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  Matt Stucki

Matt Stucki

Player Profile

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Pocatello, ID

High School:
Century HS

Height / Weight:
6-6 / 210

Position:
G

Experience:
3VL

A three-time Big Sky All-Academic selection.

2007-08 ... Had his best season as a Bengal, starting all 31 games, leading the team in both scoring and assists ... averaged 11.9 points per game, and he recorded 110 assists as well ... finished 13th in the conference in scoring ... also was fourth in the Big Sky in assists, and ninth in free throw percentage at .744 for the year ... also was ninth in steals, and fifth in assist/turnover ratio ... his 1,058 minutes were the second-most by any conference player last year ... earned Second Team All-Conference honors ... also earned All-Big Sky Tournament honors after averaging 16.5 points per game in the tournament, including a 22-point effort in the semifinals at Portland State ... broke the 20-point mark five times on the year ... opened the season with nine and 10-point efforts at Iowa and Brigham Young ... had his first big game of the year, dropping in 19 at Long Beach State, hitting a career-high five three-pointers ... broke out of a two-game slump in a big way, hitting 11-of-16 shots for a career-high 26 points at Idaho, and he assisted on the winning basket with just 4.1 seconds left in overtime ... also added six rebounds in that game ... he followed that up with 23 points four days later against Boise State, garnering Big Sky Player of the Week honors ... added 15 points at UCLA on 6-of-14 shooting, before reeling off three straight 10-point games, including Washington State and Utah, and a double-double of 10 points and a career-high 10 assists against Northwest Nazarene ... after suffering a broken tooth at Washington, he opened conference play by staying on the floor for 154 of 160 minutes, shooting .500 or better in all four of those games ... scored 10 points in the conference opener at Northern Colorado before recording his second career double-double with 11 points and 10 assists against Eastern Washington ... scored a career-high tying 26 points against Portland State, hitting 6-of-10 from the field and 11-of-13 from the line, adding a season-high eight rebounds as well ... had 15 points and six boards against Sacramento State in Holt Arena, the start of a run of four straight double-figure games for him ... added 10, all in the second half in a double-digit second half comeback against Northern Arizona ... also took a charge in that game with 0.9 seconds left to seal the win, a play that was featured on ESPN's College Basketball Tonight as one of the top plays of the day ... over a weekend series against Weber State, scored 30 points, with four assists and three steals in each game ... had 18 points in the win over Weber State in Holt Arena ... added 13 at Portland State, continuing his solid run against the Vikings ... missed double figures in rematches with Northern Colorado and Eastern Washington, but had seven and six assists respectively ... punished Montana State from the line, going 12-of-13 from the line, part of a 21-point night against the Bobcats ... finished the year with four straight double-figure scoring games ... played all 40 minutes at Sacramento State, scoring 13 points with five rebounds and three steals as the Bengals clinched a Big Sky tournament berth ... scored 11 points in the Big Sky Quarterfinals, adding three assists against Montana ... finished the year off with a masterful performance against Portland State, scoring 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting in the Rose Garden.

2006-07 ... Finished fourth on the team in scoring at 7.9 points per game, and his 9.9 points per game in conference play were third on the squad ... his 47 assists were second on the team, and his 23 steals were third ... scored in double-figures in 10 games on the season, but was particularly strong down the stretch, hitting double digits in six of the final nine games ... averaged 12.2 points over that final stretch ... had a then Division I-career-high with 16 points at Washington State, and he followed that up with 11 points at Texas A&M ... had a season-high eight rebounds at Washington State as well ... continued his stretch of big games against big opponents with 10 points at Illinois ... was 7-for-12 shooting, and he held future NBA draft choice Rodney Stuckey nearly 10 points below his scoring average, as he put down 18 points against Eastern Washington ... tied his season-high with eight rebounds as well ... had a season-high 21 points against Northern Arizona, playing a career-high 42 minutes ... added 16 points the next game against Sacramento State, rounding out a big weekend ... came through again against the Lumberjacks, this time in Flagstaff with 16 points ... had three straight double-figure games to end the regular season, scoring 10 against Portland State, 12 against Montana, and 14 against Montana State ... set a career-high with three blocked shots against Northern Colorado ... recorded at least one assist in every conference game and the conference tournament as well.

2005-06 ... Was Idaho State's top freshman, playing in all 27 games and averaging 3.7 points per game ... he was second on the team in field goal percentage, and he led ISU in effective field goal percentage, which accounts for three-pointers made, with a .652 mark ... scored his first collegiate points when he tallied nine against Great Falls, including 5-of-7 from the line ... had five points on a perfect night, hitting his only three-pointer and both free throws against North Dakota State ... had a career night with 23 points on a perfect 7-for-7 night from the field, including 4-of-4 from three-point land ... also had seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals ... nearly had a double-double the next game, scoring nine points and grabbing a season-high nine rebounds against Binghamton ... had eight points and four boards against Arkansas-Little Rock ... that game ended a stretch where Stucki made 14-of-16 field goals, and 6-of-8 three-pointers ... scored six points against Northern Arizona, including 4-for-4 from the free throw line ... had five points in back-to-back games, against Weber State and Montana State ... had four points and three key assists in a road win against Utah Valley State.

High School ... Prepped at Century High School in Pocatello ... as a senior in 2002, he was named the 4A Player of the Year by the Idaho State Journal ... led the Century Diamondbacks to a 4A state title as a senior ... averaged 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 66 percent from the field and 57 percent from three-point range ... also shot 82 percent from the line ... was a two-time All-State, All-Area, and All-Conference pick ... once was named the Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year.

Personal ... his parents are Clair and Sari Stucki ... his birthday is September 28, 1983 ... majoring in management ... is married to former ISU women's basketball player Chelsey Chambers, and they are expecting their first child in December of 2008.



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