Deng Acuoth
July 23, 2020
Darcy Malone
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 2/01/95
- Place of Birth: Canberra (ACT)
- Position: CTR
- Height (CM): 213
- Weight (KG): 111
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Louisiana State University (2013–2016) / Cal State Fullerton (2016–2017)
- NBL DEBUT: 21/01/18
- AGE AT DEBUT: 23
- LAST NBL GAME: 18/02/18
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 23
- NBL History: Sydney 2018
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Darcy Malone was born and raised in Canberra (ACT)
NBL EXPERIENCE
Darcy Malone made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 23 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Following another season outside the playoffs, Sydney made substantial changes around returning players Kevin Lisch, Brad Newley, Jason Cadee and Tom Garlepp. Julian Khazzouh (to Lebanon), Jeromie Hill (to Sunshine Coast), Greg Whittington (to Sioux Falls), Aleks Maric (to Bahrain), Craig Moller (to Melbourne) and Josh Powell (to Venezuela) departed, while Andrew Gaze added a new group headed by imports Perry Ellis and Travis Leslie along with Todd Blanchfield, Isaac Humphries and Dane Pineau.
The Canberra-born centre joined Sydney’s development group after previously spending a season with Melbourne United (via Melbourne) as a development player without appearing in an NBL game. He had earlier played college basketball with LSU and Cal State Fullerton.
Malone (0 points) made his NBL debut against Perth at Qudos Bank Arena on January 21, playing 3:32 and attempting one three-pointer as Sydney defeated the Wildcats 84-56. Ellis (20 points and 3 rebounds) and Cadee (15 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals) led the Kings, while Bryce Cotton (14 points and 5 assists) was Perth’s leading scorer. The appearance was also Malone’s best game.
Malone (0 points across 3 games) appeared only during the final month of the season and did not miss games because of a reported injury, with his limited opportunities instead reflecting his development-player role. His other appearances came against Brisbane on February 15 and New Zealand on February 18.
Those opportunities followed the end of Tyler’s short stay in Sydney. After the Kings opened the season poorly, Leslie was released and Randle (via Bahçeşehir) and Tyler (via China) were added in an attempt to rescue the season. Tyler (13.3 points and 5.8 rebounds across 11 games) was released with eight games remaining, with the club announcing it wanted to evaluate its younger frontcourt. Van Groningen specifically identified Malone and Deng Acuoth as development players who could get a chance to join the squad, while media commentary around Tyler’s departure suggested his exit also helped remove a source of disruption from the team.
Randle (19.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 5.4 assists across 19 games) earned All-NBL Second Team honours after leading the league in scoring and assists, while Ellis (14.8 points and 5.8 rebounds across 27 games), Newley (11.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assists across 27 games) and Cadee (11.1 points and 3.3 assists across 28 games) carried most of Sydney’s offence. Humphries (6.9 points and 3.7 rebounds across 26 games) was named NBL Rookie of the Year. Malone did not return to the NBL following the season and played with North West Tasmania during the 2018 state-league season.
Malone (0 points) played the final 48 seconds of Sydney’s last game against New Zealand on February 18, with Cadee (30 points and 3 assists) and Blanchfield (19 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 block) leading the Kings to a 101-86 win, while Ngatai (17 points) led the Breakers. Sydney finished seventh with an 11-17 record.
Darcy Malone played one season in the NBL.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| 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) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0 | Totals | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| 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) | 3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 0 | Total | 3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Gold Coast (2017), North West Tasmania (2018), Canberra (2019–2020)
Malone joined Gold Coast for the 2017 QBL season, playing after completing his college career at Cal State Fullerton. He appeared in two games for the Rollers, who finished 10th on the QBL ladder with a 6–11 record.
Malone joined North West Tasmania for the 2018 SEABL season, playing 20 games and averaging 5.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.4 steals in 21.7 minutes per game. He played 19 regular season games, then added seven points and four rebounds in a playoff appearance.
A return to Canberra followed for the 2019 Waratah League season, with Malone joining the Gunners after North West Tasmania. Canberra had moved into the NSW state competition following the end of SEABL, and he was part of Tony Plunkett’s locally focused roster after the club’s winless 2018 SEABL season.
He remained with Canberra for the 2020 state league season, appearing in one game and recording 12 points and four rebounds in 12 minutes while shooting 2-of-5 from the field.
COLLEGE
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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