Al Karkh adds Owens to their roster, ex Al Sadd

Ryle Owens

Al Karkh (Superleague) added to their roster 27-year old American guard Ryle Owens (192cm-79kg-1997, college: Young Harris). Owens played last season at Al Sadd in Qatari QBL league. In 15 games he recorded very impressive stats: 18.4ppg, 7.3rpg, 4.8apg and 1.6spg. He helped them to make it to the cup final. A very spectacular season in his career as he was voted to Asia-Basket.com All-Qatar D1 Honorable Mention.
The previous (2022-23) season he was tested by Ohod (SBL) in Saudi Arabian league.
Owens is quite experienced player. His career allowed him to visit three different continents, while he played in four different countries. He tasted the life as pro basketball player in Europe, Asia and of course North America. Owens has played previously professionally in Bahrain (Al-Ittihad), Bulgaria (CSKA Sofia), Cyprus (APOEL Nicosia) and Georgia (Tbilisi State University).
He played in the final of NJCAA D1 District X in 2018.
Owens is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top summer league for players who want to play basketball overseas.
He graduated from Young Harris College in 2020 and it will be his fifth season as a professional player. Owens played also for University of South Carolina Salkehatchie for 2 years.



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