Julius "Jay" Bowie (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Bali United of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for Marist College before playing professionally in the NBA Development League, Australia and England.
High school career
Bowie attended George S. Middleton High School in Tampa, Florida, where he spent his freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Tampa Preparatory School in 2008. As a junior in 2008–09, he was named Male Athlete of the Year after averaging a double-double with 14.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. As a senior in 2009–10, he again averaged a double-double with 16.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game while leading his team to the Class 2A state final at the power forward position, alongside swingman teammate Jamal Cherry. He was also named to the Academic Honor Roll as a junior and senior.
On April 26, 2010, Bowie signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Marist College.
College career
As a freshman at Marist in 2010–11, Bowie was the lone Red Fox to start all 33 games. He averaged 6.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, and led the team with 24 steals. On December 6, 2010, he was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week after averaging 13.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game and leading the Red Foxes to conference wins over Niagara and Canisius.
As a sophomore in 2011–12, Bowie played in all 32 games and made 31 starts. He led the team in field goal and free-throw percentage with 49.1% and 84.9%, respectively, and was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team. On the season, he averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. He scored a career-high 23 points on February 4, 2012 against Canisius.
As a junior in 2012–13, Bowie played in 18 games and made 17 starts, all of them at power forward. He missed all of January as he sat out from December 31 to February 3 due to concussion-like symptoms he sustained after taking a hit to the head in practice in mid-December. He finished the season with averages of 9.4 points and 4.9 rebounds, as he earned MAAC All-Academic Team honors for the second straight year.
As team captain his senior year in 2013–14, Bowie started all 31 games while averaging 12.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He led the Red Foxes in free-throw percentage, three-pointers made and three-point percentage, while leading team in scoring three times and rebounding eight times. He graduated from Marist College with a major in business administration and finished just a dozen points shy of the 1,000-point plateau for his career.
College statistics
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11
| style="text-align:left;"| Marist
| 33 || 33 || 24.9 || .399 || .379 || .727 || 4.2 || .9 || .7 || .3 || 6.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12
| style="text-align:left;"| Marist
| 32 || 31 || 20.4 || .491 || .370 || .849 || 4.3 || .8 || .6 || .3 || 7.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13
| style="text-align:left;"| Marist
| 18 || 17 || 26.5 || .527 || .458 || .833 || 4.9 || 1.3 || .8 || .2 || 9.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14
| style="text-align:left;"| Marist
| 31 || 31 || 32.5 || .423 || .434 || .812 || 5.2 || 1.2 || 1.1 || .3 || 12.1
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 114 || 112 || 26.0 || .448 || .416 || .811 || 4.6 || 1.0 || .8 || .3 || 8.7
|-
Professional career
Delaware 87ers (2014) After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Bowie took part in a pre-draft open tryout with the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. On November 3, he was named in the 87ers' 17-man training camp roster. In his professional debut on November 15 in Delaware's season opener, Bowie played 16 minutes off the bench and had three points, three steals and two rebounds in a 109–106 triple-overtime win over the Canton Charge. After not playing in the 87ers' next game against the Westchester Knicks on November 22, he made his second appearance of the season on November 23 against the Maine Red Claws, recording two points, two rebounds and two assists in 12 minutes off the bench. On November 26, he was waived by the 87ers, with the team signing Nolan Smith in his place.