Mat Johnson
3 Mat Johnson
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    160
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, N.J.
  • High School:
    The Lawrenceville School
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    28
  • pts/g
    6.8
  • fg %
    32.1
  • 3pt %
    38.2
  • ft %
    64.0
  • reb/g
    2.6
  • a/g
    4.9
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 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 84-74
Feb 18 at Saint Leo W, 65-57
Feb 21 Rollins W, 73-63
Feb 25 at Florida Southern L, 87-79
Feb 28 Barry W, 73-68
Mar 6 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 91-84
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 28 16
Games started 27 16
Minutes 892 523
Minutes per game 31.9 32.7
FG 60-187 39-108
FG Pct 32.1 36.1
3PT 13-34 11-21
3PT Pct 38.2 52.4
FT 57-89 27-46
FT Pct 64.0 58.7
Off rebounds 20 13
Def rebounds 53 35
Total rebounds 73 48
Rebounds per game 2.6 3.0
Personal fouls 63 34
Disqualifications 1 -
Assists 136 83
Turnovers 56 35
Assist to turnover ratio 2.4 2.4
Steals 40 21
Blocks 0 0
Points 190 116
Points per game 6.8 7.3
Points per 40 min 8.5 8.9
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 14 at North Alabama L, 88-87 1 27 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 5-6 83.3 11
Nov 15 at Alabama-Huntsville L, 80-64 - 19 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 18 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 82-74 1 29 1-7 14.3 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Nov 25 Armstrong State W, 75-72 1 37 3-12 25.0 1-2 50.0 5-7 71.4 12
Nov 28 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato L, 73-72 1 30 6-11 54.5 0-3 0.0 2-4 50.0 14
Nov 29 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 88-63 1 32 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 1-3 33.3 5
Dec 6 at Nova Southeastern L, 86-82 1 36 5-13 38.5 0-0 - 0-0 - 10
Dec 16 Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 79-76 1 37 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Dec 20 Limestone W, 62-42 1 28 1-7 14.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 21 Cedarville W, 74-64 1 35 1-9 11.1 0-2 0.0 5-6 83.3 7
Jan 3 Lynn L, 69-63 1 31 4-9 44.4 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 10
Jan 7 at Eckerd W, 73-71 1 40 3-12 25.0 0-2 0.0 6-9 66.7 12
Jan 10 at Florida Tech W, 85-66 1 36 2-7 28.6 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 14 Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 33 3-4 75.0 1-1 100.0 1-3 33.3 8
Jan 17 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 63-55 1 28 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 3-6 50.0 3
Jan 21 Florida Southern L, 81-75 1 29 0-10 0.0 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 4
Jan 24 at Rollins W, 82-71 1 26 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 0-3 0.0 7
Jan 28 at Barry L, 99-93 1 31 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 31 Nova Southeastern L, 75-61 1 32 4-6 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 9
Feb 4 at Lynn W, 66-61 1 35 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4-10 40.0 4
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 70-62 1 24 1-5 20.0 1-1 100.0 6-6 100.0 9
Feb 11 Eckerd W, 56-53 1 33 3-4 75.0 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0 8
Feb 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 84-74 1 36 1-9 11.1 1-2 50.0 7-9 77.8 10
Feb 18 at Saint Leo W, 65-57 1 37 3-7 42.9 1-1 100.0 2-4 50.0 9
Feb 21 Rollins W, 73-63 1 32 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 25 at Florida Southern L, 87-79 1 38 2-8 25.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 28 Barry W, 73-68 1 30 4-6 66.7 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0 10
Mar 6 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 91-84 1 31 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 14 at North Alabama L, 88-87 1 27 0 1 1 5 2 0 0
Nov 15 at Alabama-Huntsville L, 80-64 - 19 0 0 0 4 3 0 0
Nov 18 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 82-74 1 29 0 0 0 7 2 2 0
Nov 25 Armstrong State W, 75-72 1 37 2 1 3 2 0 4 0
Nov 28 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato L, 73-72 1 30 0 1 1 2 2 1 0
Nov 29 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 88-63 1 32 3 2 5 3 1 0 0
Dec 6 at Nova Southeastern L, 86-82 1 36 0 4 4 6 1 1 0
Dec 16 Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 79-76 1 37 1 2 3 2 4 2 0
Dec 20 Limestone W, 62-42 1 28 0 4 4 3 0 1 0
Dec 21 Cedarville W, 74-64 1 35 0 1 1 5 4 5 0
Jan 3 Lynn L, 69-63 1 31 0 0 0 6 1 2 0
Jan 7 at Eckerd W, 73-71 1 40 3 5 8 2 0 1 0
Jan 10 at Florida Tech W, 85-66 1 36 0 1 1 4 3 1 0
Jan 14 Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 33 0 2 2 2 2 0 0
Jan 17 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 63-55 1 28 0 4 4 7 1 2 0
Jan 21 Florida Southern L, 81-75 1 29 1 3 4 8 0 3 0
Jan 24 at Rollins W, 82-71 1 26 4 1 5 6 3 0 0
Jan 28 at Barry L, 99-93 1 31 2 1 3 8 6 1 0
Jan 31 Nova Southeastern L, 75-61 1 32 2 2 4 7 3 3 0
Feb 4 at Lynn W, 66-61 1 35 1 1 2 5 3 3 0
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 70-62 1 24 0 2 2 2 1 2 0
Feb 11 Eckerd W, 56-53 1 33 0 4 4 4 1 1 0
Feb 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 84-74 1 36 1 1 2 7 2 1 0
Feb 18 at Saint Leo W, 65-57 1 37 0 3 3 3 3 0 0
Feb 21 Rollins W, 73-63 1 32 0 0 0 7 3 1 0
Feb 25 at Florida Southern L, 87-79 1 38 0 3 3 5 0 1 0
Feb 28 Barry W, 73-68 1 30 0 3 3 8 5 1 0
Mar 6 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 91-84 1 31 0 1 1 6 0 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 14 at North Alabama L, 88-87 1 1 - 2.5
Nov 15 at Alabama-Huntsville L, 80-64 - 1 - 1.3
Nov 18 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 82-74 1 2 - 3.5
Nov 25 Armstrong State W, 75-72 1 3 - -
Nov 28 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato L, 73-72 1 3 - 1.0
Nov 29 vs. Puerto Rico-Bayamon W, 88-63 1 1 - 3.0
Dec 6 at Nova Southeastern L, 86-82 1 2 - 6.0
Dec 16 Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 79-76 1 4 - 0.5
Dec 20 Limestone W, 62-42 1 2 - -
Dec 21 Cedarville W, 74-64 1 1 - 1.3
Jan 3 Lynn L, 69-63 1 4 - 6.0
Jan 7 at Eckerd W, 73-71 1 1 - -
Jan 10 at Florida Tech W, 85-66 1 2 - 1.3
Jan 14 Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 17 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 63-55 1 2 - 7.0
Jan 21 Florida Southern L, 81-75 1 4 - -
Jan 24 at Rollins W, 82-71 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 28 at Barry L, 99-93 1 3 - 1.3
Jan 31 Nova Southeastern L, 75-61 1 1 - 2.3
Feb 4 at Lynn W, 66-61 1 2 - 1.7
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 70-62 1 4 - 2.0
Feb 11 Eckerd W, 56-53 1 0 - 4.0
Feb 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 84-74 1 4 - 3.5
Feb 18 at Saint Leo W, 65-57 1 0 - 1.0
Feb 21 Rollins W, 73-63 1 2 - 2.3
Feb 25 at Florida Southern L, 87-79 1 3 - -
Feb 28 Barry W, 73-68 1 2 - 1.6
Mar 6 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 91-84 1 5 1 -
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 per game

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 totals

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: Shooting per 40 min

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 per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
2013-14 28 - 50 1 1.5
2014-15 28 27 63 1 2.4
2015-16 26 25 59 2 2.9
2016-17 24 3 37 1 2.8
Total 106 55 209 5 2.4

Career Stats: Ball control totals

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

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 28 31.9 2.1-6.7 0.5-1.2 2.0-3.2 6.8
Conference 16 32.7 2.4-6.8 0.7-1.3 1.7-2.9 7.3
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 31.3 2.1-6.6 0.6-1.2 2.0-2.8 6.7
Away 11 32.8 2.1-6.8 0.5-1.1 2.4-3.9 7.0
Neutral 3 31.0 2.7-6.3 0.0-1.7 1.0-2.3 6.3
Result
Wins 18 32.7 1.9-6.6 0.6-1.1 2.4-4.0 6.9
Losses 10 30.4 2.5-6.9 0.3-1.4 1.3-1.7 6.6
Month
November 6 29.0 2.5-7.2 0.2-1.2 2.5-3.7 7.7
December 4 34.0 2.5-9.0 0.0-0.8 1.2-1.5 6.3
January 9 31.8 2.2-6.8 0.8-1.4 1.8-3.1 7.0
February 8 33.1 1.9-5.8 0.6-1.2 2.6-4.1 7.0
March 1 31.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-0.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 28 27 892 60-187 32.1 13-34 38.2 57-89 64.0 190
Conference 16 16 523 39-108 36.1 11-21 52.4 27-46 58.7 116
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 14 14 438 29-93 31.2 8-17 47.1 28-39 71.8 94
Away 11 10 361 23-75 30.7 5-12 41.7 26-43 60.5 77
Neutral 3 3 93 8-19 42.1 0-5 0.0 3-7 42.9 19
Result
Wins 18 18 588 35-118 29.7 10-20 50.0 44-72 61.1 124
Losses 10 9 304 25-69 36.2 3-14 21.4 13-17 76.5 66
Month
November 6 5 174 15-43 34.9 1-7 14.3 15-22 68.2 46
December 4 4 136 10-36 27.8 0-3 0.0 5-6 83.3 25
January 9 9 286 20-61 32.8 7-13 53.8 16-28 57.1 63
February 8 8 265 15-46 32.6 5-10 50.0 21-33 63.6 56
March 1 1 31 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 28 892 31.9 2.7-8.4 0.6-1.5 38.2 2.6-4.0 8.5
Conference 16 523 32.7 3.0-8.3 0.8-1.6 52.4 2.1-3.5 8.9
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 438 31.3 2.6-8.5 0.7-1.6 47.1 2.6-3.6 8.6
Away 11 361 32.8 2.5-8.3 0.6-1.3 41.7 2.9-4.8 8.5
Neutral 3 93 31.0 3.4-8.2 0.0-2.2 0.0 1.3-3.0 8.2
Result
Wins 18 588 32.7 2.4-8.0 0.7-1.4 50.0 3.0-4.9 8.4
Losses 10 304 30.4 3.3-9.1 0.4-1.8 21.4 1.7-2.2 8.7
Month
November 6 174 29.0 3.4-9.9 0.2-1.6 14.3 3.4-5.1 10.6
December 4 136 34.0 2.9-10.6 0.0-0.9 0.0 1.5-1.8 7.4
January 9 286 31.8 2.8-8.5 1.0-1.8 53.8 2.2-3.9 8.8
February 8 265 33.1 2.3-6.9 0.8-1.5 50.0 3.2-5.0 8.5
March 1 31 31.0 0.0-1.3 0.0-1.3 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 28 0.7 1.9 2.6 4.9 2.0 1.4 0.0
Conference 16 0.8 2.2 3.0 5.2 2.2 1.3 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 0.4 2.0 2.4 5.0 1.9 2.1 0.0
Away 11 1.0 1.9 2.9 5.0 2.4 0.8 0.0
Neutral 3 1.0 1.3 2.3 3.7 1.0 0.7 0.0
Result
Wins 18 0.8 2.1 2.9 4.4 2.1 1.5 0.0
Losses 10 0.5 1.6 2.1 5.7 1.8 1.3 0.0
Month
November 6 0.8 0.8 1.7 3.8 1.7 1.2 0.0
December 4 0.3 2.8 3.0 4.0 2.3 2.3 0.0
January 9 1.3 2.1 3.4 5.6 2.1 1.4 0.0
February 8 0.3 2.1 2.4 5.1 2.3 1.3 0.0
March 1 0.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
Event
Total 28 27 63 1 2.4
Conference 16 16 34 - 2.4
Exhibition - - - - -
Location
Home 14 14 34 - 2.6
Away 11 10 20 - 2.1
Neutral 3 3 9 1 3.7
Result
Wins 18 18 36 - 2.1
Losses 10 9 27 1 3.2
Month
November 6 5 11 - 2.3
December 4 4 9 - 1.8
January 9 9 21 - 2.6
February 8 8 17 - 2.3
March 1 1 5 1 -

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 28 0.9 2.4 3.3 6.1 2.5 1.8 0.0
Conference 16 1.0 2.7 3.7 6.3 2.7 1.6 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 0.5 2.6 3.1 6.4 2.5 2.6 0.0
Away 11 1.2 2.3 3.5 6.1 2.9 1.0 0.0
Neutral 3 1.3 1.7 3.0 4.7 1.3 0.9 0.0
Result
Wins 18 1.0 2.5 3.5 5.4 2.6 1.8 0.0
Losses 10 0.7 2.1 2.8 7.5 2.4 1.7 0.0
Month
November 6 1.1 1.1 2.3 5.3 2.3 1.6 0.0
December 4 0.3 3.2 3.5 4.7 2.6 2.6 0.0
January 9 1.7 2.7 4.3 7.0 2.7 1.8 0.0
February 8 0.3 2.6 2.9 6.2 2.7 1.5 0.0
March 1 0.0 1.3 1.3 7.7 0.0 1.3 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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