2,000 POINT CLUB/JEFF MALONE
2,142 Points =Voted
into MSU Sports Hall of Fame In 2011.
=Inducted =MSU’s
into Mississippi State Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
all-time scoring leader with 2,142 career points.
=Three-time
All-SEC guard (1981-83) as a four-year starter.
=Nation’s
No. 2 scorer (26.8 ppg) as a senior and paced MSU in scoring as a sophomore (20.1 ppg) and junior (18.6). =Chosen
UPI’s 1982-83 SEC Player of the Year in addition to being named first-team All-American by The Sporting News. =Ranks
third on school’s career scoring average chart (19.5 ppg) behind Bailey Howell and Jim Ashmore. =MSU’s
all-time leader in field goals made (906) and field goals attempted (1,768) and in minutes played (3,851). =Led MSU in free throw percentage during all four seasons, ranking sixth (80.9%) on the school’s all-time accuracy list.
Jeff Malone 1980-83 G = 6-4 = 205 Macon, GA
=Served
as team captain during junior and senior seasons.
=Selected
as the 10th pick overall by the Washington Bullets in the 1983 NBA Draft.
O
ne of the more electrifying players ever to donn the Maroon & White, Jeff Malone left Missis-
sippi State as the school’s all-time leading
=Enjoyed
a successful 13-year NBA career, seeing action with the Bullets (1984-90), Utah Jazz (1991-93), Philadelphia 76ers (1994-95), and Miami Heat (1996). =Two-time =Has
NBA All-Star (1986 & ‘87).
served as a head coach in the NBDL.
scorer with 2,142 points, a stat that ranks eighth all-time in SEC history.
And that was before the inception of the
3-point line in college basketball.
But his scoring ability wasn’t limited
to just MSU. It was a trend he continued in the NBA, where the two-time All-Star totaled 17,231 points in a 13-year career.
He finished his NBA days ranking in the
Top 10 of two team’s all-time scoring list — 2nd in the history of the Washington Bullets and 9th in the history of the Utah Jazz.
“To me, Jeff was probably as good as a pure shooter as Mississippi State has ever had. If the 3-point line existed when he played, there’s no telling how many points he would have averaged. He made a lot of shots from 22 feet out. That’s where he made his money. He was a great college player.” Jim Ellis, MSU Radio Commentator
JEFF MALONE’S MISSISSIPPI STATE CAREER Season G FG-A Pct FT-A PCT 1979-80 27 139-303 .459 42-51 .824 1980-81 27 219-447 .490 105-128 .820 1981-82 27 225-410 .549 52-70 .743 1982-83 29 323-608 .531 131-159 .824 Totals 110 906-1768 .512 330-408 .809
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REB PTS 90-3.3 320-11.9 113-4.2 543-20.1 111-4.1 502-18.6 106-3.7 777-26.8 420-3.8 2142-19.5