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Show Basketball Preview Special, Fall 2009 Page 11 ZPlayers, in-depth Continued from page 10 Lindsey Spainhower in June, 2008. MATT FORMISANO Junior • Forward • 6-8 • 235 • 2L Centennial, Colo. (Heritage HS) HONORS: Academic All-WAC (2008 & 2009). This Season: Has been a steady player during his first two years at Utah State, but needs to improve his performance to garner more minutes... Can definitely be a big factor this season if he plays bigger and stronger, and becomes an enforcer on the floor... Is a very good perimeter shooter. 2009 Season (SO.): Appeared in 34 games off the bench and averaged 3.2 points and 2.2 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game... Shot 48.0 percent from the field and 63.2 percent from the free throw line... Scored a career-high 10 points against Houston Baptist in the second game of the 2008 Duel in the Desert, hosted by USU... Was 4-of-6 from the field against HBU and added four rebounds, one block and one steal in the game... Recorded a career-high six rebounds in three separate games during the season against Cal Poly, at Utah Valley and at Boise State... Played a season-high 23 minutes against Cal Poly and finished the game with eight points and six rebounds as he was 4-of-6 from the field... Scored the gamewinning basket at UC Santa Barbara with three seconds left in the game following an offensive rebound... Took two charges and had one dunk during the season... Earned academic all-WAC honors. 2008 Season (R-Fr.): Played in 22 games in his first season of action at Utah State and averaged 5.2 minutes per outing... Averaged 1.3 points and 1.2 rebounds per game and shot 36.0 percent from the field and 58.8 percent from the free throw line... His best offensive game of the season was on Jan. 26 at New Mexico State as he scored a season-high eight points on 3-of6 shooting to go along with four rebounds in 25 minutes, which was also a season-high... Also played 19 minutes at San Jose State and 10 minutes against Prairie View A&M... Recorded one dunk during the year... Earned academic all-WAC honors. 2005 Season (RS): Redshirted during his first year at Utah State. HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 15.2 points and 7.0 rebounds per game as a prep senior at Heritage High School in Centennial, Colo... Earned first-team all-conference and second-team all-state honors as a senior as he helped lead Heritage to a 22-2 record and the Final Four of the 5A state tournament... Was second-team allleague and honorable mention allstate as a junior... Also participated in tennis... A two-year member of the honor roll. Personal: Full name is Matthew Scott Formisano... Born Dec. 30, 1985 in Englewood, Colo... One of four children of Howard and Diane Formisano... Majoring in political science with a minor in Spanish... Enjoys going to the mountains... Served a two-year LDS Church Mission in Mexico City, Mexico... Last name is pronounced Form-a-saw-no. TYLER NEWBOLD Junior • Guard • 6-4 • 200 • 2L Payson, Utah (Payson HS) HONORS: National leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.96-to-1.00) during the 2009 season; Academic All-WAC (20 08 & 2009). This Season: Understands every phase of the game and gives maximum effort every day... A very good all-around player who needs to become more consistent offensively... Brings a lot of intangibles to the table as a twoyear starter... Has started 60 straight games for USU and has scored in double-figures 20 times in his career, including two 20-point games... Ranks fourth all-time at Utah State in three-point shooting at 43.1 percent (94-218), is eighth all-time in three-pointers made (94), and ninth all-time in three-point attempts (218). 2009 Season (SO.): Started all 35 games at shooting guard and led the team in minutes played with 1,134 (32.4 mpg), which ranks sixth all-time in school history for a singleseason... Averaged 9.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, while shooting 43.1 percent from the field, 39.5 percent from three-point range, and 76.2 percent from the free throw line... Finished the year with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.96-to1.00, which led the nation and ranked first all-time at Utah State... Also ranked seventh in the WAC in threepoint shooting and 10th in assists per game... Led the team with 60 made thee-pointers and was tied for the team lead in three-point attempts ZContinued on pg. 13 While you are waiting for the basketball season to start... GET LOST in the green canyon corn maze Now Haunted on Weekends Monday -Thursday 5-11 Friday 5-12 Saturday 2-12 Adults $6 Children $4 Get $1.00 OFF coupon from our website! (But NO nibbling on the ears!) www.greencanyonfarms.com 435-770-7547 2850 North 200 East (Next to Eccles Icea Arena) |