Matthew Allen Ganuelas-Rosser (born June 13, 1990) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the

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of the

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(PBA). He played college basketball for the

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school

Cal Poly Pomona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''name'' section of this article for more infor ...

. He was recruited to play for the

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during their 2012 William Jones Cup campaign. He was drafted 4th overall by NLEX in the

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Early life and high school career

Ganuelas-Rosser was born in

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, where his father James Rosser and mother Gina Ganuelas met. James is a retired U.S. Navy who was stationed in

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for many years. But the

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eruption in 1991 forced the Rossers to move to San Diego when Matt was just two years old. When he was six, he started to love the sport of basketball. When he went to middle school, his potential slowly began to show. He played four years of high school basketball in

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where he was the tallest player on the team. Scouts from various Division I colleges started to notice him. But a knee injury sidelined him in his senior year where he missed 15 games. Despite the injury, he averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds per game.

College career

Rosser played for

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Broncos from 2008 to 2012. During his four years at Cal Poly Pomona, he finished seventh all-time in games played and helped the

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capture the 2010 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.

College statistics

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, 25 , , 9.80 , , .410 , , 0.0 , , .680 , , 0.9 , , .36 , , .24 , , .32 , , 2.0 , -

Professional career

On August 24, 2014, Ganuelas-Rosser was picked by the NLEX Road Warriors in the

as their 4th overall pick. On September 22, 2014, Rosser was sent from NLEX to Talk 'N Text which is a part of a series of trades between Talk 'N Text, GlobalPort, and the NLEX Road Warriors. That season, he was in the Rookies vs. Sophomores exhibition game and won MVP, scoring 24 of his 32 points in a 150-131 win. He also scored his PBA elimination round high of 22 points in a win against the San Miguel Beermen. On April 24, 2017, Ganuelas-Rosser was traded by the

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to the San Miguel Beermen in exchange for

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. On January 24, 2018, Ganuelas-Rosser grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds to go along with 10 points and 4 steals in a 107–93 win over the NorthPort Batang Pier. On February 2, 2021, Ganuelas-Rosser, along with

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, and two future first-round picks, was traded to the

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for CJ Perez. On December 31, he became an unrestricted free agent and subsequently declined a new contract with the team. On January 21, 2022, Ganuelas-Rosser signed with

to return to the franchise that drafted him.

PBA career statistics

''As of the end of 2021 season''

Season-by-season averages

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International career

Ganuelas-Rosser is part of the

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team that brought home the gold during the

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. During the

, he played in 3 out of the 8 games, averaging 9.6 MPG, 2.67 PPG and 1.67 RPG. He was also part of the Sinag Pilipinas team that won the gold medal in the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar. After his rookie season in the PBA, he was named to the 16-man Gilas Pilipinas 3.0 pool and saw action in both the Estonia pocket tournament and in the

2015 William Jones Cup The 2015 William Jones Cup was the 37th staging of William Jones Cup, a top-level international basketball tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Taiwan from 29 August until 6 September 2015. All games were played in Xinchuang Gymnasi ...

. After a successful stint in the Jones Cup, he was named to the 12-man Gilas Pilipinas roster that competed in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha and won the silver medal.

Personal life

Ganuelas-Rosser has two younger brothers,

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and Jason, and has a degree of Business Management. He enjoys watching movies, listening to music and eating in his free time. Brandon is currently playing for the NLEX Road Warriors. He was drafted #1 overall by

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in the 2022 PBA draft.

References

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