2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Matthew Bayerowski

22 Matt Knowling

  • Height
    6-6
  • Weight
    200
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Ellington, Conn.
  • Highschool
    East Catholic

Biography

2022-23: Unanimous first team All-Ivy selection...  Named to the NABC District 13 second team... Led the Ivy League and finished 10th in the nation in field goal percentage (.625)... Ninth in the Ivy League in scoring (13.6 ppg.)... Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week... Named the most valuable player at the Rainbow Classic after averaging 21.3 points in three games and leading the Bulldogs to the tournament title... Appeared in 24 games and started 21... Scored 26 points in the win over Eastern Washington in Hawaii... Co-recipient of the Dutch Arnold Award as the team's most valuable player.

2021-22: One of three players to start all 14 Ivy League games... Appeared in all 31 games overall and started 18... Named to Ivy Madness all-tournament team... Averaged 10.8 points, while shooting 63 percent from the field in Ivy games... Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week selection... Recipient of the team's John C. Cobb Award as rookie of the year.

2020-21: Season canceled due to pandemic

High School: 2020 Connecticut Player of the Year at East Catholic High School… Two-time all-state and all-conference selection… Averaged 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists… Scored more than 1,000 points in his career… Helped East Catholic to a 101-5 record and the 2019 state championship during his career… Team also won three conference titles and was ranked No. 1 in Connecticut in 2019 and 2020.
 
AAU: Played for the Middlesex Magic, which won an HGSL Championship… Named to All-HGSL Team.
 
Personal: Volunteered at youth basketball camps and at Jubilee Celebrations at St. Patrick/St. Anthony Church in Hartford… Made two trips to China with his basketball team.
 
Why Yale? “I made a 40-year, not a four-year commitment by choosing Yale. The connections I will make on and off the court will serve me personally and professionally for the rest of my life. Everything that Yale has to offer fits me academically and athletically.”

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-21First Year

    F
    6'5" 195 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2021-22Sophomore

    F
    6'5" 195 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2022-23Junior

    F
    6'6" 205 lbs
    22
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    2023-24Senior

    F
    6'6" 200 lbs
    22