2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Matt Grace
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Hamilton, Ontario
- High School:
- TRC Academy
CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• 2023 Academic All-Atlantic 10 selection
• Appeared in 149 games, fourth most in program history at the conclusion of his career
• Ended career with sixth highest assist-to-turnover ratio (2.19) in program history (minimum 100 assists)
• Made game-winning field goal in 2022 Atlantic 10 semifinal and 2022 Atlantic 10 championship game
GRAD STUDENT (2022-23)
• Academic All-Atlantic 10 selection, Richmond's second in last 15 years (Noah Yates - 2019)
• Appeared in 29 games with 28 starts, averaging 27.9 minutes per game (third on team)
• Averaged 8.5 points (third on team), 3.8 rebounds (fourth on team), and 2.4 assists (second on team) per game
• Ranked seventh in Atlantic 10, first on team with 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio
• Second on team with 0.7 blocks per game
• Missed four games at end of November with right MCL injury
• Scored career-high 28 points at George Washington on Feb. 8, including 20 in the second half
GAME-BY-GAME
2/21 vs Saint Louis - Second among Spiders with 18 points as UR completed a 15-point comeback ... 2/8 at GW - Led UR with a career-high 28 points, 20 in the 2nd half ... 2/5 vs Fordham - Celebrated his 24th birthday with a career-high and game-high 21 points ... Played a career-high 35 minutes ... 1/14 at St. Bonaventure - Led UR with 16 points ... Played in front of a group of 20 friends and family ... 12/31 at George Mason - Made back-to-back three-pointers to give UR a 1-point lead with 4:51 to play ... 12/21 vs Bucknell - Scored a career-high 20 points, second among Spiders ... matched or set career highest in field goals (7), field goal attempts (14), three-point field goals (4), and three-point field goal attempts (6) ... 12/10 vs Drake - Returned to the starting lineup for the first time since injuring his knee vs Charleston ... 12/3 at William & Mary - Returned to action after missing four games with a right MCL injury ... Led UR with 5 assists and 3 blocks in 18 minutes ... Became third Spider with 5 assists and 3 blocks in a game since 2010 (Grant Golden -2019 at GMU, Terry Allen - 2015 vs Stetson) ... 11/17 vs Wichita St - Did not play due to a sprained right MCL, snapping streak of 73 straight games played ... 11/14 at Charleston - Matched a career-high with 16 points, second on the team ... Shot 5-6 from the field and 4-4 from the foul line ... Left with a knee injury with 1:51 left in OT ... 11/11 vs UNI - Led UR with a career-high five assists
SENIOR (2021-22)
• Sixth man averaged 15.3 minutes per game, sixth on the team
• Averaged 4.1 points (seventh on team) and 2.4 rebounds (sixth on team)
• Second on team in Ast-TO ratio (1.90) and third in blocks per game (0.5)
• Led team in Block percentage (3.5), second in Off Reb percentage (5.9) via KenPom
• Made game-winning FG in A-10 Championship (And-1 with 19 seconds to play to give UR a one-point lead) and A-10 semifinals vs Dayton (3-pointer with 1:40 to play to break a 59-59 tie)
GAME-BY-GAME
3/13 vs Davidson - Made game-winning basket for second straight game, driving to the lane, scoring and drawing the foul with 19 seconds to play ... His foul shot gave Richmond a 63-62 lead ... 3/12 vs Dayton - Scored 12 points on 5-6 shooting, including two of Richmond’s four three-pointers ... Hit go-ahead three-pointer with 1:40 to play to break a 59-59 tie ... 3/4 at St. Bonaventure - Scored all 8 of his points in the 1st half ... 2/22 at GW - Grabbed a career-best 7 rebounds ... 2/12 vs La Salle - Registered a career-high 6 rebounds ... 2/4 vs St. Bonaventure - Matched a career high with 5 rebounds ... 1/25 at Rhode Island - Recorded 10 points and a career-best 5 rebounds ...11/16/21 vs Georgia St - Scored 14 points (2nd highest of career) with 4 three-pointers (career high) ... 13 minutes where fewest for any Spider who scored 14 or more in the last 10 years.
JUNIOR (2020-21)
• One of five Spiders to appear in all 23 games ... Made first two career starts in NIT for Grant Golden
• Averaged 3.3 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game
• Registered 19 assists compared to just four turnovers ... Ast/TO ratio of 4.75 was highest in a season in Spiders history among players with at least 10 assists
• Shot 14-36 from three-point range ... Led team in three-point shooting (38.9 percent) among those with at least 20 three-point attempts
• Scored 5.9 points per game over the final 10 games of the season, including a career-high 16 in the NIT Quarterfinals vs Mississippi State
GAME-BY-GAME
3/25 vs Mississippi St - Scored a career-high 16 points, shooting 6-7 from the field and 3-4 from three-point range ... 3/17 vs Toledo - Made first career start for Grant Golden (finger) ... Played a career-high 24 minutes ... 3/1 vs Saint Joseph’s - Game-tying corner three-pointer at buzzer was originally counted before being waved off after replay review ... 2/14 vs St. Mary’s (MD) - Made a career-high 3 three-pointers for 9 points ... 1/26 at Saint Joseph’s - Scored a career-high 10 points on a pair of three-pointers, a turnaround jumper, and two free throws ... 1/9 at George Mason - Scored Spiders final 5 points on a three-pointer and layup in the paint ... 11/27 vs Morehead St - Played a career-high 17 minutes, totaling 6 points and 3 rebounds, both 1 off his career best
SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
• Averaged 0.9 points and 1.3 rebounds in 29 games
• Averaged 7.8 minutes per game, ninth most on team
• Second-highest assist-to-turnover ratio on the team, at 1.91
GAME-BY-GAME
3/6 at Duquesne - Scored on a 2nd-half pick-and-roll, his career-high fourth straight game in the scoring column ... 3/3 vs Davidson - Attempted a career-high 4 field goals, scoring on a pick-and-roll in 2nd half ... 2/27 at George Washington - Made UR’s first three-pointer of game at 16:00 mark of the 1st half ... 1/2 vs Saint Joseph’s - Keyed UR’s 26-4 run at end of 1st half with 2 rebounds & 2 assists ... Finished game with a career-high 4 rebounds ... 12/3 at Hampton - Scored a career-high 7 points on a pair of three-pointers and a free throw ... Matched a career high with 3 rebounds ... Played a season-high 13 minutes
FRESHMAN (2018-19)
• Averaged 1.2 points and 1.0 rebound in 31 games ... Played 233 minutes, eighth most on the team
• Led team in assist-to-turnover ratio among those with multiple assists (2.67)
• Signed with the Spiders on May 7
GAME-BY-GAME
3/13 vs Fordham - Made go-ahead three-pointer from top of key with 7:29 remaining ... 2/20 vs Fordham - Made both of his three-point attempts for a career-high six points ... 2/6 vs George Mason - Earned standing ovation after recording a pair of offensive rebounds and an assist in 90 second-span in second half ... 12/5 vs Coppin State - Played a career-high 16 minutes and registered four assists, second most on the team ... First Spider with at least four assists in 16 or fewer minutes since Cedrick Lindsay at Fordham on Feb. 5, 2011 ... 11/21 vs Wyoming - Did not play due to illness ... 11/14 vs St. Francis Brooklyn - Swished a three from the corner in the 1st half for his first collegiate points
• Graduated from The RISE Centre Academy in Brantford, Ontario
• Led team to league championship in Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association as a senior
• Averaged 10 points and seven rebounds in three tournament games
• Academic All-League selection as a junior in 2017
• One of four members of TRC Academy's Class of 2018 to sign with a Division I basketball program
PERSONAL
• Son of Kelly and Leslie
• Father Kelly played basketball at Brock University in Canada where he scored 1,500 points and collected 1,000 rebounds ... He is a member of the school's Basketball Hall of Fame
• Younger brother Mike played lacrosse at the Rochester Institute of Technology
• Born on Feb. 5, 1999
