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Jersey Number 34
Matteo Picarelli
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 195
- Hometown:
- Milan, Italy
- High School:
- Inter-Community School of Zurich (Switzerland)
- Prev School:
- UMBC
Bio
Career Honors / Awards
- Anthony P. Cimino Sr. Academic Excellence Award (2024–25)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023–24)
Career
- Appeared in 128 games with 38 starts at UMBC (2020–23) and Temple (2023–25)
- Averaged 5.6 points per game
- Recorded 711 career points (316 at Temple), 116 rebounds (66 at Temple), 75 assists (20 at Temple) and 155 made 3-pointers (75 at Temple)
- Shot 36.6 percent from beyond the arc
2024–25
- Saw action in 26 contests, earning five starts
- Averaged 2.5 points per game
- Scored a season-high 11 points in a win over South Florida (2/26)
- Recorded 10 points on Senior Day in a victory over North Texas (3/13)
- Closed the regular season averaging 9.7 points over the final three games, shooting 50.0 percent (7-of-14) from the field and 45.5 percent (5-of-11) from long range—all wins
- Received the Anthony P. Cimino Sr. Scholar-Athlete Award
2023–24
- One of three Owls to appear in all 36 games, making 29 starts
- Averaged 7.0 points per game
- Ranked second on the team with 63 made 3-pointers, shooting 36.8 percent from distance
- Posted 10 double-figure scoring outings
- Connected on three or more 3-pointers 10 times
- Tallied a season-high 23 points vs. USF (1/24), tying a career best with six treys
- Scored 17 points with four 3-pointers at Navy (11/10)
- Added 18 points vs. Columbia (11/18)
- Drew fouls on 3-point attempts 12 times over the season
2022–23 (UMBC)
- Appeared in all 32 contests with three starts
- Averaged 10.1 points and 22.5 minutes per game
- Named to the America East All-Academic Team
- Shot 39.4 percent from beyond the arc (67-of-170), ranking fourth in the conference in both 3-pointers made per game (2.1) and 3-point accuracy
- Connected on 71-of-86 (.826) free throws
- Became the first Retriever to make five treys in four straight games (Nov. 18–26)
- Posted a career-high 24 points at UAlbany; added 21 in home games vs. Central Connecticut State and NJIT
- Drilled a career-best six 3-pointers vs. Morgan State
2021–22 (UMBC)
- Played in 25 games, primarily off the bench
- Averaged 2.5 points and 0.7 rebounds in 8.6 minutes per outing
- Shot 44.4 percent from the field and 42.3 percent from 3-point range
- Registered a then-career-high 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting vs. Vermont (2/19)
- Scored nine points against Vermont in the America East Championship game
- Distributed a career-high five assists vs. Maine
2020–21 (UMBC)
- Appeared in nine games as a freshman, averaging 6.3 minutes and 1.1 points
- Made collegiate debut at Georgetown (Nov. 25), notching two points and three rebounds in nine minutes
- Recorded three points in back-to-back contests vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) and George Washington
Background
- Competed on the Italian U16 and U18 national teams at the European Championships, as well as in the 3x3 World Cup
- Averaged 19.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals for Aquila Basket Trento at the 2019–20 Italian Next Gen Cup, posting a 27-point, five-rebound effort in the quarterfinals
- Played club basketball with Aquila Basket Trento and Grasshopper Club Zurich, helping GC Zurich capture the U19 Swiss Championship in 2017
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