MATT COLEMAN III

Made nine appearances across the regular season and playoffs for Ottawa during the 2023 CEBL season … Had his highest scoring CEBL game on 7/27/23 when he provided 17 points as Ottawa wrapped up the regular season with a 90-89 loss vs. Vancouver 

2024-25: Has played in 20 games for Hapoel Haifa (I-BSL) and leads the team in total assists (89) and points per-game (15.0) … Is tied for first in steals per-game (1.6) … Recorded his first career international double-double when he provided a season-high in points (29) and assists (12) on April 7 vs. Hapoel Upper Galilee Safed (116-112 loss)

2023-24: Spent the entire season with Dziki Warszawa (P-OBL) and led the team in assists per-game (3.6) and steals per-game (1.4) … Ranked fourth in minutes (26.4) and in a tie for fourth in points (12.1) per-game … Scored a game high 20 points, and added a season-high four assists, in Dziki’s 68-58 win at Rawlplug Sokol Lancut … Concluded the season with multi-point efforts in 13 of his final 14 games

2022-23:  Played seven NBA Summer League games with the Sacramento Kings and averaged 5.9 points and 2.7 assists per-game … Began the overseas portion of his season with Besiktas Icrypex in the Turkish BSL and started five of the six regular season games in which he appeared … Averaged 10.0 points and 2.7 assists per-game before joining Torku Konyaspor in the same league … Had his most effective game with Torku on 12/17/22 when he scored 17 points and provided eight rebounds at Bahcesehir Koleji (90-77 loss) … Joined Peristeri BC and made his debut on 2/11/23 at AS Karditsas (86-80 loss) … Played in 17 games with the club and averaged 3.4 points and 1.4 rebounds per-game … Made his CEBL debut with Ottawa on 7/2/23 vs. Winnipeg (99-86 win) eventually playing in nine games … Ranked fourth on the BlackJacks in assists (37) and steals (15)

2021-22:  Signed a contract with Sacramento on 9/23/21 and participated in six total NBA Summer League games averaging 7.8 points and 2.3 assists per-game … Appeared in three preseason games for the Kings … Joined the Stockton Kings (G League) as an affiliate player and started all 32 of his appearances in the regular season … Ranked second on the team in assists per-game (5.1) and steals per-game (1.4) … Made his regular season debut on 1/5/22 vs. Birmingham (103-80 win) and scored 10 points with four assists 

COLLEGE CAREER

2020-21: Led the Texas Longhorn (Big 12) in assists (109), steals (32) and games played (27) while ranking second in scoring (356) … Established a new personal NCAA single-game high in points when he scored 30  on 3/13/21 in Texas’ Big 12 Tournament final victory vs. Oklahoma State (91-86 win) … Named the Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Played his final game for Texas on 3/20/21 with a first round NCAA Tournament loss to Albilene Christian (53-52) and scored nine points to give him 1,448 career NCAA points - the 17th most in program history … His 802 career points in Big 12 contests established a new Texas program record while his 477 career assists placed him fourth all-time

2019-20: Started 30 of Texas’ 31 games on the year, missing only a contest on 2/19/20 vs. TCU (70-56 win) due to injury … All-Big 12 Third Team selection … Led the team in scoring (12.7), assists (3.4) and minutes (33.6) per-game … Reached double figures in a single game a team high 22 times, including four 20-plus point performances … Tied the Texas single-game record for most three-point field goals made without a miss (minimum six attempts) and became the fourth player in team history to hit six-of-six threes in a game on 11/21/19 vs. Georgetown (82-66 loss) … Recorded a made field goal at the 18:11 mark of the second half vs. Texas Tech (62-57 loss) to become the 38th player in Texas history to reach the 1,000-point mark

2018-19: Recognized as an Honourable Mention All-Big 12 selection and was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Led Texas in assists (3.4), minutes (30.7) and free throw percentage (.785) while sitting fourth in points per-game (9.8) … Posted a 127-to-63 assist-to-turnover ratio (2.02) … Recorded a season-high 22 points on 12/9/18 vs. Purdue (72-68 win) … Set a season-high with 10 assists against just one turnover in 25 minutes vs. Iowa State (86-69 win)

2017-18: Started all 34 games in his freshman season at Texas … Was an Honourable Mention All-Big 12 selection … Led the team in assists (4.1), ranked second in minutes (34.0) and fourth in scoring (10.2) … Reached double figures in scoring in a game 16 times and eclipsed the 20-point mark on four occasions … Recorded 11 points and seven assists in his NCAA debut on 11/10/17 vs. Northwestern State (105-59 win) putting him in a tie for the third-highest number of assists in a freshman debut in program history … Had a season-high 25 points, with four assists, in Texas’ 87-83 overtime loss vs. Nevada in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament on 3/16/18

PERSONAL

Son of Clifford and Devona Coleman … Father played basketball at Newport News Apprentice School (NCAA Division III) and is now the head coach at Bryant and Stratton Junior College (Newport News, Va.) … Has one younger brother, Chase, who played for four years at Virginia (ACC) … Ranked as the No. 29 overall prospect in the nation by ESPN following his senior season of high school … Helped Team USA to a gold medal at the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Valdivia, Chile by way of averaging 7.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per-game