Malick Kordel

Class:
Freshman
Position:
C
Height:
7-2
Weight:
275
Hometown:
Oberhausen, Germany
High School:
Bertha-von-Suttner Gymnasium

Pronunciation
First Name: mah-lick
Last Name: core-dell

Who is Malick Kordel?
• Intimidating figure with size and athleticism
• Strong finisher around the rim
• Scores on pick-and-rolls and put-backs
• Developing his scoring from beyond 15 feet
• Tremendous rebounder, especially offensively
• Grew up playing handball; started playing organized basketball four years ago

Career: Michigan
• Member of the 2026 National Championship Team
   • Defeated No. 2-seed Connecticut (69-63) to claim Michigan’s second national title
• Helped Michigan to a program-best 37-3 record
• Helped U-M advance to the 2026 Final Four (Indianapolis)
   • Defeated No. 1-seed Arizona in the semifinal, 91-73
• Helped U-M to NCAA Tournament (2026)
   • Awarded No. 3 overall seed, No. 1-seed in Midwest Regional
   • Defeated No. 16-seed Howard (101-80) in first round
   • Defeated No. 9-seed Saint Louis (95-72) to advance to consecutive Sweet 16 appearances
   • Defeated No. 4-seed Alabama (90-77) in Sweet 16
   • Defeated No. 6-seed Tennessee (95-62) in the Elite Eight, advancing to the Final Four
• Helped Michigan to an outright Big Ten regular-season title (2025-26)
   • U-M’s first regular-season title since 2020-21
   • Helped Michigan to a program and Big Ten-best 19-1 conference record

Season: 2025-26
• Played in 14 games off the bench
• 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:
       • vs. McNeese (Dec. 29)
       • 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

Career: International
• Season 2024-25: played 22 games with Fraport Skyliners Juniors in ProB (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)
• Season 2023-24: played 18 games with Iserlohn in ProB (Third Division); averaged 2.2 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 71.0 percent
• Season 2022-23: played 25 games with for BSV Wulfen in ProB (Fourth Division); 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

Notables
• 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
• Third player from Germany to play for Michigan in last decade: Moritz Wagner (2016-18) and Franz Wagner (2019-21), who are both playing professionally in the NBA