10 - Matt Kline
Matt Kline
Born: 11/02/1984
Height: 5-11
Weight: 185
Year: Senior
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
High School: Ranum H.S.
Position: G


2005-06: Played in all 29 games, starting 21, including the final 15 of the season ... ranked second among D-I Independent players in assists/game (4.8) ... dished out 139 total assists, which nearly eclipsed his career total in his first two years with the Bears, and entered the school's career top-10 assists list during the season ... averaged 5.9 assists/game over the final 16 contests of the year and dished out six or more assists in six of his final eight games of the year ... dished out a career-high 10 assists on two occasions, versus Oral Roberts (Dec. 11) and at Northwestern (Jan. 1), marking the first Northern Colorado player to have 10 or more assists in a game in three years ... had nine assists against each Eastern Michigan (Dec. 30) and Denver (Jan. 11) and eight assists against each South Dakota State (Nov. 14) and IPFW (Feb. 20) ... registered seven assists at Kansas (Dec. 22), at Utah Valley State (Jan. 21) and at Denver (Feb . 15) ... struggled with his shot during the season but did score 15 points on 3-of-7 3-point shooting against rival Colorado State (Nov. 18) ... scored 14 points at Kansas, where he hit on 6-of-6 from the free throw line ... hit on 3-of-4 3-pointers at Denver ... after not scoring in two previous games and hitting only 3-of-28 (11%) from the field in three previous games, hit on 2-of-4 3-pointers and scored 10 points versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Jan. 28); followed that up with 10 points in a win over Texas-Pan American (Jan. 30) ... grabbed six rebounds in a win over UC-Colorado Springs (Jan. 9) ... averaged 5.1 points and 5.3 assists/game in nine games against fellow Division I Independent teams ... dished out over six assists/game in the Bears victories during the season.


2004-05: Played in 29 games, starting 27 total contests, including the first 23 games of the season ... led the team with 49 made three-pointers, 32 steals and a 29.3 minutes/game average while ranking second in assists (86) and scoring (9.9/game) ... was one of the team's most consistent three-point shooters, hitting a trifecta in 14 straight games during the middle of the season, a streak that was snapped against Denver (Feb. 7) ... hit a season and career-best 5-8 three-pointers while scoring 17 points at Montana State (Dec. 19) ... hit 4-6 three-pointers while scoring 12 points in win over Great Falls (Dec. 4) ... had 13 games with two-or-more three-pointers ... scored a career-high 18 points on 8-17 shooting against Utah Valley State (Jan. 15) ... dished out career-high eight assists and scored 13 points in 35 minutes against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Jan. 22) ... grabbed a career-high six rebounds and scored 13 points at Colorado State (Nov. 22) ... hit a career-best 7-7 free throws at Air Force (Dec. 2) ... played a career-high 42 minutes against each Texas State (Dec. 22) and Utah Valley State (Jan. 15) during the season, the fifth and sixth times during his career he had played 40 or more minutes during a game ... scored 16 points in that Texas State game while hitting 7-10 from the free throw line, including 2-2 free throws in double overtime ... had four steals and five assists in victory over Western State (Nov. 30) ... led team in assists 14 times during the year and in scoring five times, including 14 double figure scoring games ... played 30 or more minutes 14 times during the season ... averaged 10.3 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists/game and hit 15 three-pointes in nine games against Division I Independents ... averaged 11.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists/game in 12 home games during the year ... had a 44-game consecutive starts streak snapped at IPFW (Feb. 10).


2003-04: Played in all 28 games, staring 23 total contests including final 21 of the season ... dished out 58 total assists (2.1/game) which ranked second on the team ... averaged 8.4 points per contest which was fourth among non-injured players ... canned 35-93 three-pointers (37.6%), second most on the team ... scored a then career-high 16 points against each Colorado Christian (Feb. 20) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 7) ... was 3-8 from three-point range against Colorado Christian and 4-6 against Corpus Christi ... played 40 minutes in a game on four different occasions during the season; played all but 23 out of 280 minutes of game time over final seven games of the season ... dished out then career-best five assists against each Iowa State (Jan. 12) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... had career-high five steals in road victory at Texas A&M-International (Feb. 5) ... scored 13 points, was 5-5 from the free throw line and had two steals in game against Regis (Jan. 14) ... score in double figures in five of his final six games of the season.

Prep: Four-year letter winner at Ranum High for coach Jim Montijo ... first-team 5A all-state selection for Raiders as a senior by the Rocky Mountain News ... led all Colorado classifications in regular season scoring in 2002-03 by averaging 27.3 points per game ... finished full season averaging 26.5 points (second overall in state), 7.7 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 4.7 assists per game ... Metro North Regional and Skyline Conference Player of the Year during senior season ... scored 636 total points his senior year and finished career with 1,524 points ... holds school records for career scoring (1,524), assists (286) and steals (229) and ranks second in rebounds (459) ... honorable mention all-state selection after junior season ... three-time all-conference.

Personal: Born Nov. 2, 1984 in Denver ... son of Richard and Paula Kline ... majoring in economics ... member of National Honor Society ... graduated with honors and was a three-time all-conference all-academic selection ... also received recruiting interest from Denver, Nebraska and Iowa State ... father Richard played basketball at UNC during the 1976-77 season.

Kline's Career Highs

Points:        18 vs. Utah Valley State(Jan. 15, 2005)
Rebounds:      6, twice, last vs. UCCS (Jan. 9, 2006)
Assists:       10, twice, last vs. Northwestern (Jan. 1, 2006)
Field Goals:   8 vs. Utah Valley State (Jan. 15, 2005)
FG Attempts:   17 vs. Utah Valley State (Jan. 15, 2005)
3-Pointers:    5 vs. Montana State (Dec. 19, 2004)
3-Pt. Att.:    8, twice, last vs. Montana State (Dec. 19, 2004)
Free Throws:   7, twice, last vs. Texas State (Dec. 22, 2004)
FT Attempts:   10 vs. Texas State (Dec. 22, 2004)
Steals:        5 vs. Texas A&M-International (Feb. 5, 2004)
Blocks:        none
Minutes:       42, twice, last vs. Utah Valley State (Jan. 15, 2005)
Kline's Career Statistics

                                 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
2003-04   28-23   798/28.5   92-221  .416   35-93   .376   17-32   .531  20-45    65  2.3  61-0   58  75   0  39  236/8.4
2004-05   29-27   851/29.3   97-267  .363   49-139  .353   43-56   .768  18-42    60  2.1  60-1   86  69   0  32  286/9.9
2005-06   29-21   759/26.2   60-201  .299   28-107  .262   35-49   .714  16-35    51  1.8  69-2  139  84   0  16  183/6.3
TOTAL     86-71  2408/28.0  249-689  .361  112-339  .330   95-137  .693  54-122  176  2.0 190-3  283 228   0  87  705/8.2
Kline Game-by-Game Statistics
  • 2003-04
  • 2004-05
  • 2005-06