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Middlesex Magic Star Corey Lowe Shoots his way to the Top
Monday, Jan 18, 2010
Photo by John Wilcox RISING UP: After a slow start, BU’s Corey Lowe has averaged nearly 24 points in his past five games Middlesex Magic Shooting Star Corey Lowe has a scorer’s mentality. So no matter how many shots the Boston University senior guard misses, he always believes he’s going to make the next one.
That mindset was put to the test early this season.
Playing in a new system and battling nagging injuries, Lowe struggled in the season’s first 14 games, averaging 14.4 points on 32.2 percent field goal shooting and 29.3 percent shooting from 3-point range.
But Lowe never lost his confidence and after some extra time in the gym, he has found his shooting stroke in the past five games. The former Newton North star has averaged 23.8 points while shooting 50.6 percent from the field and 48.4 percent on 3-pointers. The Terriers have gone 4-1 during the two-week stretch.
“It was definitely frustrating, but you have to keep a positive attitude,” Lowe said. “I’ve been through cold streaks before. I have confidence in myself. I got frustrated at times, but I just kept shooting and kept doing the things that I do and I knew at some time the ball would go in.”
Though he’s primarily a 3-point threat, Lowe has begun to attack the basket more. That has contributed to the improved shooting percentages, but Lowe remains unafraid to take difficult shots.
“Any scorer is going to do that,” said Lowe, who is averaging 17.1 points for the season. “There’s never really a bad shot in our mind.”
In his first season at BU, Patrick Chambers has tried to help Lowe get easier looks, but the coach has been careful not to change much about one of the most prolific scorers in the America East over the past three years.
“You never want to pull a great player back,” Chambers said. “You always want them to play with great confidence and if I start telling when to shoot and when not to shoot, he’s not going to play with a clear head out there on the floor. Great players will find a way and you have to live with some forces and some ill-advised shots. That’s what makes them great.”
Making things tougher on Lowe has been a bout with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. The painful inflammation caused him to miss only one game, but it clearly hindered Lowe early in the season.
“I don’t want to make excuses, but it makes some things difficult, like cutting and getting good balance,” Lowe said. “I didn’t really want to think about it when I was out there and just played through it.”