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2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster

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15 Matt Tobin

15 Matt Tobin

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    175
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hopatcong, N.J.
  • Highschool:
    Hopatcong

Summary

Biography

School Records (PDF)  2014-15 Game by Game  I  2014-15 Season Career-Highs

Senior (2014-15) (Game by Game): All-America honorable mention selection by Basketball Times ... NABC All-Region 1st team ... Daktronics All-Region 1st team ... PSAC East Athlete of the Year ... repeat selection on All-PSAC East 1st team ... repeat selection as Lehigh Valley Small College Player of the Year ... 1st ESU player with 1,000 career points and 500 assists ... 1st PSAC point guard to win 3 straight outright divisional titles in at least 35 years.

ESU Co-Men's Senior Athlete of the Year (with senior guard Whis Grant) ... Co-Team MVP (with Grant)

ESU career ranks:
1. Assists - 546 (9th in PSAC history)
4. Steals - 191
8. 3-Pointers - 113
Points - 1,042

Led PSAC in assists (6.4 per game) for 2nd straight year ... 2nd in steals (2.3) and 3rd in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2) ... ranked 9th in DII in assists, 28th in steals and 52nd in assist-to-turnover ratio.

Reached PSAC Final 4 in all 4 seasons ... member of winningest class in program history (91-31) ... won 3 straight outright PSAC East regular season titles, 2 PSAC championships (2012, 2014) and played in 3 NCAA Tournaments (2012, 2013, 2014).

Finished career ranked 3rd among active DII players in assists (546) and 13th in steals (191).

Preseason (2014-15): Preseason All-PSAC East selection ... ranks 4th among active DII players with 368 career assists.

Junior (2013-14) (Game-by-Game): Named 1st team All-PSAC East ... selected as Pete Nevins Player of the Year by the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Organization ... ranks 2nd at ESU with 205 assists, and t-5th with 70 steals ... 4th at ESU with 368 career assists (record 467 held by Mike DelGrosso, 1987-91) ... co-recipient of ESU's Team MVP with Whis Grant ... helped ESU to 2nd PSAC championship in 3 years, NCAA DII Tournament Atlantic Region final, 4th NCAA Tournament in 5 years, 30-2 record (4th 30-win season in PSAC history) and #2 ranking in final NABC DII poll of regular season.

1st in PSAC and 10th in DII in assists (6.4 per game) ... 1st in PSAC and 22nd in DII in steals (2.2 per game) ... 1st in PSAC and 44th in DII in assist-turnover ratio (2.5) ... 4 double-doubles (4 of the 5 points/assists double-doubles by ESU player in 12 years under Jeff Wilson) ... 10+ assists in 5 games ... 10+ points in 13 games ... played in all 32 games and made 30 starts ... averaged team-high 30.5 minutes per game ... IN THE POSTSEASON: PSAC tournament record 14 assists (11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 steals) in 39 minutes in 78-58 win vs. Millersville in quarterfinals ... 13 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal in 36 minutes in 63-55 win vs. Mercyhurst in semifinals ... 9 points, 1 rebound, 6 assists, 1 steal in 37 minutes in 92-80 win vs. West Chester in PSAC championship game ... 11 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals in 99-98 win vs. Livingstone in NCAA 1st round ... 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals in 66-58 win vs. Gannon in 2nd round ... 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal in 89-82 loss vs. West Liberty in NCAA Atlantic Region final ... overall: 53 points, 19 rebounds, 49 assists, 26 turnovers, 13 steals in 211 (of possible 240) minutes in 6 games ... REGULAR SEASON: had 2 double-doubles in regular season - 11 points, 11 assists vs. Shippensburg ... 16 points, 10 assists in 107-94 come-from-behind win at West Chester ... 9 points, 13 assists (career-high before 14 vs. Millersville) at Pitt-Johnstown ... 14 and 13 assists were 2 highest games in PSAC ... also had 13 points, 8 assists at Mansfield and 15 points, 8 assists vs. Kutztown in consecutive games ... 18 points, 9 assists vs. Bloomsburg ... PSAC East Athlete of the Week for games vs. Pitt-Johnstown, Shippensburg (11.0 ppg, 12.0 apg).

Sophomore (2012-13) (Game-by-Game): Only player to start all 29 games as Warriors advanced to NCAA Tournament for the 3rd time in 4 years ... ranked 2nd in PSAC East in assists (3.6 per game) and assist-turnover ratio (1.4) in first season as starting point guard ... ranked 6th in PSAC overall in assists and 9th in assist-turnover ratio ... Warriors' 4th-leading scorer with 8.0 ppg ... has scored 491 points through two seasons ... tied for 3rd on team with 31 steals ... scored 10+ points in 9 games ... had 11 points, 6 assists vs. Mansfield in PSAC quarterfinals ...4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists vs. Slippery Rock in PSAC semifinals ... 8 points, 5 rebounds vs. IUP in NCAA Tournament ... season-high 14 points vs. Clarion in first game of school record-tying 14-game winning streak ... 10 points at Slippery Rock and 13 points at Edinboro in back-to-back games ... 14 points, 5 assists vs. Millersville ... 10 points vs. Shippensburg ... 10 points at Bloomsburg ... 12 points in road loss at Shippensburg ... 6 points, career-high 9 assists at Mansfield ... 10 points, 6 assists at Cheyney ... had 20 assists in 3-game stretch late in season (5 points, 7 assists vs. West Chester; 8 points, 6 assists vs. Bloomsburg; 11 points, 6 assists in PSAC quarterfinals vs. Mansfield).

Freshman (2011-12) (Game-by-Game): Top bench scorer with 8.1 points per game on PSAC championship and NCAA Tournament team ... played in all 32 games and made three starts ... ranks 10th in ESU's freshman scoring list with 258 points ... team's 5th-leading scorer ... ranked 10th in PSAC in 3-point percentage (38.9, 37-for-95)  ... shot 78.7 percent (59-for-75) from foul line ... ranks 3rd on ESU's freshman list in 3PT% and FT% ... 4th on team with 60 assists and 5th with 27 steals ... averaged 19.6 minutes per game ... had 10+ points in 10 games ... finished season with 14 points in 21 minutes at West Liberty in NCAA Tournament ... scored season-high 28 points (9-12 fg, 6-7 3's, 4-4 ft) in win at Cheyney in first career start ... second game of four-game stretch in double figures ... had 11 vs. West Chester, 28 at Cheyney, 14 at Kutztown and 13 at Mansfield ... at Kutztown, scored 11 in 2nd OT in 93-86 win ... hit double figures in 4 of first 7 games - 16 vs. PSU-Schuylkill, 12 vs. Clarion, 16 vs. St. Thomas Aquinas and 17 vs. Molloy ... named PSAC East Freshman of the Week on Nov. 21, averaging 12.3 points and shooting 7-for-11 from 3-point line vs. PSU-Schuylkill, Gannon (9 points, 3-3 3's) and Clarion ... 4 points in 99-91 (OT) win at Kutztown in PSAC quarterfinals ... 5 points in 66-58 win vs. Mercyhurst in PSAC semifinals ... 4 points in 90-85 win at West Chester in PSAC championship game, including 3-point play during second-half run.

Background: Three-time All-Sussex County and third team All-State as a senior at Hopatcong ... set county scoring record with 2,350 career points, breaking the record of 2,287 points set by former Ohio State player and current Buckeyes assistant coach Chris Jent ... averaged 15 points as a freshman, 21 as a sophomore and junior and 27 as a senior ... led team to North Jersey Athletic Conference championship as a junior (20-7) and senior (19-9) ... earned two letters in baseball, hitting .305 and .333 as a second baseman ... team's most improved player ... member of DARE ... Honor Roll student ... received school's Scholar-Athlete award ... member of National Honor Society ... played for his uncle, Jim Tobin ... brother of Mike Tobin, a four-year letterwinner at forward and ESU's No. 2 scorer and top rebounder on 2010 NCAA Tournament team and 2011 PSAC semifinal team ... majoring in Business Management.

                                 Total         3-Point                    Rebounds   
Year      GP-GS   Min/Avg    FG-FGA   Pct   FG-FGA   Pct   FT-FTA   Pct Off-Def  Tot  Avg  PF-FO Ast  TO Blk Stl  Pts/Avg  
2011-12   32-3    626/19.6   81-194  .418   37-95   .389   59-75   .787  10-28    38  1.2  55-0   60  55   4  27  258/8.1  
2012-13   29-29   793/27.3   74-198  .374   28-88   .318   57-82   .695  10-58    68  2.3  60-1  103  74   6  31  233/8.0  
2013-14   32-30   975/30.5  100-225  .444   27-84   .321   69-92   .750  15-81    96  3.0  63-0  205  83   7  70  296/9.3  
2014-15   28-28   824/29.4   88-197  .447   21-73   .288   58-92   .630  14-50    64  2.3  67-2  178  80   2  63  255/9.1  
TOTAL    121-90  3218/26.6  343-814  .421  113-340  .332  243-341  .713  49-217  266  2.2 245-3  546 292  19 191 1042/8.6  
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    2011-12Freshman

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    6'1" 170 lbs
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    2012-13Sophomore

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    6'1" 170 lbs
    15
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    2013-14Junior

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    6'1" 170 lbs
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    2014-15Senior

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    6'1" 175 lbs
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