Malik Story

A three star recruit, Story is known for his ability to spot up from behind the 3 point line. A junior this year, he played on the So-Cal All-Stars with Taylor King and Renardo Sidney, and proved to be a very consistent long ball threat. Despite his excellent perimeter shooting ability, Story struggled to get it going today, and finished with a quiet 13 points.

Story started the game cold, though he did hit a long jumper early. When he tried to attack the hoop after his jumper didn’t work, he struggled to break down the defense. Story will need to work on his ball handling ability, and improve his body control to become a threat to slash to the basket. His handle remains mechanical at this point, and this will hurt him on the college level. It would also help him greatly if he could work on toning his body.

He will be a good 3 point shooting threat at USC, but at this point Malik Story needs to prove he can be an all around player. He displayed fantastic leaping ability on a windmill dunk to end the game, so on occasion he does show that the tools are there for Story to improve.