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Justyn Mutts Season 2020-21

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230 lbsWeight
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Redshirt JuniorClass
Millville, N.J.Hometown
DelawarePrevious School

2023 Reese's Division I All-Star Game
2022 Shriners Children's Charleston Classic All-Tournament Team
2022-23 Preseason All-ACC Second Team
2022 Skip Prosser Award winner (ACC Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
2022 Senior CLASS Award candidate
2022 NABC Honors Court

2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2022 VaSID All-State Second Team
2021 All-ACC Academic Team

2022-23

• Preseason All-ACC Second Team
• Started 33 games
• Shriners Children's Charleston Classic All-Tournament Team
• ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 5 after averaging 21.5 ppg, 10.0 rpg and 65.5 FG% in wins over Minnesota and North Carolina
• Was one of two active Division I men's basketball players to achieve 1,500 career points, 1,000 career rebounds and 400 career assists during the 2022-23 season (Lipscomb's Ahsan Asadullah)
• Pulled down his 1,000th career rebound at Louisville on Feb. 28
• Became Mike Young's first-ever 1,000-point, 1,000-rebound player in his 21 seasons as a head coach
• Scored his 1,000th point as a Hokie at Cincinnati on March 15 – the final game of his Tech career (finished with a team-high 19)
• Finished with five or more assists in 15 games
• Delivered a team-best nine double-doubles
• Reached double-figure scoring 26 times and double-figure rebounding nine times
• Led Tech in rebounding 22 times
• Shot over 50% from the floor in 26 games
• Averaged 13.3 points per game, while shooting 56.8% from the floor
• Led Tech in rebounding at 7.4 per game
• Posted a team-best 152 assists
• Competed in the 2023 Reese's All-Star game, delivering 13 points, 11 rebounds and four assists for the East

2021-22
• Tech's most versatile player
• Started all 36 games
• Elite defender that registered multiple blocks nine times
• Recorded the Hokies' second-ever triple-double in program history against Syracuse (12 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists)
• In addition to his defense, Mutts was also an elite passer, finishing with five or more assists in nine games
• Delivered four double-doubles
• Reached double-figure scoring 17 times and double-figure rebounding nine times
• Led Tech in rebounding 19 times
• Shot over 50% from the floor in 26 games
• Tallied his 1,000th career point vs. Georgia Tech - the same night Keve Aluma accomplished the feat as well
• Averaged 10.1 points per game, while shooting 53.7% from the floor
• Led Tech in rebounding at 7.3 per game
• Posted a team-best 123 assists
• Named the Skip Prosser Award winner given to the scholar-athlete of the year in ACC men's basketball

2020-21
• Played in all 22 games, drawing 21 starts
• Recorded six points, five rebounds, four assists and a block against seventh-seeded Florida (3/19) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
• Went off versus North Carolina (3/11) in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, tallying a season-high 24 points on 10-of-16 shooting, hitting three 3-pointers, and owning eight rebounds, an assist, one steal and a block
• Tallied nine points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block against Wake Forest (2/27)
• Recorded nine points, five rebounds, one assist and a block versus Georgia Tech (2/23)
• Displayed his versatility and then some at Miami (Fla.) (2/6), turning in an almost triple-double with a season-high 22 points, nine rebounds, a career-high six assists and two steals
• Put together a season-high 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting and had six rebounds, a block and a steal at Pitt (2/3)
• Pulled down eight rebounds and had four points and two assists against then-No. 8/8 Virginia (1/30)
• Had his first double-double of the season, registering 14 points and 11 rebounds, while also owning three assists and three blocks at Notre Dame (1/27)
• Turned in a near double-double at Syracuse (1/23) with nine points and eight rebounds, while also owning three assists
• Chipped in two points, three rebounds, two blocks and an assist at Wake Forest (1/17)
• Registered nine points, five rebounds and three assists against No. 19/23 Duke (1/12)
• Tallied 14 points, seven rebounds, including four offensive and two assists versus Notre Dame (1/10)
• Almost turned in a near double-double with 10 points and eight rebounds at RV/No. 25 Louisville (1/6), while garnering one assist and a steal
• Racked up his most points at Tech with a then-season-high 15 points and pulled down a nine rebounds, tying his season high, to go along with three steals and two assists against Miami (Fla.) (12/29)
• Posted four points, five rebounds and an assist versus Longwood (12/21)
• Recorded nine points, six rebounds and three blocks against Coppin State (12/19)
• Chipped in four points, two rebounds, three assists and a steal versus then-No. 24/RV Clemson (12/15)
• Posted three rebounds and a block against Penn State (12/8)
• Played his best game yet as a Hokie, with almost turning in a double-double (10 points, nine rebounds) and dished out a career-high six assists versus VMI (12/3)
• Grabbed a season-high and team-high nine rebounds against USF (11/29) and had three points and two assists
• Tallied 12 points, six rebounds, two steals and an assist versus No. 3/3 Villanova (11/28); had the first five points of OT, setting the tone for the Hokies the rest of the way in their upset win
• In 20 minutes off the bench, tallied two points, four rebounds and four assists against Radford (11/25)

Delaware
• Played in all 33 games, starting 32 of those contests
• Averaged 12.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists this past year
• Led Delaware in rebounding and was fifth in the conference in rebounds per game with 8.4
• Second on the team in points per game (12.2)
• Turned in 11 double-doubles, the third most in the league
• Had 19 double-digit scoring outings and 13 double-figure rebounding efforts
• Best game came against Hofstra, scoring a career-high 30 points
• Became the first Delaware player since 1996 (Greg Smith) to post consecutive 20-point, 15-rebound games
• Named CAA Co-Player of the Week on Dec. 2
• Sat out the 2018-19 season

High Point
• Appeared in 28 games, making 18 starts his freshman season in 2017-18
• Big South All-Freshman Team
• Led the team in blocks with 32 and ranked second in steals with 30
• Scored in double figures seven times
• Averaged 6.0 points per game

Personal
• Justyn Mutts
• Son of Jarett Mutts and Laketta Habersham
• Siblings are Darone, Cachet, Tiana, Keenan, Marques and Deuce
• Father, Jarett, played basketball for Rutgers-Camden
• Chose the Hokies over Mississippi State and Houston
• Graduated with a psychology degree from Delaware and completed his master's degree at Tech in agricultural and life sciences with a concentration in education in May 2021
• Earned his second master's degree in educational psychology in May 2022
• Enrolled in human development (second undergrad degree) for his last two semesters