2025-26 (Junior)
Malone received the ASUN Defensive Player of the Year honor after tallying a league-leading 60 blocks in the regular season … his 64 total blocks were the second-most blocks in a single season at FGCU … had double the amount of games with 3+ blocks (ten) than with zero (five) … had at least one block in all but one ASUN game … ranked 21st nationally in total blocks and 27th in blocks per game at the end of the regular season … his 9.9 block% ranks 15th nationally, per KenPom … anchored FGCU’s conference-best 52.1% opponent 2-point % defense, also per KenPom … the Eagles also had a conference-best 13.2 block% in ASUN play, per KenPom …  Malone averaged 10.5 points per game on 22.6 minutes per game … played in all 34 games … started 27 … shooting splits were 59.2%/44.0%/78.2% … his 78.2% shooting at the free throw line was the ninth best mark in the ASUN … grabbed 5.6 rebounds per game, including 1.8 offensive rebounds per game … scored in double-digits 17 times, including three 20-point games … all three of his 20-point games were in conference play … scored in double figures in 10 of 18 ASUN games … posted double-digit games in all three ASUN Tournament outings … had five point-rebound double-doubles … tallied an 11 point, 13 rebound double-double against Central Arkansas (March 7) … a season-high five of his rebounds against the Bears were on the offensive glass … scored 17 in FGCU’s ASUN Tournament rout of Lipscomb (March 6) … contributed to a season long streak of four consecutive games in double-digit scoring with 10 against North Alabama in the ASUN Tournament (March 4) and 15 in the regular season finale at Stetson (February 28) … blocked three shots at North Florida (February 26) … made one of his SportsCenter Top 10 appearances with a buzzer-beating layup to send the game to overtime in the eventual senior day win against Central Arkansas (February 21) … set a new career high with 24 points on 10-for-11 shooting from the free throw line in the home win over Jacksonville (February 18) … posted his second 20-point game of the season with 20 at home against UNF (February 11) … fourth double-double of the season came off an 18 point, 11 rebound performance at Eastern Kentucky (February 5) … rejected four shots in a home win over North Alabama (January 29) … had his first career 20-point game with 23 at Lipscomb (January 23) … notched three consecutive three-block games against Austin Peay (January 22), West Georgia (January 15) and Queens (January 13) … scored 16 against the Wolves … shot 11-for-11 from the free throw line as part of a 17 point, eight rebound performance against the Royals … tallied 11 points and eight rebounds in a road win at North Alabama (January 3) … set a pair of career highs with 14 rebounds and six blocks against Fort Lauderdale (December 28) … also had 15 points for a double-double … recorded his second double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, along with three blocks, at FIU (December 3) … helped FGCU to a road win at Samford with a 12 point, 12 rebound double-double, the first of his career … additionally, notched four blocks against the Bulldogs (November 19) … scored 10 points with four blocks in the season opener against New College (FL) (November 3).

PRIOR TO FGCU
2023-25 at Saint Francis (Ind.)
Spent two years at NAIA Saint Francis (Ind.) … as a sophomore, averaged 16.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game … shot 67.3% from the field and 73.6% at the free throw line … knocked down 3-pointers at a 52.5% clip while averaging 1.3 attempts from behind the arc per game.

PERSONAL
Son of Stacy Smith … has three siblings, Malachi, Elijah and Jerica … brother, Elijah, plays basketball at Colorado … major is criminal justice.