Ashley Owusu

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Ashley Owusu
No. 15 – Maryland Terrapins
PositionShooting guard / Point guard
LeagueBig Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (2001-01-22) January 22, 2001 (age 20)
Queens, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolPaul VI Catholic
(Chantilly, Virginia)
CollegeMaryland (2019–present)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place 2021 San Juan

Ashley Owusu (born January 22, 2001) is an American basketball player for the Maryland Terrapins of the Big Ten Conference.

College career[]

Sophomore season[]

Owusu was thrust into a leadership role in her sophomore season after five seniors graduated and three players transferred out of the program.[1] She scored her then-career high of 25 points in a game against Towson, breaking it less than a month later with a 34-point performance against Penn State.[2]

In addition to being named a third-team All-American, Owusu was also named the recipient of the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, awarded to the top college basketball shooting guard in the country.[3][4]

National team career[]

Owusu accepted an invite to attend AmeriCup trials for the United States national team in 2021.[5]

Career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high ° League leader

College[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019–20 Maryland 32 16 27.0 .446 .310 .732 3.8 5.4 1.5 0.2 2.4 12.0
2020–21 Maryland 29 29 31.1 .493 .289 .762 5.6 5.9 1.3 0.2 2.6 17.9
Career 61 45 29.0 .472 .300 .749 4.7 5.7 1.4 0.2 2.5 14.8

References[]

  1. ^ "Ashley Owusu Has Broken Out Of Her Shell To Lead Maryland Women's Basketball". PressBoxOnline. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Ashley Owusu scores 34, No. 14 Maryland women's basketball tops Penn State, 96-82". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Owusu, Benzan earn AP All-America Honors". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Basketball Hall of Fame & Women's Basketball Coaches Association Announce Winners of Women's Naismith Starting Five Awards". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Maryland's Ashley Owusu, Diamond Miller to compete at U.S. AmeriCup Team basketball trials". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

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