MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University men’s basketball student-athletes Emmitt Matthews and Tre Mitchell have been declared eligible by the NCAA for competition for the 2022-23 season.
Matthews, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound forward from Tacoma, Washington, returns to West Virginia after spending last season at Washington. He spent the first three years of his collegiate career at WVU.
For his four-year collegiate career, Matthews has scored 954 points and grabbed 471 rebounds. He has played in 123 career games with 98 starts.
“We are extremely excited to have Emmitt back as a Mountaineer,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said when Matthews’ return was announced. “He is a great teammate who made countless big plays at crunch time during his three years here. We look forward to having his athleticism and shot-making ability around the perimeter in addition to his rebounding at both ends of the floor. His experience will be invaluable.”
At WVU, Matthews played in 92 games with 67 starts, averaging 21.0 minutes per game.
He averaged 6.4 points and 3.5 rebounds, while shooting 40.2% from the field and 73.7% from the free throw line.
Matthews was a three-time selection to the Academic All-Big 12 Team (Rookie Team in 2019, First Team in 2020 and Second Team in 2021).
As a junior at WVU, Matthews averaged 7.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, while averaging 25.9 minutes per game.
He started 25 of 29 games played and helped lead the Mountaineers to a No. 6 ranking in the Associated Press poll.
Matthews matched his season best with 14 points against Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament.
Mitchell is a 6-foot-9, 225-pound forward who attended Texas in 2021-22. The native of Pittsburgh spent his first two seasons at UMass. He will have two seasons of eligibility remaining at WVU.
Last season at Texas, Mitchell started 17 of 24 games played, averaging 8.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. He shot 47.8 percent from the field and 80.0 percent from the free throw line. Mitchell had a season-high 19 points and 11 rebounds at Seton Hall. He had double figures in nine games.
At UMass, Mitchell played in 44 career games with 43 starts. He scored 792 points (18.0 ppg) and grabbed 315 rebounds (7.2 rpg), while adding 52 blocks and 47 steals during his two seasons at UMass. In his 44 games, he reached double figures in scoring 41 times and recorded five 30-point efforts.
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