Hello,
My son, Marc Matthews, played high school basketball for Coach Glasgow from
2009-2012, and recently signed his 1st pro basketball contract to play in
Australia.
Matthews to begin his pro basketball career Down Under
Marc Matthews, Buena High School 2012, and Montana State University Billings
2017 graduate, signed his first pro basketball contract with the Smithton
Saints Tall Timbers Basketball Club, based in Tasmania, Australia. The
Smithton Saints are a member of the North West Basketball Union (NWBU), and
have both senior men's, women's and junior teams in the NWBU. Marc's
basketball season will begin the first weekend in February with the
Ulverstone Basketball preseason tournament, while the NWBU season runs
through August.
Matthews ended his prep career at Buena High School with 1,374 points
averaging 14.9 per game during his three years on the varsity for Coach Dave
Glasgow. Marc also accumulated 514 career rebounds, 136 steals and 97
blocks and led the team in scoring as both a junior and a senior. As a
senior during the 2011-12 season, Matthews averaged 18.1 points and 6.5
rebounds per game, both team-highs, as his team finished the season 24-6 and
made it to the quarterfinals of the Arizona Division I State Basketball
Tournament. He was named to the Southern Arizona Division I First Team and
was the Southern Arizona Division I Player-of-the-Year as well as an
All-Arizona Division I honorable mention. As a junior during the 2010-11
season, Matthews averaged a team-best 17 points per game and was second on
the squad with 7.3 rebounds per game as his team went 25-5 and went to the
Arizona 5A South Region Championship as well as the Arizona 5A Final Four.
Matthews was named to the All-Southern Arizona First Team, Arizona 5A
All-Southern Region First Team and was named to the Arizona 5A All-State
team as an honorable mention.
Matthews received a full basketball scholarship to Montana State University
Billings, and for his 2016-17 senior season, Marc was selected as the
Montana State University Billings Men's' Basketball Player of the Year, was
twice named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week and also
earned an unprecedented United States Basketball Writers Association
Division II National Player of the Week honor. Matthews broke into MSUB's
top-10 in career scoring with the final shot of his career, finishing with
1,280 points, hitting his 222nd career three, for 6th place all time at
MSUB. Matthews graduated with a degree in Liberal Studies in May 2017.
Thanks,
David Matthews
My son, Marc Matthews, played high school basketball for Coach Glasgow from
2009-2012, and recently signed his 1st pro basketball contract to play in
Australia.
Matthews to begin his pro basketball career Down Under
Marc Matthews, Buena High School 2012, and Montana State University Billings
2017 graduate, signed his first pro basketball contract with the Smithton
Saints Tall Timbers Basketball Club, based in Tasmania, Australia. The
Smithton Saints are a member of the North West Basketball Union (NWBU), and
have both senior men's, women's and junior teams in the NWBU. Marc's
basketball season will begin the first weekend in February with the
Ulverstone Basketball preseason tournament, while the NWBU season runs
through August.
Matthews ended his prep career at Buena High School with 1,374 points
averaging 14.9 per game during his three years on the varsity for Coach Dave
Glasgow. Marc also accumulated 514 career rebounds, 136 steals and 97
blocks and led the team in scoring as both a junior and a senior. As a
senior during the 2011-12 season, Matthews averaged 18.1 points and 6.5
rebounds per game, both team-highs, as his team finished the season 24-6 and
made it to the quarterfinals of the Arizona Division I State Basketball
Tournament. He was named to the Southern Arizona Division I First Team and
was the Southern Arizona Division I Player-of-the-Year as well as an
All-Arizona Division I honorable mention. As a junior during the 2010-11
season, Matthews averaged a team-best 17 points per game and was second on
the squad with 7.3 rebounds per game as his team went 25-5 and went to the
Arizona 5A South Region Championship as well as the Arizona 5A Final Four.
Matthews was named to the All-Southern Arizona First Team, Arizona 5A
All-Southern Region First Team and was named to the Arizona 5A All-State
team as an honorable mention.
Matthews received a full basketball scholarship to Montana State University
Billings, and for his 2016-17 senior season, Marc was selected as the
Montana State University Billings Men's' Basketball Player of the Year, was
twice named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week and also
earned an unprecedented United States Basketball Writers Association
Division II National Player of the Week honor. Matthews broke into MSUB's
top-10 in career scoring with the final shot of his career, finishing with
1,280 points, hitting his 222nd career three, for 6th place all time at
MSUB. Matthews graduated with a degree in Liberal Studies in May 2017.
Thanks,
David Matthews
