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1 Matt Pennell
Matt Pennell
  • Height:
    6'2
  • Weight:
    175
  • Hometown:
    St. John's, NF
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Year:
    3
  • Eligibility:
    3
  • Program:
    BSc HK 3
  • Prev. Team:
    Rothesay Netherwood
  • gp
    20
  • pts/g
    5.2
  • fg %
    39.4
  • 3pt %
    29.4
  • ft %
    77.8
  • reb/g
    2.0
  • a/g
    1.2
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Jan 26 at Cape Breton L, 85-77
Jan 31 Acadia W, 87-80
Feb 9 at UNB W, 67-66
Feb 10 at UNB L, 76-64
Feb 16 at Dalhousie L, 100-79
Feb 17 Cape Breton W, 88-85
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 20 20
Games started - -
Minutes 349 349
Minutes per game 17.4 17.4
FG 41-104 41-104
FG Pct 39.4 39.4
3PT 15-51 15-51
3PT Pct 29.4 29.4
FT 7-9 7-9
FT Pct 77.8 77.8
Off rebounds 11 11
Def rebounds 30 30
Total rebounds 41 41
Rebounds per game 2.0 2.0
Personal fouls 26 26
Disqualifications - -
Assists 24 24
Turnovers 22 22
Assist to turnover ratio 1.1 1.1
Steals 7 7
Blocks 0 0
Points 104 104
Points per game 5.2 5.2
Points per 40 min 11.9 11.9
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Sep 23 Mount Saint Vincent W, 77-62 - 7 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Sep 24 King's College W, 104-47 1 23 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 3-4 75.0 6
Oct 6 at Saint Mary's W, 106-56 - 9 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Oct 10 at Cape Breton W, 90-75 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 at Mount Royal W, 110-80 0 22 3-6 50.0 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 10
Oct 14 Ottawa L, 90-66 0 18 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Oct 15 at UBC Okanagan W, 90-73 0 15 2-6 33.3 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Oct 18 Cape Breton W, 87-82 - 25 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Oct 27 UNB W, 90-86 - 21 4-8 50.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 9
Oct 28 UNB W, 94-74 - 18 2-7 28.6 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Nov 3 at UPEI W, 85-68 - 21 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 4 at UPEI L, 80-61 - 23 5-7 71.4 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 12
Nov 10 at Memorial L, 92-78 - 8 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 11 at Memorial L, 83-74 - 6 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 17 Dalhousie W, 74-62 - 17 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 8
Nov 24 at Saint Mary's W, 84-75 - 25 4-8 50.0 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 11
Dec 28 at Laval W, 87-77 - 15 2-5 40.0 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 7
Dec 29 vs. Ottawa W, 104-81 - 11 2-4 50.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Dec 30 vs. Winnipeg W, 95-92 - 13 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 5 Memorial W, 89-65 - 13 2-6 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Jan 6 Memorial W, 85-75 - 23 3-4 75.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 13 at Acadia L, 113-79 - 23 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 20 UPEI W, 87-79 - 15 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 21 UPEI W, 71-70 - 24 5-10 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 11
Jan 24 Saint Mary's L, 72-62 - 19 3-5 60.0 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 8
Jan 26 at Cape Breton L, 85-77 - 24 4-5 80.0 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 31 Acadia W, 87-80 - 20 0-6 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 9 at UNB W, 67-66 - 9 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 10 at UNB L, 76-64 - 18 1-5 20.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 4
Feb 16 at Dalhousie L, 100-79 - 13 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Feb 17 Cape Breton W, 88-85 - 9 0-7 0.0 0-6 0.0 0-0 - 0
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Sep 23 Mount Saint Vincent W, 77-62 - 7 1 0 1 2 1 0 0
Sep 24 King's College W, 104-47 1 23 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
Oct 6 at Saint Mary's W, 106-56 - 9 1 2 3 1 1 1 0
Oct 10 at Cape Breton W, 90-75 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 at Mount Royal W, 110-80 0 22 2 2 4 3 1 1 0
Oct 14 Ottawa L, 90-66 0 18 1 0 1 2 1 1 0
Oct 15 at UBC Okanagan W, 90-73 0 15 1 1 2 0 0 1 0
Oct 18 Cape Breton W, 87-82 - 25 0 5 5 1 2 0 0
Oct 27 UNB W, 90-86 - 21 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Oct 28 UNB W, 94-74 - 18 1 0 1 2 0 2 0
Nov 3 at UPEI W, 85-68 - 21 0 2 2 1 2 0 0
Nov 4 at UPEI L, 80-61 - 23 0 0 0 1 3 2 0
Nov 10 at Memorial L, 92-78 - 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nov 11 at Memorial L, 83-74 - 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nov 17 Dalhousie W, 74-62 - 17 0 1 1 1 2 0 0
Nov 24 at Saint Mary's W, 84-75 - 25 2 5 7 3 0 0 0
Dec 28 at Laval W, 87-77 - 15 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Dec 29 vs. Ottawa W, 104-81 - 11 0 2 2 1 1 2 0
Dec 30 vs. Winnipeg W, 95-92 - 13 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
Jan 5 Memorial W, 89-65 - 13 1 4 5 1 2 0 0
Jan 6 Memorial W, 85-75 - 23 0 3 3 1 1 0 0
Jan 13 at Acadia L, 113-79 - 23 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Jan 20 UPEI W, 87-79 - 15 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
Jan 21 UPEI W, 71-70 - 24 1 2 3 1 1 0 0
Jan 24 Saint Mary's L, 72-62 - 19 1 3 4 0 4 0 0
Jan 26 at Cape Breton L, 85-77 - 24 0 2 2 3 2 0 0
Jan 31 Acadia W, 87-80 - 20 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Feb 9 at UNB W, 67-66 - 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Feb 10 at UNB L, 76-64 - 18 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Feb 16 at Dalhousie L, 100-79 - 13 1 2 3 1 1 1 0
Feb 17 Cape Breton W, 88-85 - 9 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Sep 23 Mount Saint Vincent W, 77-62 - 1 - 2.0
Sep 24 King's College W, 104-47 1 0 - -
Oct 6 at Saint Mary's W, 106-56 - 0 - 1.0
Oct 10 at Cape Breton W, 90-75 - - - -
Oct 13 at Mount Royal W, 110-80 0 1 0 3.0
Oct 14 Ottawa L, 90-66 0 2 0 2.0
Oct 15 at UBC Okanagan W, 90-73 0 0 0 -
Oct 18 Cape Breton W, 87-82 - 0 - 0.5
Oct 27 UNB W, 90-86 - 0 - -
Oct 28 UNB W, 94-74 - 0 - -
Nov 3 at UPEI W, 85-68 - 1 - 0.5
Nov 4 at UPEI L, 80-61 - 0 - 0.3
Nov 10 at Memorial L, 92-78 - 4 - 0.0
Nov 11 at Memorial L, 83-74 - 2 - -
Nov 17 Dalhousie W, 74-62 - 0 - 0.5
Nov 24 at Saint Mary's W, 84-75 - 0 - -
Dec 28 at Laval W, 87-77 - 1 - 0.0
Dec 29 vs. Ottawa W, 104-81 - 0 - 1.0
Dec 30 vs. Winnipeg W, 95-92 - 3 - 1.0
Jan 5 Memorial W, 89-65 - 1 - 0.5
Jan 6 Memorial W, 85-75 - 3 - 1.0
Jan 13 at Acadia L, 113-79 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 20 UPEI W, 87-79 - 0 - -
Jan 21 UPEI W, 71-70 - 4 - 1.0
Jan 24 Saint Mary's L, 72-62 - 2 - 0.0
Jan 26 at Cape Breton L, 85-77 - 1 - 1.5
Jan 31 Acadia W, 87-80 - 3 - -
Feb 9 at UNB W, 67-66 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 10 at UNB L, 76-64 - 1 - 1.0
Feb 16 at Dalhousie L, 100-79 - 3 - 1.0
Feb 17 Cape Breton W, 88-85 - 0 - -
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2021-22 13 5.2 0.7-1.9 0.2-1.1 0.2-0.3 1.8
2022-23 20 13.4 1.1-2.9 0.2-1.4 0.6-0.8 3.0
2023-24 20 17.4 2.0-5.2 0.8-2.5 0.3-0.5 5.2
2024-25 20 25.7 2.1-6.6 1.6-5.0 0.6-0.6 6.4
Total 73 16.4 1.6-4.4 0.7-2.7 0.5-0.6 4.3

Career Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 13 - 67 9-25 36.0 3-14 21.4 3-4 75.0 24
2022-23 20 - 269 21-58 36.2 5-28 17.9 12-16 75.0 59
2023-24 20 - 349 41-104 39.4 15-51 29.4 7-9 77.8 104
2024-25 20 5 514 43-132 32.6 31-101 30.7 11-12 91.7 128
Total 73 5 1199 114-319 35.7 54-194 27.8 33-41 80.5 315

Career Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2021-22 13 67 5.2 5.4-14.9 1.8-8.4 21.4 1.8-2.4 14.3
2022-23 20 269 13.4 3.1-8.6 0.7-4.2 17.9 1.8-2.4 8.8
2023-24 20 349 17.4 4.7-11.9 1.7-5.8 29.4 0.8-1.0 11.9
2024-25 20 514 25.7 3.3-10.3 2.4-7.9 30.7 0.9-0.9 10.0
Total 73 1199 16.4 3.8-10.6 1.8-6.5 27.8 1.1-1.4 10.5

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2021-22 13 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0
2022-23 20 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.0
2023-24 20 0.6 1.5 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.0
2024-25 20 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.2
Total 73 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2021-22 13 - 3 2 5 3 7 2 0
2022-23 20 - 8 12 20 26 16 12 0
2023-24 20 - 11 30 41 24 22 7 0
2024-25 20 5 7 22 29 24 7 8 4
Total 73 5 29 66 95 77 52 29 4

Career Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 13 1.8 1.2 3.0 1.8 4.2 1.2 0.0
2022-23 20 1.2 1.8 3.0 3.9 2.4 1.8 0.0
2023-24 20 1.3 3.4 4.7 2.8 2.5 0.8 0.0
2024-25 20 0.5 1.7 2.3 1.9 0.5 0.6 0.3
Total 73 1.0 2.2 3.2 2.6 1.7 1.0 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 20 17.4 2.0-5.2 0.8-2.5 0.3-0.5 5.2
Conference 20 17.4 2.0-5.2 0.8-2.5 0.3-0.5 5.2
Exhibition 10 15.8 1.6-4.0 0.7-1.8 0.8-1.2 4.7
Location
Home 10 17.9 2.3-6.3 0.7-3.1 0.4-0.5 5.7
Away 10 17.0 1.8-4.1 0.8-2.0 0.3-0.4 4.7
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 12 17.9 2.1-5.9 0.8-3.2 0.2-0.3 5.2
Losses 8 16.8 2.0-4.1 0.8-1.5 0.5-0.6 5.3
Month
October 2 19.5 3.0-7.5 1.0-3.5 0.0-0.0 7.0
November 6 16.7 1.8-4.2 1.0-2.3 0.5-0.7 5.2
January 8 20.1 2.4-5.5 0.8-2.5 0.4-0.4 5.9
February 4 12.3 1.2-5.0 0.2-2.5 0.2-0.5 3.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 20 - 349 41-104 39.4 15-51 29.4 7-9 77.8 104
Conference 20 - 349 41-104 39.4 15-51 29.4 7-9 77.8 104
Exhibition 10 1 158 16-40 40.0 7-18 38.9 8-12 66.7 47
Location
Home 10 - 179 23-63 36.5 7-31 22.6 4-5 80.0 57
Away 10 - 170 18-41 43.9 8-20 40.0 3-4 75.0 47
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result
Wins 12 - 215 25-71 35.2 9-39 23.1 3-4 75.0 62
Losses 8 - 134 16-33 48.5 6-12 50.0 4-5 80.0 42
Month
October 2 - 39 6-15 40.0 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 14
November 6 - 100 11-25 44.0 6-14 42.9 3-4 75.0 31
January 8 - 161 19-44 43.2 6-20 30.0 3-3 100.0 47
February 4 - 49 5-20 25.0 1-10 10.0 1-2 50.0 12

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 20 349 17.4 4.7-11.9 1.7-5.8 29.4 0.8-1.0 11.9
Conference 20 349 17.4 4.7-11.9 1.7-5.8 29.4 0.8-1.0 11.9
Exhibition 10 158 15.8 4.1-10.1 1.8-4.6 38.9 2.0-3.0 11.9
Location
Home 10 179 17.9 5.1-14.1 1.6-6.9 22.6 0.9-1.1 12.7
Away 10 170 17.0 4.2-9.6 1.9-4.7 40.0 0.7-0.9 11.1
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 12 215 17.9 4.7-13.2 1.7-7.3 23.1 0.6-0.7 11.5
Losses 8 134 16.8 4.8-9.9 1.8-3.6 50.0 1.2-1.5 12.5
Month
October 2 39 19.5 6.2-15.4 2.1-7.2 28.6 0.0-0.0 14.4
November 6 100 16.7 4.4-10.0 2.4-5.6 42.9 1.2-1.6 12.4
January 8 161 20.1 4.7-10.9 1.5-5.0 30.0 0.7-0.7 11.7
February 4 49 12.3 4.1-16.3 0.8-8.2 10.0 0.8-1.6 9.8

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 20 0.6 1.5 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.0
Conference 20 0.6 1.5 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.0
Exhibition 10 0.8 1.2 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0
Location
Home 10 0.8 1.5 2.3 1.4 1.0 0.3 0.0
Away 10 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 12 0.8 1.7 2.4 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.0
Losses 8 0.3 1.3 1.5 0.8 1.6 0.5 0.0
Month
October 2 0.5 0.0 0.5 2.5 0.0 1.0 0.0
November 6 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.0
January 8 0.6 2.1 2.8 1.1 1.4 0.1 0.0
February 4 0.8 1.0 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 20 - 11 30 41 24 22 7 0
Conference 20 - 11 30 41 24 22 7 0
Exhibition 10 1 8 12 20 15 10 10 0
Location
Home 10 - 8 15 23 14 10 3 0
Away 10 - 3 15 18 10 12 4 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 12 - 9 20 29 18 9 3 0
Losses 8 - 2 10 12 6 13 4 0
Month
October 2 - 1 0 1 5 0 2 0
November 6 - 2 9 11 6 8 2 0
January 8 - 5 17 22 9 11 1 0
February 4 - 3 4 7 4 3 2 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 20 1.3 3.4 4.7 2.8 2.5 0.8 0.0
Conference 20 1.3 3.4 4.7 2.8 2.5 0.8 0.0
Exhibition 10 2.0 3.0 5.1 3.8 2.5 2.5 0.0
Location
Home 10 1.8 3.4 5.1 3.1 2.2 0.7 0.0
Away 10 0.7 3.5 4.2 2.4 2.8 0.9 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 12 1.7 3.7 5.4 3.3 1.7 0.6 0.0
Losses 8 0.6 3.0 3.6 1.8 3.9 1.2 0.0
Month
October 2 1.0 0.0 1.0 5.1 0.0 2.1 0.0
November 6 0.8 3.6 4.4 2.4 3.2 0.8 0.0
January 8 1.2 4.2 5.5 2.2 2.7 0.2 0.0
February 4 2.4 3.3 5.7 3.3 2.4 1.6 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

News mentions
Photo credit Nick Pearce
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  • February 16, 2024
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  • February 16, 2024
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  • Article
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  • Article
  • January 24, 2024
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  • January 24, 2024
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  • Article
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  • November 24, 2023
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  • November 24, 2023
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  • November 05, 2023
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Photo credit David Cox
  • Article
  • October 27, 2023
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