Perth Wildcats3 seasonsNICKNAME/S: Earpy
BIO: Matthew Earp was born in Beverly (WA) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Perth basketball program.
Matthew Earp made his NBL debut with the Perth Wildcats at 20 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Played primarily as a backup forward to the ‘Perth Wall’ which included Andrew Vlahov, Scottt Fisher and James Crawford in the Wildcats’frontcourt and reknown for setting ‘bone-crunching’ screens.
In 1995 he was part of the Wildcat’s NBL championship winning team that travelled to the McDonald’s Championship in London that competed against the NBA’s Houston Rockets and Spain’s Real Madrid.
Matthew Earp played three seasons with the Perth Wildcats. He averaged 1.1 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.1 assists in 47 NBL games.
HIGHLIGHTS:
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 22 | Perth | 16-10 (3) | 12 | 75 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 18% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 6 | 8 | 75% | 38% | 23% | 3 |
| 1995 | 21 | Perth | 19-7 (1) | 23 | 98 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 11 | 55% | 53% | 50% | 4 |
| 1994 | 20 | Perth | 16-10 (6) | 12 | 63 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 46% | 1 | 1 | 100% | 4 | 9 | 44% | 50% | 50% | 7 | Totals | 47 | 236 | 50 | 54 | 5 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 39 | 16 | 40 | 40.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 16 | 28 | 57.1% | 48% | 43% | 7 |
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 22 | Perth | 16-10 (3) | 12 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 18% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100% | 0.5 | 0.7 | 75% | 38% | 23% | 3 |
| 1995 | 21 | Perth | 19-7 (1) | 23 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 50% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.5 | 55% | 53% | 50% | 4 |
| 1994 | 20 | Perth | 16-10 (6) | 12 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 46% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.8 | 44% | 50% | 50% | 7 | Total | 47 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 40.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0% | 0.3 | 0.6 | 57.1% | 48% | 43% | 7 |
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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Perth 1991-2003, 276g, 3227pt @ 11.7
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