Biography
2021-22 (Sr.): Started every game at point guard for UAA team that went 15-9 and finished third in Great Northwest Athletic Conference at 9-6 … ranked 2nd in GNAC with 4.9 assists per game (31st nationally), 4th in A/T ratio (2.44, 32nd nationally), 6th in 3FGs per game (2.4), 19th in steals per game (1.0) and 9th in minutes per game (34.2) ... Seawolves’ fourth-leading scorer at 12.4 ppg … scored double figures in 19 of 24 outings and dished at least three assists in all but two games … made at least one three-pointer in all but one game, shooting .383 from long range … named GNAC Player of the Week after 19-point (4-6 3FG, 7-8 FT), 8-assist showing in 88-83 home win over Seattle Pacific … other top efforts included 22 points (5-9 FG, 4-7 3FG, 8-8 FT), 6 rebounds and 7 assists in OT home win over No. 19 Hawaii Hilo; 20 points (6-13 FG, 4-7 3FG, 4-4 FT) and 6 assists in home victory over regular-season GNAC champ Saint Martin’s; 16 points, 4 assists and 3 steals in 75-70 road victory over Simon Fraser; and 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in road win over Saint Martin’s.
BEFORE UAA: Played four seasons at NCAA Div. II West Region rival Hawaii Pacific, starting 55 of 88 career games and racking up 668 points, 153 assists and 116 three-pointers ... shot .473 from the field, .375 from long range and .872 from the free-throw line in his HPU career ... in the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 campaign, averaged 15.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, shooting .397 (25 of 63) on three-pointers ... scored double figures in eight of 10 games in 2020-21, including four games with 20 points of more ... big senior performances included 25 points (10-16 FG, 5-9 3FG) and 5 assists in a narrow loss to Chaminade; 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in an 81-77 win over Chaminade; and 20 points (8-13 FG, 3-4 3FG) & 6 assists against Hawaii Hilo ... shot .390 (39 of 100) on three-pointers as a junior in 2019-20 and a combined 92 percent (79 of 86) on free throws over his sophomore and junior campaigns.
HIGH SCHOOL: Moved from hometown of Dayton, Ohio, to play senior season at Moorpark High School in Moorpark, Calif., where he was an all-league selection.
PERSONAL: Son of Dave and Kristen Rowlands ... has two sisters, Kaleigh and Hannah ... nickname is D-Row.
UAA Career Highs
Points – 22 vs Hawaii Hilo, 11/28/21
Rebounds – 6 vs Hawaii Hilo, 11/28/21
Assists – 11 vs Lincoln Christian, 11/20/21
Blocks – 0
Steals – 4 at Northwest Nazarene, 2/10/22
Career Stats
Season  Team GP-GS  Min/Avg  FG-FGA  FG% 3FG-Att 3FG%  FT-FTA  FT%  OR- DR-REB/AVG  PF-D  A  TO BK ST  PTS/AVG
2017-18 HPU Â 28-24 Â 682/24.4 Â 58-164 .354 Â 36- 93 .387 Â 30- 37 .811 Â 19- 36- 55/2.0 Â 36-0 Â 65 Â 30 Â 1 18 Â 182/ 6.5
2018-19 HPU Â 27-1 Â 389/14.4 Â 37-107 .346 Â 16- 53 .302 Â 35- 38 .921 Â 11- 22- 33/1.2 Â 25-0 Â 22 Â 28 Â 1 Â 5 Â 125/ 4.6
2019-20 HPU Â 23-21 Â 650/28.3 Â 64-164 .390 Â 39-100 .390 Â 44- 48 .917 Â 9- 52- 61/2.7 Â 39-0 Â 66 Â 48 Â 1 15 Â 211/ 9.2
2020-21 HPU Â 10-9 Â 309/30.9 Â 52-110 .473 Â 25- 63 .397 Â 21- 26 .808 Â 4- 27- 31/3.1 Â 15-0 Â 44 Â 28 Â 0 Â 7 Â 150/15.0
2021-22 UAA Â 24-24 Â 817/34.0 Â 99-228 .434 Â 57-149 .383 Â 42- 56 .750 Â 13- 49- 62/2.6 Â 26-0 117 Â 48 Â 0 25 Â 297/12.4
TOTALS Â Â Â 112-79 2847/25.4 310-773 .401 173-458 .378 172-205 .839 Â 56-186-242/2.2 141-0 314 182 Â 3 70 Â 965/ 8.6
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