University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Marquetti, Malik
Jersey Number 1
Malik Marquetti
- Position:
- Guard
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Compton, Calif.
- High School:
- Millikan
- Prev School:
- USC
Bio
2018-19 (Senior): Fifth-year senior was coming into his own, serving as the Ragin' Cajuns most versatile player and top perimeter defender before being sidelined for the season after sustaining a knee injury at Southeastern Louisiana (12/30) ... averaged 15.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game in 13 games before his injury ... ranked among the top playes in the Sun Belt Conference in 3-point field goal percentage (.452), 3-pointers made per game (2.5) and free throw percentage (.868) ... shared team captain honors with teammates JaKeenan Gant and Marcus Stroman ... scored in double figures in 10 games during the season with three contests with 20 or more ... opened the season with 19 points on 6 of 8 shooting from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers against the University of the Virgin Islands (11/6) ... scored eight points and grabbed nine rebounds at nationally-ranked Tennessee (11/9) ... scored 14 points, going 4-for-9 from the floor with three 3-pointers, at No. 2 Kansas (11/16) ... poured in 16 points, with four 3-pointers and a 4-for-4 performance from the charity stripe, in a win over Colorado State (11/19) in the opening round of the Gulf Coast Showcase ... added 11 points against Toledo (11/20) in the semifinal game before scoring five points with six rebounds and a blocked shot against Tulane (11/21) in the third-place game ... played 38 minutes at New Orleans (11/28) and scored 12 points with a pair of 3-pointers ... went 10-for-12 from the free throw line en route to a 20-point performance - the first 20-point game of his career - against Southern (12/1) ... added 14 points with four 3-pointers in a win over Loyola of New Orleans (12/5) ... scored a team-high 22 points against Louisiana Tech (12/15) with nine rebounds as he picked up the slack left by an early injury to JaKeenan Gant ... scored a career-high 29 points in the Cajuns' following game at McNeese (12/18), going 10-for-20 from the floor and 7-for-11 from behind the 3-point line ... added three assists and three steals in the contest while playing 40 minutes.
2017-18 (Junior): Versatile player averaged 8.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in his first season at Louisiana ... played in all 34 games for the Ragin' Cajuns earning 31 starts ... came off the bench in the season-opener at Ole Miss (11/10) before being thrust into the starting lineup in the home opener against Louisiana College (11/14) after Johnathan Stove was sidelined by an ankle injury ... remained in the starting lineup for the next 28 games before coming off the bench on Senior Day against Little Rock (3/3) and playing a career-high 39 minutes ... finished second on the team in 3-point field goal percentage, going 52-for-126 from behind the 3-point line (.413) ... averaged 20.0 points during a five-day stretch in January, scoring 19 points at Texas State (1/20) and a career-high 21 against South Alabama (1/25) ... finished a combined 13-for-19 from the floor during the two-game stint and was 10-for-15 from behind the 3-point arc ... reached double figures in scoring in 13 games ... scored in double figures in six consecutive non-conference games, averaging 13.0 points during the stint ... opened the stretch with 17 points, with five 3-pointers, against McNeese (11/28) before scoring 13 points in games against Nicholls (12/1), Loyola (12/) and Louisiana Tech (12/10) ... recorded his first career double-double at Nicholls, grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds ... capped off the stint with 10 points against New Orleans (12/16) and 12 against Southeastern Louisiana (12/19) ... scored 17 points against Coastal Carolina (1/6), going 6-for-6 from the free throw line ... scored his only bucket of the game at South Alabama (2/24) on a halfcourt buzzer beater that gave Louisiana a 45-43 lead at halftime ... went 4-for-5 from behind the 3-point line and scored 17 points in a win at ULM (2/3).
2016-17: Transfer from USC who sat out the 2016-17 season to observe the NCAA Transfer Rule.
2015-16 (Sophomore - at USC): Appeared in 27 games as a reserve for the Trojans, averaging 2.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 7.3 minutes of play ... named a team captain along with Jordan McLaughlin ... helped the Trojans reach the NCAA Championships ... played 18 minutes off the bench in USC's opener against San Diego, scoring six points and blocking a career-high three shots ... scored five points in 11 minutes vs. Cal State-Northridge ... scored season-high nine points off the bench against Xavier ... recorded a career-best five steals against Yale ... matched his career high with three assists and added five rebounds and a steal against SIU-Edwardsville ... scored six points and posted an assist and four rebounds at California.
2014-15 (Freshman - at USC): Played in all 32 games, making 15 starts, and averaged 3.3 points and 2.7 rebounds ... ranked among the top five on the team in assists (29), steals (22), three-pointers made (15) and total rebounds (86) ... averaged 7.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and shot 45.0 percent from three-point range (9-for-20) in USC's final five games of the season ... made his first career start in USC's 75-71 win at Boston College on Dec. 21 ... had four points, six rebounds and two assists. Started 15 of USC's final 22 games, including the final six ... reached double figures in scoring for the first time with 10 points vs. UCLA on Jan. 14 ... made all three attempts from three-point range ... scored a season-high 16 points vs. Washington State (2/25) ... made a career-high four 3-pointers (4-for-7) ... made 12 of 29 3-point attempts (41.4 percent) in the final 16 games, after making three of his first 21 attempts (14.3 percent) from beyond the arc in the first half of the season ... was given the John Rudometkin Award for 110 percent effort at the USC Men's Basketball Awards Banquet following the season.
High School: Ranked as the No. 61 prospect in the 2014 recruiting class by Scout.com ... prepped at Long Beach Millikan HS and was named the Moore League MVP as he averaged a double-double with 22.8 points and 11.5 rebounds per game ... also averaged 2.0 blocks, 2.5 assists and 2.4 steals per game ... scored 20 points or more in 19 of his 28 games, including a season-high 37 points in a win vs. Lakewood ... had a season-best 22 rebounds and scored 27 points in a win vs. Taft ... also made 49.2 percent of his 3-point attempts (30-for-61) and 87.6 percent of his free throw attempts (148-for-169) as a senior ... also named to the Southern Section All-Division 1AA Team, the Long Beach Press Telegram All-Area Team and honorable mention on the MaxPreps 2013-14 California Overall All-State Team ... lifted Millikan into the CIF SS-1AA quarterfinals by scoring 14 straight points to overcome a five-point deficit with two minutes left in a 59-54 win over Rancho Verde ... then scored 17 points, including hitting two free throws with 29 seconds left, to lead them to an 86-84 win over Rancho Cucamonga ... also scored 17 points in the semifinals where Millikan fell to Mission Viejo.
Personal: Born Sept. 28, 1996 in Lynwood, Calif. ... is the son of Adriane Webb ... has one brother, Anthony Sanford ... the nephew of former USC basketball player Leonel Marquetti ... has family in Louisiana (Alexandria, Baton Rouge and Marksville) ... goal after college is to play professional basketball ... a general studies major.
2017-18 (Junior): Versatile player averaged 8.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in his first season at Louisiana ... played in all 34 games for the Ragin' Cajuns earning 31 starts ... came off the bench in the season-opener at Ole Miss (11/10) before being thrust into the starting lineup in the home opener against Louisiana College (11/14) after Johnathan Stove was sidelined by an ankle injury ... remained in the starting lineup for the next 28 games before coming off the bench on Senior Day against Little Rock (3/3) and playing a career-high 39 minutes ... finished second on the team in 3-point field goal percentage, going 52-for-126 from behind the 3-point line (.413) ... averaged 20.0 points during a five-day stretch in January, scoring 19 points at Texas State (1/20) and a career-high 21 against South Alabama (1/25) ... finished a combined 13-for-19 from the floor during the two-game stint and was 10-for-15 from behind the 3-point arc ... reached double figures in scoring in 13 games ... scored in double figures in six consecutive non-conference games, averaging 13.0 points during the stint ... opened the stretch with 17 points, with five 3-pointers, against McNeese (11/28) before scoring 13 points in games against Nicholls (12/1), Loyola (12/) and Louisiana Tech (12/10) ... recorded his first career double-double at Nicholls, grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds ... capped off the stint with 10 points against New Orleans (12/16) and 12 against Southeastern Louisiana (12/19) ... scored 17 points against Coastal Carolina (1/6), going 6-for-6 from the free throw line ... scored his only bucket of the game at South Alabama (2/24) on a halfcourt buzzer beater that gave Louisiana a 45-43 lead at halftime ... went 4-for-5 from behind the 3-point line and scored 17 points in a win at ULM (2/3).
2016-17: Transfer from USC who sat out the 2016-17 season to observe the NCAA Transfer Rule.
2015-16 (Sophomore - at USC): Appeared in 27 games as a reserve for the Trojans, averaging 2.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 7.3 minutes of play ... named a team captain along with Jordan McLaughlin ... helped the Trojans reach the NCAA Championships ... played 18 minutes off the bench in USC's opener against San Diego, scoring six points and blocking a career-high three shots ... scored five points in 11 minutes vs. Cal State-Northridge ... scored season-high nine points off the bench against Xavier ... recorded a career-best five steals against Yale ... matched his career high with three assists and added five rebounds and a steal against SIU-Edwardsville ... scored six points and posted an assist and four rebounds at California.
2014-15 (Freshman - at USC): Played in all 32 games, making 15 starts, and averaged 3.3 points and 2.7 rebounds ... ranked among the top five on the team in assists (29), steals (22), three-pointers made (15) and total rebounds (86) ... averaged 7.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and shot 45.0 percent from three-point range (9-for-20) in USC's final five games of the season ... made his first career start in USC's 75-71 win at Boston College on Dec. 21 ... had four points, six rebounds and two assists. Started 15 of USC's final 22 games, including the final six ... reached double figures in scoring for the first time with 10 points vs. UCLA on Jan. 14 ... made all three attempts from three-point range ... scored a season-high 16 points vs. Washington State (2/25) ... made a career-high four 3-pointers (4-for-7) ... made 12 of 29 3-point attempts (41.4 percent) in the final 16 games, after making three of his first 21 attempts (14.3 percent) from beyond the arc in the first half of the season ... was given the John Rudometkin Award for 110 percent effort at the USC Men's Basketball Awards Banquet following the season.
High School: Ranked as the No. 61 prospect in the 2014 recruiting class by Scout.com ... prepped at Long Beach Millikan HS and was named the Moore League MVP as he averaged a double-double with 22.8 points and 11.5 rebounds per game ... also averaged 2.0 blocks, 2.5 assists and 2.4 steals per game ... scored 20 points or more in 19 of his 28 games, including a season-high 37 points in a win vs. Lakewood ... had a season-best 22 rebounds and scored 27 points in a win vs. Taft ... also made 49.2 percent of his 3-point attempts (30-for-61) and 87.6 percent of his free throw attempts (148-for-169) as a senior ... also named to the Southern Section All-Division 1AA Team, the Long Beach Press Telegram All-Area Team and honorable mention on the MaxPreps 2013-14 California Overall All-State Team ... lifted Millikan into the CIF SS-1AA quarterfinals by scoring 14 straight points to overcome a five-point deficit with two minutes left in a 59-54 win over Rancho Verde ... then scored 17 points, including hitting two free throws with 29 seconds left, to lead them to an 86-84 win over Rancho Cucamonga ... also scored 17 points in the semifinals where Millikan fell to Mission Viejo.
Personal: Born Sept. 28, 1996 in Lynwood, Calif. ... is the son of Adriane Webb ... has one brother, Anthony Sanford ... the nephew of former USC basketball player Leonel Marquetti ... has family in Louisiana (Alexandria, Baton Rouge and Marksville) ... goal after college is to play professional basketball ... a general studies major.
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