Bowling Green State University Athletics
2009-10 Men's Basketball Roster

Matt Karaffa
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Chester, Ohio
- High School:
- Lakota West
2009-10
Played in five games off the bench, scoring two points and grabbing two rebounds … Played a season-high three minutes at Ohio … Scored his only basket of the year at Akron … Grabbed both of his rebounds in the season-opening win over Wayne State.
2008-09
Played in seven games off the bench, shooting 50 percent from the field and 60 percent from the free-throw line ... scored the first points of his career, grabbed the first rebounds of his career, and blocked the first shot of his career during the season ... scored a career-high five points, making both of his field goal attempts, in the team[apos]s win over Ohio that clinched the top seed for the MAC Tournament. Added his first career blocked shot and his only assist of the season ... scored his first career points with a pair of made free-throws in a win over Eastern Illinois ... got his first career rebound in a win over Towson.
2007-08
Played in six games, all on the road ... saw action at Miami in the final regular-season game ... played in two straight games, at Ohio and Detroit ... picked up his first collegiate assist in the Ohio game, on a kickout to Joe Jakubowski for a three-pointer ... also saw action at Western Michigan ... played the final 2:11 of the second half at Akron ... made his collegiate debut in the Indiana State game, seeing brief action in the game[apos]s final moments ... made the team through walk-on tryouts in Oct. 2007 ... joined the active roster just prior to the season opener, and was on the bench for the first regular-season game, against Western Carolina on Nov. 9.
High School
A 2006 graduate of Lakota West High School ... a four-year basketball letter winner ... averaged 10.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game as a senior for the Firebirds in 2005-06 ... scored in double digits in 12 of his 19 games that year, including a season-high 26 points in a win over Princeton ... coached by Mike Mueller ... also played football and golf.
Personal
Matt D. Karaffa was born April 25, 1988 ... son of Mark and Karen Karaffa ... has two older sisters ... finance major at BGSU.
KARAFFA - CAREER STATS
Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg 2007-08 6-0 6/1.0 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0.0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0/0.0 2008-09 7-0 32/4.6 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 3-5 .600 0-2 2 0.3 2-0 1 1 1 0 7/1.0 2009-10 5-0 8/1.6 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1-1 2 0.4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2/0.4 TOTAL 18-0 46/2.6 3-8 .375 0-3 .000 3-6 .500 1-3 4 0.2 2-0 2 1 1 0 9/0.5
GAME-BY-GAME STATS
2007-08
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ at Indiana State 12/22/07 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Akron 1/20/08 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Western Michigan 2/2/08 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Ohio 2/19/08 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Detroit 2/23/08 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Miami 3/9/08 1 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals......................... 0 6 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
2008-09
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vs Concordia-St. Paul 11/16/08 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WAYNE STATE 11/20/08 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 DETROIT 12/14/08 1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOWSON 12/22/08 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 EASTERN ILLINOIS 12/28/08 2 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 0.4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.4 OHIO UNIVERSITY 03/08/09 2 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 1.2 vs Ohio University 03/12/09 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 Totals......................... 0 11 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 3-5 .600 0 2 2 0.3 2 0 1 1 1 0 7 1.0
2009-10
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAYNE STATE 11/14/09 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Xavier 11/17/09 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Akron 01/09/10 1 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.7 TOLEDO 02/01/10 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 at Ohio 3/4/2010 3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 Totals......................... 0 8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4