"Sam is as tough as they come. After suffering three knee injuries, he worked his way back and earned a spot on our team last year. I'm happy to see he's worked his way back from a fourth knee surgery and will be a part of our team this year as a scholarship player."
-- Head coach John Calipari
2012-13
Grabbed a rebound in three minutes against Mississippi State ... Posted two minutes against Eastern Michigan, grabbing two rebounds ... Tallied first minute of the regular season against Portland ... Logged two minutes in exhibition against Northwood ... Saw three minutes of action against Transy, scoring a bucket only his only shot.
2011-12
Suffered a torn ACL in the Chattanooga game and missed the remainder of the season after playing in six games prior to the injury ... Saw action for three minutes in a win over Chattanooga ... Registered an assist in UK's victory over St. John's ... Appeared in UK's win over Portland ... Scored on a fast-break lay-up and pulled down a pair of rebounds in a win over Radford ... Played in a career-high four minutes in a win over Penn State ... Poured in four points in UK's season-opening victory over Marist ... Saw action in both of UK's exhibition games ... Played seven minutes, scoring two points, pulling down one rebound and swatting one shot in the win over Morehouse.
High School
Averaged 14.0 pts, 9.0 assists and 4.0 steals as a senior at Scituate HS ... Named a 2011 League All-Star ... Helped lead The Tilton School (N.H.) to a 2009 National Prep title ... 2008 state finalist with Scituate High School.
Personal
Son of Joe and Linda Malone ... Has two brothers, Joe Jr. and Charlie and a sister, Carolyn.
