Florida State University Athletics
2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Taylor Bol Bowen
- Year:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-10
- Hometown:
- Jericho, Vt.
- Weight:
- 195
- High School:
- Brewster Academy
TAYLOR BOL BOWEN'S CAREER HIGH'S
PTS: 20 vs. Georgia Tech (1-18-25)
REBS: 13 vs. Winthrop (12-17-24)
BLKS: 4 vs. Pittsburgh (1-15-25), at Cal (1-22-25), vs. Miami (2-19-25)
STLS: 4 at Miami (1-17-24)
ASTS: 3 at Miami (1-8-25)
HONORS
2024 All-ACC Academic Men’s Basketball Team
2025 ACC Academic Honor Roll
WHY I WEAR MY NUMBER
I wear No. 10 at Florida State because my older brother, Deng Adiang, wore the number when he was an AAU star player. Deng later played at the University of Vermont.
Taylor Bol Bowen is the 17th player in school history to wear uniform No. 10. Sam Cassell, a current assistant coach with the Boston Celtics of the NBA, wore No. 10 during his two-year career as a Seminole. Cassell is the 10th all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,211 points and was a two-time All-ACC selection during his career.
MY HOMETOWN
My hometown of Jericho, Vt. is a beautiful small town with great views of Mount Mansfield. It is a great community I was blessed to grow up in where everybody knows everybody.
ON BOL BOWEN
Played in two seasons as a Seminole (2023-24 and 2024-25) for head coach Leonard Hamilton and is staff…played in 60 career games as a Seminoles while earning 28 starting assignment (all as a sophomore during the 2024-25 season)…entered the transfer portal on March 24, 2025 and committed to the University of Alabama on April 4, 2025…ranked third in the ACC with an 1.48 blocked shots per game average (43 blocked shots in 29 games)…originally in the class of 2022, but re-classified to the class of 2023 when he enrolled in Brewster Academy for the 2022-23 season...chose to reclassify because he felt he was young, had much more to learn, and to further his development before making his collegiate choice...ranked as the No. 22 overall prospect, and the No. 7 power forward in the class of 2023 as ranked by 247Sports.com...went from unranked nationally as a player at the beginning of his junior season to earning a ranking as high as No. 15 by the summer after his junior season…a member of the Expressions Elite AAU Team...averaged 14.5 points and 8.8 rebounds while shooting .520 percent from the field during the summer of 2022 EYBL circuit...led Expressions Elite in points, rebounds and blocked shots ...his game has been compared to Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Pascal Siakam of the Toronto Raptors...played in the Cream of the Crop game at the Pangos All-American Camp in June of 2021...has a 7-2 wingspan…named to the 2024 All-ACC Academic Men’s Basketball Team.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2025)
Averaged a career-high 8.0 points (fifth on the team), a career-high 5.2 rebounds (third), and a career-high 1.5 blocked shots per game (first) while playing in 29 of the Seminoles’ 32 games…shot a career-best .414 from the 3-point line in his second of two seasons at Florida State – the 20th best single season 3-point field goal percentage in school history…was a career-best four of four from the 3-point line and scored 16 points in the Seminoles’ 80-65 win at Miami (Jan. 8)…became just the 20th player in school history to finish a single game perfect from the 3-point line on at least four 3-point field goals made…just the 11th player in school history to finish perfect on at least four 3-point shots in an ACC game...ranked third in the ACC with an 1.48 blocked shots per game average (43 blocked shots in 29 games)…totaled the first to double-doubles of his career with 13 points and 13 rebounds against Winthrop (Dec. 17) and with 14 points and 10 rebounds against Syracuse (Jan. 4)…the double figure rebounding games were the first two of his collegiate career…first career 20 point scoring game came against Georgia Tech in Tallahassee (Jan. 18)…scored 17 points with 6 rebounds in his first career start in the Seminoles' season-opening win over Northern Kentucky at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Nov. 4)...scored 6 points and totaled 7 rebounds with 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots in Florida State's 73-65 win over Rice at the Toyota Center in Houston (Nov. 9)...totaled 4 points with 5 rebounds, 2 blocked shots and 1 steal in Florida State's 72-52 win over Tarleton State at home (Nov. 12)...scored 7 points with 7 rebounds and 3 steals in Florida State's home game against Florida (Nov. 15)...scored in double figures with 10 points, 2 rebounds, and 1 steal in Florida State's 79-61 win over Hofstra at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Nov. 19)...totaled 7 points with 3 rebounds, 3 blocked shots, and 2 assists in Florida State's 78-69 win over Temple in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off (Nov. 22)...scored 7 points, with 4 rebounds, and 2 assists in the Seminoles' 92-59 win over UMass in the final game of the Naismith Hall of Fame Basketball Tip-Off (Nov. 24)...his first career-double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds in Florida State's 82-64 win over Winthrop at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee... a second career double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds with a blocked shots in Florida State's 90-74 win over Syracuse in Tallahassee (Jan. 4)...totaled 16 points on a a perfect six of six shooting from the field and a perfect four of four shooting from the 3-point line to go along with 6 rebounds and 3 assists in Florida State's 80-65 win over Miami in Coral Gables (Jan. 8)...scored 6 points with 7 rebounds and a career-high 4 blocked shots in the Seminoles' victory over Pitt at the Donald L. Tucker in Tallahassee (Jan. 15)...totaled a career-high 20 points (on 7 of 9 shooting from the field with 3 3-point field goals), with 4 rebounds in Florida State's victory over Georgia Tech in Tallahassee (Jan. 18)....scored 9 points with 7 rebounds and a career-high tying 4 blocked shots at Cal (Jan. 22)...a team-leading 14 points with 9 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1 blocked shot against Virginia Tech in ACC play at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee (Jan. 29)...scored 15 points -- including the game-winner on a 3-point shot with 15 seconds remaining in regulation -- to give the Seminoles a come-from-behind 72-70 win at Wake Forest...also totaled 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 blocked shot in the Seminoles ACC road win (Feb. 12)...tied for the team-lead in points with 7 and steals with 1 against Clemson at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Feb. 15)...tied his career-high with 4 blocked shots in Florida State's victory over Miami in Tallahassee (Feb. 19)...scored 8 points with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal in Florida State's game against North Carolina at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee (Feb. 24)...totaled 7 points on 2 of 2 made 3-point field goals with 4 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, and 1 steal in Florida State's victory over SMU in Tallahassee (March 8).
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
Averaged 3.1 points (10th on the team), 2.6 rebounds (tied for sixth), and 0.5 blocked shots (fourth) while playing in 31 of Florida State’s 33 games during his first season on campus…averaged 10.9 minutes played per games as one of 11 Seminoles who averaged 10 or more minutes played per game…played in 19 of Florida State’s 20 ACC games and averaged 3.3 points and 2.5 rebounds as he averaged 11.2 minutes played per game in conference play…his season-highs for points (nine at Boston College) came in ACC play as he became accustomed to playing at the collegiate level once Florida State moved into the ACC portion of its schedule…scored nearly 70 percent of his season points total (67 of his 97 points) against ACC competition including 9 points at Boston College (Feb. 6) and 8 points in the Seminoles’ second game of the season against Boston College in Tallahassee (Feb. 20)…totaled five or more points in eight games after January 1 as compared to one game of five points or more (9 against North Florida on Dec. 19) before January 1…averaged 5.0 points in four consecutive wins at the start of ACC play with four points in a win over Georgia Tech, six in a sin over Virginia Tech, five in a win over Wake Forest and five in a road win at Notre Dame…added five more against North Carolina, 17 in two games against Boston College, six at Georgia Tech and five in Florida State’s regular season win over Miami…double-figure minutes played came 13 times in regular season ACC play…earned 15 minutes of playing time in Florida State’s victory over Virginia Tech in the second round of the ACC Tournament…his season-high of 17 minutes played came against Duke and NC State in games played at home in the Donald L. Tucker Center…his season-high of six rebounds came three times – against North Florida and Winthrop in consecutive games played and at Notre Dame in the first career ACC road game…scored 4 points with 5 rebounds, 2 blocked shots and 1 steal in his career debut in Florida State's 94-67 win over Kennesaw State at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Nov. 10)...totaled 6 points with 2 rebounds and 1 assist in Florida State's game against South Florida in the Orange Bowl Classic (Dec. 9)...totaled 4 points with 1 rebound and 1 steal in Florida State's game against SMU (Dec. 16)...totaled his season-highs for points with 9 and rebounds with 6 with 1 blocked shot and 1 steal in Florida State's 91-75 win over North Florida at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Dec. 19)...scored 2 points, with 6 rebounds and a season-high 3 blocked shots in Florida State's victory over Winthrop in Tallahassee (Dec. 22)...totaled 4 points, with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in Florida State's 82-71 win over Georgia Tech at the Donald L. Tucker Center (Jan. 3)...scored 6 points including a free throw with 1.2 seconds remaining in Florida State's 77-74 win over Virginia Tech at the Donald L. Tucker Center...his free throw gave the Seminoles their final margin of victory in the game (Jan. 6)...totaled 5 points and 6 rebounds in 10 minutes of playing time in Florida State's 67-58 win at Notre Dame for the Seminoles' first ACC road win of the season (Jan. 13)...totaled 2 points and a career-high 4 steals in 8 minutes of playing time in Florida State's 84-75 win against Miami at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables (Jan. 17)...tied his season-high with 9 points (7 in the first half) in the Seminoles' 63-62 win at Conte Forum against Boston College (Feb. 6)...scored 8 points with 2 rebounds and 1 steal in Florida State's 84-76 win over Boston College in Tallahassee (Feb. 20)...totaled 5 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 blocked shot in Florida State's 83-75 win over Miami at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee (March 9)...scored 4 points with one rebound in Florida State's second round game in the ACC Tournament at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (March 14).
BEFORE FLORIDA STATE
Graduated from Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire in 2023..led Brewster to a 66-14 record with a pair of Elite 8 appearances in the National Prep Championship Tournament in his two seasons...Brewster was 31-8 and the NEPSAC Class AAA Championship team during his junior season and 35-6 and the NEPSAC Runner-Up during his senior season...totaled 710 points in 79 career games in two seasons for a 9.1 points per game and a 5.5 rebounds per game average during his career at Brewster...averaged 9.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots while shooting 56 percent from the field and 66 percent from the free throw line as a senior...averaged 8.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.2blocked shots while shooting 53 percent from the field as a junior...played in the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland following his senior season...a two-time NEPSAC (New England Preparatory School Athletic Council) honoree...nominated to play in the McDonald’s All-American game in 2023...a total of 20 Brewster Academy players have played in the NBA...since 2001, the Brewster program has sent more than 175 players to Division I schools, including former Seminole Aaron Thomas, who averaged 10.7 points and 3.3 rebounds in 76 games as a Seminole (2013-15).
AT ST. GEORGE
Attended St. George School in Rhode Island during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons...shot better than 40 percent from the field as he averaged 10 points, 5.0 rebounds and nearly 4.0 blocked shots per game as a freshman...was ranked as the nation’s No. 17 ranked recruit on ESPN’s Top-25 list of top prep players as a sophomore in 2021...helped lead St. George to the ISL championship his sophomore season...played with Big East Player of the Year Tyler Kolek of Marquette – who was named as the Big East Player of the Year in 2023...played for former Boston College standout Wayne Pina at St. Georgia School...credits Pina with his early development and making him into the player he is today.
PERSONAL
Born May 21, 2004...was born as a refugee camp in Egypt and moved to America when he was two years old…he is the son of parents who fled the Second Sudanese Civil War…moved to Vermont where he was adopted by the Bowen family from Jericho, Vermont…moved to Jericho, Vermont (a town of approximately 5,000 people) when he arrived in the United States…has two siblings, Ashwil (a younger sister) and Deng (an older brother)…Ashwil is 16 and Deng graduated from and played basketball at the University of Vermont… developed his skills as a guard playing with his older brother after he moved to the United States…signed with Florida State on November 9, 2022...was presented with more than 20 scholarship offers during his recruitment...selected Florida State over Kentucky, Arkansas, Providence, Iowa, UConn, DePaul, Bryant, Duke, Indiana, LSU and Rutgers...major is finance.
