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2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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  • G/F
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Austin, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'9
    Height
  • 225
    Weight
  • Westlake HS
    High School
  • Westlake HS
    Previous School
Matthew Mayer
#24
Matthew Mayer
G/F
Position
Senior
Class
Austin, Texas
Hometown

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2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Selection … Played 126 games with 33 starts in four seasons at BU … All 33 starts came in his senior year … Scored in double-figures in 38 of 126 career games … Named to six-player 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 Team ... Played off the bench in 93 games during his Baylor career, and had 21 games with 10+ points off the bench … Notched double-figure scoring off the bench in 11 of 29 games in 2021 after doing so in 10 of his previous 63 games his first two seasons … Four-star recruit from Austin’s Westlake High School, ranked among top-100 recruits in 2018 class by ESPN and 247Sports.
 
2021-22 (Senior): Started all 33 games played … Finished third on the team with 33 three-pointers made … Finished fourth on the team in three-points percentage (.324) among players with at least 40 attempts … All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Preseason All-Big 12 Team … Named to Naismith and Wooden Award Preseason Watch Lists … Led the team in scoring three times; BU went 3-0 in those games … Made career-first start and played 94th career game in season-opener vs. UIW (11/12), posting team-high 14 points … Recorded career-high five steals as part of the team’s school-record-tying 21 steals in a win over Central Arkansas (11/17) … Then-season high 16 points and 5 rebounds in 26 minutes vs. Oklahoma State (1/15) … Posted career-first 20-point game, made career-high 5 3FGs and had 4 steals in win at West Virginia (1/18) … Scored all nine of his points in final 3:27 as Bears rallied from nine-points down with 10 minutes left to win vs. West Virginia (1/31) … Recorded 16 points, five rebounds and one block in 28 minutes of win vs. TCU (2/19) … Posted 12 points and 6 rebounds in OT win at Oklahoma State (2/21), career-best 4th-straight game with 10+ points … Career-high 12 rebounds along with 9 points in win over No. 5 Kansas (2/26) … Career-high 22 points along with 6 rebounds in NCAA Tournament First Round win vs. Norfolk State (3/17/22) … Finished the season with 10 points against North Carolina in The NCAA Tournament, his 17th double-digit scoring game of the season.

2020-21 (Junior): Played off bench in all 30 games during Baylor's national title run, ranking fifth on team with 8.1 points per game ... Posted 14 points and added five rebounds in 16 minutes vs. Alcorn State (12/30) … Scored then-season-high 16 points with six rebounds and three assists in 21 minutes off the bench against Oklahoma (1/6) … Posted 13 points in 15 minutes off the bench vs. Auburn (1/30), including 10 points as part of a 20-7 second-half run … Scored then-season-high of 18 points in 27 minutes off the bench to lead Baylor to an overtime win at No. 6 West Virginia (3/2) to clinch the Big 12 title … Logged season-highs of 19 points and seven rebounds in only 21 minutes off the bench vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State (3/4) … Career-high nine rebounds with eight points, two assists and two steals in 21 minutes off the bench in NCAA Tournament First Round win over Hartford (3/19) … Led the team with 17 points to go with six rebounds and two steals in 24 minutes off the bench in NCAA Tournament Second Round win over Wisconsin (3/21) … Posted 12 points and four rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench in Final Four win over Houston (4/3).
    
2019-20 (Sophomore): Came off bench in all 30 games, logging double-digit minutes 17 times ... Averaged 8.9 points per game over season’s final seven games, increasing season scoring average from 3.6 to 4.8 points per game ... Scored in double-figures five times, with three of those efforts in final seven games ... Averaged 12.3 points in 17.3 minutes while shooting .621 from field (18-of-29) over final four home games of season against some of Big 12’s toughest defenses (WVU, KU, KSU, TTU) ... Opened season with eight points in 14 minutes off bench vs. Central Arkansas (11/5) ... Helped Bears to Myrtle Beach Invitational title with 10 points (all in first half) in 11 minutes off bench vs. No. 17 Villanova (11/24) ... Recorded second double-digit scoring game of season with 12 points (10 in first half) and five rebounds in 16 minutes off bench vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore (12/3) ... Broke out with then-season-high 13 points and career-high eight rebounds in 17 minutes off bench in win over No. 14 West Virginia (2/15) ... Had 10 points in 14 minutes off bench vs. No. 3 Kansas (2/22) ... Recorded career-high 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting and added four rebounds in 20 minutes vs. Kansas State (2/25).
    
2018-19 (Freshman): Appeared off bench in 33 of team’s 34 games, playing double-digit minutes 21 times ... Had five double-figure scoring games ... Led team in bench points 10 times ... Posted 12 points in 16 minutes off bench vs. Southern (11/10) in second collegiate game ... Recorded season-high 18 points and added five rebounds in 18 minutes off bench vs. Nicholls State (11/16) ... Scored 12 points and grabbed season-high seven boards in season-high 30 minutes off bench vs. Ole Miss (11/23) at Emerald Coast Classic ... Posted 17 points in 14 minutes off bench at TCU (1/5) in first Big 12 game of career ... Had nine points, five rebounds, and season-highs of three assists and two steals in 22 minutes of Big 12/SEC Challenge win over Alabama (1/26) ... Grabbed season-high four steals in 21 minutes off bench in win at Oklahoma (1/28) ... Scored 10 points in 14 minutes at Texas (2/6) ... Appeared briefly in both NCAA Tournament games, totaling two points in seven minutes off bench.
    
High School: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Robert Lucero at Austin’s Westlake High School ... Helped Chaparrals to 36-4 record as senior in 2017-18 while playing on same team with Xavier’s Keonte Kennedy and Texas’ Brock Cunningham ... Ranked No. 93 nationally in 2018 class by 247Sports.com ... Also ranked No. 95 nationally and No. 5 in Texas by ESPN.com.
    
Personal: Son of John and Ellen Mayer ... HKLS major.