Malick Kordel

Position:
Center
Ht./Wt.:
7-2 / 275
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Oberhausen, Germany
High School:
Bertha-von-Suttner Gym

2025-26 Season (Michigan): Played in 14 games off the bench for Michigan as a freshman • made collegiate debut against Oakland (Nov. 3) • averaged 1.2 points per game • scored first career-points against Middle Tennessee (Nov. 19) • made a free throw and scored a bucket as time expired • scored season-high four points twice, first vs. McNeese (Dec. 29) and vs. Penn State (Feb. 5) • averaged 1.5 rebounds per game • recorded a season-high four rebounds vs. Villanova (Dec. 9) • had five blocks and one steal • played a season-high eight minutes vs. Oakland.

International/Prep: Played 22 games with Fraport Skyliners Juniors in ProB in 2024-25 (Third Division); averaged 11.7 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 blocks, while shooting 71.7 percent (104-for-145); four double-doubles, scored a season-best 21 points against Leitershofen (Dec. 1, 2024) and grabbed a season-best 21 rebounds against Rhoendorf (Nov. 17, 2024) • played 18 games with Iserlohn in ProB (Third Division) in the 2023-24 season where he averaged 2.2 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 71.0 percent • played 25 games with for BSV Wulfen in ProB (Fourth Division) in 2022-23 where he averaged 2.4 points and 2.1 rebounds • added 15 games with U19 NBBL (Metropol Academy Ruhr) • averaged 8.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, while shooting 68 percent

Personal: Started playing competitive basketball in 2021 • grew up playing handball, starting at the age of six • played for the Turnerbund Oberhausen (TBO) handball club in the 2019-20 season, then COVID-19 shut down indoor gyms and he started to play basketball outdoors • mother, Regine, played in the first division for New Baskets Oberhausen • undeclared major.