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Emmitt Matthews Jr.
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tacoma, Wash.
- Prev School:
- West Virginia
- High School:
- Woodrow Wilson
Bio
QUICK HITTERS: Spent three years at West Virginia under Bob Huggins ... was a three-time All-Big-12 All-Academic selection (Rookie Team – 2019, First Team 2020, Second-Team 2021) ... will have two years of eligibility remaining in Seattle ... saw action in 92 games including 67 starts, while averaging 21.0 minutes, shooting 40.2 percent from the field and averaged 6.4 points and 3.5 rebounds during his three years with the Mountaineers.
2020-21 (JUNIOR): Posted career-best numbers, finishing the year with a 7.7 ppg average and a career-best 25.9 minutes per game, starting in 25 of 29 games played ... was Second Team Academic All-Big 12 ... helped WVU advance to the NCAA Second Rounds and was ranked as high as sixth nationally during the season.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE): Named med to the Academic All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball First Team ... played in all 31 games, starting 30 ... averaged 6.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per game in 21.3 minutes ... had eight games in double figures ... posted a season-high 18 points in the win over No. 4 Baylor ... first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Austin Peay.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN): Named to the Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team ... averaged 5.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game ... played in 32 games, starting 12 ... shot 40.9 percent from the field and 80.9 percent from the free throw line ... averaged 16.4 minutes per game ... reached double figures in six games ... posted double figures in the two CBI games and finished the season in double figures four of the last six games ... had 21 points and eight rebounds against Coastal Carolina in the CBI ...had a season-high 28 points and eight rebounds against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship ... the 28 points were the second-most points scored by a Big 12 freshman in 2018-19 ... made first collegiate start at Kansas and finished with seven points and five rebounds.
HIGH SCHOOL: Competed at Woodrow Wilson High school in Tacoma, leading his team in the state playoffs for three-straight seasons ... was the 2017-18 All-Area Player of the Year and the 3A Pierce County League MVP along with being named the 3A Senior State Player of the year from the Washington Coaches' Association ... finished as Woodrow Wilson's all-time winningest player (80 wins), 1, 614 points and 744 rebounds ... parents are Emmitt Mathews Sr. and April Phillips.
2020-21 (JUNIOR): Posted career-best numbers, finishing the year with a 7.7 ppg average and a career-best 25.9 minutes per game, starting in 25 of 29 games played ... was Second Team Academic All-Big 12 ... helped WVU advance to the NCAA Second Rounds and was ranked as high as sixth nationally during the season.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE): Named med to the Academic All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball First Team ... played in all 31 games, starting 30 ... averaged 6.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per game in 21.3 minutes ... had eight games in double figures ... posted a season-high 18 points in the win over No. 4 Baylor ... first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Austin Peay.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN): Named to the Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team ... averaged 5.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game ... played in 32 games, starting 12 ... shot 40.9 percent from the field and 80.9 percent from the free throw line ... averaged 16.4 minutes per game ... reached double figures in six games ... posted double figures in the two CBI games and finished the season in double figures four of the last six games ... had 21 points and eight rebounds against Coastal Carolina in the CBI ...had a season-high 28 points and eight rebounds against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship ... the 28 points were the second-most points scored by a Big 12 freshman in 2018-19 ... made first collegiate start at Kansas and finished with seven points and five rebounds.
HIGH SCHOOL: Competed at Woodrow Wilson High school in Tacoma, leading his team in the state playoffs for three-straight seasons ... was the 2017-18 All-Area Player of the Year and the 3A Pierce County League MVP along with being named the 3A Senior State Player of the year from the Washington Coaches' Association ... finished as Woodrow Wilson's all-time winningest player (80 wins), 1, 614 points and 744 rebounds ... parents are Emmitt Mathews Sr. and April Phillips.
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