SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Despite his team’s season-ending loss to Winona State, two-time All-American senior forward Tyrekus “A.J.” Bowman went out on an individual high.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Despite his team’s season-ending loss to Winona State, two-time All-American senior forward Tyrekus “A.J.” Bowman went out on an individual high.
Bowman shot 12-for-15 from the field for 26 points in the Division II championship game. In doing so, he set a record for highest field-goal percentage in the championship (80 percent).
Bowman and junior center Garret Siler each were named to the All-Tournament team.
Siler scored 20 points, adding five rebounds and five blocks.
THE FLUTIE EFFECT? The Flutie Effect is named after Boston College’s Doug Flutie , who tossed a Hail Mary pass to defeat Miami in 1984. The rumor is that because of Flutie, application numbers surged at Boston College the following years.
It will be a few years before Augusta State admissions officials will be able to tell if the school has benefited from its team’s run to the championship game.
“If you had to put a monetary value on the marketing impact we’ve gotten the past two weeks, you couldn’t put a value on it,” athletic director Clint Bryant said. “It’d be astronomical. People across the country now know there’s a university in Augusta called ‘Augusta State University.’ “
RECORD-SETTING, PART ONE: The game attendance reached 5,628 fans, the largest championship game crowd since 1994. The total Elite Eight attendance (17,049) was the largest since 1973.
RECORD-SETTING, PART TWO: The Warriors drained a championship game record 13 3-pointers on 32 attempts. Augusta State allowed 10 or more 3-pointers in each of the past three games. The Jaguars’ three Elite Eight opponents shot 38-for-106 from beyond the arc.
CAREER NUMBERS: With his 26 points, Bowman finished his career with 1,827 points.

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