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2008-09 Men's Basketball Roster

4 K.J. Matsui

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 180
  • Hometown Tokyo, Japan
  • Previous School Montrose Christian

Biography

2008-09: Finished career as third all-time at Columbia in three-point field goals made with 173 ... played in all 28 games with nine starts ... set a career best with 19 points at Dartmouth ... scored 17 points in 24 minutes in home win vs. Princeton ... had 14 points in road win at Brown ... made five threes for 15 points, all in the first half, of home win vs. Harvard ... had 11 points in 16 minutes in road win at Penn ... scored 11 points in the second half of Columbia's win vs. Marist at Madison Square Garden.

2007-08: Started seven of the 25 games in which he played ... averaged 7.2 ppg, the team’s second-leading returning scorer ... was ranked among the nation’s best in three-point shooting for most of the year ... finished with a 59 perent three-point field goal percentage to lead the Ivy League ... was just shy of the per-game  minimium to qualify for national rankings, in which he would have finished second in the nation (49 percent) ... ranked sixth in the Ivy League in threes made ... had a hot stretch where he scored 12 or more points in five consecutive games ... scored in double figures six times ... scored a career and season-high 19 points at Villanova ... has 17 points in the win vs. Penn. 

2006-07: Started six of the 25 games in which he played ... scored in double-figures seven times ... had 10 points vs. UC Davis ... had 11 vs. LIU ... scored 15 points at St. Francis (N.Y.) ... scored a career-high 18 points vs. Brown, on 5-of-9 shooting ... shot .392 from behind the three-point line ... ranks in the top-20 in Columbia history in 3-pt FG made with 72 in just two seasons ... averaged 5.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg ... hit at least one three-pointer in 15 contests ... had a season-high five rebounds vs. Harvard ... was also perfect from the floor vs. Harvard going 4-4 for nine points.

2005-06: Played in 27 games, starting 12 ... led the team with 41 three-pointers ... shot .414 from behind the arc ... averaged 19.9 minutes a game ... shot 80 percent from the free throw line ... scored in double-digits eight times ... scored a then-career-high 17 points vs. Lehigh, going 5-of-8 from the three-point line ... scored 16 points at Princeton, shooting 4-of-5 from the floor ... totaled a career-high five assists vs. Troy, also hitting 14 points in that game ... averaged 6.5 points per game, ranking fourth on the team.

At Montrose Christian: Played in the 2005 Nike Hoop Summit for the World Select Team ... was the second-leading scorer for Montrose, averaging 15 points per game ... shot 51 percent from behind the three-point line ... scored seven points in 11 minutes at the star-studded Hoop Summit, despite falling to the USA Junior National Select Team, 106-98 ... the first Japanese Division I men’s basketball player in the country.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2005-06First Year

    G
    6'2" 180 lbs
    14
  • 4

    2006-07Sophomore

    Guard
    6'2" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2007-08Junior

    Guard
    6'2" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2008-09Senior

    Guard
    6'2" 180 lbs
    4