Matthew Garnell Morgan (born November 7, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for

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of the French Pro A. He played college basketball for

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High school career

Morgan attended

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, joining the varsity team as a sophomore. He scored 760 points during his junior season. His jersey was retired on senior night as he helped his team claim a share of the South Piedmont championship. Morgan graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer though his records were since broken by

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He received scant collegiate recruiting attention, eventually signing with

College career

As a freshman, Morgan compiled six

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rookie of the week honors and was named league player of the week after scoring a school freshman-record 33 points in a win against

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. He earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors, averaging 18.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game. As a sophomore, Morgan led the Ivy League in scoring, averaging 18.1 points to go with 4.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.8 steals per game. He was named to the Second Team All-Ivy League. Morgan averaged 22.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game as a junior, earning First Team All-Ivy League honors. Following the season, he declared for the

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but ultimately returned to school. On January 9, 2019, Morgan scored a career-high 38 points including a school-record nine 3-pointers in an 86-74 win over

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. He also became the second Cornell player to surpass 2,000 points after

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and set a school record for career free throws with 438 in the victory. As a senior, Morgan averaged 22.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game while shooting 51 percent from the floor and 43 percent from 3-point range. He was named to the First Team All-Ivy League and was selected to play in the Reese’s College All-Star Game. Morgan finished his career at Cornell with 2,333 points, becoming the Ivy League's second all-time leading scorer behind

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Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Morgan signed with the

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for summer league play. He averaged 4.3 points, two rebounds and one assist per game in the summer league. He signed with the Raptors on October 17, 2019, only to be waived on October 20. Morgan joined the

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of the

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and missed the team's second game with an unspecified illness or injury. In the third game of the season, he scored 17 points on 4-of-9 shooting from 3-point range in a loss to the

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, while also contributing five rebounds and five assists. On January 12, 2020, Morgan scored a career-high 21 points in a 123-119 loss to the

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. Morgan averaged 8.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in his rookie season for Raptors 905. The following season, he averaged 8.7 points, 1.0 rebound and 2.5 assists per game. On August 20, 2021, Morgan signed with

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of the

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. On June 21, 2022, he signed with

of the French Pro A.

Personal life

Morgan's father Lamont Morgan played basketball at Georgetown in the 1980s. He has 3 Brothers. The middle brother, Malcolm, is currently playing at Emory & Henry University. The two youngest, Myles and Marcus Morgan are twins and are currently playing college basketball for Roanoke College

References

External links

Cornell Big Red bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Matt 1997 births Living people American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Basketball players from North Carolina Cornell Big Red men's basketball players Le Mans Sarthe Basket players People from Concord, North Carolina Point guards Raptors 905 players