2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

Leighton Chamblee

23 Malachi Rhodes

  • Position Forward
  • Ht./Wt. 6-8 / 240
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
  • Highschool Wheeler HS
  • Prev School Bucknell

Biography

2021-22 Season (Junior):
• Appeared in all 32 games off the bench.
• Averaged 3.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg in 12.9 mpg.
• Shot 47.5 FG% and hit 6-15 3FGs (.400).
• Tteam's top rebounder on a per-minute basis
• Big game in home win over Rider when he had 11 pts. (4-5 FG), 7 reb., 2 asst., 2 blk. in 24 min.
• Played the final 16 min. of the game and had 9 pts. in that span.
• Solid game at Princeton with 8 pts., 4 reb. in 13 min.
• Grabbed a career-high 10 reb. in 17 min. in win at Holy Cross.
• 9 pts. on perfect shooting (3-3 FG, 1-1 3FG, 2-2 FT) in 13 min. in home win over Loyola.
• Hit a tiebreaking 3FG late in the 2nd half.
• Recorded 2nd 10-reb. game vs. Holy Cross.
• Matched his career high with 12 pts. to go with 8 reb., 2 asst. in OT win at Lafayette in first round of PL Tournament. 

2020-21 Season (Sophomore):
• Played in 7 games off the bench.
• Hit 4-11 FG and totaled 12 pts., 11 reb. in the abbreviated season.
• Saw time off the bench in each of the opening-weekend games vs. Navy.
• Finished a 3-pt. play at Navy and scored on a transition layup in the home game vs. the Midshipmen.

2019-20 Season (Freshman):
• Appeared in 22 games with 2 starts.
• Totaled 25 pts., 24 reb., 5 stl. and shot 39.3 FG%.
• Made 1st career start at Rider.
• Had a strong 10 min. in home win over Loyola with 6 pts. (2-2 FG, 2-3 FT), 4 reb.

High School:
• Team captain at Wheeler High School, which went 27-4 in 2017-18 and advanced to the state semifinals for the first time in school history.
• In 2016-17 the squad went 25-4 and went to the state Elite 8 for the first time.
• In 2019 Wheeler returned to state playoffs but was upset in the second round.
• 2019 7-A All-State selection.
• 2018 Region 5-A Player of the Year and an Atlanta Journal Constitution First Team All-State (5A-Private) selection in 2017-18.
• Also a First Team All-Region and All-County selection.
• Named Henry County Junior of the Year.
• Honorable mention All-Metro.
• GACA Junior All-Star.
• Named to the all-tournament team at the TOC Classic.
• No. 14 player in Georgia Class of 2019 by Hoop Seen.
• Played in the 2019 Layne All-Star Game.
• Averaged a double-double.
• Played AAU basketball for Club Elite.
• Also lettered twice in football at Wheeler


Personal:
• Born March 22, 2001 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
• Son of Shedrick and Rhonda Rhodes.
• Has three siblings: older sister Shayla and younger brothers Shedrick and Isaiah.
• Cousin of former Florida State and Cincinnati Bengals receiver Peter Warrick.

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