Malcolm Grant Class: Freshman Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. High School: Winchendon Academy (Mass.) Height / Weight: 6-0 / 175 Position: Guard Birthdate: 06/21/1988

VILLANOVA

A smooth and heady point guard who can handle the basketball ... Can score in traffic or with his perimeter jumper ... Able to create in transition ... Should battle for playing time...Converted .650 of his field goal attempts and averaged 8.0 ppg in Villanova's four game exhibition tour of Canada.

WINCHENDON ACADEMY

Played one season at the Massachusetts prep school ... Graduated in 2006 from Paul Robeson High School in his native Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was voted PSAL player of the year and second team All-City ... Averaged 23.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in 2005-06 ... Scored more than 1,500 career points.

PERSONAL

Born June 21, 1988 in Brooklyn ... Parents are William Duncan and Mary Grant ... Siblings are Sayeed Grant (32) and LeVar Grant (29) ...A communications major ... Enjoys playing video games ... One of the reasons he selected Villanova was for its academic strength.