SF Chronicle: Saint Mary’s ‘3 brothers’ – Kyle Bowen, Alex Ducas and Logan Johnson – set for Senior Night
As SMC Men’s Basketball faces off against Pacific, for Gaels who are seniors this is a milestone moment.
When the Saint Mary’s Men’s Basketball team hosts Pacific for the last home game of the season on February 23, for a few Gaels in particular it’s a milestone moment. “Emotions figure to be running high Thursday evening when No. 15 Saint Mary’s hosts Pacific on Senior Night,” writes Steve Kroner for the San Francisco Chronicle. “The Gaels will honor [Logan] Johnson and two Australians, forward Kyle Bowen and swingman Alex Ducas, in a pregame ceremony.”
“All three of those guys have done so much for our program,” head coach Randy Bennett says in Kroner’s story.
More from the Chronicle:
- Bowen is a quintessential “glue guy.” His career scoring average is 4.2 points per game, but he routinely – and aggressively – guards the opponent’s top forward and ranks fifth in the WCC in rebounds per game (7.5).
- Ducas owns a sweet shooting stroke and has improved both on taking the ball to the basket and on defense. He ranks 10th in St. Mary’s history in career 3-pointers (183) and has a chance to pass fellow Aussie Tanner Krebs (198) for the fifth spot in the coming weeks.
- Johnson, who’s left-handed, thrives on forays down the lane and can finish creatively with either hand. At 13.8 ppg this season, he ranks second on the team to freshman Aidan Mahaney (15.1), and Johnson leads the Gaels in assists (104) and steals (45). He is fifth on the school’s career steals list (141).
“I think we complement each other so well on the court,” Bowen said.
They’ve become tight off it as well.
“We’re going to leave here as three brothers,” Bowen said. “It’s bigger than basketball. It’s family.”
Bowen and Ducas each went to the Centre of Excellence in Australia. They’re part of the Australian pipeline to Moraga; 23 Aussies – most notably Patty Mills, Matthew Dellavedova and Jock Landale – have been on Gaels’ rosters in Bennett’s 22 seasons.
“That was a really big piece of my decision to come to St. Mary’s,” Ducas said, “knowing that I had that backbone of Australians who came before me and obviously have been successful in this program.”
READ THE FULL STORY about Kyle Bowen, Alex Ducas, and Logan Johnson here.
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