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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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10 Derrick Rowland

10 Derrick Rowland

  • Position:
    G
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-4 / 210
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Cohoes, N.Y.
  • Highschool:
    Green Tech
  • Major:
    Sport Management

Summary

Biography

Career: Became the 37th member of the 1,000 point club, hitting that plateau as part of an 11 point performance in the NE10 Quarterfinals at Le Moyne (Mar. 1, 2020) … Closed out his career 22nd all-time in scoring with 1,295 career points … Graduates as the third best all-time in three point field goals with 217 in his career.

2021-22: Played in 21 games, starting in 18 … Finished the season averaging 13.1 points per games, fourth most on the team, and 2.1 rebounds per game … Added 32 assists, 26 steals, third most on the team, and a trio of blocked shots … Closed out the year shooting 42 percent from the field (110-of-262) and was second on the team with 41 made three point field goals (41-of-130) … Capped off all but four of the games he played with double figures in the scoring column, while grabbing at least one rebound in all but three games … Scored 20+ points in three games, including back-to-back with 22 points against American International (Dec. 7) and Chestnut Hill (Dec. 19), including going 7-of-10 from beyond the arc in the second of those games … Set a season-high with 31 points in a conference game against Saint Michael’s (Jan. 8) where he finished 12-of-21 from the field, including four three pointers … Dished out a season-best five assists against Stonehill (Jan. 5) … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the fall semester.

2020-21: 2020-21 season canceled due to CoVID-19 Pandemic ... Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters.

2019-20: Played in all 30 games, starting all but the senior day game … Third on the team in scoring, averaging 13.5 points off a total of 406 total points, a career-high for a single season … Finished second on the team with 69 three pointers, 10th most in a single season in program history … Led the team in a pair of categories, dishing out 118 assists and picking off 33 steals … The team-high 118 assists works out to be 3.9 assists per game, seventh best in the Northeast-10 … Also hauled in 80 rebounds and blocked nine shots … Finished 20 games scoring in double figures, including six games with 20 points or more … Set a career-high with 32 points in the first game of the New Year against Adelphi (Jan. 4) … Finished that game shooting 12-of-15 from the field for an impressive 80 percent effort, with the 12 field goals a career-high … Among the 12 field goals was a season-best six three pointers, which came on seven attempts (85.7 percent) … Finished all but one game with at least one assist, while setting a career-high with 10 handouts against Holy Family (Dec. 15) as he became the first player to dish out 10 assists since the 2017-18 season … Closed out the season averaging 15.6 points over the four-game run to the NE10 Championship game, including ending the year with 25 points in the title game against Saint Anselm (Mar. 7) where he 10-of-16 from the field, including 3-of-7 from beyond the three point line … Twice named to the NE10 weekly Honor Roll … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the fall and spring semesters.

2018-19: Named to the NE10 Honorable Mention All-Conference Team … Started all 30 games that he played in, missing one game due to injury … Closed out the season third on the team in scoring at 12.7 points per game, scoring a career-high 380 points … Led the team with a career-high 104 assists and led the team with 35 steals … His 3.5 assists per game was 12th highest in the NE10 while his 1.2 steals per game was 11th best … Finished the season second on the team with 66 three point field goals … Completed 25 games scoring in double figures, surpassing the 20 point plateau twice … Set a career-high with 27 points in a home win over Southern Connecticut (Feb. 6) when he finished 9-of-14 from the field including seven three-point field goals … Strung together a streak of 13 straight games in double figures to close out the regular season and into the postseason … Grabbed at least one rebound in all 30 games, setting a season-high with six on three different occasions, including in the opening round of the NCAA Division II East Championship win over Daemen (Mar. 16) … Also, dished out at least one assist in all 30 games, setting a career-high early in the season with seven against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut (Nov. 28) … Matched that high of seven helpers in two other games; at Pace (Feb. 13) and once again against SCSU (Mar. 6) in the semifinals of the NE10 Championship … Matched his career-high with four steals on the road at Merrimack (Jan. 23) … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the fall semester.

2017-18: Named to the Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team … Named to the NE10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall semester … Played in all 27 games, as the first player off the bench, averaging 9.6 points per game, third most on the team … Dished Also pulled down 77 rebounds, dished out 43 assists, second most on the team, and picked off 24 steals … Closed out the season shooting 44.9 percent from the field (97-of-216), including 44 three pointers, third most on the team … Finished 12 games scoring in double figures, including eight of the final 11 games of the season … Set a career-high with 26 points against regional power Bloomfield (Feb. 13) … Finished that game shooting 52.6 percent from the field with a career-best 10 field goals, including four form long range … Also pulled down eight rebounds and finished with three steals against the Bears … Dished out a career-high five assists against LIU Post…Picked off a career-high four steals against Adelphi (Feb. 3) … Led the team in scoring on three occasions and in rebounding twice.

2016-17: Did not see game action during the season.

High School: Three-year member of the state ranked varsity basketball team at Green Tech Charter High School … Averaged 11.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game.

Personal: Son of Derrick and Stacey Rowland … Father played for the Milwaukee Bucks during the 1985-86 season as well as overseas … Mother ran track at Boston University … Has four older sisters, Morgan, Mackenzie, Madison and Merrick … Morgan played basketball at LeMoyne College (2009-12) … Mackenzie, Madison and Merrick all played collegiately at Queens (N.Y.) College … Majoring in sport management from the College of Business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2016-17Freshman

    Guard
    6'3" 190 lbs
    34
  • 32

    2017-18Redshirt Freshman

    Guard
    6'3" 190 lbs
    32
  • 10

    2018-19Redshirt Sophomore

    Guard
    6'3" 190 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2019-20Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    6'3" 190 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2020-21Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 190 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2021-22Graduate Student

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    6'4" 210 lbs
    10