterfinals (3/3/23) ... Dished out a career-high 8 assists against Towson (12/17/22) and career-best 6 rebounds against San Francisco (11/21/22) ... Recorded 4 games with 5 made three-point field goals ... Scored 2 game tying three-point shots at the buzzer to force both overtime and double overtime at Drake (2/1/23).
2021-22: MVC Sixth Man of the Year...MVC All-Bench Team... Played in 30 games this season... Scored 221 total points (7.4 PPG) and racked up 38 total rebounds (1.8 RPG)... Shot a 44.2% FG, 33.7% 3FG, and 90.7% this season... Tallied 56 assists and 27 steals this season while averaging 23.8 minutes per game... Scored a season high 20 points vs. Loyola-Chicago (2/26/22) and moved into 4th on program's all-time career free throw percentage list (85.0%).
2020-21: MVC Freshman of the Year...Started all 25 games...scored 281 points, averaging 11.2 points per game, shot 37.9 percent from the field and 34.6 percent from beyond the arc, grabbed 58 rebounds total, dished out 58 assists with 18 steals…grabbed 17 points against Bradley (01/11/21) going 5-8 from the field...finished with a season high 5 steals against Valparaiso (02/14/21)...secured a season high 21 points against Illinois state (02/27/21) going 6-12 from the field.
HIGH SCHOOL: Bowen Born is a 5'11 guard from Norwalk High School. Bowen has led the Warriors to three state tournaments earning 2nd Team All-State honors as a sophomore and 1st Team honors his junior and senior seasons. He led the Warriors to the championship game as a junior, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team and claimed the State Championship as a senior. Born finished his career as one of the best Iowa High School players in the state's history, averaging 36.4 points per game, shooting 54.4 percent from the field and 40.6 percent from the three-point arc. Born was named Iowa's Mr. Basketball, Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year, 1st team All-State, and All-Tournament Team Captain. Born ranks 6th all-time in the state of Iowa in scoring, finishing his career with 2,494 points.
PERSONAL: Bowen is the son of Mike and Vicki Born ... Father, Mike is a scout for the Indiana Pacers ... Majoring in Psychology.
2022-23: Second Team All-MVC ... NABC First Team All-District ... NABC Academic Honors Court ... MVC Honor Roll ... Preseason Second Team All-MVC ... Field of 68 Almanac MVC Preseason Breakout Player and Second Team All-Conference... Played in and started all 32 games... Led UNI with 573 total points, tenth most in a single season in program history, and averaged 17.9 points per game, fourth-best in the MVC ... Shot 40.8% from the field (177-433), 36.7% from beyond the three-point arc (80-218) and 83.7% from the free throw line (139-166) ... Finished the season with the fifth-highest career free throw percentage in program history (84.2%) ... Led the Panthers with 87 assists, averaging 2.7 assists per contest ... Grabbed 73 rebounds with 28 steals ... Averaged a team-high 33.3 MPG... Scored a career-high 34 points against Bradley in the MVC Tournament Quarterfinals (3/3/23) ... Dished out a career-high 8 assists against Towson (12/17/22) and career-best 6 rebounds against San Francisco (11/21/22) ... Recorded 4 games with 5 made three-point field goals ... Scored 2 game tying three-point shots at the buzzer to force both overtime and double overtime at Drake (2/1/23).
2021-22: MVC Sixth Man of the Year...MVC All-Bench Team... Played in 30 games this season... Scored 221 total points (7.4 PPG) and racked up 38 total rebounds (1.8 RPG)... Shot a 44.2% FG, 33.7% 3FG, and 90.7% this season... Tallied 56 assists and 27 steals this season while averaging 23.8 minutes per game... Scored a season high 20 points vs. Loyola-Chicago (2/26/22) and moved into 4th on program's all-time career free throw percentage list (85.0%).
2020-21: MVC Freshman of the Year...Started all 25 games...scored 281 points, averaging 11.2 points per game, shot 37.9 percent from the field and 34.6 percent from beyond the arc, grabbed 58 rebounds total, dished out 58 assists with 18 steals…grabbed 17 points against Bradley (01/11/21) going 5-8 from the field...finished with a season high 5 steals against Valparaiso (02/14/21)...secured a season high 21 points against Illinois state (02/27/21) going 6-12 from the field.
HIGH SCHOOL: Bowen Born is a 5'11 guard from Norwalk High School. Bowen has led the Warriors to three state tournaments earning 2nd Team All-State honors as a sophomore and 1st Team honors his junior and senior seasons. He led the Warriors to the championship game as a junior, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team and claimed the State Championship as a senior. Born finished his career as one of the best Iowa High School players in the state's history, averaging 36.4 points per game, shooting 54.4 percent from the field and 40.6 percent from the three-point arc. Born was named Iowa's Mr. Basketball, Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year, 1st team All-State, and All-Tournament Team Captain. Born ranks 6th all-time in the state of Iowa in scoring, finishing his career with 2,494 points.
PERSONAL: Bowen is the son of Mike and Vicki Born ... Father, Mike is a scout for the Indiana Pacers ... Majoring in Psychology.
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