Tulsa 66ers Make Roster Move
December 16, 2009 - NBA G League (G League)
Tulsa 66ers News Release
Tulsa, Okla., December 16, 2009 - The Tulsa 66ers announced today that the team has acquired point guard Zabian Dowdell.
Dowdell played in Italy during the 2008-09 season, where he averaged 19.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.2 steals in 37 games. The 6-3 guard played in France during the 2007-08 season and has played in the NBA Summer League each of the past three seasons.
The Virginia Tech University product ended his collegiate career seventh in scoring (1,785), fifth in assists (380), and third in steals (241). He was named an All-American honorable mention and first team All-ACC during the 2006-07 season. Dowdell twice received All-ACC honorable mention honors, and All-ACC Defensive team honors.
To make room for Dowdell on the roster, the 66ers released guard Mitch Johnson. Dowdell will be in uniform for Tulsa's next game this Friday, Dec. 18, and will wear number 7.
The updated 66ers roster is below:
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. School
11 Cecil Brown G 6-4 200 UC Santa Barbara
17 Moses Ehambe G 6-6 210 Oral Roberts
7 Zabian Dowdell G 6-3 191 Virginia Tech
44 DeVon Hardin C 6-11 250 California
50 Steven Hill C 7-0 245 Arkansas
99 Marcus Lewis F 6-8 265 Oral Roberts
15 Byron Mullens* C 7-0 275 Ohio State
33 Yemi Ogunoye F 6-9 215 Oral Roberts
23 Larry Owens F 6-7 215 Oral Roberts
22 Mustafa Shakur G 6-3 190 Arizona
21 Latavious Williams F 6-8 210 Christian Life Academy (Tx.)
*NBA Assigned player from the Oklahoma City Thunder
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