Flagler College Athletics

Statistics: Career | 2013-14

SENIOR (2013-14): Played in 23 games with 22 starts...Averaged a team-high 15.7 points and grabbed 8.7 rebounds per game...Recorded eight double-doubles...Scored a season-high 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon (Nov. 22)...Added 18 points and a season-best 21 rebounds vs. Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (Nov. 25)...Tallied 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds at Armstrong (Feb. 6)...Selected as the Peach Belt Conference's Player of the Week (Dec. 2)...A PBC President's Honor Roll Presidential Scholar.

BEFORE FLAGLER: Attended Fairfield (Conn.) University.

JUNIOR (2012-13): Played in all 35 games with 21 starts...Averaged 5.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game...Led team with 25 blocked shots...Scored 17 points and completed the double-double with 10 rebounds at Lehigh (Nov. 19)...Tallied 15 points and grabbed seven boards in the season-opener vs. Central Connecticut (Nov. 10)...Scored 12 points and blocked three shots at Niagara (Jan. 5)...Recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Loyola (Md.) (Jan. 11)...Rejected four shots vs. Niagara (Jan. 13). ,

SOPHOMORE (2011-12): Appeared in 34 games with one start...Averaged 3.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game...Blocked 17 shots...Excelled during the postseason in 2011-12, recording three of his four double-digit scoring efforts in the team’s seven playoff games...He netted 14 points against Iona in the MAAC tournament semifinals, 15 points in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) against Manhattan (Mar. 18), and 14 points in the CIT semifinals versus Mercer (Mar. 24)...He averaged 8.7 points in the postseason, more than double his season scoring average of 3.7 points per game, and shot 53 percent from the floor (27 of 51) over the seven games... His other double-figure effort came against Loyola (Jan. 13) with 13 points, seven of which came from the free throw line.

FRESHMAN (2010-11): Appeared in 33 games with two starts to his credit...He established career-highs with 15 points and eight rebounds against Norfolk State, his first-ever start for the Stags...He scored in 25 of his 33 appearances, including three double-figure games...He scored 12 points at Marist (an. 7) and 10 points vs. Austin Peay (Feb. 19)...He was one of the team’s top offensive rebounders with 38 of his 78 caroms coming off the offensive glass...He knew how to take care of the basketball turning the ball over just eight times in 350 minutes.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, Fla...Lettered in basketball all four years...Left SRHS as the winningest student-athlete in the program’s history with 86 victories, five more wins than the previous high...He was also the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,867 points, which led him to a McDonald’s All-America nomination...A four-year starter, he averaged 17.7 points and seven rebounds as a junior, number which he improved with 19.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per contest as a senior...He entered his senior season ranked 20th on the Florida Hoops Top 100 players list...He earned All-Area accolades all four years, starting with an honorable mention as a freshman and finishing up with a first-team berth as a sophomore, junior, and senior...He capped his career at Sebastian River by collecting the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers Boys Basketball Player of the year award. He helped Sebastian River win two consecutive district titles.

PERSONAL: Son of Keith and Phyllis Matthews...A sociology major...Has three brothers and a sister...Lists Harrison Barnes as the toughest player he has faced...Deron Williams is his favorite athlete..."Friday" is his favorite movie...Likes to listen to Rick Ross.