2024-25 Season (Senior): Started all 29 games for the Rocky Men in his senior season…Averaged 12.5 points, 3.6 assists, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per game, while shooting 44.2% from the field and 38.6% from three…Tied for 10th in the Frontier Conference in points per game and led the conference in assists per game for the second consecutive season…Tied for the tenth-most steals per game in the conference…
Earned Frontier Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors after averaging 16.0 points and 4.5 assists to lead Rocky to a 2-0 weekend in the second weekend of conference play…Scored a career-high 31 points in a 98-93 victory over Montana Western…Scored his 1,000th career point in the opening game of the 2024-25 season in a 73-59 win over Embry-Riddle (11/1/24)...Became the program’s all-time career assists on senior night in a 62-52 victory over MSU-Northern (2/15/25)...Finished his career as the third leading scorer in program history (1,359 points, the third-most made three-pointers (176), the best free-throw percentage (86.27%) in program history, and the seventh-most career steals in Rocky Men’s Basketball history (101).
Named 2024-25 Frontier Conference Second Team All-Conference.
2023-24 Season (Junior): Started all 29 games for the Battlin’ Bears in his junior season…Averaged 15.9 points, 4.9 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 47% from the field and 36.6% from three-point range…Ranked seventh in the Frontier Conference in points per game, led the conference in assists per game, and was one of 14 players in the conference to tally one or more steals per game…
Earned Frontier Conference Player of the Week after averaging 26.0 points, 6.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game as Rocky went 2-0 at the Sam Milanovich Classic. He was a perfect 17-17 from the free throw line, 5-of-7 from three point range, and shot over 50% from the field, while only turning the ball over four times as the primary ball handler. His weekend began with 23 points and seven assists in Rocky’s win over Valley City State (11/24/23). Owens then scored a season-high 29 points – including the game-winning basket – in the 108-107 overtime win over Dickinson State (11/25/23)…Totaled two games with 10 or more assists, as he also scored 23 and 25 points respectively in those two contests…Led the Battlin’ Bears in minutes played, averaging 35.5 minutes per game…Second leading scorer, totaling 462 points (20th most in a single season in program history)…His 142 total assists were the sixth-most in program history…Tallied four steals, along with 23 points and seven assists, versus Carroll College (1/18/24).
Named 2023-24 Frontier Conference Second Team All-Conference.
2022-23 Season (Sophomore): Appeared in and started 27 of Rocky's 29 games...Averaged 11.2 points, 3.9 assists, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.9 steals per game in 27.7 minutes per game...Ranked second in the Frontier Conference in assists per game and 10th in steals per game...Scored a career-high 25 points and five three-pointers in the Frontier Conference Semifinals against #10 ranked Montana Tech...
Earned Frontier Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week after averaging 22.5 points, 3.5 assists, and 2.5 rebounds on 48.5% shooting from the field and shooting 8-of-11 from three-point range with only one turnover in his two games in the Frontier Conference Tournament...Dished a career-high eight assists against Montana Western (1/28/23)...Tallied five steals, five rebounds, and five assists against Park University-Gilbert (11/4/23)...Led the Battlin' Bears with 45 total made three-pointers, 105 assists, and a 2.44 assist/turnover ratio...Second on the team with 27.7 minutes per game and 25 total steals...Third leading scorer with 302 total points (11.2 per game)...11 games in 2022-23 with over 20 minutes played and only one or fewer turnovers as the primary ball handler.
2021-22 Season (Freshman): Joined the Battlin' Bears as a freshman after one season at Montana State...Appeared in 19 games...Started 15 games as a freshman...Averaged 11.6 points, 2.9 assists, 2.3 rebounds, and 0.9 steals in 29.7 minutes per game...Scored in double figures in 16 of the 19 games he appeared in during the season, scoring a season-high 20 points against MSU-Northern...Dished six assists against Carroll College on January 8th, tied for the most by a Battlin' Bear in the 2021-22 season...Third leading scorer with 232 total points (11.6 per game)...Led the Battlin' Bears with 29 total made three-pointers and 57 total assists...Second most minutes per game with 29.7...
Background: Attended Billings West HS in Billings, Montana, where he was one of the best athletes in the state in basketball and football. On the court, Owens was a two-time all-state selection, scoring 17.9 points per game his senior year as he led the Bears to a third-place finish at the MHSA Class AA Tournament, earning Class AA All-Tournament First Team honors. On the football field, Owens was the Class AA Offensive MVP his senior season as he led Billings Wester to a state championship in 2018.
Committed to the University of Montana to play football, where he joined the roster as a wide receiver. After his freshman season in Missoula,
Owens transferred to Montana State University in the spring of 2020, where he began his collegiate basketball career with the Bobcats, appearing in just one game, dishing an assist against Eastern Washington.
