Malik Messina-Moore

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-5
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ventura, Calif.
High School:
Heritage Christian School

2025-26 AT XAVIER

Fifth in the BIG EAST in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.58 and was second on the team and eighth in the BIG EAST in assists at 3.8 apg., including his collegiate career-high 11-assist effort with just one turnover vs. Marquette on Feb. 14 ... Third on the team in scoring at 10.9 ppg. ... Passed 1,000 collegiate points during his 23-point game vs. Providence on Jan. 10 ... The only XU player that started all 33 games ... Second on the team and ranked 17th in the BIG EAST in regular season league play in scoring at 13.1 ppg. and was ranked tied for ninth in 3-pointers per game (1.9) in league play ... Scored 20 at Butler on Feb. 21 ... Had averaged 6.8 ppg. in the non-conference season ... Led XU with 22 points at Marquette on Jan. 7, hitting 4-6 3-pointers, to go with a collegiate career-high five steals and followed that up with a season-high 23 points, hitting 5-9 3-pointers, in the win over Providence on Jan. 10 ... Scored in double figures in 16 of the 20 BIG EAST regular season games and 19 games overall ... 15 points and a collegiate career-high nine assists in the Butler win on Jan. 14 ... 14 points in the win at Georgetown on Dec. 20.

BIG EAST HONORS

Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll on Jan. 12 after averaging 22.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game in games at Marquette on Jan. 7 and vs. Providence on Jan. 10 ... Shot 51.9 percent (14-27) for the week, including 60.0 percent (9-15) from 3-point territory.

2024-25 (JUNIOR AT MONTANA)

Second-leading scorer at 12.6 ppg., helping lead Montana to a Big Sky Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament ... Hit 40.9 percent (61-149) from 3-point range, while ranking fifth in the Big Sky in 3-pointers made per game at 2.0 ... Hit 82.2 percent (60-73) from the free throw line ... Started the final 29 games of the year after returning from an offseason injury … Season-high 30 points at St. Thomas on Dec. 7, going 11-13 from the floor and 6-7 from 3-point range … Scored in double-digits in 20 of his 30 appearances… 20 points with five assists and four rebounds in a win over Northern Arizona on Jan. 9 … 22 points in a win over Weber State on Feb. 15 … Made a game-winning 3-pointer in the final minute on the road at Weber State on Jan. 16 as part of an 18-point game … Basketball coach: Travis DeCuire.

2023-24 AND 2022-23 (SOPHOMORE AND FRESHMAN AT PEPPERDINE)

37.7 percent (63-167) 3-point shooter for his two seasons at Pepperdine ... Appeared in 64 games, starting 28 of them … Pepperdine career-high 20 points in a win at Pacific Feb. 21 ... Basketball coach: Lorenzo Romar.

PERSONAL

Full name is Malik D’Angelo Messina-Moore … A Liberal Arts major … Born August 25, 2003, in Ventura, Calif. … Mother is Elizabeth Messina.