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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Robert Lowery
| position     = [[Point guard]]
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 2
| weight_lb    = 173
| league       = [[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship|Kazakhstan Championship]]<br>[[VTB United League]]<br>[[FIBA Europe Cup]]
| team         = BC Astana
| number       = 3
| nationality  = American
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1987|12|23}}
| birth_place  = [[Forestville, Maryland]]
| high_school  = [[McDonough High School|McDonough]] ([[Pomfret, Maryland]])
| college      =
*[[Cecil College|Cecil]] (2006–2007)
*[[Dayton Flyers men's basketball|Dayton]] (2008–2010)
| draft_year   = 2010
| career_start = 2010
| career_end   = 
| years1       = 2010–2011 
| team1        = Saar-Pfalz Braves
| years2       = 2011–2012 
| team2        = [[Levharti Chomutov]]
| years3       = 2012–2013
| team3        = [[Best Balıkesir B.K.|Best Balıkesir]]
| years4       = 2013–2014
| team4        = [[Pallacanestro Trapani|Lighthouse Trapani]]
| years5       = 2014
| team5        = [[Koroivos BC|Koroivos]]
| years6       = 2014–2015
| team6        = [[BK VEF Rīga|VEF Rīga]]
| years7       = 2015–2016
| team7        = [[Nea Kifissia B.C.|Nea Kifissia]]
| years8       = 2016
| team8        = [[Alba Berlin]]
| years9       = 2016–present
| team9        = [[BC Astana]]
| highlights   =
*[[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship|Kazakhstan League]] champion (2017)
*[[Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|Kazakhstan Cup]] winner (2017)
*[[German Basketball Cup|German Cup]] winner ([[2016 BBL-Pokal|2016]])
*[[Latvian Basketball League|Latvian League]] champion (2015)
}}

'''Robert Lowery Jr.''' (born December 23, 1987) is an American professional [[basketball]] player who plays for [[BC Astana]] of the [[Kazakhstan Basketball Championship|Kazakhstan Championship]]. Standing at 1.88&nbsp;m (6'2"), he plays the [[point guard]] position.

==College career==
Lowery spent his college career at [[Cecil College]] and at the [[Dayton Flyers men's basketball|University of Dayton]]. At Cecil, he earned First Team Division II Junior College All-American honors, and was selected to compete in the 2008 national junior college all-star game in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://daytonflyers.com/news/2008/4/28/MBB_2390.aspx|title=DAYTON SIGNS JUCO POINT GUARD ROB LOWERY|website=University of Dayton|access-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> In his senior season, he helped the [[Dayton Flyers men's basketball|Dayton Flyers]] capture the [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/2010/04/nit-triumph-and-volleyball-tragedy-for-the-ud-flyers/|title=Dayton Flyers Win NIT Championship; Tragedy Strikes UD Volleyball Team - Waiting For Next Year|website=Waiting For Next Year|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-04}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Lowery started his professional career in the [[ProA|German Second Division]] with the Saar-Pfalz Braves in the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/sports/college/former-ud-teammates-headed-to-germany/nNFr7/|title=Former UD teammates headed to Germany|website=www.daytondailynews.com|access-date=2016-03-04}}</ref>

Lowery signed with [[Levharti Chomutov]] of the Czech Republic for the 2011–12 season and was chosen to play at the [[National Basketball League (Czech Republic)|Czech NBL]] Allstar Game in 2012. He averaged 17.6 points a game for Chomutov on the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chomutovsky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/basketbal-chomutov-posilil-americky-rozehravac-low.html|title=Basketbal: Chomutov posílí americký rozehrávač Lowery|website=Chomutovský deník|access-date=2016-03-04}}</ref>

He then continued his pro career in Turkey, turning out for [[Turkish Basketball First League|Turkish Second Division]] team [[Best Balıkesir B.K.|Best Balikesir Basketbol Kulubu]] in 2012–13. He earned the [[Eurobasket.com]] website's All-Turkish TB2L Honorable Mention status that season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Robert_Lowery/163218|title=Robert Lowery Basketball Player Profile, ALBA Berlin, Dayton, News, BBL stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com|website=www.eurobasket.com|access-date=2016-03-04}}</ref>

Lowery headed to Italy for the 2013–14 campaign, joining the [[Serie A2 Basket|Italian Second Division]] club [[Pallacanestro Trapani|Lighthouse Trapani]], before landing a deal in one of the major leagues in Europe, the [[Greek Basket League|A1]] in Greece. He signed with [[Koroivos BC|ASA Koroivos Amaliadas]] for the 2014–15 campaign. In eight games, he averaged 16.8 points, as well as 5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 2.4 steals, before moving to Latvian powerhouse [[BK VEF Rīga|VEF Rīga]].<ref name="vefriga">{{cite web|url=http://www.vefriga.com/lv/jaunumi/zinas/vef-riga-pievienojas-roberts-loverijs-1736|title=&quot;VEF Rīga&quot; pievienojas Roberts Loverijs - VEF Rīga|publisher=vefriga.com|accessdate=2014-12-07}}</ref> on December 7, 2014.

In July 2015, he signed with [[Pamukkale Üniversitesi B.K.|Denizli Basket]] of Turkey. But due to health problems, Denizli and Lowery parted ways in September 2015.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/174858/denizli-parts-ways-with-robert-lowery.html Denizli parts ways with Robert Lowery]</ref> After starting the 2015–16 season with [[Nea Kifissia B.C.|Nea Kifissia]] in Greece, Lowery moved to Germany's [[Basketball Bundesliga|first division]] club [[Alba Berlin]] on January 19, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albaberlin.de/news/us-guard-robert-lowery-verstaerkt-alba-berlin-6633.html|title=US-Guard Robert Lowery verstärkt ALBA BERLIN|publisher=albaberlin.de|accessdate=January 23, 2016|language=German}}</ref>

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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Alba Berlin players]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Greece]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Latvia]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Turkey]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Maryland]]
[[Category:Best Balıkesir B.K. players]]
[[Category:BC Astana players]]
[[Category:BK VEF Rīga players]]
[[Category:Dayton Flyers men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Junior college men's basketball players in the United States]]
[[Category:Koroivos B.C. players]]
[[Category:Levharti Chomutov players]]
[[Category:Nea Kifissia B.C. players]]
[[Category:Pallacanestro Trapani players]]
[[Category:People from Forestville, Maryland]]
[[Category:Point guards]]