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2007-08 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 5
Marcus Malone
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Compton, Calif. (Dominguez
- High School:
- DePaul
- Prev School:
- Lee College
Bio
SENIOR
Appeared in 30 games with 11 starts, including four of the first five games to open the season... Handed out two assists against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, VCU and Morehead State... Netted three points and handed out three assists against Middle Tennessee.. Tallied six points and a season-best six rebounds against Texas Southern... Recorded nine points and tied his career high with four steals against Kentucky... Scored nine points at Massachusetts... Registered seven points, a season-best six rebounds and two steals against Arizona... Recorded six points and a season-high four assists at SMU... Registered two blocks and three steals at Tulane... Nailed three 3-pointers and finished with nine points in only 14 minutes against SMU... Nailed two free throws with less than 10 seconds remaining to tie the game at UAB... Recorded 17 points with five 3-pointers against Southern Miss... Drilled a pair of 3-pointers at East Carolina.. Connected on a key 3-pointer with 35 seconds remaining to hand the Cougars a four-point lead late against C-USA rival UCF. College Basketball Invitational: Hit a pair of 3-pointers against Valparaiso during the Quarterfinals. JUNIOR (2006-07)
Played in 30 games and made 19 starts for the Cougars...opened his UH career by scoring 25 points at Rhode Island...scored 20 points and collected four steals against Southern Miss in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament...netted 19 points to lead Cougars against UTEP in the final regular season game...registered a career-best of six assists and three steals vs. UAB...also had three steals against Marshall and Rice...netted a season-high of five free throws against Southern Miss...made four free throws against UTEP twice...collected a season-high of four steals versus Southern Miss after recording three steals against Marshall and Rice...had two steals against Rice, SMU, Creighton and Arizona. PRE-HOUSTON
Averaged 4.1 points and 2.5 assists in 25 games...played most of the season with a double hernia injury as a sophomore at Lee College...shot 71 percent (17-24) at the free throw line...played at DePaul as a freshman...tallied 12 points and six assists against Texas A&M for the Blue Demons. HIGH SCHOOL
Earned First-Team All-San Gabriel Valley League honors as a senior...named to the Torrey Pines All-Tournament team...averaged 13.2 points, seven assists and four rebounds as a senior...Broke Tayshaun Prince[apos]s school record at Dominguez for most three-point field goals in a game with 11...graduated with a GPA of higher than 3.0. PERSONAL
Major is business management...born Sept. 7, 1986, in Long Beach, Calif...son of Tara Cannon and Derrick Malone...cousin of former NBA All-Star Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz...signed with Houston after being recruited by UNLV, USC and Oregon...was recruited by DePaul, Houston, Rhode Island, Georgetown and UTEP out of high school...hobbies include reading the Bible and spending time with his family...served as a volunteer for the Anderson Park day and summer camps...member of the Jim Brown I-Can youth program.
Appeared in 30 games with 11 starts, including four of the first five games to open the season... Handed out two assists against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, VCU and Morehead State... Netted three points and handed out three assists against Middle Tennessee.. Tallied six points and a season-best six rebounds against Texas Southern... Recorded nine points and tied his career high with four steals against Kentucky... Scored nine points at Massachusetts... Registered seven points, a season-best six rebounds and two steals against Arizona... Recorded six points and a season-high four assists at SMU... Registered two blocks and three steals at Tulane... Nailed three 3-pointers and finished with nine points in only 14 minutes against SMU... Nailed two free throws with less than 10 seconds remaining to tie the game at UAB... Recorded 17 points with five 3-pointers against Southern Miss... Drilled a pair of 3-pointers at East Carolina.. Connected on a key 3-pointer with 35 seconds remaining to hand the Cougars a four-point lead late against C-USA rival UCF. College Basketball Invitational: Hit a pair of 3-pointers against Valparaiso during the Quarterfinals. JUNIOR (2006-07)
Played in 30 games and made 19 starts for the Cougars...opened his UH career by scoring 25 points at Rhode Island...scored 20 points and collected four steals against Southern Miss in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament...netted 19 points to lead Cougars against UTEP in the final regular season game...registered a career-best of six assists and three steals vs. UAB...also had three steals against Marshall and Rice...netted a season-high of five free throws against Southern Miss...made four free throws against UTEP twice...collected a season-high of four steals versus Southern Miss after recording three steals against Marshall and Rice...had two steals against Rice, SMU, Creighton and Arizona. PRE-HOUSTON
Averaged 4.1 points and 2.5 assists in 25 games...played most of the season with a double hernia injury as a sophomore at Lee College...shot 71 percent (17-24) at the free throw line...played at DePaul as a freshman...tallied 12 points and six assists against Texas A&M for the Blue Demons. HIGH SCHOOL
Earned First-Team All-San Gabriel Valley League honors as a senior...named to the Torrey Pines All-Tournament team...averaged 13.2 points, seven assists and four rebounds as a senior...Broke Tayshaun Prince[apos]s school record at Dominguez for most three-point field goals in a game with 11...graduated with a GPA of higher than 3.0. PERSONAL
Major is business management...born Sept. 7, 1986, in Long Beach, Calif...son of Tara Cannon and Derrick Malone...cousin of former NBA All-Star Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz...signed with Houston after being recruited by UNLV, USC and Oregon...was recruited by DePaul, Houston, Rhode Island, Georgetown and UTEP out of high school...hobbies include reading the Bible and spending time with his family...served as a volunteer for the Anderson Park day and summer camps...member of the Jim Brown I-Can youth program.
MARCUS MALONE[apos]S CAREER STATISTICS
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2006-07 30-19 686/22.9 69-197 .350 48-144 .333 29-42 .690 20-54 74 2.5 62-0 41 39 3 30 215/7.2
2007-08 30-11 470/15.7 35-120 .292 31-94 .330 8-11 .727 10-42 52 1.7 45-2 35 17 6 28 109/3.6
TOTAL 60-30 1156/19.3 104-317 .328 79-238 .332 37-53 .698 30-96 126 2.1 107-2 76 56 9 58 324/5.4
2007-08 Game-by-Game Stats |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MOREHEAD STATE 11/09/07 * 20 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2.0 vs VCU 11/15/07 * 24 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0 2 2 1.5 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 1.0 vs Marist 11/16/07 9 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.7 vs Charleston 11/18/07 * 10 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.5 TEXAS SOUTHERN 11/21/07 * 20 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1 5 6 2.2 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 1.6 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 12/01/07 18 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 1.8 TOLEDO 12/04/07 6 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2.0 SOUTHERN 12/08/07 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.8 KENTUCKY 12/18/07 20 2-8 .250 2-6 .333 3-4 .750 1 2 3 1.8 1 0 2 1 0 4 9 2.6 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 12/29/07 18 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2.3 at Massachusetts 01/02/08 19 3-5 .600 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.6 5 1 1 1 0 0 9 2.9 ARIZONA 01/12/08 28 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000 1 5 6 2.0 2 0 1 0 0 2 7 3.3 at SMU 01/16/08 * 22 2-9 .222 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0 5 5 2.2 0 0 4 1 1 1 6 3.5 UTEP 01/19/08 * 19 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.2 5 1 0 2 0 2 2 3.4 at Rice 01/23/08 11 0-5 .000 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 MARSHALL 01/26/08 8 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 3.1 MEMPHIS 01/30/08 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.9 at UCF 02/02/08 7 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.8 TULSA 02/06/08 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6 at Tulane 02/09/08 11 1-6 .167 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.8 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 2.7 at Memphis 02/13/08 1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 SMU 02/16/08 14 3-6 .500 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1.8 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.8 at UAB 02/20/08 15 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 1.8 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.0 RICE 02/23/08 * 25 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 3.0 SOUTHERN MISS 02/27/08 * 27 6-11 .545 5-10 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 2 0 2 1 0 2 17 3.6 at East Carolina 03/01/08 * 32 2-6 .333 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1 3 4 1.8 3 0 4 0 0 1 6 3.7 UCF 03/05/08 * 28 2-6 .333 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 1 0 1 1.8 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 3.7 at UTEP 03/08/08 * 24 0-5 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 3.6 VALPARAISO 03/24/08 17 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 3.7 at Tulsa 03/26/08 8 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3.6 Totals......................... 11 470 35-120 .292 31-94 .330 8-11 .727 10 42 52 1.7 45 2 35 17 6 28 109 3.6 Games played: 30 Minutes/game: 15.7 Points/game: 3.6 FG Pct: 29.2 3FG Pct: 33.0 FT Pct: 72.7 Rebounds/game: 1.7 Assists/game: 1.2 Turnovers/game: 0.6 Assist/turnover ratio: 2.1 Steals/game: 0.9 Blocks/game: 0.2
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