The Pac-12 Player of the Year last season as a sophomore with the Wildcats, Mathurin had been widely projected to fall in the 5-7 range of Thursday’s NBA Draft.
Bruce Pascoe SCOTTSDALE — Arizona’s Bennedict Mathurin was taken No. 6 overall in NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers, right in line with most mock draft projections.
Lloyd said he was thinking of going to New York to sit with Mathurin but UA associate head coach Jack Murphy was already with Mathurin there, while assistant coach Steve Robinson opted to go to Los Angeles to be with Koloko at his draft party there. With Indiana, Mathurin is expected to join a well-regarded backcourt that includes Malcolm Brogdon, Tyrese Halliburton and former Oregon wing Chris Duarte. Shortly after being drafted, Mathurin told ESPN that the Pacers would be getting"my heart, man."Part of Mathurin's drive is older brother Dominique, who died in 2014 when a car hit him as he rode a bike. Dominique was 15 and Benn was 12 then, and Benn said his brother remains a motivation.
Measured at 6-foot-6 and 205 pounds during the NBA Combine, Mathurin averaged 17.7 points while shooting 36.9% from 3-point range in 2021-22. He started 12 of 26 games as a freshman in 2020-21, averaging 10.8 points while shooting 41.8% from 3. Earlier Thursday, Sporting News projected Arizona would get all three players into the first round of the draft.
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