LJ Owens went a long way to find a new home to showcase his basketball skills.
And the winding road led him to UMBC, just 30 miles from his Annapolis, Md., home. The William & Mary transfer now plays in front of a lot of family and friends, gets to slide home many weekends to enjoy momma’s lasagna, and is helping keep the Retrievers rolling through an injury-plagued, 8-12 start this season.
“It has been really good coming here,” Owens said. “Last year I was about three-and-a-half or four hours away [at William & Mary]. It has been fun having lots of family and friends come to the game. The extra amount of support has definitely been a positive.”
Owens accentuates all the positives in somewhat of a trying season in Catonsville, Md. Now there is legitimate cause for optimism, as a 69-60 America East road win at Hartford Jan. 22 proved. UMBC snapped a four-game losing streak and will close out January playing at home.
