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Abdelmassih Happy To Return to Midwest

Matt Abdelmassih (pronounced Abdel-massey) comes to Nebraska after spending the past four seasons at St. John’s, where he recruited all five starters on the 2018-19 team, including two-time, first-team All-BIG EAST selection Shamorie Ponds. He also helped St. John’s land a consensus top-25 recruiting class in 2016, featuring Ponds and junior college transfer Bashir Ahmed. Prior to joining the Red Storm staff, Abdelmassih was at Iowa State from 2010-15, spending his last four seasons as an assistant under Fred Hoiberg. Abdelmassih was instrumental in making Iowa State one of the primary destinations for some of the top transfers in the country, including All-Big 12 performers DeAndre Kane and Royce White, the No.