Robert Lowery (basketball)

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

College career

Lowery spent his college career at Cecil College and at the 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>Template:Cite web</ref> In his senior season, he helped the Dayton Flyers capture the NIT championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Professional career

Lowery started his professional career in the German Second Division with the Saar-Pfalz Braves in the 2010–11 season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Lowery signed with Levharti Chomutov of the Czech Republic for the 2011–12 season and was chosen to play at the Czech NBL Allstar Game in 2012. He averaged 17.6 points a game for Chomutov on the season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He then continued his pro career in Turkey, turning out for Turkish Second Division team Best Balikesir Basketbol Kulubu in 2012–13. He earned the Eurobasket.com website's All-Turkish TB2L Honorable Mention status that season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Lowery headed to Italy for the 2013–14 campaign, joining the Italian Second Division club Lighthouse Trapani, before landing a deal in one of the major leagues in Europe, the A1 in Greece. He signed with 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 VEF Rīga.<ref name="vefriga">Template:Cite web</ref> on December 7, 2014.

In July 2015, he signed with Denizli Basket of Turkey. But due to health problems, Denizli and Lowery parted ways in September 2015.<ref>Denizli parts ways with Robert Lowery</ref> After starting the 2015–16 season with Nea Kifissia in Greece, Lowery moved to Germany's first division club Alba Berlin on January 19, 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>