University of Massachusets Athletics
Guard Chris Lowe Signs NLI With UMass Men's Basketball
April 13, 2005 | Men's Basketball
April 13, 2005
AMHERST, Mass. - New University of Massachusetts basketball head coach Travis Ford announced the signing of his first UMass recruit to a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, as point guard Chris Lowe (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) has signed to join the Minutemen basketball team for the 2005-06 season.
"We are thrilled to welcome Chris Lowe to the UMass basketball family," said Ford. "He is coming from one of the finest programs in America. He experienced great success in high school and we are looking for him to be a player which we can build our program with. We are looking forward to making Chris into the best player, student and person he can be at UMass."
Lowe, who stands 6-0, 160 pounds, comes to UMass from Mount Vernon High School in New York where he was a two-year starter for the Knights. He led the Bob Cimmino-coached squad to the New York State Class AA Federation Championship and the Class AA New York State Public Title in 2004 with a 27-3 record. The Knights were ranked No. 7 nationally in USA Today's Super 25 Final Rankings.
In the championship game, Lowe made a name for himself with tenacious defense holding future then-Lincoln High School point guard Sebastian Telfair to a season-low 14 points in a 66-52 victory. Telfair later skipped college and went on to be the No. 13 pick by the Portland Trailblazers in 2004.
As a senior, this past season, Lowe averaged 12.9 points and 6.5 assists and 4.5 steals per game as he was named to Westchester County's Section I First Team, All-Conference and honored as a Second Team Journal News All-Star. The Knights finished 20-4 this past season falling in the Class AA Championship game. As a junior, he was named honorable mention by the Journal News.
In addition to his scholastic play, Lowe was a standout for the famed AAU New York Panthers as well as being named one of the top point guards at the Reebok ABCD Camp last summer.
Mount Vernon has produced many college and NBA stars including most recently Ben Gordon of the Chicago Bulls, who led UConn to the 2004 National Championship.
Christopher Lowe Jr. was born on July 17, 1987 and is the son of Christopher Lowe Sr. and Sonya Griffin.
