Owen Klassen

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Owen Klassen
No. 5 – Würzburg Baskets
Position
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2023–presentWürzburg Baskets
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Canada
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen National team

Owen James Klassen

Acadia University and is a current member of the Canadian national basketball team
.

Professional career

In September 2014, Owen started his professional career overseas at Macedonian Adriatic League team MZT Skopje, at the time coached by Zmago Sagadin.[3] His contract was terminated by mutual agreement in March 2015, after a prognosis that a full recovery from an already lengthy back injury of his would last longer than previously expected.[4]

On July 31, 2015, Klassen signed with Phoenix Hagen.[5] On December 1, 2015, Owen was named German BBL Round 10 Player of the Week following an impressive 17 point, 10 rebound performance in a win over EWE Baskets Oldenburg.[6]

On May 2, 2016, he re-signed with Hagen for one more season.[7] On December 8, 2016, he left Hagen and signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season.[8]

On August 3, 2017, Klassen signed with the

s.Oliver Würzburg.[11]

On July 27, 2018, he signed with

Riesen Ludwigsburg.[12]

In July 2019, Klassen signed with the Antwerp Giants.[13] During the 2019-20 season, he averaged 10 points and six rebounds per game.

On August 13, 2020, he signed with

LNB Pro A.[14]

On August 13, 2021, he has signed with

Löwen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga.[15]

On July 19, 2022, he has signed with

EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.[16]

Career statistics

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

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Acadia 20 13 28.1 .500 .377 .684 7.6 1.5 1.0 1.1 10.5
2010–11 Acadia 20 20 32.5 .420 .349 .686 9.6 1.7 .9 1.9 18.3
2011–12 Acadia 18 18 30.7 .520 .514 .717 10.1 2.2 .9 1.5 16.5
2012–13 Acadia 16 16 30.2 .500 .233 .775 10.8 2.5 1.0 1.4 16.3
2013–14 Acadia 17 17 29.8 .562 .316 .683 10.6 2.4 .8 1.2 20.0
Career 91 84 30.3 .501 .358 .710 9.8 2.1 .89 1.41 16.4

Professional

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 MZT 26 26 16.1 .579 .222 .550 5.4 .5 .5 .4 5.7
2015–16 Hagen 33 33 22.7 .516 .286 .541 6.4 1.3 .7 .6 9.4
2016–17 Hagen 9 9 27.1 .647 .400 .543 7.8 1.8 1.1 .7 13.2
2016–17 Budućnost 15 15 23.4 .652 .375 .683 6.3 1.1 .8 .6 9.5
2017–18
Würzburg
 21 21 20.8 .566 .000 .750 5.5 .9 .4 .4 8.6
2018–19
Ludwigsburg
 43 43 20.6 .549 .259 .776 6.1 .9 .3 .5 9.8
2019–20
Antwerp
 37 37 21.6 .503 .362 .635 6.6 1.7 .6 .8 9.3
2020–21 Boulazac 18 18 19.6 .563 .200 .702 5.3 1.6 .9 .5 7.0
2021–22
Braunschweig
 30 30 22.2 .589 .143 .637 6.5 1.8 .6 .7 11.2
Career 257 257 20.7 .546 .287 .655 6.1 1.2 .6 .6 8.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017 Budućnost 1 1 26.0 .500 .000 .667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
Career 1 1 26.0 .500 .000 .667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0

International

Year Competition GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011 2011 Pan American Games 4 4 22.0 .444 .357 .800 7.5 1.3 .5 .8 9.8
2013
FISU Universiade
 8 0 18.8 .657 .000 .620 7.3 .9 .3 .6 6.8

In 2014, Owen was a member of the Canadian National team's 11 game European tour.

References

  1. ^ Phoenix Hagen: Das sind unsere beiden Teams des Jahrzehnts WAZ.de, 2 January 2020. Accessed 5 January 2020. (in German)
  2. ^ "KLASSEN, Owen James". info.Guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2011-12-29.
  3. ^ "Овен Класен нов играч на МЗТ Скопје" (in Macedonian). mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. 20 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Класен веќе не е член на МЗТ" (in Macedonian). IDIVIDI™ (idividi.com). 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Owen Klassen inks with Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  6. ^ "German BBL round 10 best performance: Owen Klassen".
  7. ^ "Owen Classen extends with Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Owen Klassen new Budućnost VOLI center".
  9. ^ "PAOK added Owen James Klassen". Eurohoops.net. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. ^ sport24.gr "Τέλος" από τον ΠΑΟΚ και επίσημα ο Κλάσεν (in Greek)
  11. ^ "Kanadischer Nationalspieler mit BBL-Erfahrung". soliver-wuerzburg.de (in German). December 21, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  12. ^ "Bivši igrač Budućnosti ostaje u Njemačkoj" (in Serbian). petnapetblog.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Former Basketball Axeman Owen Klassen signs at Antwerp". Acadia Athletics. 24 July 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  14. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (August 13, 2020). "Owen Klassen signs with Boulazac". Sportando. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  15. ^ Skerletic, Dario (August 13, 2021). "Braunschweig lands Owen Klassen". Sportando. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  16. ^ "Kanadischer Nationalspieler verstärkt EWE Baskets unter dem Korb". Sportando. July 19, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.

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