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Jersey Number 23
Maleeck Harden-Hayes
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Moorhead, Minn.
- High School:
- Moorhead HS
2021-22 Season (Junior): Played in 30 games and made one start, averaging 16.6 minutes per game … 5.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game … Six games with double-digit scoring … Registered his first career double-double at Omaha on Jan. 8 with 10 points and 10 rebounds … Season-high 15 points in win at Denver on Jan. 10.
2020-21 Season (Sophomore): Played in 22 of 27 games as a sophomore, missing 5 games due to injury … Started 21 games and averaged 25.4 minutes – the fifth-most on the team … Averaged 8.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per contest, shooting just under 52 percent on the season … 75-percent free throw shooter … Scored a season-high 18 points vs. South Dakota State in Sioux Falls on Dec. 10, making 3 three-pointers … Season-high 12 rebounds vs. Oral Roberts on Feb. 6 … Nearly recorded a double-double with 15 points and 9 rebounds vs. Oral Roberts on Feb. 5.
2019-20 Season (Freshman): Played in 23 games as a true freshman for the Summit League champion Bison, averaging 7.0 minutes per contest … Averaged 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game … Shot 6-of-14 (43 percent) from three-point range for the season … Made 13-of-18 (72 percent) at the free throw line … Scored a season-high 10 points in a win over Montana State on Dec. 16 … Season-high 7 rebounds in a win over Northland College on Jan. 5.
High School: Finished his high school career with more than 1,100 points and 450 rebounds ... Voted Team MVP for each of his final three seasons ... As a senior in 2018-19, he averaged 20 points and seven rebounds per game and set a school record for free throws made in a season, leading the Spuds to a record of 21-6 ... Named to the Minnesota Mr. Basketball watch list ... Selected for the 2019 MBCA All-Star Game.
Personal: Son of Cynthia Harden and Douglas Hayes ... Has two sisters, Lakreshia and Myeesha, and one brother, Dionne.
2020-21 Season (Sophomore): Played in 22 of 27 games as a sophomore, missing 5 games due to injury … Started 21 games and averaged 25.4 minutes – the fifth-most on the team … Averaged 8.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per contest, shooting just under 52 percent on the season … 75-percent free throw shooter … Scored a season-high 18 points vs. South Dakota State in Sioux Falls on Dec. 10, making 3 three-pointers … Season-high 12 rebounds vs. Oral Roberts on Feb. 6 … Nearly recorded a double-double with 15 points and 9 rebounds vs. Oral Roberts on Feb. 5.
2019-20 Season (Freshman): Played in 23 games as a true freshman for the Summit League champion Bison, averaging 7.0 minutes per contest … Averaged 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game … Shot 6-of-14 (43 percent) from three-point range for the season … Made 13-of-18 (72 percent) at the free throw line … Scored a season-high 10 points in a win over Montana State on Dec. 16 … Season-high 7 rebounds in a win over Northland College on Jan. 5.
High School: Finished his high school career with more than 1,100 points and 450 rebounds ... Voted Team MVP for each of his final three seasons ... As a senior in 2018-19, he averaged 20 points and seven rebounds per game and set a school record for free throws made in a season, leading the Spuds to a record of 21-6 ... Named to the Minnesota Mr. Basketball watch list ... Selected for the 2019 MBCA All-Star Game.
Personal: Son of Cynthia Harden and Douglas Hayes ... Has two sisters, Lakreshia and Myeesha, and one brother, Dionne.
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