Indiana Basketball HOF 2025 Men’s Silver Anniversary Team
NEW CASTLE – Eighteen men have been named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2025 Silver Anniversary Team, based on outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player 25 years ago.
The team includes 11 members named to the 2000 Indiana All-Star squad. Seven other all-state players are included to recognize the top of Indiana’s high school class of 2000.
2000 Indiana All-Stars include Mr. Basketball Jared Jeffries, Michael Bennett, Brett Buscher, Steve Drabyn Jr, John Hamilton Jr., Andre Owens, Austin Parkinson, Shane Power, Zach Randolph, John Standeford and Aaron Thomas.
Andre Owens tallied 23.9 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals as a senior in leading Perry Meridian to a 15-9 record for coach Mark Barnhizer. In four varsity seasons, Owens totaled 1,200 points (14.3), 555 rebounds (6.6), 310 assists (3.7) and 185 steals (2.2) as the Falcons went 54-39 and won a 1999 Class 4A sectional. He had a career-high and school-record 42 points at Lawrence Central on Dec. 11, 1999.
A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Owens was a McDonald’s All-American nominee, AP second-team All-State, IBCA first-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal first-team All-State, IndyStar Super Team Player of the Year and Marion County Player of the Year as a senior. He also was a 1999 Junior All-Star, 1999 Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State, 1999 second-team all-Marion County, two-time first-team all-Conference Indiana, a two-time team MVP and a two-time team captain.
Owens played in college at Indiana University and the University of Houston. He averaged 4.7 points and 1.4 rebounds as a freshman as IU went 21-13 and played in the NCAA Tournament. In three seasons at Houston, he tallied 1,407 points (16.2), 444 rebounds (5.1) and 236 assists (2.7) for teams that went 35-52. That included a Conference USA-leading 18.3 scoring average as a senior when he was named second-team all-C-USA and NABC second-team all-District 9.
A two-time UH team captain, Owens also was third in C-USA in 3-pointers (100) and seventh in C-USA in 3-point accuracy (.357) as a senior. His personal four-year totals were 1,547 points (13.2), 486 rebounds (4.2) and 258 assists (2.2). He scored a career-high 41 points against Texas A&M on Dec. 27, 2003, and he stands sixth on the UH list for career 3-pointers (227).
Owens earned a bachelor’s degree in sports administration from Houston in 2005 and went on to play 11 seasons of professional basketball, including parts of two NBA seasons with the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers. He totaled 192 points (3.6), 68 rebounds (1.3) and 55 assists (1.0) in 54 NBA regular-season games with career highs of 15 points (twice), six rebounds and five assists. He also played one season in the G-League as well as eight seasons overseas in Serbia, Turkey, Russia, Spain, Andalusia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Angola and China. He was a 2012 all-star in Bulgaria and played on title-winning teams in Serbia, Bulgaria and Angola. He later played four seasons in the Big 3 basketball league and has served as coach/general manager for the Indiana Express in both The Basketball League and the United Basketball League.
Owner of Owens Towing and Real Estate since 2012, Owens’ hobbies include motorcycle racing, collecting classic cars, riding horses, rodeo racing and time with family.
The remaining seven, named to various all-state teams are Braden Bushman, Ron Dokes, Mark Drake, Adam Mark, Mickey McGill, Bryant Northern, and Corey Seegers.
2025 Men’s Silver Anniversary Team members will be honored at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 63rd Men’s Awards Banquet on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
A midday reception, free and open to the public, will be held at the Hall of Fame Museum in New Castle. The evening banquet will take place at the Primo Banquet Hall, which is located on the south side of Indianapolis.
Banquet reservations will soon be available on the Hall of Fame’s website or by calling (765) 529-1891. For more information, you may also email kayla@hoopshall.com.
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(Media, please note selection to the Silver Anniversary Team is not induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. These are separate distinctions and members of the Silver Anniversary Team should be referred to as honorees, not inductees.)