Matthew Warren Mobley (born September 1, 1994) is an American professional

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player for

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of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). He played

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for St. Bonaventure and Central Connecticut State.

Early life

Mobley is the son of Ronald and Pamela Mobley and grew up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of

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. As a child he always begged his mother to go to the playground where he would play basketball against teenagers. Mobley developed into a star at St. Peter-Marian High School and averaged 28.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 7.3 assists per game as a senior. He led the team to the Central Massachusetts Division 1 title game and earned 2012 Hometeam Player of the Year honors and was a finalist for Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year award. He opted to spend a

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and developed into a good scorer after Rene Castro was injured. Besides Castro, who later played against Mobley at Duquesne, Mobley played alongside several future Division 1 players at Worcester Academy: Darryl Reynolds ( Villanova), Matt Cimino (

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) and Matt Panaggio (

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College career

Mobley began his college career at Central Connecticut State and averaged 6.8 points per game in his freshman season. He increased his scoring to 17.2 points per game as a sophomore and earned Second-team All-

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honors. After the season he decided to transfer to St. Bonaventure after developing a relationship with coach

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, sitting out a season per NCAA regulations. Mobley had a season-high 34 points and set a St. Bonaventure record with nine 3-pointers in a loss to VCU on February 4, 2017. On February 22, Mobley finished with 31 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Bonnies past St. Joseph’s, 83–77. He was named to the Third-team All-

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as a junior. He averaged 18.5 points per game, which was fourth in the conference. In addition, Mobley led the NCAA Division I in minutes per game with 38.3. On January 31, 2018, Mobley scored a career-high 35 points and had 11 rebounds to lead St. Bonaventure to a victory over

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, 85–69. As a senior, Mobley averaged 18.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. He was named to the First-team All-Atlantic 10. Mobley set a St. Bonaventure single-season record with 105 3-pointers as a senior and set an Atlantic 10 tournament record with nine 3-pointers in a victory over

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; along with Jaylen Adams, Mobley helped the Bonnies to a 26–8 record. After the season, he was invited to the

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. Mobley was awarded the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the

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, for the week of February 18, 2018.

Professional career

Prior to the

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, Mobley had some workouts with NBA teams: the

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and

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. After going undrafted, Mobley was signed by the Jazz to a Summer League deal. On August 11, 2018, Mobley signed with Proximus Spirou of the Belgian side. He averaged 16.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 41.5% from three-point range. On June 29, 2019, he has signed with

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of the

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. He averaged 9 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. On October 30, 2019, Mobley signed with Sigortam.net İTÜ BB of the

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(BSL). On February 28, 2020, he has signed with

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of the

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(BBL). Mobley played only one game before the season was cancelled. On September 15, he re-signed with the team. Mobley averaged 20 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game. On July 22, 2021, he signed with

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of the Spanish

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. On August 27, 2022, he signed with

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(BBL). On November 20, 2022, Mobley signed with the

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of the

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(PBA) to replace

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as the team's import for the

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. On January 4, 2023, he signed with

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of the

. On October 6, 2023, Mobley signed with Taipei Mars of the

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. He never played for the team as his contract was terminated on November 10. On January 17, 2024, Mobley signed with SLUC Nancy of the

. On March 11, 2024, he signed with

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of the

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(PLK).

References

External links

St. Bonaventure Bonnies bio
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