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.

High school career

He was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended

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where he played for head coach

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. 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.

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. He was named to the Second Team All- Atlantic 10. 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. As a redshirt junior, he was named to the Third Team All-Atlantic 10. 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. He repeated on the Third Team All-Atlantic 10 as a senior. He led the Rams to an NCAA Tournament appearance and averaged 13.1 points per game. Matthews scored 23 points in his season-ending loss to Duke in the NCAA Tournament.

Professional career

Matthews signed his first professional contract with Kouvot of the Korisliiga. 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. Matthews averaged 3.7 points, 1.5 rebounds and one assist per game in 15 games. He was waived on January 2, 2020. On January 6, 2020, Matthews signed with the

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. He was waived on January 16 after appearing in two games. On June 18, 2020, Matthews signed with

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of the

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(LPB). In October 2021, Matthews signed with

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of the Úrvalsdeild karla. On 25 March 2022, Matthews scored a game winning three pointer at the buzzer against Stjarnan. On May 8, 2022, Matthews was announced by the Angolan club

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to join the team for the

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. On October 21, 2022, Matthews signed with KR, replacing

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. On January 2, 2023, it was announced he would leave the team following its game against

on 5 January.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, E. C. 1995 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Angola American expatriate basketball people in Finland American men's basketball players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda basketball players Basketball players from Detroit Erie BayHawks (2019–2021) players Grindavík men's basketball players Kouvot players KR men's basketball players Raptors 905 players Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players Shooting guards Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players 21st-century American sportsmen