Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Merrimack on November 3, 2025 at 8 p.m.
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Men's Basketball
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South Dakota State University Athletics
2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Mors, Matthew
Jersey Number 11
Matthew Mors
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Yankton, S.D.
- High School:
- Yankton H.S.
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
Bio
PRONUNCIATION
Honors And Awards
2024-25: Played in all 32 games and started in every appearance … averaged 8.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest … played 25.8 minutes per game and shot 49.7% from the field as well as 35.5% from 3-point range … all were career highs set during junior season … scored in double digits in 12 contests … matched season-high 15 points on two occasions, both wins over Duquesne (Nov. 24) and South Dakota (Feb. 16) … tied career high of nine rebounds in game at Montana on Dec. 4 … played season-high 34 minutes in matchup against Eastern Washington (Dec. 7) … chosen as a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
2023-24: Played in all 35 games off the bench for the Jackrabbits … averaged 5.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 10.5 minutes per game … shot 45.1% from the floor … scored a season-high nine points on four occasions … grabbed five rebounds in a New Year’s Eve victory at home over North Dakota … seven more games with at least three rebounds … made 11 3-pointers during the year including two in a Dec. 9 win against Wichita State … played 21 minutes versus Mayville State on Dec. 14.
2022-23: Played in all 32 games and made 15 starts over course of season (all in Summit League Schedule) … averaged 6.5 points and 2.6 rebounds … was 42.9% from the field and made 17 3-pointers while 85.2% at the free throw line … played 19.2 minutes per game … career high was 36 minutes at WIU on Jan. 28 … had 14 games over 20 or more minutes on the court … scored a career-high 23 points going 8-for-9 shooting and 4 of 5 from deep on Feb. 2 versus North Dakota … eight total double-digit scoring games … first double digit scoring game came at NCAA Tournament team Kent State on Dec. 2 … followed with a 15-point, five-rebound performance at Montana on Dec. 6 … had a season-high nine-rebound performance at Omaha on Feb. 18 … totaled 21 steals over course of season as well as nine blocks.
Background: Spent the 2021-22 season at Wisconsin and redshirted during the campaign … originally signed with the Badgers following one of the most decorated high school basketball careers in South Dakota history … was a three-time South Dakota Gatorade Boys Player of the Year … played six seasons of varsity basketball for Yankton High School … recognized as an all-state selection five times and chosen as the Argus Leader Player of the Year on three occasions for the Bucks … Averaged at least 19 points every season at Yankton … earned a state title in 2018 … As a senior he helped lead Yankton to a 20-4 record by averaging 24.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.9 blocks per game … he averaged 19.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals while shooting 51.4% from the field and paced Yankton to the No. 1 seed in the state as a junior before the coronavirus pandemic ended the season in 2020 … best scoring average season came at a 24.4 points per contest clip as a freshman … was ranked as a four-star power forward by ESPN coming out of high school … the No. 1 ranked prospect in South Dakota in 2021 and was the 26th ranked signing at his position nationally that year.
Honors And Awards
- 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- Three-Time Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2023-25)
- 2023-24 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
- 2023-24 & 2024-25 NABC Honors Court
2024-25: Played in all 32 games and started in every appearance … averaged 8.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest … played 25.8 minutes per game and shot 49.7% from the field as well as 35.5% from 3-point range … all were career highs set during junior season … scored in double digits in 12 contests … matched season-high 15 points on two occasions, both wins over Duquesne (Nov. 24) and South Dakota (Feb. 16) … tied career high of nine rebounds in game at Montana on Dec. 4 … played season-high 34 minutes in matchup against Eastern Washington (Dec. 7) … chosen as a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
2023-24: Played in all 35 games off the bench for the Jackrabbits … averaged 5.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 10.5 minutes per game … shot 45.1% from the floor … scored a season-high nine points on four occasions … grabbed five rebounds in a New Year’s Eve victory at home over North Dakota … seven more games with at least three rebounds … made 11 3-pointers during the year including two in a Dec. 9 win against Wichita State … played 21 minutes versus Mayville State on Dec. 14.
2022-23: Played in all 32 games and made 15 starts over course of season (all in Summit League Schedule) … averaged 6.5 points and 2.6 rebounds … was 42.9% from the field and made 17 3-pointers while 85.2% at the free throw line … played 19.2 minutes per game … career high was 36 minutes at WIU on Jan. 28 … had 14 games over 20 or more minutes on the court … scored a career-high 23 points going 8-for-9 shooting and 4 of 5 from deep on Feb. 2 versus North Dakota … eight total double-digit scoring games … first double digit scoring game came at NCAA Tournament team Kent State on Dec. 2 … followed with a 15-point, five-rebound performance at Montana on Dec. 6 … had a season-high nine-rebound performance at Omaha on Feb. 18 … totaled 21 steals over course of season as well as nine blocks.
Background: Spent the 2021-22 season at Wisconsin and redshirted during the campaign … originally signed with the Badgers following one of the most decorated high school basketball careers in South Dakota history … was a three-time South Dakota Gatorade Boys Player of the Year … played six seasons of varsity basketball for Yankton High School … recognized as an all-state selection five times and chosen as the Argus Leader Player of the Year on three occasions for the Bucks … Averaged at least 19 points every season at Yankton … earned a state title in 2018 … As a senior he helped lead Yankton to a 20-4 record by averaging 24.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.9 blocks per game … he averaged 19.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals while shooting 51.4% from the field and paced Yankton to the No. 1 seed in the state as a junior before the coronavirus pandemic ended the season in 2020 … best scoring average season came at a 24.4 points per contest clip as a freshman … was ranked as a four-star power forward by ESPN coming out of high school … the No. 1 ranked prospect in South Dakota in 2021 and was the 26th ranked signing at his position nationally that year.
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