Tre’von OwensRota basketball

Last week - All Owens, a 6-foot-5-inch All-Europe junior guard, did last week was average 35.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 3.8 steals and 2.0 blocks per game in leading the Admirals to a 6-0 record against Division III foes Alconbury, Brussels and Menwith Hill during a series of games Thursday through Saturday at RAF Alconbury, England.

Topping the rampage was Owens’ 50-point effort in a 71-41 domination of Brussels on Friday, but that figure was under his career-best, according to Rota coach Ben Anderson.

“Tre’von scored 55 points against a really talented Spanish team this year,” Anderson wrote in a Tuesday e-mail.

The three-day outburst by Owens not only helped show the opposition what they will be up against at the D-III tournament, it also undoubtedly increased Owens’ already highly valued stock in the eyes of college recruiters.

“He has one Division I offer on the table,” Anderson reported, “and will probably have four or five more in the early spring.”

Moreover, Owens amassed his numbers last weekend in less-than-full playing time against Rota’s three generally overmatched foes. The Admirals, who next leave Spain for the DODDS-Europe tournament in Mannheim on Feb. 23-26, won their six games at Alconbury by an average margin of just over 30 points per game.

Jamila HarveyVilseck basketball

Last week - Harvey, a 5-foot-7-inch senior guard, brought out her best Saturday at Vilseck. The Lady Falcons (2-6) took unbeaten, defending European Division I champion Wiesbaden into overtime before falling, 56-54.

Against a Wiesbaden line-up that includes two All-Europe first-teamers, Harvey — who’s averaging around 11 points per game, according to her coach, Jim Hall — chalked up 26 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks, four assists and three steals.

“She was shooting from all over the floor,” Hall wrote in a Monday e-mail, “… and we were going to her as long as she could carry us.”

Harvey carried Vilseck to the verge of the upset, Hall wrote, sinking her team’s final three baskets in regulation and scoring four of her team’s six points in overtime. Unluckily for Vilseck, however, Wiesbaden sophomore Meghan Smith came off the bench and scored off a low-post move with 10 seconds left in regulation to force OT, then started the Lady Warriors on an 8-6 run in the extra period with an offensive rebound and put-back basket.

Harvey’s effort, however, might have bought his team more than just a near-miss.

“I hope that this carries us into the next level,” Hall concluded with an eye to the upcoming European D-I tournament. “I have been waiting for our team to play this way all year.”

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