Tamara Bowie
Personal information
Born (1981-06-03) June 3, 1981
NationalityAmerican
Listed height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight75 kg (165 lb)
Career information
CollegeBall State (1999–2003)
WNBA draft2003: 3rd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Mystics
PositionForward
Career history
2003Washington Mystics
2006–2007Grindavík
2007–2008Hapoel Tel Aviv
2010–2011WBC Neftokhimik Burgas
Career highlights and awards

Tamara Bowie (born June 3, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. In 2007, she was named the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Foreign Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring and rebounds. She played professionally in Iceland, Latvia, Israel, Greece and Bulgaria, where she won the national championship in 2011.

College career

Bowie played college basketball for the Ball State Cardinals from 1999 to 2003. She left the school as its all-time leading scorer with 2,091 career points, which ranks seventh all-time in Mid-American Conference history, and set the Ball State single-season scoring record with 618 points in the 2002–03 season. She was named the MAC Player of the Year recipient (2001-02 & 2002-03) becoming the only Cardinal to win the award multiple times. She was named Kodak/WBCA Honorable Mention All-America three times during her career.[1]

Ball State statistics

Source[2]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999-00 Ball State 29 432 50.5% 37.8% 68.3% 7.4 1.4 1.6 1.3 14.9
2000-01 Ball State 28 512 58.4% 29.8% 78.3% 8.4 1.4 1.4 0.9 18.3
2001-02 Ball State 32 530 55.0% 32.3% 69.3% 7.2 1.5 1.7 1.0 16.6
2002-03 Ball State 30 618 55.8% 47.5% 80.0% 8.4 2.6 1.8 1.9 20.6
Career 119 2092 55.0% 36.6% 74.5% 7.8 1.7 1.6 1.3 17.6

Professional career

Bowie signed with Grindavík in September 2006.[3] On January 13, she participated in the Icelandic All-Star game, scoring 12 points.[4] On January 17, 2007, she scored 36 points and grabbed a season high 27 rebounds in a victory against Keflavík.[5] She left Grindavík for personal reasons in the playoffs after averaging 31.7 points in the first three games of Grindavík's best-of-five semi-finals series against Keflavík.[6][7] After the season she was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.[8] For the season she led the league in both scoring and rebounds with 30.5 points[9] and 14.8 rebounds per game.[10]

She spent the 2007–2008 season with Hapoel Tel Aviv, averaging 24.9 points and 12.5 rebounds per game.[1] In March 2008, she signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Lynx[1] but did not end making the opening day roster.[11]

She played with WBC Neftokhimik Burgas during the 2010–2011 season, helping the team win the Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Former Cardinal Tamara Bowie Signs With The Minnesota Lynx". ballstatesport.com. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  3. ↑ "Bowie til Grindavíkur". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 21 September 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 January 2007). "frá félaga sínum í Skallagrímsliðinu". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bowie fór á kostum gegn Keflavík". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 January 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bowie spilar ekki meira með Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 28 March 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Spilar ekki fleiri leiki". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 29 March 2007. p. 52. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Brenton og Helena kjörin leikmenn ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 30 April 2007. p. B1. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Tamara Bowie skoraði flest stig í Iceland Express deild kvenna". kki.is (in Icelandic). 23 April 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Flest fráköst í Iceland Express deild kvenna: Tamara Bowie". kki.is (in Icelandic). 24 April 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  11. 1 2 Matt Sussman (17 May 2011). "MACwood Squares Ball State Nominee: Tamara Bowie". hustlebelt.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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