Release courtesy of Chuck Stogel, MBWA
NEW YORK – Molloy's Rob Matos was named to the Met Basketball Writers Association Division II First Team, it was announced on Thursday morning.
An All-ECC First Team pick this year, Matos continued to be a scoring force for Molloy in his second season, ending the regular season with a stat line of 657 points (24.3 per game), .449 field goal percentage, 117 assists, 75 rebounds, and 26 steals. He topped 20 points in 21 of 26 contests and made double-digit field goals in seven. Matos netted his 1,000th career point this season, meeting the milestone in just 45 contests.
St. Thomas Aquinas' Shaun Arnold and Hartnel Haye alongside Staten Island's Messiah Mallory were selected to the All-Met Second Team while Derrick James and Luis Risquez of STAC earned All-Met Third Team nods.
The 2024-25 All-Met teams will be honored at the 92nd MBWA Haggerty Awards dinner on Thursday, April 24, at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center in Tarrytown, NY. The Haggerty dinner is the longest running, media-managed college basketball awards program in the United States.