COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Former Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball sharp-shooter and current NBA G League member Matt Ryan has been selected to USA Basketball's February 2021 FIBA World Cup Qualifying Team, the organization announced on Tuesday.
 
The USA squad will open training camp Feb. 18 in Washington, D.C., and will participate in the second competition window of 2021-23 FIBA World Cup Qualifying games that will see the Americans face Puerto Rico (1-1) on Feb. 24 and Mexico (2-0) on Feb. 27. Both games will be played at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.
 
Tickets for both games are now on sale and range from $10 (plus Ticketmaster fees) to $100 (plus Ticketmaster fees) for courtside seating. For ticket information, visit Ticketmaster or USAB.com/tickets. The full 2021-23 FIBA World Cup Qualifying schedule is available here.
 
In similar fashion to his Chattanooga days, Ryan currently averages 18.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for the Grand Rapids Gold squad of the NBA G League. He's posted three games with 33-plus points and an additional four games with 21-plus points for the Gold since Jan. 5.
 
During his time at UTC in 2019-20 (graduate transfer from Vanderbilt), Ryan became the first Moc to score 500 (507) points in a season since 2014 and marked just the 16th 500-plus point season in the NCAA DI era (1978) for the program. He scored in double figures 28 times, including eight times with 20 or more, to lead the team in scoring at 15.4 points per game.
 
A perennial threat from deep, Ryan connected on 88 made 3-pointers during the season, which marked the most for a Moc since 2011, and featured 25 games with multiple treys. His 10-game streak of two or more 3s tied for the fourth-longest run in program history. Ryan was selected the 2019-20 All-Southern Conference second team.
 
Matt Ryan will be returning to the Roundhouse to pay a visit to the current squad's historic season on Thursday when UTC hosts UNCG at 7 p.m. ET with a chance to clinch at least a share of the Southern Conference regular-season title.