Matthew Stone brings North Texas a low-usage, defense-first wing with winning pedigree
Stone’s value is less about box-score pop and more about steady, winning-role production: in 2024-25 he played 30 games with four starts, averaged 1.7 points and 1.6 rebounds, and posted a career-high 19 steals while knocking down 13 of 37 threes (.351), signaling a useful 3-and-D profile at the margins.[5][7] The bigger differentiator is context: he was part of North Texas’s 2024-25 roster and later described by WVU staff as the program’s all-time winningest player after four years at UNT, which speaks to reliability, competitiveness, and buy-in.[6] If you need a guard who competes, defends, and doesn’t need the ball to matter, Stone fits; if you need a primary creator, he is not that guy.[5][7]
