dmvpiranha wrote:

Matthew Moyer
Year: 2016
Position: PF
Height: 6-8
Hometown: Gahanna, OH
High School: South Kent School (South Kent, CT)
AAU Team: Indiana Elite (IN)

Eligibility: Grad transfer; one year of immediate eligibility.

Offers (out of high school): Air Force, Arizona State, Butler, Dayton, Detroit, Florida, Grand Canyon, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas State, Liberty, Northwestern, Ohio, Ohio State, Penn State, Rice, Stanford, Tennessee, UNLV, USC, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Wisconsin, Xavier

Statistics (from Freshman year at Syracuse): 3.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.3 bpg, 0.4 spg; 53% FG, 11% 3-pt, 54% FT per 16.8 mpg with 35 GP.
               (from Sophomore year at Vanderbilt): 3.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.3 bpg, 0.2 spg; 34% FG, 25% 3-pt, 71% FT per 14 mpg with 30 GP.
               (from Junior year at Vanderbilt): 2 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 0.2 apg, 0.4 bpg, 0.4 spg; 30% FG, 17% 3-pt, 48% FT per 12.2 mpg with 25 GP.

Best Performances (against D1 competition): 2/1/20 vs. Florida (8 points, 5 rebounds; 3-4 FG, 2-3 3-pt in 21 minutes) (Last Year)
12/5/17 vs. Connecticut (18 points, 8 rebounds; 7-9 FG, 1-2 3-pt, 3-6 FT in 36 minutes freshman year) (Career best)

Matthew will be pursuing his master's in business at GW (and is also a very gifted violinist!). He will give us some more size down low and it appears pretty good rebounding as well which this team could use. On a youngish team whose only seniors are Maceo and Javier, Matthew can provide some nice mentoring for the sophomores and freshmen. It's worth noting JC will be the fourth coach he's played for in four years, so he will probably have less trouble adjusting to a new system than most. Moyer was the Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year while at South Kent Prep and was a consensus 4 star recruit out of HS (74th overall by ESPN).

Welcome Matthew! Hope you enjoy your time with the Buff and Blue, and we are excited to see you on the floor this fall.

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Well first of all, Congratulations to Matthew and his family becoming part of the GW family!
Will note he has an excellent academic background and interests, making him the 
type of person we need off the court.
A one year graduate transfer can make a difference for the player and his family, as seen in recent years.Alex Mitola literally helped us win the NIT (and brought his brother in for another 4 years). Mo Creek brought us to the NCAA tournament as a key player.
  Now is the chance for Matthew to prove he can overcome injuries and disappointment (much like Mo Creek) and come out stronger in his final year of college basketball.

Welcome Matthew, enjoy your senior year!  

Moyer is averaging 10.7 points and 10.0 Rebounds a game

He's #1 in The A10 in rebounding, #1 in offensive rebounds and at 85.4% #3 in FT %.  That FT % is an enormous increase from his prior track record, really coming into his own as a Colonial.

Perhaps most impressive, his perimeter defense on Guards half a foot shorter than him.  

There’s a lot to like about Moter’s game.  Someone  here remarked that he is Dennis Rodman—and to the extent  grit, effort, and fight, and instincts to be a tough rebounder and defender are exhibited, I’d wholeheartedly agree.   

He also plays lime at times like 4-start recruit whose size alone  dominated high schoolers, but has not translated to the college game.  Every time he puts the ball to the floor, I cringe.  He will usually pursue an attempt to score that he is ill equipped to finish. He doesn’t to have the quickness, ball handling skill, and shooting touch to outmatch college players-/including the William & Mary’s of the world.  To a large extent—and i will acknowledge it has value—his lack of scoring skill has been bailed out by getting  fouls called due to his size.  However, if he’s concentrated on doing the things he does well, I think he and the team could be even better.

His missed dunk lost a game and his move to the basket is NOT something that will work at the DI level. But with adjusting and coaching, he can become a very reliable players sooner rather than later. Reminds me of Iturbe in that regard (and that is meant as a compliment to both Iturbe and Moyer).

This is public as it was posted on his mothers instagram and his Instagram story . Apparently he is one of the players with Covid. The scary thing is you can see in the picture that he is in a hospital setting with a monitor behind him. Hopefully just a matter of extreme caution being taken by the medical team. Prayers for Matthew.

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=inheritannette.r.moyer=inheritContinued prayers appreciated for our Matthew. Covid is nothing to be played with. The George Washington medical staff is taking extremely good care of him. Wish we could be with him. 🙏🏾  =

Hope it's just a precaution.
Fortunately, Matt is young and strong.
Get well soon,Matt!
Our thoughts are with you and your family.

get well Matt, this is a nasty bug