Malou & Young sign with Cyclones

From Iowa State Coach T.J. Otzelberger: "The future is bright in Cyclone Land!"

Emmanuel Malou
6-9
Melbourne, Australia (ABCD Prep/Yuba College)

Junior College
Attended Yuba Community College in Marysville, Calif. … averaged 14.7 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.6 blocks … shot 54.4 percent from the field and 47.3 percent from behind the arc … earned All-Bay Valley honors … No. 2 JUCO player and four-star recruit according to 247sports.com … picked Iowa State over offers from Arizona, Kansas and Oregon … tallied double figures in 19 of 23 games, including five games with 20 or more points … scored 24 points against Mendocino and Napa … recorded at least four blocks in 11 games, including a season-high nine against Contra Costa.

High School
Attended the now-defunct ABCD Prep in Des Moines, Iowa.

Personal
Son of Mary Oriah and Martin Malou.

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Solomon Young
6-6
Sacramento, Calif. (Sacramento)

High School
Attends Sacramento High School … averaged 15.8 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks as a junior … helped team to a 28-6 record … a three-star recruit according to 247sports.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com … earned Sacramento Bee All-Metro honors … picked the Cyclones over offers from Washington, Arizona State and Nevada.

Personal

Son of Tina Solomon.

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"...The biggest payoff of the recruiting class could come via Malou — from Melbourne, Australia — who is the No. 2 JUCO player from Yuba College in California. The 6-foot-9 versatile forward averaged 14.7 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.6 blocks last season.

[ISU Coach Steve] Prohm is hopeful Malou will have two years to play in Ames, but complications with eligibility won’t be resolved until spring or summer of 2016.


“As of right now, our intention is he plays from day one, but we’ll deal with that throughout the year and continue to get with compliance and work hand in hand with them,” Prohm said. “He’s a guy, regardless, you’ve got to get in your program so we had to get it done.”