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UI hoops target Hall: 'Have to step up my game'

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WESTFIELD, Ind. — Malik Hall's decision to transfer from Metea Valley to Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kan., after his freshman season wasn't one he came to easily.

Hall admits it was a difficult choice to make. But it was a decision in which the potential benefits outweighed moving away from friends and family in the Chicago suburbs.

"I don't think I was ready, but I knew I had to make a decision if I wanted to be where I wanted to be at," Hall said of his initial thoughts in making his move. "Leaving my friends and family was definitely tough.