2001-02 (M) Basketball Roster
Roster
DeAnthony Bowden
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hammond, Ind.
- High School:
- Little Rock Hall
Led the Texas Eastern Athletic Conference in steals the past two seasons ... earned second-team all-Region XIV and his team's most valuable player honors in 2000-01 after averaging 13.1 points, 6.3 assists and 3.7 steals per game ... helped Jacksonville finish 18-14 and advance to the Region XIV semifinals last season ... as a freshman, he helped the Jaguars win 20 games and he ranked fourth in the league for assists per game ... scorched Kilgore College for a career-high 37 points ... among the Jaguars' wins last year was a late-season victory against San Jacinto, which was ranked in the NJCAA Division I Top 10 ... according to Jacksonville head coach Patrick Smith, Bowden averaged around 20 points and 10 assists per game over the final 10 contests last year ... Smith also coached former Bluejay Tad Ackerman while he was at Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel, Ill. ... off the court, Bowden was a member of Jacksonville's Phi Beta Kappa honor society with a 3.35 grade point average and received his associate's degree in arts and sciences.
Little Rock (Ark.) Hall High School
Lettered in football, basketball and track and was named first-team all-area and third-team all-conference on the hardwood as a senior ... on the gridiron, was honored as the state of Arkansas' wide receiver of the year as well as being a first-team all-state and first-team all-league selection and his team's most valuable player.
Morton (Ind.) Senior High
Competed in football, basketball and track and set school record in the 800-meter run as a sophomore ... was part of school-record 4 x 400-meter relay as a junior.
Personal
The son of Linda Bowden, DeAnthony was born May 1, 1980 in Hammond, Ind. ... has one older sister, Yoshanda (24) ... favorite athletes are Michael Jordan and Steve Francis ... would like to own his own business ... majoring in business management.
