Player dismissed from Wake Forest basketball program

Wake Forest basketball head coach Danny Manning announced Friday (Feb. 2) that sophomore center Sam Japhet-Mathias has been permanently dismissed from the men’s basketball team for not meeting program expectations.

A 6-11 native of London, England, Japhet-Mathias appeared in six games in 2017-18, averaging 1.0 points and 1.3 rebounds. He scored a season-high four points at Duke on Jan. 13.

 

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