FRISCO, Texas – Malachi Smith knows a little about the grind it takes to make a difference on the basketball court – whether it was his one season at Wright State, where he earned Horizon League All-Freshman honors; at Chattanooga, where he earned first-team all-conference honors and was also named Big South Conference Player of the Year; or his year at Gonzaga, when he was a solid role player off the bench for a team that advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight.
