Small problem organizing a matrix

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For my class I need my program to fill a matrix with random numbers then organize those numbers in descending order. It took quite a bit of time to get my sorting to work, but I still have one problem. It replaces the smallest number with a huge number that it grabbed from outside the matrix, then moves that number to where the largest should be. This only happens if I make the dimensions of the matrix two even numbers tho. Anyway, I'm hoping someone can help me with a fix as my brain hurts from this. Also, I need to have maxcount initialized at 0 but mincount at 1 which I'm not sure why, so if someone could figure that out that'd be good too, but not as important.

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int counter=0;
    int i, j, width, height, max=0, min=65, maxcount= 0, mincount=1;
    int holdi, holdj, hold;
    cout << "Enter width of matrix you want. ";
    cin >> width;
    cout << "Enter height of matrix you want. ";
    cin >> height;
    int matrix[height][width];    
    srand(time(NULL));

    //This will generate a matrix of random numbers.
    for(i = 0; i < height; i++)
    {
            cout << endl;
            for(j = 0; j < width; j++)
            {
                    matrix[i][j] = (rand()%64) + 1;
                    if(matrix[i][j] < 10)
                    {
                    cout << matrix[i][j] << "   ";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                    cout << matrix[i][j] << "  ";
                    }
            }
    }    
    cout << endl << endl;
    
//This will organize the numbers.
for(i = 0; i < height; i++)
{
      for(j = 0; j < width;)
      {
            hold = matrix[i][j];
            holdi = i;
            holdj = j;
            j++;
            if(matrix[i][j] > hold)
            {
                    hold = matrix[i][j];
                    matrix[i][j] = matrix[holdi][holdj];
                    matrix[holdi][holdj] = hold;
                    j = 0;
                    i = 0;
            }
      }      
}      

    //This will output the new matrix of organized numbers.
    cout << "New matrix with numbers organized." << endl;
    for(i = 0; i < height; i++)
    {
            cout << endl;
            for(j = 0; j < width; j++)
            {
                    if(matrix[i][j] < 10)
                    {
                    cout << matrix[i][j] << "   ";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                    cout << matrix[i][j] << "  ";
                    }
            }
    }

//Min count.
i = height-1;
j = width-2;
for(min = matrix[height-1][width-1]; matrix[i][j] <= min; j--)
{
mincount = mincount + 1;
}

//Max count.
i = 0;
j = 0;
for(max = matrix[0][0]; matrix[i][j] >= max; j++)
{
maxcount = maxcount + 1;
}

    cout << endl << endl << "The maximum number in the matrix is " << max << " and it came up " << maxcount << " times." << endl;
    cout << "The minimum number in the matrix is " << min << " and it came up " << mincount << " times." << endl << endl;
    system("PAUSE");
}