Introduction
Matthew Don "Matt" Bauscher (born April 25, 1985) is a former American professional basketball player. Bauscher played three years for the Boise State Broncos (from 2005 till 2008) during his college career. Afterwards he played 6 seasons as a professional player in Europe, spending most of his time in the Netherlands, in the DBL (4 seasons).
Career
After playing three years for the Boise State Broncos men's basketball team, Bauscher started his professional playing career in the Netherlands with Aris Leeuwarden in the Dutch Basketball League. He became the DBL Scoring champion, as he averaged 22 points per game. After the season in Leeuwarden he signed with GasTerra Flames, also a team from the Netherlands. In his first season he won the Dutch championship, and in his second season he won the NBB Cup. In 2012, Bauscher signed with BG Göttingen in the Basketball Bundesliga in Germany. After one year in Germany, Bauscher returned to the Netherlands to play for EiffelTowers Den Bosch. With Den Bosch, he won the NBB Cup once again.
In 2013, he signed with AEK Larnaca B.C. in Cyprus.
After the 2013–14 season, Bauscher retired from professional basketball. Matt Bauscher now runs a top level real estate business in Boise, Idaho. In 2016 he was voted the top real estate agent in Boise, Idaho.
Honours
Club
GasTerra Flames
- Dutch Basketball League (1): 2009–10
- NBB Cup (1): 2010–11
EiffelTowers Den Bosch
- NBB Cup (1): 2012–13
Individual
Aris Leeuwarden
- DBL scoring leader (1): 2008–09
- DBL assists leader (1): 2008–09
- DBL Statistical Player of the Year (1): 2008–09
- DBL All-Star (1): 2009
- DBL All-Star Game MVP (1): 2009
GasTerra Flames
- DBL All-Star (2): 2010, 2011
Statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage |
| 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game |
| PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | Led the league | |
| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Aris Leeuwarden | DBL | 36 | 35.8 | .599 | .377 | .670 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 22.4 |
| 2009–10 | GasTerra Flames | DBL | 48 | 29.9 | .586 | .339 | .738 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 14.1 |
| 2010–11 | GasTerra Flames | DBL | 51 | 28.4 | .514 | .304 | .559 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 11.3 |
| 2011–12 |  BG Göttingen | BBL | 24 | 30.0 | .439 | .305 | .641 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 10.9 |
| 2012–13 | EiffelTowers Den Bosch | DBL | 39 | 28.8 | .579 | .360 | .600 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 11.5 |