Michael Mallory (basketball)

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Michael Mallory
Personal information
Born (1994-02-08) February 8, 1994 (age 28)
Waterbury, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school
College Southern Connecticut (2013–2017)
NBA draft 2017 / Undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Position Point guard
Career history
2017 HKK Zrinjski Mostar
2017–2018 Blokotehna
2018–2019 Bosna Royal
2019–2020 Novi Pazar
2021 Höttur
2021–2022 Anorthosis Ammohostou
2022 KR

Michael Anthony Mallory II (born February 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Southern Connecticut State University from 2013 to 2017.

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College career

Mallory played for Southern Connecticut from 2013 to 2017. [1] In 2016-17, Michael scored 720 points, 138 rebounds, 120 assists, 40 blocks and 32 steals.

In 2015-16, 662 points, 125 rebounds, 131 assists, 16 blocks, and 31 steals.

In 2014-15, 584 points, 127 rebounds, 48 assists, 24 blocks, and 55 steals.

In 2013-14, 522 points, 137 rebounds, 51 assists, 33 blocks and 29 steals.

Throughout Michael's years at Southern Connecticut he achieved numerous accomplishments including, 2016-17 Sporting News preseason All-American, 2015-16 Division II Bulletin All-American, 2015-16 All-Region (NABC and D2CCCA) pick, 2015-16 All-ECAC selection, 2015-16 First-Team All-Northeast-10 Conference Selection, 2015-16 Sporting News prepreseason All-American, 2015-16 Basketball Times preseason All-American, 2014-15 All-Northeast-10 Conference selection, 2014 Division II Bulletin All-Freshman team member, 2013-14 Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Year, 2014 All-Northeast-10 Conference Tournament team pick.

Mallory holds the record for all-time leading scorer for both the NE-10 Conference and SCSU with 2,515 points. Along with holding this record, Michael holds 10 individual records at Southern Connecticut State University. In a single season Michael had most points scored (720; 2016–17), 3-point field goals made (95; 2015–16), and 3-point field goals attempted (274; 2015–16)

For individual career records Michael holds most points (2,515), Field goals made (882), Field goals attempted (2,035), 3-point field goals made (347), 3-point field goals attempted (934) and games played (125).

Michael also holds the record for single game highs of 47 points vs. Bentley (1/30/16), 43 points vs. American International (11/24/15), and 40 points vs. St. Michael's (1/4/17).

Professional career

After graduating, on August 3, 2017, Mallory signed with HKK Zrinjski Mostar of Bosnian League, [2] [3] [4] [5] but after two weeks, he part ways with the Bosnian club. [6] On October 5, 2017, he signed with Macedonian basketball club Blokotehna. He made his debut for the Blokotehna in their season opener on October 8, 2017, scoring 2 points and three rebounds in a 99–56 win over the Kožuv. [7] On his debut in BIBL against Tirana he scored 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. [8] On the start of 2018 he got injured on the knee, so he had to miss the rest of the season. [9]

In January 2021, Mallory signed with Höttur of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. [10]

For the 2021-22 season Mallory signed with Anorthosis Ammohostou that plays in the top league in Cyprus, the Cyprus OPAP League. [11]

In August 2022, Mallory returned to Iceland and signed with KR. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Mallory Signs Professional Contract With HKK Zrinjski Mostar". southernctowls.com. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Michael Mallory novi igrač Zrinjskog". sportsport.ba. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Американецот Мелори – нов плејмејкер на Блокотехна" (in Macedonian). ekipa.mk. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Блокотехна се засили со уште еден Американец пред почетокот на првенството" (in Macedonian). basketball.mk. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Mallory odlazi iz HKK Zrinjski". sportsport.ba. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Macedonian League first round, season 2017/2018". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "BIBL League first round, season 2017/2018". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Малер за Блокотехна: Мелори го повреди коленото" (in Macedonian). ekipa.mk. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  10. ↑ Davíð Eldur (5 January 2021). "Michael Mallory til Hattar". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Anorthosis Ammohostou basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket".
  12. ↑ Davíð Eldur (26 August 2022). "Michael Mallory í Vesturbæinn". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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