Amanda Dowe (born May 17, 1991) is an American professional

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player.

Biography

Amanda Dowe is from

Tabor City, North Carolina Tabor City ( ) is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. It is the southernmost town in the county. It is located just north of the North Carolina/South Carolina line, about north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and is just ...

. She grew up there and began playing basketball while in school there. She played on the South Columbus Stallions Girls Basketball team. Amanda Dowe enters her first season with the

University of the South The University of the South, familiarly known as Sewanee (), is a private Episcopal liberal arts college in Sewanee, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by 28 southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church, and its School of Theology is an off ...

women's basketball program in 2022-23.

Career

College

Dowe played college basketball at the

University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs thr ...

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for the 49ers in

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. During her collegiate career at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she was a four-year letterwinner with the 49ers, as her teams made the Women's NIT in each season of her career. Her sophomore season saw the 49ers make the semifinals of the WNIT, and in 2013, the team reached the Sweet 16. She also holds several individual records as well: rebounds in a postseason game (19 vs. Wake Forest, 2013) and offensive rebounds in a game (12 vs. Butler, 2013), breaking a 17-year record. In 121 career games, the Tabor City, N.C. native finished with 767 points, 106 steals and shot 47.6% from the field. Her 916 boards are the fifth-most in school history. During her senior year in 2013, Dowe crashed 374 rebounds for the fourth-most in program history as she earned All-Conference Third Team honors with the Atlantic-10 and First Team with the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA).

Charlotte statistics

Source

Europe

Dowe began her professional career with

Uni Girona CB Uni Girona Club de Basquet, also known as Spar Girona (previously Spar Citylift Girona) for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's basketball club from Girona. History Founded in 2005 from the fusion of local clubs CE Santa Eugè ...

Liga Femenina de Baloncesto The Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of sports league, league competition for women's basketball in Spain. It is the women's equivalent of the men's Liga ACB and is run by ...

for the 2013–14 season. After just 11 games in Spain, Dowe signed with Trogylos Priolo in Italy's Serie A1. In 2015, Dowe would return to Europe, signing with

Saarlouis Royals TV 1872 Saarlouis is a German sports club from Saarlouis best known for its women's basketball team, also known as Saarlouis Royals. Royals won two national leagues and three national cups between 2008 and 2010, and reached the 2010 Eurocup's ...

in the

Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga The Damen-Basketball-Bundesligen GmbH (DBBL) is a company founded in June 2001, which manages the first and the two second federal leagues of women's basketball in Germany. The shareholders of the GmbH are AG 1. DBBL, AG 2. DBBL and DBB. DBBL is ...

. The following year, Dowe signed with Bretagne Basket in Ligue Féminine de Basketball 2.

Australia

Dowe played for the

Perth Lynx The Perth Lynx are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at both WA Basketball Centre, Bendat Basketball Centre ...

during the

2017–18 WNBL season The 2017–18 WNBL season was the 38th season of the competition since its establishment in 1981. The regular season began on 5 October 2017, with the Melbourne Boomers visiting the Dandenong Rangers. The Sydney Uni Flames were the defending ch ...

. Dowe averaged 5.7 rebounds per game, and was named Perth Lynx Most Improved Player at the conclusion of the season.

References

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