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Mat Johnson
3 Mat Johnson
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    160
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, N.J.
  • High School:
    The Lawrenceville School
  • Position:
    g
  • gp
    28
  • pts/g
    5.5
  • fg %
    39.4
  • 3pt %
    40.9
  • ft %
    73.9
  • reb/g
    1.5
  • a/g
    2.0

Bio

As a Sophomore: CoSIDA Academic All-District…SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Averaged 6.8 points per game with 136 assists, and 40 steals…Started 27 of 28 games…Had an assist/turnover ratio of 2.4…One of three players to start 27 games…Second on team in assists and steals…Opened season with 11 points vs. North Alabama (11/14)…Scored double figures in eight games, including season-high 14 against nationally-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato (11/28)…Registered double figures in consecutive SSC games with 10 against Lynn (1/3) and 12 at Eckerd (1/7)…Scored 10 points in regular-season finale victory over nationally-ranked Barry (2/28)…Notched multiple assists in all 28 games, including season-high eight on three occasions…Credited with eight assists against No. 3 Florida Southern (1/21), No. 4 Barry (1/28) and No. 9 Barry (2/28)…Had season-best five steals in game with Cedarville (12/21)…Grabbed eight rebounds at Eckerd (1/7)…Connected on 6-of-6 free throws against Florida Tech (2/7).

As a Freshman: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Saw action in 28 games… Averaged 5.5 points per game… Logged 18 minutes per match… Scored a season-best 13 points at Florida Tech (1/11/14)… Had six games scoring in double-figures… Registered seven points in Spartan debut against American International (11/15/13)… Snagged four steals at Palm Beach Atlantic (3/1/14)… Tallied a season-high five assists at home vs. Florida Southern (2/26/14)… Grabbed five rebounds at Florida Southern (1/22/14)… Shot a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line against Miles (12/21/13)… Shot 3-of-3 from three-point range at Florida Tech… Shot 50 percent or better from the field 10 times… Totaled 29 steals and 56 assists.

High School: Graduated from The Lawrenceville School, where he played for coach Ron Kane…Averaged 16 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals per game…Chosen to compete in Hoop Group Academic Elite Top-20 all-star game and Burlington County All-Star Game…Named first-team all-Patriot League…Academic Elite Most Outstanding Player…Three-year varsity captain…Previously played at St. Anthony High School, where he was starting varsity point guard under legendary coach Bob Hurley…Played club basketball for Playaz Basketball Club and coach Jim Salmon.

Personal: Three-year member of National Honor Society…Volunteered at Bordentown Retirement Home…Helped coach NJ-ABC AAU basketball clinics…Full name is Herman Matthew Johnson...Son of Herman and Ethel Johnson…Has two older brothers, Marcus and Jayson...Brother, Jayson Johnson, played at Kutztown University in 2011…Accounting major…Birthdate: 9/25/1994.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 26 Florida Southern W, 71-69
Mar 1 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 69-65
Mar 6 vs. Florida Tech W, 64-58
Mar 8 vs. Saint Leo W, 60-59
Mar 9 vs. Florida Southern L, 84-74
Mar 15 vs. North Alabama L, 72-68
  Total Conference
Games 28 16
Games started - -
Minutes 503 287
Minutes per game 18.0 17.9
FG 39-99 24-56
FG Pct 39.4 42.9
3PT 9-22 6-11
3PT Pct 40.9 54.5
FT 68-92 37-51
FT Pct 73.9 72.5
Off rebounds 15 9
Def rebounds 28 17
Total rebounds 43 26
Rebounds per game 1.5 1.6
Personal fouls 50 35
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 56 28
Turnovers 37 23
Assist to turnover ratio 1.5 1.2
Steals 29 16
Blocks 0 0
Points 155 91
Points per game 5.5 5.7
Points per 40 min 12.3 12.7

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 12 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 78-65 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 American International W, 82-58 - 11 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5-5 100.0 7
Nov 17 Clayton State L, 65-60 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 62-58 - 28 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Nov 29 vs. Armstrong W, 60-47 - 7 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 30 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 73-66 - 11 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 4
Dec 7 at Barry L, 73-71 - 8 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 18 Dominican (N.Y.) L, 73-72 - 9 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Dec 21 Miles W, 70-65 - 17 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 6-6 100.0 8
Dec 22 Pfeiffer W, 75-74 - 25 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 7
Jan 4 Rollins W, 76-63 - 11 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 2
Jan 8 Saint Leo W, 59-57 - 14 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 11 at Florida Tech L, 71-66 - 21 4-6 66.7 3-3 100.0 2-4 50.0 13
Jan 15 at Eckerd W, 64-49 - 21 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 4-5 80.0 10
Jan 18 Lynn W, 51-46 - 23 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 7
Jan 22 at Florida Southern L, 87-83 - 33 4-12 33.3 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 11
Jan 25 Nova Southeastern L, 94-65 - 21 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Feb 1 Barry W, 68-67 - 13 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 5 at Rollins W, 72-57 - 10 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 4
Feb 8 Florida Tech W, 72-64 - 7 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 2
Feb 12 at Saint Leo L, 57-51 - 19 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 5
Feb 15 at Lynn W, 66-60 - 23 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6-8 75.0 10
Feb 19 Eckerd L, 76-49 - 16 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 71-60 - 28 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 4-4 100.0 9
Feb 26 Florida Southern W, 71-69 - 19 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 8
Mar 1 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 69-65 - 25 3-3 100.0 1-1 100.0 5-7 71.4 12
Mar 6 vs. Florida Tech W, 64-58 - 18 3-8 37.5 1-3 33.3 3-6 50.0 10
Mar 8 vs. Saint Leo W, 60-59 - 15 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Mar 9 vs. Florida Southern L, 84-74 - 30 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 4
Mar 15 vs. North Alabama L, 72-68 - 20 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 6

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 12 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 78-65 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 American International W, 82-58 - 11 1 0 1 2 1 2 0
Nov 17 Clayton State L, 65-60 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 62-58 - 28 0 2 2 4 2 2 0
Nov 29 vs. Armstrong W, 60-47 - 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nov 30 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 73-66 - 11 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
Dec 7 at Barry L, 73-71 - 8 2 2 4 0 1 0 0
Dec 18 Dominican (N.Y.) L, 73-72 - 9 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Dec 21 Miles W, 70-65 - 17 0 0 0 3 2 2 0
Dec 22 Pfeiffer W, 75-74 - 25 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
Jan 4 Rollins W, 76-63 - 11 0 1 1 2 1 0 0
Jan 8 Saint Leo W, 59-57 - 14 0 2 2 1 1 0 0
Jan 11 at Florida Tech L, 71-66 - 21 1 1 2 1 1 3 0
Jan 15 at Eckerd W, 64-49 - 21 1 0 1 2 2 2 0
Jan 18 Lynn W, 51-46 - 23 0 1 1 1 2 1 0
Jan 22 at Florida Southern L, 87-83 - 33 1 4 5 3 1 2 0
Jan 25 Nova Southeastern L, 94-65 - 21 0 1 1 4 2 2 0
Feb 1 Barry W, 68-67 - 13 0 1 1 4 3 1 0
Feb 5 at Rollins W, 72-57 - 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Feb 8 Florida Tech W, 72-64 - 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Feb 12 at Saint Leo L, 57-51 - 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Feb 15 at Lynn W, 66-60 - 23 0 0 0 2 3 1 0
Feb 19 Eckerd L, 76-49 - 16 1 1 2 1 1 1 0
Feb 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 71-60 - 28 2 2 4 2 3 1 0
Feb 26 Florida Southern W, 71-69 - 19 0 1 1 5 0 0 0
Mar 1 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 69-65 - 25 0 1 1 1 3 4 0
Mar 6 vs. Florida Tech W, 64-58 - 18 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
Mar 8 vs. Saint Leo W, 60-59 - 15 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Mar 9 vs. Florida Southern L, 84-74 - 30 1 0 1 4 2 0 0
Mar 15 vs. North Alabama L, 72-68 - 20 1 3 4 3 2 1 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 12 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 78-65 - - - -
Nov 15 American International W, 82-58 - 1 - 2.0
Nov 17 Clayton State L, 65-60 - - - -
Nov 23 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 62-58 - 2 - 2.0
Nov 29 vs. Armstrong W, 60-47 - 0 - 0.0
Nov 30 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 73-66 - 0 - 2.0
Dec 7 at Barry L, 73-71 - 4 - 0.0
Dec 18 Dominican (N.Y.) L, 73-72 - 1 - -
Dec 21 Miles W, 70-65 - 1 - 1.5
Dec 22 Pfeiffer W, 75-74 - 2 - -
Jan 4 Rollins W, 76-63 - 1 - 2.0
Jan 8 Saint Leo W, 59-57 - 1 - 1.0
Jan 11 at Florida Tech L, 71-66 - 0 - 1.0
Jan 15 at Eckerd W, 64-49 - 1 - 1.0
Jan 18 Lynn W, 51-46 - 4 - 0.5
Jan 22 at Florida Southern L, 87-83 - 5 1 3.0
Jan 25 Nova Southeastern L, 94-65 - 3 - 2.0
Feb 1 Barry W, 68-67 - 3 - 1.3
Feb 5 at Rollins W, 72-57 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 8 Florida Tech W, 72-64 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 12 at Saint Leo L, 57-51 - 3 - -
Feb 15 at Lynn W, 66-60 - 2 - 0.7
Feb 19 Eckerd L, 76-49 - 0 - 1.0
Feb 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 71-60 - 3 - 0.7
Feb 26 Florida Southern W, 71-69 - 3 - -
Mar 1 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 69-65 - 1 - 0.3
Mar 6 vs. Florida Tech W, 64-58 - 2 - -
Mar 8 vs. Saint Leo W, 60-59 - 2 - -
Mar 9 vs. Florida Southern L, 84-74 - 3 - 2.0
Mar 15 vs. North Alabama L, 72-68 - 0 - 1.5

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2013-14 28 18.0 1.4-3.5 0.3-0.8 2.4-3.3 5.5
2014-15 28 31.9 2.1-6.7 0.5-1.2 2.0-3.2 6.8
2015-16 26 26.9 1.3-3.5 0.3-0.8 1.6-2.2 4.4
2016-17 24 20.0 1.0-2.3 0.1-0.5 1.3-1.8 3.4
Total 106 24.3 1.5-4.1 0.3-0.8 1.9-2.6 5.1

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2013-14 28 - 503 39-99 39.4 9-22 40.9 68-92 73.9 155
2014-15 28 27 892 60-187 32.1 13-34 38.2 57-89 64.0 190
2015-16 26 25 700 33-91 36.3 8-20 40.0 41-56 73.2 115
2016-17 24 3 479 24-55 43.6 3-12 25.0 31-42 73.8 82
Total 106 55 2574 156-432 36.1 33-88 37.5 197-279 70.6 542

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2013-14 28 503 18.0 3.1-7.9 0.7-1.7 40.9 5.4-7.3 12.3
2014-15 28 892 31.9 2.7-8.4 0.6-1.5 38.2 2.6-4.0 8.5
2015-16 26 700 26.9 1.9-5.2 0.5-1.1 40.0 2.3-3.2 6.6
2016-17 24 479 20.0 2.0-4.6 0.3-1.0 25.0 2.6-3.5 6.8
Total 106 2574 24.3 2.4-6.7 0.5-1.4 37.5 3.1-4.3 8.4

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2013-14 28 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 1.3 1.0 0.0
2014-15 28 0.7 1.9 2.6 4.9 2.0 1.4 0.0
2015-16 26 0.5 1.7 2.1 5.2 1.8 1.4 0.0
2016-17 24 0.4 1.2 1.6 5.3 1.9 0.8 0.0
Total 106 0.5 1.4 2.0 4.3 1.7 1.2 0.0

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2013-14 28 - 15 28 43 56 37 29 0
2014-15 28 27 20 53 73 136 56 40 0
2015-16 26 25 12 43 55 134 47 37 0
2016-17 24 3 9 29 38 126 45 18 0
Total 106 55 56 153 209 452 185 124 0

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2013-14 28 1.2 2.2 3.4 4.5 2.9 2.3 0.0
2014-15 28 0.9 2.4 3.3 6.1 2.5 1.8 0.0
2015-16 26 0.7 2.5 3.1 7.7 2.7 2.1 0.0
2016-17 24 0.8 2.4 3.2 10.5 3.8 1.5 0.0
Total 106 0.9 2.4 3.2 7.0 2.9 1.9 0.0

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 28 18.0 1.4-3.5 0.3-0.8 2.4-3.3 5.5
Conference 16 17.9 1.5-3.5 0.4-0.7 2.3-3.2 5.7
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 13 16.5 1.0-2.8 0.1-0.6 2.2-2.7 4.3
Away 9 20.9 2.1-4.3 0.7-0.9 3.3-4.6 8.2
Neutral 6 16.8 1.2-3.8 0.3-1.0 1.5-2.7 4.2
Result            
Wins 19 17.2 1.3-3.1 0.2-0.6 3.0-3.8 5.7
Losses 9 19.7 1.7-4.6 0.7-1.2 1.2-2.1 5.2
Month            
November 4 14.3 0.2-2.0 0.0-0.5 3.0-3.2 3.5
December 4 14.8 1.0-3.0 0.0-0.8 2.2-2.2 4.3
January 7 20.6 2.0-4.7 0.6-1.1 2.3-3.3 6.9
February 8 16.9 1.2-2.9 0.2-0.4 2.6-3.5 5.4
March 5 21.6 2.0-4.6 0.6-1.2 2.0-3.8 6.6

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 28 - 503 39-99 39.4 9-22 40.9 68-92 73.9 155
Conference 16 - 287 24-56 42.9 6-11 54.5 37-51 72.5 91
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 13 - 214 13-37 35.1 1-8 12.5 29-35 82.9 56
Away 9 - 188 19-39 48.7 6-8 75.0 30-41 73.2 74
Neutral 6 - 101 7-23 30.4 2-6 33.3 9-16 56.3 25
Result                    
Wins 19 - 326 24-58 41.4 3-11 27.3 57-73 78.1 108
Losses 9 - 177 15-41 36.6 6-11 54.5 11-19 57.9 47
Month                    
November 4 - 57 1-8 12.5 0-2 0.0 12-13 92.3 14
December 4 - 59 4-12 33.3 0-3 0.0 9-9 100.0 17
January 7 - 144 14-33 42.4 4-8 50.0 16-23 69.6 48
February 8 - 135 10-23 43.5 2-3 66.7 21-28 75.0 43
March 5 - 108 10-23 43.5 3-6 50.0 10-19 52.6 33

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 28 503 18.0 3.1-7.9 0.7-1.7 40.9 5.4-7.3 12.3
Conference 16 287 17.9 3.3-7.8 0.8-1.5 54.5 5.2-7.1 12.7
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 13 214 16.5 2.4-6.9 0.2-1.5 12.5 5.4-6.5 10.5
Away 9 188 20.9 4.0-8.3 1.3-1.7 75.0 6.4-8.7 15.7
Neutral 6 101 16.8 2.8-9.1 0.8-2.4 33.3 3.6-6.3 9.9
Result                
Wins 19 326 17.2 2.9-7.1 0.4-1.3 27.3 7.0-9.0 13.3
Losses 9 177 19.7 3.4-9.3 1.4-2.5 54.5 2.5-4.3 10.6
Month                
November 4 57 14.3 0.7-5.6 0.0-1.4 0.0 8.4-9.1 9.8
December 4 59 14.8 2.7-8.1 0.0-2.0 0.0 6.1-6.1 11.5
January 7 144 20.6 3.9-9.2 1.1-2.2 50.0 4.4-6.4 13.3
February 8 135 16.9 3.0-6.8 0.6-0.9 66.7 6.2-8.3 12.7
March 5 108 21.6 3.7-8.5 1.1-2.2 50.0 3.7-7.0 12.2

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 28 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 1.3 1.0 0.0
Conference 16 0.6 1.1 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 0.2 0.8 1.1 2.5 1.2 1.0 0.0
Away 9 0.9 1.1 2.0 1.2 1.7 1.6 0.0
Neutral 6 0.7 1.2 1.8 2.2 1.0 0.3 0.0
Result                
Wins 19 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.1 1.4 1.0 0.0
Losses 9 0.9 1.4 2.3 1.9 1.1 1.1 0.0
Month                
November 4 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.0 1.3 1.0 0.0
December 4 0.8 0.8 1.5 2.0 0.8 0.8 0.0
January 7 0.4 1.4 1.9 2.0 1.4 1.4 0.0
February 8 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.8 1.5 0.8 0.0
March 5 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.4 1.4 1.2 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 28 - 15 28 43 56 37 29 0
Conference 16 - 9 17 26 28 23 16 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 13 - 3 11 14 32 16 13 0
Away 9 - 8 10 18 11 15 14 0
Neutral 6 - 4 7 11 13 6 2 0
Result                  
Wins 19 - 7 15 22 39 27 19 0
Losses 9 - 8 13 21 17 10 10 0
Month                  
November 4 - 2 3 5 8 5 4 0
December 4 - 3 3 6 8 3 3 0
January 7 - 3 10 13 14 10 10 0
February 8 - 4 5 9 14 12 6 0
March 5 - 3 7 10 12 7 6 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 28 1.2 2.2 3.4 4.5 2.9 2.3 0.0
Conference 16 1.3 2.4 3.6 3.9 3.2 2.2 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 0.6 2.1 2.6 6.0 3.0 2.4 0.0
Away 9 1.7 2.1 3.8 2.3 3.2 3.0 0.0
Neutral 6 1.6 2.8 4.4 5.1 2.4 0.8 0.0
Result                
Wins 19 0.9 1.8 2.7 4.8 3.3 2.3 0.0
Losses 9 1.8 2.9 4.7 3.8 2.3 2.3 0.0
Month                
November 4 1.4 2.1 3.5 5.6 3.5 2.8 0.0
December 4 2.0 2.0 4.1 5.4 2.0 2.0 0.0
January 7 0.8 2.8 3.6 3.9 2.8 2.8 0.0
February 8 1.2 1.5 2.7 4.1 3.6 1.8 0.0
March 5 1.1 2.6 3.7 4.4 2.6 2.2 0.0