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2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster

9 Malik Messina-Moore

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 200
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Ventura, Calif.
  • High School Heritage Christian School / Pepperdine / Montana / Xavier

Biography

 
CAREER HONORS
Miscellaneous
Career
10+ Points 54
20+ Points 8
2+ 3FGM 46
3+ Assists 57
2+ Steals 17
Career-Highs
Points 30, at Saint Thomas, 12/7/2024
Rebounds 7, Two times
Assists 11, Marquette, 2/14/2026
Steals 5, at Marquette, 1/7/2026
Minutes 41:15, Villanova, 2/17/2026

2025-26 (XAVIER)


Averaged 10.9 points and 3.8 assists per game for the Xavier Musketeers last season, with 98 rebounds and 35 steals. He played and started in each of his team’s 33 games, averaging 33.2 minutes per game. He scored in double-figures 19 times, including a season-high 23 against Providence on January 10, while a game earlier at Marquette he scored 22 points. He gave out a season-high 11 assists at home against Marquette – with just one turnover – and he had 13 games with 4+ assists. He reached the career 1,000-point scoring plateau amidst his 23-point game against Providence. In Big East play he averaged 13.1 points per game with 74 assists (3.7 per game), while averaging 35.4 minutes per game. His 707 total minutes in conference play was the most in the conference, while his assist total was ninth, and his assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1) was sixth-best in the conference. Additionally, his three-point per game average (1.9) ranked ninth, his scoring total in conference games ranked 13th, and his steal total was 15th in the Big East.

2024-25 (Montana)


He was the team’s second-leading scorer at 12.6 points per game. He helped lead the Grizzlies to a Big Sky Championship, earning a berth into the NCAA Tournament. He made 40.9 percent of his shots from long range during the year, while ranking fifth in the Big Sky Conference in three-point baskets made (2.0 per game). He was 60-of-73 from the free throw line (60-of-73) during the year, and he started the final 29 games of the season after recovering from an offseason injury. He scored a career-high 30 points at St. Thomas on December 7, going 11-of-13 from the floor and 6-of-7 from long range. He scored double-digits in 20 of his 30 games played during the year.

2022-23 and 2023-24 (PEPPERDINE)


In two seasons at Pepperdine (2022-23 and 2023-24) he played in 64 games with 28 starts. He scored a Pepperdine career-high of 20 points at Pacific on February 21

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