Montana State University Billings Athletics

PRONUNCIATION:

Matthews Leaves His Mark On MSUB Men's Basketball Program (Feb. 18, 2017)

Matthews Hoping Hot Stretch Translates to Team Success for MSUB (Jeff Bersch/Billings Gazette - 1/11/17)

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Career Single Game Bests

Category	Total	Date	Opponent
Points	30	11/12/16	vs. Holy Names
Rebounds	9	3/2/17	3 times
Assists	7	1/10/15	at Simon Fraser
Steals	4	12/29/16	at Simon Fraser
Blocks	2	1/14/17	vs. Alaska
FG Made	10	12/31/16	4 times
3-Pt FG Made	7	12/10/16	2 times
FT Made	12	2/12/15	at Alaska Anchorage
Minutes	44	2/4/16	3 times

*Date of last occurrence if multiple

Awards

All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference	Season
Honorable Mention	2016-17 (Senior)
Honorable Mention	2015-16 (Junior)
National Player of the Week	Season
USBWA December 26-Jan. 1	2016-17 (Senior)
GNAC Player of the Week	Year
December 26-Jan. 1	2016-17 (Senior)
December 5-11	2016-17 (Senior)
Athletic Department Awards (Buzzies)	Season
Moment of the Year	2016-17 (Senior)
Men's Basketball Player of the Year	2016-17 (Senior)

2016-17: Honorable mention all-GNAC…finished career No. 10 in MSUB history in points with 1,280…tied for sixth-most threes in MSUB history with 222…ranked second on the team in scoring with 14.6 points per game…led GNAC with 86 made threes…named USBWA National Player of the Week for Dec. 26-Jan. 1…twice named GNAC Player of the Week…scored career-high 30 points on Nov. 12 against Holy Names…scored 20 or more points in 10 games…hit game-winning three with three seconds left in 69-68 win over Alaska Anchorage on Jan. 12 at home…twice matched career high with nine rebounds in a game…finished fourth on the team in rebounding with 4.1 per game…had fourth-most assists on the team with 51…ranked second on the squad with 28 steals…led the team in minutes played with 30.5…shot 40.9 percent from the floor, 38.1 percent from the arc, and 76.9 percent from the foul line…scored 424 points…started 28 games and played in all 29…had career-high four steals on Dec. 29 against Simon Fraser…matched career-high with 10 made field goals on New Year’s Eve…tied career high with seven made threes on Dec. 10 against Rocky…reached double figures in 21 of 29 games…had personal season-highs in scoring (14.6 ppg), rebounding (4.1 rpg), and threes (86).

2015-16: Honorable mention all-GNAC...ranked second on team and No. 13 in the GNAC in scoring with 14.0 points per game…had season and career-high 27 points on New Year’s Eve against Simon Fraser…reached 20 points seven times and scored in double figures in 19 games…led team in total points with 392 on the season…led team in made field goals (130) and attempts (325)…led team and ranked second in the GNAC in 3-pointers made with 67 (2.4 per game)…led GNAC in free-throw percentage and posted sixth-best single-season mark in MSUB history at 85.53 percent (65-for-76)…ranked second on team in minutes played with 30.9 per game…had season-high 10 field goals in two different games…tied for team lead in single-game 3-pointers made with six against Black Hills State on Nov. 21…converted season-best seven free-throws in two different games…averaged 3.7 rebounds per game…ranked third on the team in assists with 56 (2.0 per game)…started 24 games and played in all 28…ranked second on the team with 29 steals (1.0 per game)…had season-high eight rebounds against Saint Martin’s on Feb. 18…ranked 10th in the GNAC in 3-point field-goal percentage at 40.4 and shot 40.0 percent from the field overall…ranked No. 11 in MSUB history with 136 made 3-pointers at end of season…ranked No. 17 in MSUB history in career blocks with 25 at end of season.

2014-15: Averaged 9.9 points and 2.9 rebounds in second season in the program…shot 39.6 percent from the floor and 33.1 percent from 3-point range…had 37 assists against 29 turnovers for an assist-turnover ratio of 1.3…also had 13 steals and 10 blocked shots…was a perfect 12-for-12 from the foul line en route to a season high 25 points on Feb. 12 at Alaska Anchorage…had five 20-point games including three in a row from Feb. 12-21…scored in double digits in 13 games…had season best nine rebounds on Dec. 4 at Central Washington…shot 70.0 percent from the foul line…started 12 games and played in all 28 while averaging 25.0 minutes…41 3-pointers were second most on the team behind Anderson.

2013-2014: Played in 25 games making six starts with 502 total minutes for the Yellowjackets as a guard…had a season high of 44 minutes at Seattle Pacific University…led the team averaging 75 percent of free-throws made…a season high of 15 points at Simon Fraser University.

2012-13: Redshirted.

Buena High School: Ended his prep career with 1,374 points averaging 14.9 per game in 92 total games...also accumulated 514 career rebounds, 136 steals and 97 blocks and led the team in scoring as both a junior and a senior...as a senior, averaged 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, both team-highs, as his team finished the season 24-6 and made it to the quarterfinals of the Arizona Division I State Basketball Tournament...named to the Southern Arizona Division I First Team and was the Southern Arizona Division I Player-of-the-Year as well as an All-Arizona Division I honorable mention...as a junior during the 2010-11 season, averaged a team-best 17 points per game and was second on the squad with 7.3 rebounds per game as his team went 25-5 and went to the Arizona 5A South Region Championship as well as the Arizona 5A Final Four...was named to the All-Southern Arizona First Team, Arizona 5A All-Southern Region First Team and was named to the Arizona 5A All-State team as an honorable mention.