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2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

12 Malik Eichler

12 Malik Eichler

  • Position:
    Forward/Center
  • Height:
    7-0
  • Weight:
    226
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Berlin, Germany
  • High School:
    MacDuffie Prep (MA)

Summary

Biography

2017-18
  • Appeared in 18 games on the year and averaged 1.4 points and 1.0 rebounds
  • Tallied six points and three rebounds playing a career-high 24 minutes against Milwaukee
  • Hit a triple and pulled down two rebounds at Wright State
  • Posted six points and had three rebounds, a block and a steal against Siena Heights

2016-17
  • Appeared in 24 games, all off the bench
  • Averaged 2.2 points and 1.2 rebounds and collected four blocks and four steals
  • Shot 48.6 percent from the field (18-of-27), including 63.6 percent (7-of-11) from the outside
  • Ended with four points, two blocks and a rebound in his collegiate debut against Adrian
  • Registered six points and a rebound at ETSU
  • Netted seven points against Eastern Michigan
  • Finished with a season-high nine points at Valparaiso
  • Tallied three points and grabbed a season-high four boards with two steals against UIC
  • Had five points and three rebounds against Valparaiso

High School
  • Named to the competitive pool of 16 players to represent Germany at the U-20 European Championship Division A in Finland in 2016 as well as to a competitive pool of 22 players to represent Great Britain at the U20 European Championship Division B in Greece in the summer of 2016
  • Listed as the 19th ranked recruit in the state of Massachusetts as well as No. 81 in the New England class of 2016 by the New England Scouting Report
  • Ended his prep career at The MacDuffie School in Granby, Massachusetts, playing for coach Jacque Rivera in a program that competes in the highly skilled New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC)
  • He was part of a program that featured three players earning Division I basketball scholarships
  • Prior to arriving in the United States, he played junior basketball with Alba Berlin (2 years) and Real Madrid (1 year) and in the men's amateur league with Baloncesto Sevilla (2 years)
  • He was just 14 years old when he made the 16U Alba Berlin squad and the U15 German National Team
  • Moved to Spain and was part of Real Madrid's Cadat A Team and quickly became the starting center
  • With Baloncesto Sevilla of the men's amateur league, he helped the club to a Nike International Junior Tournament title in Rome in 2013 – one of the biggest European basketball tournaments - a third-place finish in the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in L'Hospitalet in Spain in 2015 and fourth-place efforts in the Spanish Championship in both 2014 and 2015

Personal
  • Born in Berlin, Germany
  • Son of Françoise and John Eichler
  • Has an older sister, Anouk, and a younger brother, John-Malcolm Eichler
  • Just the fifth seven-footer in school history and the first since 7-3 Jason Bennett in 2008-09
  • Comes from an athletic family as two of his cousins currently play professional soccer in Europe in Joel Matip (Liverpool FC) and Marvin Matip (FC Ingolstadt)
  • Fluent in three languages (English, German, Spanish)
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the great education he can receive, especially the fact that the school is not too big so he can get more attention in the classroom
  • A Business major

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2016-17Freshman

    Forward/Center
    7'0" 233 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2017-18Sophomore

    Forward/Center
    7'0" 226 lbs
    12