HOUSTON MALLETTE | PEPPERDINE BASKETBALL 🏀

And basically his message is you can still impact the basketball game without scoring . So that's what I would say , you know , work on your fundamentals , love basketball , just approach it with a good attitude and go up there and try to be the best you can .

HOUSTON MALLETTE | PEPPERDINE BASKETBALL 🏀

Like if you're gonna go into a gym , one of the best shots to shoot . And I think like most of the shots that are three pointers or midrange , whatever the case may be are catch and shoot , like make sure you work on your catch and shoot , make sure you work on one pull ups , make sure you work on like a mic and drill , making sure your touch is good . Like focus on the little things you don't need to have a million combos .

HOUSTON MALLETTE | PEPPERDINE BASKETBALL 🏀

I played three sports . So I played basketball . I played baseball .

HOUSTON MALLETTE | PEPPERDINE BASKETBALL 🏀

Um , and it was kind of like a whirlwind and I think like , the biggest things I took in from college is it's , it's a lot , a lot different than any kind of basketball . Like , it's a lot different from high school and it's a lot different from like the NBA and professional basketball . The biggest thing in college is like , how solid can you be ?

HOUSTON MALLETTE | PEPPERDINE BASKETBALL 🏀

You know , we have this thing at Pepperdine , it's called a 95 jersey and you get the 95 jersey because it's basically all the things you did to help the team win that don't involve scoring . And basically his message is you can still impact the basketball game without scoring . So that's what I would say , you know , work on your fundamentals , love basketball , just approach it with a good attitude and go up there and try to be the best you can .