Malik Thomas
2024-25 at San Francisco
• All-WCC First Team
• Four-time WCC Player of the Week
• Started in 34 games for San Francisco, averaging a WCC-high 19.9 points per game, the 22nd highest scoring average across Division I, and the 16th highest single season scoring average for a Don
• Scored 676 total points, the fourth-highest single season point total in USF history
• Made a single season program record 189 free throws, also the ninth-most in the nation in the 2024-25 campaign
• Opened the season with a career-high five steals to go along with 23 points in a win against Cal Poly (11/5/24)
• Cashed in a career-high 12 made field goals at Washington State (1/4/25), scoring 34 points on 12-of-21 shooting in USF’s first conference game in Pullman, Wash.
• Logged his first career double-double in an NIT first round game against Utah Valley (3/19/25), scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds
• Ended the season with a career-high 36 points in a NIT second round contest against Loyola Chicago (3/23/25), shooting a perfect 17 of 17 from the foul line, tied for the most free throws made without a miss in program history (Bob Gaillard, 12/23/61)
2023-24 at San Francisco
• WCC Honorable Mention
• WCC Player of the Week (12/23/23)
• Appeared in 33 games for the Dons, making 21 starts, averaging 12.4 points on 47.4 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from beyond the arc and 86.1 percent from the line in 23.2 minutes per game
• Made his USF debut on 11/6/23 against Bethesda, scoring 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field
• Boosted production across a four-game stretch from (12/6/23) to (12/16/23), averaging 11.0 points per contest on 48.2 percent shooting from the field
• Made his first start for San Francisco on 12/20/23 vs. Northern Arizona, scoring a then-career-high 19 points on 5-of-7 shooting from three; followed up with a new then-career-high 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting on 12/22/23 against Fresno State
• Recorded double-digit scoring in 13 straight games from 12/13/23 to 2/1/24, highlighted by another career-high performance on 1/13/24 against Portland, with 26 points on 10 of 15 shooting
• Led USF in scoring in the WCC Tournament, totaling 34 points on 40% shooting from deep across the Dons’ two conference tournament games
• Scored 31 points on 11 of 19 shooting from the field and 5-of-7 shooting from three in NIT first round match-up at Cincinnati, tied for the highest single-game scoring performance in the 2024 NIT
2022-23 at USC
• Appeared in 24 games with an average of 2.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game
• Averaged 8.4 minutes per game and shot 70.6 percent from the free throw line
• Scored a season-high 10 points against Alabama State on Nov. 11
• Played a season-high 17 minutes against Washington on Feb. 4
2021-22 at USC
• Played in nine games with an average of 2.0 minutes of action in each
• Made his collegiate debut on Nov. 9 vs. CSUN
• Scored his first points as a Trojans with a jumper at FGCU on Nov. 16
High School
• Graduated from Damien HS in La Verne, Calif. in 2021 as the school’s all-time leader scorer, scoring more than 2,000 points
• As a senior, he averaged 22.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.9 steals per game
• Named to the All-CIF Southern Section Open Division team
• Named Baseline League MVP, was a four-time All-League selection and was the California Junior of the Year in 2020 and the Freshman of the Year in 2018
• Maintained a 3.1 GPA in the classroom
Personal
• Born in Fontana, Calif
• Son of Stanley and Niema Thomas
• A devoted member of his church community, Thomas has served meals to the homeless and has volunteered locally on behalf of youth basketball programs as well as his school’s recycling club
• Interests include worshipping God, playing video games and watching movies
• Favorite food is anything his mother cooks
• Would like to travel to the Bahamas