E. C. Matthews

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E. C. Matthews
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Matthews in December 2016
Personal information
Born (1995-10-03) October 3, 1995 (age 29)
Detroit, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Romulus
(Romulus, Michigan)
College Rhode Island (2013–2018)
NBA draft 2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Position Shooting guard
Career history
2018–2019 Kouvot
2019–2020 Erie BayHawks
2020 Raptors 905
2020–2021 Oliveirense
2021–2022 Grindavík
2022 Petro de Luanda
2022–2023 KR
Career highlights and awards

Elbert Clark Matthews (born October 3, 1995) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Rhode Island Rams where he was a Second-team All-Atlantic 10 in 2015.

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High school career

He was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended Romulus High School where he played for head coach Nate Oats. As a senior, Matthews averaged 17.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game and led Romulus to a state title. He was a 4 star recruit who committed to Rhode Island. [1]

College career

As a freshman, Matthews averaged 14.3 points per game and was named A-10 rookie of the year. He increased his points production to 16.9 per game as a sophomore and led Rhode Island to the NIT. [2] He was named to the Second Team All-Atlantic 10. [3] In his junior season, he suffered a season-ending injury to his right knee in the first game. He credits the injury for teaching him how to live in the moment. [4]

As a redshirt junior, he was named to the Third Team All-Atlantic 10. [5] Matthews averaged 14.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game and was Most Outstanding Player of the A-10 tournament after leading Rhode Island to a title. In November 2017, he fractured his wrist and missed several games. [6] He repeated on the Third Team All-Atlantic 10 as a senior. [7] He led the Rams to an NCAA Tournament appearance and averaged 13.1 points per game. [8] Matthews scored 23 points in his season-ending loss to Duke in the NCAA Tournament. [3]

Professional career

Matthews signed his first professional contract with Kouvot of the Korisliiga. [9] On October 26, 2019, Matthews was selected 16th overall by the Erie BayHawks in the 2019 NBA G League Draft. He was the only BayHawks draftee to make the team. [10] Matthews averaged 3.7 points, 1.5 rebounds and one assist per game in 15 games. He was waived on January 2, 2020. [11] On January 6, 2020, Matthews signed with the Raptors 905. [12] He was waived on January 16 after appearing in two games. [13]

On June 18, 2020, Matthews signed with Oliveirense of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB). [14]

In October 2021, Matthews signed with Grindavík of the Úrvalsdeild karla. [15] [16] On 25 March 2022, Matthews scored a game winning three pointer at the buzzer against Stjarnan. [17]

On May 8, 2022, Matthews was announced by the Angolan club Petro de Luanda to join the team for the 2022 BAL Playoffs. [18]

On October 21, 2022, Matthews signed with KR, replacing Michael Mallory. [19] On January 2, 2023, it was announced he would leave the team following its game against Grindavík on 5 January. [20]

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References

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  2. ↑ Gardner, David (November 10, 2016). "Reclaiming a lost season: E.C. Matthews returns to lead Rhode Island". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Pereles, Zach (March 17, 2018). "E.C. Matthews on Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley: 'I know we're not the same color, but he's definitely my father'". Yahoo Sports . Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Bill (March 10, 2018). "E.C. Matthews has learned many lessons along the way". Providence Journal . Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ Atlantic 10 Conference (March 7, 2017). "Cline Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, Miller Voted as Coach of the Year" . Retrieved March 7, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "URI's Matthews out 4-6 weeks with fractured wrist". Providence Journal . November 14, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Aldridge, Adams Named Atlantic 10 Co-Players of the Year, Rhode Island's Hurley Voted as Coach of the Year". Atlantic10.com. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  8. ↑ "Oklahoma vs. Rhode Island odds: 2018 NCAA Tournament picks from Vegas legend on 16-8 roll". CBS Sports . March 14, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ "E.C. Matthews signs with Kouvot Kouvola". Sportando. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  10. ↑ Reilly, Josh (November 7, 2019). "'Hawks set to take flight". Erie Times-News . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
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  14. ↑ "E.C. Matthews signs at Oliveirense". Eurobasket.com. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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  16. ↑ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (1 February 2022). "Körfuboltakvöld um EC Matthews: "Þessi gæi er hæfileikabúnt"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  17. ↑ Smári Jökull Jónsson (25 March 2022). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Grindavík-ÍR 89-86 - Sjáðu flautuþrist EC Matthews sem tryggði Grindavík sætan sigur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "NOVO JOGADOR PARA A BAL". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  19. ↑ Atli Arason (21 October 2022). "KR skiptir um Kana". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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