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Malcolm Kennedy
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    170
  • Hometown:
    York, S.C.
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • Previous School:
    York Comprehensive HS
  • gp
    14
  • pts/g
    8.5
  • fg %
    36.7
  • 3pt %
    32.1
  • ft %
    75.0
  • reb/g
    1.7
  • a/g
    1.4
Bio

2020-21: Played in 14 games while making 10 starts as a junior...Averaged 25.7 minutes per game...Averaged 8.5 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.2 blocks per game.

2019-20: Played in 25 games as a sophomore, making 16 starts...Averaged 27.2 minutes per game...Also averaged 11.2 points per game, 2.1 rebounds per game, 1.0 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game and 0.1 blocks per game...Scored a career-high 30 points at UVA-Wise (Jan. 18). 

2018-19: Appeared in 19 games for the Cobras as a freshman...Scored a career-high 20 points while hitting nine of 10 free throws against Lenoir-Rhyne. 

High School: Attended York Comprehensive High School where he played basketball for the Cougars...4A All-State...4A All-Region (twice)...Scored over 1,000 career points.

Personal: Son of Kenneth and Crystal Kennedy...Has three siblings. 

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 14 14
Games started 10 10
Minutes 360 360
Minutes per game 25.7 25.7
FG 40-109 40-109
FG Pct 36.7 36.7
3PT 27-84 27-84
3PT Pct 32.1 32.1
FT 12-16 12-16
FT Pct 75.0 75.0
Off rebounds 4 4
Def rebounds 20 20
Total rebounds 24 24
Rebounds per game 1.7 1.7
Personal fouls 15 15
Disqualifications - -
Assists 20 20
Turnovers 19 19
Assist to turnover ratio 1.1 1.1
Steals 6 6
Blocks 3 3
Points 119 119
Points per game 8.5 8.5
Points per 40 min 13.2 13.2
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 15 Newberry
Feb 17 at Limestone
Feb 20 Tusculum L, 81-67
Feb 22 at #19/22 Queens (N.C.) L, 75-56
Feb 24 at Newberry L, 69-50
Feb 27 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 71-61
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 21 Carson-Newman W, 67-53 1 29 4-12 33.3 2-9 22.2 0-1 0.0 10
Nov 24 #2/3 Lincoln Memorial L, 78-57 1 25 1-6 16.7 0-3 0.0 2-3 66.7 4
Nov 25 at South Carolina - - - - - - - - -
Nov 28 at Virginia-Wise - - - - - - - - -
Dec 5 at Limestone - - - - - - - - -
Dec 13 Newberry - - - - - - - - -
Dec 15 at High Point - - - - - - - - -
Dec 19 Newberry - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 #19/20 Queens (N.C.) L, 73-63 1 26 5-9 55.6 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 15
Jan 6 Limestone W, 52-51 1 35 4-13 30.8 2-10 20.0 0-0 - 10
Jan 8 Virginia-Wise W, 83-70 1 32 4-7 57.1 4-7 57.1 2-2 100.0 14
Jan 9 Virginia-Wise W, 95-91 1 42 5-15 33.3 5-15 33.3 4-6 66.7 19
Jan 13 at Wingate L, 86-74 1 36 3-10 30.0 3-8 37.5 2-2 100.0 11
Jan 16 at Tusculum L, 58-50 1 21 2-8 25.0 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 5
Jan 23 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 75-64 1 36 8-11 72.7 4-5 80.0 2-2 100.0 22
Jan 27 Wingate L, 76-61 1 28 3-7 42.9 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 30 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 67-63 - 26 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 1 at Catawba L, 85-79 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 6 at #2/4 Lincoln Memorial - - - - - - - - -
Feb 13 Mars Hill - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Newberry - - - - - - - - -
Feb 17 at Limestone - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 Tusculum L, 81-67 - 6 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 22 at #19/22 Queens (N.C.) L, 75-56 - 15 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 24 at Newberry L, 69-50 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 71-61 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 21 Carson-Newman W, 67-53 1 29 0 1 1 3 0 2 0
Nov 24 #2/3 Lincoln Memorial L, 78-57 1 25 0 2 2 1 1 0 1
Nov 25 at South Carolina - - - - - - - - -
Nov 28 at Virginia-Wise - - - - - - - - -
Dec 5 at Limestone - - - - - - - - -
Dec 13 Newberry - - - - - - - - -
Dec 15 at High Point - - - - - - - - -
Dec 19 Newberry - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 #19/20 Queens (N.C.) L, 73-63 1 26 0 2 2 3 0 1 0
Jan 6 Limestone W, 52-51 1 35 1 3 4 0 1 1 0
Jan 8 Virginia-Wise W, 83-70 1 32 1 2 3 5 2 1 0
Jan 9 Virginia-Wise W, 95-91 1 42 1 4 5 2 3 0 0
Jan 13 at Wingate L, 86-74 1 36 0 3 3 2 2 1 0
Jan 16 at Tusculum L, 58-50 1 21 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Jan 23 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 75-64 1 36 0 1 1 1 3 0 0
Jan 27 Wingate L, 76-61 1 28 0 1 1 2 2 0 1
Jan 30 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 67-63 - 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 1 at Catawba L, 85-79 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 at #2/4 Lincoln Memorial - - - - - - - - -
Feb 13 Mars Hill - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Newberry - - - - - - - - -
Feb 17 at Limestone - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 Tusculum L, 81-67 - 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 at #19/22 Queens (N.C.) L, 75-56 - 15 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
Feb 24 at Newberry L, 69-50 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 71-61 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 21 Carson-Newman W, 67-53 1 3 - -
Nov 24 #2/3 Lincoln Memorial L, 78-57 1 0 - 1.0
Nov 25 at South Carolina - - - -
Nov 28 at Virginia-Wise - - - -
Dec 5 at Limestone - - - -
Dec 13 Newberry - - - -
Dec 15 at High Point - - - -
Dec 19 Newberry - - - -
Jan 4 #19/20 Queens (N.C.) L, 73-63 1 1 - -
Jan 6 Limestone W, 52-51 1 1 - 0.0
Jan 8 Virginia-Wise W, 83-70 1 1 - 2.5
Jan 9 Virginia-Wise W, 95-91 1 1 - 0.7
Jan 13 at Wingate L, 86-74 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 16 at Tusculum L, 58-50 1 0 - 0.0
Jan 23 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 75-64 1 4 - 0.3
Jan 27 Wingate L, 76-61 1 0 - 1.0
Jan 30 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 67-63 - 1 - -
Feb 1 at Catawba L, 85-79 - 1 - -
Feb 6 at #2/4 Lincoln Memorial - - - -
Feb 13 Mars Hill - - - -
Feb 15 Newberry - - - -
Feb 17 at Limestone - - - -
Feb 20 Tusculum L, 81-67 - 0 - -
Feb 22 at #19/22 Queens (N.C.) L, 75-56 - 0 - 0.5
Feb 24 at Newberry L, 69-50 - - - -
Feb 27 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 71-61 - - - -
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 19 8.3 0.7-2.8 0.3-2.1 1.7-2.0 3.4
2019-20 25 27.2 3.6-9.4 2.2-6.6 1.8-2.5 11.2
2020-21 14 25.7 2.9-7.8 1.9-6.0 0.9-1.1 8.5
2021-22 6 28.3 4.5-9.7 3.2-6.8 2.0-2.2 14.2
Total 64 21.4 2.7-7.1 1.7-5.1 1.6-2.0 8.6
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 19 - 158 13-54 24.1 6-40 15.0 32-38 84.2 64
2019-20 25 16 679 90-235 38.3 56-164 34.1 44-63 69.8 280
2020-21 14 10 360 40-109 36.7 27-84 32.1 12-16 75.0 119
2021-22 6 5 170 27-58 46.6 19-41 46.3 12-13 92.3 85
Total 64 31 1367 170-456 37.3 108-329 32.8 100-130 76.9 548
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 19 158 8.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 15.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
2019-20 25 679 27.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 34.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
2020-21 14 360 25.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
2021-22 6 170 28.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 46.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 64 1367 21.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 19 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.0
2019-20 25 0.6 1.3 2.0 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.1
2020-21 14 0.3 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.2
2021-22 6 0.2 1.7 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.2 0.2
Total 64 0.4 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.1
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2018-19 19 - 6 17 23 14 10 8 0
2019-20 25 16 16 33 49 21 25 28 2
2020-21 14 10 4 20 24 20 19 6 3
2021-22 6 5 1 10 11 10 12 7 1
Total 64 31 27 80 107 65 66 49 6
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 19 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019-20 25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2020-21 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021-22 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 64 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 14 25.7 2.9-7.8 1.9-6.0 0.9-1.1 8.5
Conference 14 25.7 2.9-7.8 1.9-6.0 0.9-1.1 8.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 28.8 3.8-9.0 2.4-6.9 1.1-1.6 11.1
Away 5 20.2 1.2-5.6 1.0-4.4 0.4-0.4 3.8
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 4 34.5 4.2-11.8 3.2-10.2 1.5-2.2 13.3
Losses 10 22.2 2.3-6.2 1.4-4.3 0.6-0.7 6.6
Month
November 2 27.0 2.5-9.0 1.0-6.0 1.0-2.0 7.0
January 9 31.3 3.9-9.4 2.8-7.4 1.1-1.3 11.7
February 3 8.0 0.0-2.0 0.0-1.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 14 10 360 40-109 36.7 27-84 32.1 12-16 75.0 119
Conference 14 10 360 40-109 36.7 27-84 32.1 12-16 75.0 119
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 9 8 259 34-81 42.0 22-62 35.5 10-14 71.4 100
Away 5 2 101 6-28 21.4 5-22 22.7 2-2 100.0 19
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result
Wins 4 4 138 17-47 36.2 13-41 31.7 6-9 66.7 53
Losses 10 6 222 23-62 37.1 14-43 32.6 6-7 85.7 66
Month
November 2 2 54 5-18 27.8 2-12 16.7 2-4 50.0 14
January 9 8 282 35-85 41.2 25-67 37.3 10-12 83.3 105
February 3 - 24 0-6 0.0 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 0
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 14 360 25.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 14 360 25.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 259 28.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 35.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 5 101 20.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 4 138 34.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 10 222 22.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 2 54 27.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 16.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 9 282 31.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 37.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 3 24 8.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 14 0.3 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.2
Conference 14 0.3 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0.3 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.3 0.6 0.2
Away 5 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.2 0.2
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 0.8 2.5 3.3 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.0
Losses 10 0.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.2 0.3
Month
November 2 0.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 0.5 1.0 0.5
January 9 0.3 1.8 2.1 1.7 1.8 0.4 0.2
February 3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 14 10 4 20 24 20 19 6 3
Conference 14 10 4 20 24 20 19 6 3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 8 3 16 19 17 12 5 2
Away 5 2 1 4 5 3 7 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 4 3 10 13 10 6 4 0
Losses 10 6 1 10 11 10 13 2 3
Month
November 2 2 0 3 3 4 1 2 1
January 9 8 3 16 19 15 16 4 2
February 3 - 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
News mentions
Men's Basketball Falls at No. 19/22 Queens (N.C.) Monday Night
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  • February 22, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls at No. 19/22 Queens (N.C.) Monday Night

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team fell at No. 19/22 Queens in South Atlantic Conference action Monday night (Feb. 22) by a score of 75-56.

  • February 22, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls in Close Conference Contest at Anderson (S.C.) on Saturday
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  • January 30, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls in Close Conference Contest at Anderson (S.C.) on Saturday

ANDERSON, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team fell in a close South Atlantic Conference contest at Anderson (S.C.) on Saturday (Jan. 30) by a score of 67-63.

  • January 30, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls to Wingate Wednesday Night
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  • January 27, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls to Wingate Wednesday Night

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University women’s basketball team fell to Wingate in South Atlantic Conference action Wednesday night (Jan. 27) by a score of 76-61.

  • January 27, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls to Lenoir-Rhyne in Saturday Conference Tilt
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  • January 23, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls to Lenoir-Rhyne in Saturday Conference Tilt

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team fell to Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday (Jan. 23) in South Atlantic Conference action by a score of 75-64.

  • January 23, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls at Wingate Wednesday Night
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  • January 13, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls at Wingate Wednesday Night

WINGATE, N.C. - Coker University men’s basketball fell at Wingate Wednesday night (Jan. 13) in South Atlantic Conference action by a score of 86-74.

  • January 13, 2021
Cobras Sweep UVA Wise with 95-91 Overtime Win, Extend Winning Streak to Three
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  • January 09, 2021
Cobras Sweep UVA Wise with 95-91 Overtime Win, Extend Winning Streak to Three

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team swept UVA Wise for the season and extended its winning streak to three with a 95-91 overtime victory on Saturday (Jan. 9). The Cobras have now won three in a row for the first time since the 2017-18 season when the Cobras rattled off victories against Mars Hill (Feb. 3, 92-84), Newberry (Feb. 7, 86-80) and Tusculum (Feb. 10, 104-93).

  • January 09, 2021
Cobras Down UVA Wise for Second Straight Win
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  • January 08, 2021
Cobras Down UVA Wise for Second Straight Win

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team took down UVA Wise Friday night (Jan. 8) for its second straight victory, by a score of 83-70.

  • January 08, 2021
Cobras Win 52-51 Nail-Biter over Limestone Wednesday Night
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  • January 06, 2021
Cobras Win 52-51 Nail-Biter over Limestone Wednesday Night

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team won a 52-51 nail-biter over visiting Limestone Wednesday night (Jan. 6) in South Atlantic Conference action.

  • January 06, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls to No. 19/20 Queens (N.C.) on Monday
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  • January 04, 2021
Men's Basketball Falls to No. 19/20 Queens (N.C.) on Monday

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team fell to No. 19/20 Queens (N.C.) on Monday (Jan. 4) in South Atlantic Conference action by a score of 73-63.

  • January 04, 2021
Men's Basketball Drops Conference Contest to No. 2/3 Lincoln Memorial Tuesday Night
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  • November 24, 2020
Men's Basketball Drops Conference Contest to No. 2/3 Lincoln Memorial Tuesday Night

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team dropped its South Atlantic Conference contest to No. 2/3 Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday (Nov. 24) by a score of 78-57.

  • November 24, 2020
Cobras Down Carson-Newman in Season Opener on Saturday
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  • November 21, 2020
Cobras Down Carson-Newman in Season Opener on Saturday

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team opened up the 2020-21 season with a 67-53 victory over Carson-Newman on Saturday (Nov. 21), beating the Eagles for the first time since Jan. 17, 2015.

  • November 21, 2020
Men's Basketball Set for 2020-21 Season Tip-Off
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  • November 19, 2020
Men's Basketball Set for 2020-21 Season Tip-Off

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team is ready to start its 2020-21 campaign, in the team’s second season under head coach Jarred Merrill.

  • November 19, 2020
Men's Basketball Picked Eleventh in South Atlantic Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll
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  • November 04, 2020
Men's Basketball Picked Eleventh in South Atlantic Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll

ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Coker University men’s basketball team was picked eleventh in the 2020-21 preseason coaches’ poll, announced by the league today (Wednesday, Nov. 4).

  • November 04, 2020