BIO: Darcy Malone was born and raised in Canberra (ACT)
Darcy Malone made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 23 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Prior to making his NBL debut with Sydney Malone spent a year with the Melbourne United as a development player but failed to play in a NBL game.
Darcy Malone played one season in the NBL.
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 23 | Sydney | 11-17 (7) | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Totals | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 23 | Sydney | 11-17 (7) | 2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Total | 2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Malone played college basketball at Louisiana State University during the 2013-14 season, which the program’s year-by-year records list as a 20–14 campaign under head coach Johnny Jones that ended with LSU reaching the NIT Second Round.
In that 2013-14 freshman season, Malone appeared in 19 games and did not start, averaging 3.8 minutes per contest while producing 1.4 points and 0.9 rebounds per game, and he went 11-for-20 from the field with a 3-for-7 mark from three-point range.
In 2014-15, LSU went 22–11 overall and 11–7 in SEC play under Johnny Jones, reached the NCAA Tournament, and the Tigers’ season ended with a Round of 32 loss to NC State after a quarterfinal exit in the SEC Tournament; during that sophomore year, Malone played in 25 games with eight starts, averaged 8.6 minutes, and put up 0.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game while recording 12 blocks, including a three-block game at Mississippi State on January 31, 2015, and he logged a season-high 26 minutes in LSU’s regular-season finale road upset of No. 18 Arkansas on March 7, 2015, when he also had a career-high four assists.
In 2015-16, Malone was on LSU’s roster alongside fellow Australian Ben Simmons as the Tigers finished 19–14 (11–7 SEC) and reached the SEC Tournament semifinals before LSU elected not to participate in a postseason tournament; in that junior season, Malone appeared in 19 games, averaged 7.3 minutes, shot 8-for-19 from the field, and averaged 0.8 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, with a season-high four points against Gardner-Webb on December 16, 2015 and again versus Missouri on March 1, 2016, while his best rebounding game at LSU was five boards and he also posted two steals in 20 minutes against Florida on February 27, 2016.
After three seasons at LSU (63 games played), Malone transferred to Cal State Fullerton for the 2016-17 season, when the Titans went 17–15 under head coach Dedrique Taylor and played in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament; Malone played all 32 games with 24 starts, logged 425 total minutes (13.3 per game), averaged 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game, and totaled 17 blocks, highlighted by a season-high 10 points against UC Riverside on January 18, 2017 (with six rebounds and two blocks), a season-high 30 minutes in a win over UC Davis on February 18, 2017, and a three-point, two-rebound outing in the CIT First Round versus Weber State on March 16, 2017, giving him 95 total NCAA games across LSU and Cal State Fullerton.
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