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PLAYOFFS RECORDS 10-11 REVIEW PLAYERS BBALL OPS FRONT OFFICE
HISTORY
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PLAYERS
2006-07
Appeared in 72 games, starting 47… Averaged 12.1 points, 2.9 rebounds
and 1.3 assists in 25.6 minutes… Converted five four-point plays,
the second-best single-season number in NBA history behind Mitch
Richmond’s 1996-97 season with the Sacramento Kings… Finished the
season tied for second in the NBA in free-throw percentage (.904) and
tied for 13th in three-point field goal percentage (.416)… Led the team
in scoring eight times… Scored in double figures 45 times, including
11 games scoring 20 or more… Twice scored a career-high 27 points,
against New Jersey on March 24 and against the L.A. Lakers on Dec. 29…
His 27 points on Dec. 29 began a string of 12 straight double-figure scoring
games through Jan. 22, in which he averaged 18.1 points per game…
His 27 points on March 24 included a career-high 11 field goals in an
overtime game in which he played a career-high 48 minutes… Dished out
a career-high five assists on March 14 against Sacramento… Averaged
13.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 47 starts.
2005-06
Appeared in 78 games, starting six times… Averaged 7.6 points, 2.0
rebounds and 0.4 assists… Shot a team-high .821 (138-168) from the
free-throw line (min. 50 attempts)… Ranked 37th in NBA with .389
shooting from three-point range… Averaged 14.1 points in 22 games
when he played 20-plus minutes, compared to 5.1 points when playing
less than 20 minutes… Scored 10-plus points 25 times and had three
games with 20-plus points… Scored a season-high 26 points against
Toronto on Feb. 10, shooting 5-7 from beyond the arc.
2004-05
Signed with Charlotte on Feb. 23 … Appeared in 25 games and averaged
9.0 points and 2.4 rebounds in 17.2 minutes… Reached double-figure
scoring 12 times… Scored a season-high 22 points at Washington on
April 17… Played a season-high 27 minutes at Chicago on April 2 and
scored 20 points… Posted six consecutive games with 10-plus points
from April 5-16… Made at least one three-pointer in 11 of the 25 games
he appeared… Signed with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA Development
League (D-League) on Dec. 11… Named 2004-05 D-League Most
Valuable Player, leading all scorers with 20.1 points in 24 games… Also
averaged 2.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 31.7 minutes…
Connected on .503 from the field and .605 from the three-point line…
Scored a D-League season-high 43 points against the Florida Flame
on Feb. 9…Was named D-League Player of the Month in January after
averaging 22.3 points.
REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS
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2003-04
Signed by Portland as a free agent on Nov. 7… Appeared in 13 games
for Portland and averaged 1.0 point… Released by Portland on Jan. 7…
Signed by San Antonio as a free agent on March 8 for the remainder of
the season… Appeared in three games for San Antonio and averaged
2.0 points… Appeared in 11 games with the Roanoke Dazzle of the D-
League prior to being acquired by San Antonio… Scored 15.5 points and
registered 2.8 rebounds as a member of the Dazzle.
COLLEGE
Played in 133 games over his four-year career at the University of Notre
Dame and averaged 13.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 0.9
steals… Ranks among Notre Dame’s all-time leaders in games played
(first, 133), game started (second, 125), scoring (sixth, 1,850 points),
three-point field goals (third, 301), three-point field goal attempts (third,
762) and free-throw percentage (fourth, .825)… Scored in double figures
in 96 of 133 career games… Named First Team All-Big East and Honorable
Mention All-America by the Associated Press as a senior.
PERSONAL
Full name is Matthew John Carroll… He and his wife, Melanie, have two
children, Matthew John Carroll Jr. and Charlotte Grace Carroll… Brother
Pat was Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Year in 2004-05 at St. Joseph’s
University… Father John played football at Penn State University…
Grandfather coached basketball at Pittsburgh’s North Catholic High
School and is the winningest coach in Pennsylvania history… Was a
member of the United States Junior National Team during the summers of
1998 and 1999… Helped that team to the Silver Medal at the FIBA World
Championship in the summer of 1999… Played high school basketball at
Hatboro-Horsham High School in Pennsylvania… The only player in the
history of Pennsylvania high school basketball to win Associated Press
Player of the Year honors twice… Scored 2,667 career points in high
school, trailing only Kobe Bryant on the career scoring list in southeastern
Pennsylvania… Participated in the 2007 Basketball Without Borders Asia
in Shanghai, China.
FIELD GOALS FREE THROwS REbOUNDS AvERAGES
YR TEAM GP MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3FGM-3FGA PCT. FTM-FTA PCT. OR-DR TOT AST STL bS TO PTS RPG APG PPG
03-04 POR/SA 16 70 7-16 .438 1-3 .333 4-6 .667 1-5 6 2 1 0 6 19 0.4 0.1 1.2
04-05 CHA 25 430 70-180 .389 13-39 .333 71-83 .855 13-47 60 17 17 2 25 224 0.4 0.7 9.0
05-06 CHA 78 1275 192-476 .403 72-185 .389 138-168 .821 34-123 157 35 47 11 48 594 2.0 0.5 7.6
06-07 CHA 72 1878 285-658 .433 111-267 .416 188-208 .904 35-172 207 91 53 9 73 869 2.9 1.3 12.1
07-08 CHA 80 2016 252-589 .428 105-241 .436 111-138 .804 33-193 226 73 46 19 58 720 2.8 0.9 9.0
08-09 CHA/DAL 55 616 65-171 .380 13-53 .245 21-25 .840 7-62 69 27 21 6 33 164 1.3 0.5 3.0
09-10 DAL 25 121 18-50 .360 4-19 .211 6-6 1.000 4-8 12 6 5 0 7 46 0.5 0.2 1.8
10-11 CHA 54 582 89-199 .447 17-46 .370 40-52 .769 12-56 68 23 17 6 23 235 1.3 0.4 4.4
TOTALS 405 6988 978-2339 .418 336-853 .394 579-686 .844 139-666 805 274 207 53 273 2871 2.0 0.7 7.
Personal Fouls-DQ: 2003-04, 8-0; 2004-05, 37-0; 2005-06, 120-0; 2006-07, 176-1; 2007-08, 187-0; 2008-09, 67-0; 2009-10, 13-0; 2010-11, 43-0. Totals: 651-1