OWEN
KLASSEN
POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 6’10” (208cm)
WEIGHT: 257lbs (117kg)
BIRTHDATE: October 31, 1991 (Kingston, ON)
HIGH SCHOOL: Bayridge Secondary School (Kingston, ON)
UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE: Acadia (2014)
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as Free Agent on May 1, 2020
YEARS PRO: 6
BIO

PROFESSIONAL CAREER


Career averages of 20.3 minutes, 8.7 points and 6.0 rebounds in 200 games as a professional … Has also played 28 games with Team Canada … 2020 Belgian Cup Winner with Antwerp … 2017 Montenegrin League and Cup Champion with Budućnost Podgorica … 


2019-20:  

Averaged 21.3 minutes, 9.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in 32 games for Antwerp between Belgium-Euromillions League and Basketball Champions League … Scored 10+ points in 10 of 16 games in the Belgian Euromillions League including six consecutive contests … Back-to-back double-double games (14 pts, 10 rebounds vs. Aaistar, and 13 points, 10 rebounds vs Leuven) … Season-best 6 blocks December 6 vs. Limburg United … Registered six 10+ point games in the Basketball Champions League … Grabbed over 10 rebounds three times registering one double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds on December 10 vs. Burgos … 1x Belgian Euromillions League Player of the Week … Named to Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League 2nd Team … Named to Eurobasket.com Belgian League All-Defensive Team … 


2018-19: 

Played for Ludwigsburg averaging 19.9 minutes, 9.8 points and 6.1 rebounds in 43 games between the Germany BBL and Basketball Champions League … Scored in double-digits in 15 of 31 games in the German BBL … Put up season-best 26 points (7-7 FG, 3-9 3FG, 3-4 FT) on April 14 vs. Giessen 46ers… Scored 25 points (6-10 FG, 2-6 3FG, 7-9 FT) the next game vs. Brose while racking up 12 rebounds for his second of three double-double on the season … Scored 10+ points in 6 of 12 games in the Champions League … Registered 18 rebounds while putting up 17 points for his only double-double of league play January 16 vs. Anwil … 1x German BBL Player of the Week … 


2017-18: 

Klassen averaged 15.2 minutes, 6.1 points and 4.7 rebounds in 18 games with POAK (Greek League) … Registered first and only double-double during the first game of the season (October 7) with 17 points and 12 rebounds in 26 minutes … On December 21, Klassen signed with s.Oliver Würzburg … Klassen averaged 8.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 20.1 minutes in 21 games with his new team … Tallied 10 points or more 7 times … Grabbed double-digit boards twice while registering a double-double each time (April 7 and April 19) … 


2016-17: 

Averaged 27.1 minutes, 13.2 points and 7.8 rebounds in 9 games with Phoenix Hagen (Germany) … Scored over 10 points 7 times … Recorded two double-doubles with the latest on November 4 at ALBA with 16 points and 11 rebounds … On December 8, Klassen left Hagen and signed with Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro) for the rest of the season … Averaged 8.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 23.2 minutes per game … Scored 10+ points nine times … Registered three double-doubles on 17 points and 10 rebounds (January 8), 16 points and 10 rebounds (January 28) and 14 points and 10 rebounds (February 11) … 


2015-16:  

Averaged 22.7 minutes, 9.4 points and 6.4 rebounds in 33 games for Phoenix Hagen (Germany) … Scored 10 or more points 17 times … Recorded three double-doubles with the last on March 20 vs. Bremerhaven with 18 points and 11 rebounds … Scored season-best 18 points on two occasions March 20 (7-13 FG, 0-1 3FG, 4-8 FT) and April 24 (7-13FG, 4-6 FT) … Named German BBL Round 10 Player of the Week following impressive 17 points, 10 rebounds on December 1 vs. EWE Baskets Oldenburg … 


2014-15:  

Averaged 16.1 minutes, 5.7 points and 5.4 rebounds in 26 games during his first professional season with MZT Skopje (Adriatic League and FYR Macedonia) … Scored season-high 11 points (5-5 FG, 0-1 3TG, 1-2 FT) and registered 7 rebounds against Kozuv (November 19) … Grabbed a season-best 13 rebounds adding 4 points and 2 blocks against Szolnok (October 18) … Recorded first double-double of his career against Krka (January 17) with 10 points and 12 rebounds … Klassen and his team mutually terminated his contract March 15 due to a pre-existing back injury.


COLLEGIATE CAREER


2013-14: 

Averaged 29.8 minutes, 20.0 points and 10.6 rebounds in 17 games as a senior at Acadia … Scored 10+ points in every game played … Missed four of five in one stretch and then put up consecutive 20+ point games (34, 24, 25) … Scored career-best 36 points (11-18 FG, 2-4 3FG, 12-15 FT) and 11 rebounds January 31 at UNB … Registered 13 double-doubles (points and rebounds) … Had season-high 5 blocks November 28 vs. StFX … Named to All-AUS 1st Team … Named to CIS All-Canadian 1st Team … All-AUS Defensive Player of the Year … All-AUS Player of the Year … 


2012-13:  

Averaged 30.2 minutes, 16.3 points and 10.8 rebounds in 16 games … Scored in double digits 13 times … Scored season-high 31 points (11-16 FG, 3-4 3FG, 6-8 FT) and netted 10 rebounds February 2 at Memorial … Had 11 games with 10+ rebounds … Grabbed season-high 17 rebounds November 23 at UPEI … Had season-bests in blocks and assists with 6 each on November 28 vs. StFX while putting up 19 points and grabbing 13 rebounds … Sat out first four games of winter semester … Named to All-AUS 1st Team … Named to CIS All-Canadian 1st Team … Named to CIS Canadian All-Tournament Team … All-AUS Defensive Player of the Year … 


2011-12:  

Averaged 30.7 minutes, 16.4 points and 10.1 rebounds in 18 games during his third year at Acadia … Scored over 10 points in 16 games … Scored season-high 35 points February 12 at Cape Breton (10-14 FG, 7-9 3FG, 8-10 FT) … Netted 10+ rebounds seven times … Boarded career-best 19 rebounds and scored 26 points on November 18 vs. StFX … Registered 5 double-doubles … Rejected season-high 6 blocks January 5 vs. Cape Breton … Ranked seventh in the country in blocks (27) and total rebounds (181) … Named to CIS All-Canadian 2nd Team … Named to All-AUS 1st Team … All-AUS Defensive Player of the Year … 


2010-11:

Averaged 32.4 minutes, 18.3 points and 9.6 rebounds in 20 games for Acadia … Scored over 10 points in 18 games … Scored 20+ points in eight games including the last three games of the season (24, 25, 24) … Scored 30+ points in two games with season-best 35 (12-25 FG, 4-9 3FG, 7-7 FT) on January 21 at Saint Mary’s … 11 games with over 10 rebounds all resulting in a double-double … Collected season-high 14 rebounds twice (November 19 vs. Cape Breton and December 2 vs. UPEI) … Played career-high 40 minutes November 9 at Dalhousie … Named to All-AUS 2nd Team … 


2009-10:  

Averaged 28.1 minutes, 10.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in 20 games as a Freshman at Acadia … Scored 10 or more points in 11 games, including the last seven games of the season … Scored 20+ points three times … Scored season-best 24 points (10-14 FG, 2-4 3FG, 2-4 FT) on February 27 vs. Memorial … Registered five games of 10+ rebounds … Netted season-high 17 rebounds and scored 20 points February 20 at UNB … Recorded first career double-double January 30 at Saint Mary’s with 20 points and 10 rebounds … Finished the season with five double-doubles … Named to AUS All-Rookie Team and All-AUS Rookie of the Year. 

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICS
Totals
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2019-20 Telenet Giants Antwerp 32 680 299 89-181 14-40 79-125 74 141 215 57 95 22 14 54
2018-19 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 43 855 421 129-233 15-58 118-152 100 163 263 37 132 20 10 70
2017-18 s.Oliver Wuerzburg 21 422 180 60-106 0-4 60-77 44 72 116 19 63 8 8 37
2017-18 PAOK Thessaloniki 18 273 110 33-71 1-1 41-61 43 41 84 5 44 3 9 18
2016-17 Budućnost Podgorica 18 419 160 51-84 3-9 49-75 43 66 109 19 65 10 11 46
2016-17 Phoenix Hagen 9 244 119 44-68 4-10 18-35 30 40 70 16 38 6 10 20
2015-16 Phoenix Hagen 33 749 311 116-225 2-7 73-135 99 111 210 42 125 19 22 64
2014-15 KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom 26 419 148 60-98 2-9 22-40 60 81 141 13 47 11 12 23
Totals 200 4,061 1,748 582-1066 41-138 460-700 493 715 1208 208 609 99 96 332
Averages
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2019-20 Telenet Giants Antwerp 32 21.3 9.3 0.491 0.35 0.632 2.3 4.4 6.7 1.8 2.9 0.7 0.4 1.7
2018-19 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 43 19.9 9.8 0.553 0.258 0.776 2.3 3.8 6.1 0.9 3.1 0.5 0.2 1.6
2017-18 s.Oliver Wuerzburg 21 20.1 8.6 0.566 0.000 0.779 2.1 3.4 5.5 0.9 3.0 0.4 0.4 1.8
2017-18 PAOK Thessaloniki 18 15.2 6.1 0.464 1.000 0.577 2.4 2.3 4.7 0.3 2.4 0.2 0.5 1.0
2016-17 Budućnost Podgorica 18 23.2 8.9 0.607 0.333 0.653 2.4 3.7 6.1 1.1 3.6 0.6 0.6 2.6
2016-17 Phoenix Hagen 9 27.1 13.2 0.647 0.400 0.543 3.3 4.4 7.8 1.8 4.2 0.7 1.1 2.2
2015-16 Phoenix Hagen 33 22.7 9.4 0.561 0.286 0.541 3.0 3.4 6.4 1.3 3.8 0.6 0.7 1.9
2014-15 KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom 26 16.1 5.7 0.612 0.222 0.550 2.3 3.1 5.4 0.5 1.8 0.4 0.5 0.9
Totals 200 20.3 8.7 0.545 0.291 0.657 2.6 3.6 6.0 1.1 3.1 0.5 0.5 1.7
COLLEGIATE STATISTICS
Totals
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2013-14 Acadia 17 506 340 96-171 19-Jun 142-208 59 122 181 40 57 21 14 63
2012-13 Acadia 16 483 261 84-168 30-Jul 86-111 50 122 172 40 49 22 15 53
Dec-11 Acadia 18 552 296 101-195 18-35 76-106 70 111 181 39 55 27 16 48
Nov-10 Acadia 20 648 366 124-297 37-106 81-118 42 150 192 34 66 37 17 65
Oct-09 Acadia 20 562 210 82-164 20-53 26-38 51 100 151 30 58 21 19 52
Totals 91 2751 1473 487-995 88-243 411-581 272 605 877 183 285 128 81 281
Averages
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2013-14 Acadia 17 29.8 20.0 0.561 0.316 0.683 3.5 7.2 10.6 2.4 3.4 1.2 0.8 3.7
2012-13 Acadia 16 30.2 16.3 0.500 0.233 0.775 3.1 7.6 10.8 2.5 3.1 1.4 0.9 3.3
Dec-11 Acadia 18 30.7 16.4 0.518 0.514 0.717 3.9 6.2 10.1 0.8 3.1 1.5 0.9 2.7
Nov-10 Acadia 20 32.4 18.3 0.418 0.349 0.686 2.1 7.5 9.6 1.7 3.3 1.9 0.8 3.3
Oct-09 Acadia 20 28.1 10.5 0.500 0.377 0.684 2.5 5.0 7.5 1.5 2.9 1.1 0.9 2.6
Totals 91 30.2 16.3 0.499 0.358 0.709 3.0 6.7 9.7 1.8 3.2 1.4 0.9 3.1
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