Malcolm Grant (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. | June 21, 1988
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Robeson (Brooklyn, New York) The Winchendon School (Winchendon, Massachusetts) |
College |
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LF Basket Norrbotten | |
2015 | Mississauga Power |
2015–2016 | Island Storm |
2016–2017 | Šentjur |
2017 | Nevėžis |
2017–2018 | Astana |
2018 | Zadar |
2018–2019 | Mornar |
2019 | SkyCop Prienai |
2019–2020 | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys |
2020–2021 | Shahrdari Qazvin |
2020–2021 | Ylli |
Career highlights and awards | |
Malcolm Grant (born June 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Ylli of the Kosovo Superleague and Liga Unike. Born in Brooklyn, he played high school basketball for Robeson High School before going to The Winchendon School college prep school. He subsequently enrolled at Villanova University to play for the Wildcats. Following his freshman season at Villanova, he transferred to the University of Miami, where he played for the Miami Hurricanes.
After graduating from the
Early life and career
Grant was born in Brooklyn on June 21, 1988, to Duncan and Mary Grant.[1][2] He grew up with three siblings: Unique, the late Sayeed, and LeVar.[2]
Grant played basketball under coaches Larry Major and Todd Myles at Robeson High School.[3] In his senior season, Grant averaged 23.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game to be named PSAL player of the year and New York Post's all-PSAL player of the year.[1][2][3] He was also named in the 2006 regional Jordan Brand Classic.[4] After graduating from Robeson, he attended a year of prep school in Winchendon School to qualify academically for college.[5]
In the 2007 recruiting class, Grant was a three star recruit for
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Malcolm Grant PG |
Brooklyn, NY | Winchendon | 6 ft 0.625 in (1.84 m) | 172 lb (78 kg) | Apr 4, 2006 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports : 254, 53 (PG)
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College career
Villanova
Grant gave a verbal commitment to
Grant saw limited playing time for the rest of the season after coach Jay Wright's decision to stop playing him.[13][16] On April 4, 2008, he received a release, to explore transfer opportunities to other universities.[17]
University of Miami
In April 2008, Grant transferred to the University of Miami.[18][19]
He sat out the 2008–09 season due to NCAA transfer rules.[20] His debut for Miami was in an 83–53 win over North Carolina Central, scoring 6 points, grabbing 4 rebounds and dishing 3 assists in 24 minutes.[2][21] His season-high scoring effort was 18 points against UNC Wilmington, a feature he tied against Boston College.[2][22][23] He played in all 33 games of the season, starting four of them, and led the team in assists, with 117.[2][24] Throughout the season Grant had 9.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.[2][24]
Grant started his second season at Miami by scoring 23 points, in the opening game of the season, to help his team win against
Grant opened his last season for Miami with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, to help his team get past Tennessee Tech 69–58.[31] He posted a season-high 22 points, against Ole Miss in his senior season.[2][32][33] In the first 10 games of the season Grant averaged 15.1 points per game, but missed two games in January to attend his brother's funeral, who died of a heart attack.[34][35][36][37] His brother's death affected his game. He went seven consecutive games without scoring double digits in February, and finished the season averaging 10.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game.[2][34][37][38]
Grant graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Sports Administration.[39]
College statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2007–08 | Villanova | 29 | 4 | 12.7 | .390 | .466 | .841 | .8 | 1.4 | .1 | .0 | 5.6 |
Did not play in the 2008–09 season due to NCAA transfer rules. | ||||||||||||
2009–10 | Miami (Florida) | 33 | 8 | 24.6 | .393 | .412 | .756 | 1.9 | 3.5 | .6 | .1 | 9.6 |
2010–11 | Miami (Florida) | 36 | 36 | 32.4 | .418 | .423 | .853 | 1.8 | 3.2 | .9 | .0 | 14.8 |
2011–12 | Miami (Florida) | 31 | 31 | 28.7 | .339 | .330 | .803 | 2.1 | 1.9 | .7 | .0 | 10.8 |
Career | 129 | 61 | 25.1 | .386 | .396 | .818 | 1.7 | 2.6 | .6 | .0 | 10.4 |
Professional career
After going undrafted in the
On October 5, 2015, Grant was signed by the
In September 2016, Grant signed a contract with
Grant spent the 2019–20 season with
The Basketball Tournament
Malcolm Grant played for Team Fancy in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. In 2 games, he averaged 7 points, .5 assists, and 1.5 rebounds per game. Team Fancy reached the second round before falling to Boeheim's Army.
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