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As a freshman (2009-10): Was an Honorable Mention All-WCC selection and named to the WCC All-Freshman Team...was one of four players to start and all 34...averaged a team and WCC-high 36.4 minutes per game...averaged 12.1 points, 4.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds, 1.2 steals, while shooting 39.0 percent from the field, 39.8 percent from 3-point land, and 85.0 percent from the free throw line...averaged 11.5 points, 4.5 assists, and 2.5 rebounds in the 2010 Zappos.com WCC Championships...in three NCAA Tournament games, he is averaged 8.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game...had 14 points in the win over No. seeded and ninth ranked Villanova...had 21 points, four assists, and two rebounds at Oregon (12/12/09), and was named the WCC Co-Player of the week on Dec. 14 following Oregon game...made his collegiate debut as a starter against New Mexico State (11/13/09), played 30 minutes, had 19 points, four assists, and was a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line...ranked first in WCC and 28th in the nation with a 86.8 free-throw percentage, making 79-of-91 shots from the free throw line on the season...ranks 21st in the country and first in WCC with a 2.5 assist-turnover ratio...had a career-high five 3-point field goals made against Cal Poly (11/23/09), Binghamton (12/29/09), and Loyola Marymount (1/30/10)...scored a career-high 23 points against Gonzaga (1/14/10), also had seven assists in that game...had a career-high nine assists against Santa Clara (1/10/10)...played a career-high 42 minutes against Portland (2/13/10), and played 40 minutes six times...made a career-high nine free throws in the season finale against Loyola Marymount (2/27/10)...averages 4.6 assists per game to rank fourth in WCC...ranks ninth in the WCC with 1.2 steals per game...ranks ninth in WCC with a 41.8 3-point field goal percentage and third with 2.3 3-point field goals made per game...opened the year making his first 25 free throws, which were most consecutive free throws to start a season by an SMC player...had 19 points, seven assists, and four rebounds against Vanderbilt (11/20/09)...scored in double figures in 20-of-29 games...his 363 points ranks as the third best freshman scoring season in school history.
Before Saint Mary's: Comes to Saint Mary's from the Australian Institute of Sport, where he played three season from 2007-09...during the 2008 season he competed in 18 games and averaged 15.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) play...scored in double figures in 16 of the 18 games, with five 20-point performances...in 2009, he averaged 10.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game, in nine games in SEABL competition...during the summer of 2009, he was named to the Australian Boomers squad that competed in Australia's six-game tour of South Africa, a six-game tour of Stankovic Cun in China, and in the 2009 FIBA Oceania Championship against New Zealand...prior to competing for the Boomers squad, he played in the 2009 U19 World Championships and averaged 10.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.1 steals per game for Australia...was a member of the Victorian club team that won a gold medal at the Australian U-20 Men's National Tournament in 2008, when he was the team's leading scorer, and second overall in the event, averaging 18.4 points per game...in 2009 he helped his Victorian team to a bronze medal finish at the U20 Nationals...was selected to play for the U-20 Australian National Team the Emus in April of 2008...helped the Emus' capture bronze at the 2008 Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Germany, when he averaged 13.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 3.6 assists, after scoring 20 against the USA team in the bronze medal game, and at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan...competed in the 2008 FIBA Oceania U-19 men's qualifier, helping Australia defeat New Zealand 3-0 in the series, averaging 10.7 points, 3.0 assists, and 2.7 rebounds in the three games...while competing for the Australian Institute of Sports, he captained the Australian U19 team at the FIBA U19 World Championship in New Zealand.
Personal: Born Matthew Dellavedova to Leanne and Mark Dellavedova on September 8, 1990 in Maryborough, Victoria, Australia...has two younger sisters named Yana and Ingrid...plans to major in Psychology.
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