Matt Cross
Player
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Number: 33
Position: F
Height: 6' 7“
Weight: 230
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Birthday: February 21, 2001
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At UMass

Committed to UMass on 4/25/22.
2) UMass made it official on 5/10.
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Cross requested a waiver to the usual NCAA transfer rules after leaving Louisville, and it was granted, making him eligible to play for us in 2022-23.
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NIL partner with The Mass Collective
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2022-23 Junior year
Pre-UMass
Louisville (2021-22)
Announced his commitment to Louisville on 2/25/21.
9) Louisville announced it officially in mid-March.
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Double figure scorer in nine games in 2021-22, starting nine games for the Cardinals.
Third on the team in blocked shots with 14, including 11 in ACC games.
Produced his first career double-double against
North Carolina on Feb. 1 with 13 points and a career-best 15 rebounds. Cross knocked down 3-of-5 three-pointers, his sixth game this season with multiple threes.
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Contributed 13 points and a season-high seven rebounds
at NC State (12/4), including a three-pointer with 28 seconds remaining to break the tie game.
Scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds vs.
Maryland (11/27), including burying a three-pointer that pulled UofL from a three-point deficit late in the game.
Scored 14 points, making all four of his three-point attempts, to lead four Cardinals in double figures against
Navy (11/15).
Totaled 15 points, five rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot against
Southern (11/9) to tie for 13th in scoring for a UofL debut. Cross suffered a dislocated ring finger on his right hand, but returned to play with the finger taped.
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Opted to transfer out of Louisville after they cut ties with head coach
Chris Mack.
Miami FL (2020-21)
Season did not count towards eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Appeared in the first 14 games, starting nine of them.
Averaged 6.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Added 20 assists, 11 steals and seven blocked shots in the season.
Set Miami’s ACC-era freshman 3-point percentage record with a 40.0 clip on 20-of-50 shooting.
Twice shot 4-of-6 from deep to tie for the fifth-best single-game mark by a Hurricane freshman in the ACC era.
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Clemson (1/2), logged the most assists (seven) in a game by a Miami freshman since Chris Lykes on 3/3/18.
Third Miami freshman in the ACC era to start the season opener (
North Florida 11/29), including the first in seven years.
Scored in double figures four times, pulled down five-plus boards three times and reached five assists once.
Paced the Hurricanes in steals and blocks twice each, as well as points and assists once apiece.
Notched 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting to go along with seven rebounds and two blocks versus North Florida (11/29) in the opening game.
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Totaled nine points and a career-best seven assists in 31 minutes against Clemson (1/2). The seven dimes were the most for a Miami freshman in three years.
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Posted 16 points in the win over
No. 16/18 Louisville (1/16), shooting 4-of-6 on 3-pointers and 4-of-4 at the line. Also notched four rebounds and two assists.
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Miami announced the next day that Cross was no longer with the team.
11)12)13)14) The Miami Herald reported “no serious disciplinary issues,” but no further explanation was given by the school.
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Statistics
Season | School | Conf | G | GS | MP | MPG | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | PTS | PPG | ORB | DRB | TRB | RPG | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FO |
2020-21 | Miami (FL) | ACC | 14 | 9 | 370 | 26.4 | 35 | 78 | .449 | 15 | 28 | .536 | 20 | 50 | .400 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 97 | 6.9 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 3.5 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 0 |
2021-22 | Louisville | ACC | 28 | 9 | 537 | 19.2 | 56 | 146 | .384 | 31 | 58 | .534 | 25 | 88 | .284 | 25 | 36 | .694 | 162 | 5.8 | 35 | 73 | 108 | 3.9 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 33 | 56 | 0 |
2022-23 | UMass | A-10 | 25 | 23 | 671 | 26.8 | 102 | 254 | .402 | 76 | 180 | .422 | 26 | 74 | .351 | 74 | 93 | .796 | 304 | 12.2 | 58 | 99 | 157 | 6.3 | 44 | 37 | 14 | 54 | 48 | 1 |
Career | Overall | 67 | 41 | 1578 | 23.6 | 193 | 478 | .404 | 122 | 266 | .459 | 71 | 212 | .335 | 106 | 137 | .774 | 563 | 8.4 | 108 | 206 | 314 | 4.7 | 77 | 65 | 35 | 108 | 126 | 1 |
From Sports-Reference.com: Stats, Game Logs
Career highs
Through the 2022-23 season
| UMass | Louisville | Miami (FL) |
Points | 28 - Davidson (2/4/23) | 15 - vs Southern (11/9/21) | 16 - twice, last vs Louisville (1/16/21) |
Field Goals | 10 - Davidson (2/4/23) | 6 - vs Southern (11/9/21) | 6 - at VA Tech (12/29/20) |
Field Goals Att. | 16 - vs Murray St. (11/18/22) | 14 - at Virginia (1/24/22) | 9 - vs Jacksonville (12/19/20) |
3-Point FG | 3 - La Salle (1/11/23) | 4 - vs Navy (11/15/21) | 4 - twice, last vs Louisville (1/16/21) |
3 - Richmond (1/25/23) |
3-Point FG Att. | 6 - vs Murray St. (11/18/22) | 8 - at Florida State (1/8/22) | 6 - twice, last vs Louisville (1/16/21) |
6 - Richmond (1/25/23) |
Free Throws | 12 - Rhode Island (1/14/23) | 4 - at NC State (12/4/21) | 4 - vs Louisville (1/16/21) |
Free Throw Att. | 14 - Rhode Island (1/14/23) | 6 - vs Boston College (1/19/22) | 4 - vs Louisville (1/16/21) |
Rebounds | 14 - vs Murray St. (11/18/22) | 15 - vs UNC (OT, 2/1/22) | 8 - vs Jacksonville (12/19/20) |
Assists | 5 - at VCU (1/17/23) | 2 - three times, last vs Boston College (1/19/22) | 7 - vs Clemson (1/2/21) |
5 - at Saint Joseph's (1/21/23) |
Blocks | 2 - vs Hofstra (12/11/22) | 2 - three times, last vs Notre Dame (1/22/22) | 2 - twice, last at Syracuse (1/19/21) |
2 - at La Salle (2/11/23) |
Steals | 5 - UMass-Lowell (12/8/22) | 3 - vs UNC (OT, 2/1/22) | 2 - three times, last vs Louisville (1/16/21) |
Minutes | 36 - at Fordham (2/8/23) | 39 - vs UNC (OT, 2/1/22) | 32 - at NC State (1/9/21) |
36 - at La Salle (2/11/23) |
Current highs available at RealGM.com
High/Prep school
Averaged 18.6 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a senior in helping Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H. achieve a 37-3 record, a 2019-20 NEPSAC runner-up finish and a National Prep Championship title.
Ranked among the top 100 high school student-athletes in his 2020 recruiting class, including No. 86 in the ESPN 100, No. 93 in the 247Sports composite rankings, and No. 99 by Rivals.com.
Earned first team All-NEPSAC Class AAA honors.
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Personal
Matthew Jacob Cross, born Feb. 21, 2001.
Son of Jim and Cyndi Cross. Has an older brother, Nick, and an older sister, Jess.
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Majored in sport administration at Louisville.
Wears uniform number 33 because Hall of Famer
Larry Bird also wore that number. Larry Bird and
Ray Lewis have had the greatest influence on his athletic career.
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Best moment of his athletic career to date
(written in 2021) was scoring the game-winning basket with three seconds remaining at
TD Garden in the semifinals of the Massachusetts Division 4 state semifinal for St. Mary’s High School in Lynn, Mass.
Suffered a compound fracture in his right leg playing football in high school on Dec. 16, 2016 as a ninth-grader playing for St. Mary’s in the 2016 Division 3A Super Bowl at
Gillette Stadium and lost about a year of competition, missing his ninth grade season of basketball.
When playing basketball as a kid, he pretended he was always hitting the game-winning shot.
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Enjoys playing video games, watching movies and listening to music in his spare time.
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Favorites
Per his Louisville bio
Basketball Player: Larry Bird
NBA Team: no particular team
Athlete, other than a basketball player: Ray Lewis, Rob Gronkowski
Movies: Lone Survivor, American Sniper, Forrest Gump, Wolf of Wall Street
TV Shows: Game of Thrones, Naruto
Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
Website: YouTube
Instagram Follow: @margotrobbie
Musical Group/Singer: George Strait, Rod Wave
TV Sports Personality: Marshawn Lynch
Food: breakfast
Midnight Snack: oatmeal
Vacation Spot: Bahamas
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