Mallette Career Statistics
PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Second-leading scorer at 13 points per game ... Started all but one of the season's 31 games, averaging a team-high 34.1 minutes ... Became the Pepperdine all-time leader in games with a made three at 37 ... Scored in double figures 20 times ... Season-high came against Portland (2/4) in a double overtime thriller where he poured in 25 points ... Gathered a career-high four steals at BYU (1/14) ... Other season highs include eight rebounds twice against UC Irvine (11/19) and UCLA (11/23), eight assists against Cal State L.A. (12/19).
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Named to the
WCC All-Freshman team ... Averaged a team-high 13.6 points ... Started 29 of the 32 games and averaged 31.7 minutes ... Finished 12th in the WCC in scoring and fifth in three-pointers (2.2) ... Was the WCC’s top-scoring freshman in league games only, and was sixth overall, at 15.9 points ... Set the Pepperdine freshman record for three-pointers in a season (71), and tied for ninth on the Waves’ overall single-season list ... On other freshman lists, took over third in points (436), third in field goals made (157) and third in minutes (1,015) ... Ended the season with an active streak of 26 consecutive games with a three-pointer (tying the fourth-longest streak in school history ... Scored in double-figures 19 times, with eight 20-point games ... Scored a season-high 31 points vs. BYU (2/12), the fourth-best effort ever by a Pepperdine freshman ... That was one of five 20-point efforts in a six-game stretch to end the regular season ... A two-time
WCC Freshman of the Week (12/13 and 2/14) ... Other season highs were five three-pointers (four times), five assists and three steals at Rice (11/9), two blocks (twice) and 38 minutes (three times).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Pacifica Christian High School, located in Newport Beach, Calif., in 2021 ... Played four years of varsity basketball ... A 2021 McDonald’s All-American nominee ... At the time of his signing, was a three-star prospect and the 20th-rated senior in the state by 247 Sports ... Scored 1,325 career points in high school ... Earned three-time All-CIF Southern Section first team honors, including at Division 1 as a senior ... Also earned All-Orange County and All-San Joaquin League honors three times ... Made the Orange County Dream Team ... Averaged 19.4 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.3 steals as a senior ... Averaged 15.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.1 steals as a junior ... Made 80 three-pointers and shot 40% from beyond the arc ... Helped Pacifica Christian to a share of its first-ever San Joaquin League title as a junior ... Averaged 13.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists as a sophomore ... Spent his freshman year at Richmond (Calif.) Salesian College Prep ... Graduated summa cum laude and was on the dean’s list.
CLUB: Played with West Coast Elite UAA as a 16U and 17U and with Oakland Soldiers EYBL as a 14U and 15U.
PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology ... Born in Santa Monica, Calif. ... Son of Wesley Mallette and Nicole Harris ... Has three siblings: Nola, Holland and Soledad ... Father, who is the Athletic Director at UC Riverside, competed in football and track and field at James Madison ... Chose Pepperdine because “I trust Coach Romar and I connect with him on a deep level. I trust him and the coaching staff and we have built a great relationship. I love every aspect of what the University has to offer and feel I can grow as a person as well as a student-athlete at Pepperdine.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys fashion and music ... Favorites include Larry Bird and Devin Booker (pro athletes), New York Knicks (pro team), Mamba Mentality (book), Pursuit of Happiness (movie), The Office (TV show), Kanye West (musical artist), sushi and poke (food) and football and soccer (sports other than basketball) ... Favorite thing about basketball is “my passion for it. It is my happy place.”
