Tahirou Diabate Season 2021-22

As a Senior* (2021-22 Season)
* - Utilized the extra year of eligibility offered by the NCAA due to COVID-19
San Diego State Scholar-Athlete... Appeared in 25 games all of the bench… Averaged 2.0 points and 2.2 rebounds in 8.1 minutes per game… Added a pair of assists, two steals and 12 blocks in 202:17 minutes of action… Shot 19-of-51 (37.3 percent) from the floor, 0-of-2 from beyond the arc and was 12-of-24 (50.0 percent) from the line… Scored five or more points on four occasions: five each vs. New Mexico (1/31) and Fresno State (3/3), eight vs. Georgetown (11/25) and a season-high nine against Air Force (2/12)… Grabbed a single-game high seven rebounds against Fresno State among six games with a minimum of for boards… Assists came at Utah State (1/26) and vs. Creighton (3/17) in the first round of the NCAA tournament… Recorded steals at Utah State and against Utah State (2/15)… Attempted a single-game high eight free throws vs. Fresno State… Totaled four games where he was perfect from the floor with a 3-of-3 vs. Air Force being his top effort… Posted season-highs of seven shots and four makes vs. Georgetown… Played double digit minutes in eight games, with a season-high 22 against Fresno State… Was one of four players in 2021-22 who was 6-9 or taller and began his playing career in 2017-18 to have a career field goal percentage of at least 53.6 percent, 3-point percentage of at least .333 and a minimum of 439 rebounds.

As a Senior at Portland (2020-21 Season)
Did not compete after opting out of the season.

As a Junior at Portland (2019-20 Season)
WCC Rankings: No. 7 in offensive rebounds, No. 8 in blocks, No. 17 in rebounds
Earned starts in all 31 games in which he appeared… Averaged 9.6 points and 5.1 rebounds in 20.5 minutes per game… Added 25 blocks, 19 steals and 13 assists in 637 total minutes… Was 118-of-214 (55.1 percent) from the floor, 2-of-3 (66.7 percent) from beyond the arc, and 61-of-107 (57.0 percent) from the free throw line… Led the team in offensive rebounds (55) and was second in field goals, field goal percentage, free throws, free throw attempts, blocks and defensive rebounds (102)… Recorded a career-high 25 points at Pepperdine (1/25) among a career-best 13 games in double figures… Totaled six games of at least six field goals made, and his nine made at Pepperdine (1/25) are a career-best… Sank 3-point field goals at Pepperdine (1/25) and at San Francisco (2/27)… Had 17 games of at least six rebounds, including two with ten boards… In each of his two double-digit rebounding games he also recorded double doubles: 13 points & 10 rebounds vs. CSUN (12/4) and 12 points & 10 rebounds vs. Ball State (12/25)… Enjoyed multiple steals on four occasions, including a season and career-high four vs. Ball State (12/25)… His four blocked shots at Saint Mary’s (1/30) equaled his career-best among seven games with multiple blocks… Equaled his career-high with two assists in a game vs. Pacific (1/16)… Twice, at Pepperdine (1/25) and at San Francisco (2/27), logged a season-high 32 minutes... At the end of the season his 55.3 field goal percentage and 73 career blocks and ranked fifth and ninth, respectively, on the program's career lists.
 
As a Sophomore at Portland (2018-19 Season)
WCC Rankings: No. 13 in blocks
Appeared in all 32 games earning 17 starting assignments… Averaged 5.7 points and 3.2 rebounds in 13.8 minutes per game… Added 24 blocks (second most on the team), 17 steals and four assists in 443 total minutes… Was 74-of-136 (54.4 percent) from the floor and 33-of-65 (50.8 percent) from the free throw line… Among his teammates, he ranked in the top-5 of nine statistical categories, including second in field goal percentage and blocks… Reached double figure scoring in five games with a season-high 14 coming at CSUN (11/17)… Among eight games in which he hit at least four field goals, his seven buckets at CSUN (11/17) were his season-high… Totaled seven games with multiple blocks and a season-best three rejections at CSUN (11/17), vs. Cal Poly (11/23) and vs. Sacramento State (12/8)… On three occasions, at CSUN (11/17), at Santa Clara (2/2), and at San Diego (2/21), grabbed a season-high six rebounds… Among 16 games with at least one steal, his best single game effort came at CSUN (11/17) with two… Two assists against Grambling (12/15) were a career-high… Was on the floor for a season-high 25 minutes at CSUN (11/17)… At the end of the season his then 48 career-blocked shots ranked 18^th on the program’s all-time list and his 55.4 percent (154-of-278) field goal shooting was the fifth best in program history.

As a Freshman at Portland (2017-18 Season)
WCC Rankings: No. T-11 in blocks
Among 30 appearances, made 22 starts… Averaged 6.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 19.8 minutes per game… Added 24 blocks, 19 steals and four assists in 593 total minutes… Went 80-of-142 (53.6 percent) from the field, 1-of-4 (25.0 percent) from the bonus distance, and 30-of-57 (52.6 percent) from the line… Field goal percentage, rebounds, offensive rebounds, and blocked shots ranked second on the squad… Scored in double figures eight times, including a season-best 19 points vs. Pepperdine (2/1)… Grabbed double-digit rebounds in three games, with a single-game high 11 vs. Santa Clara (2/15)… Recorded his first career double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds at Santa Clara (1/6)… Totaled six multi-block games with a season-high of four at Santa Clara (1/6)… Enjoyed four games of multiple steals led by a single-game best three vs. Oregon Tech (11/19)… Attempted and converted season-high of eight field goals and 11 field goal attempts vs. Pepperdine (2/1)… Played a season-high 38 minutes at Santa Clara (1/6).
  
High School
A graduate of Teikyo Nagaoka High in Niigata, Japan… In his junior year he averaged 31 points and 18 rebounds and led his team to the 2016 Okinawa Cup, Japan's High School National Championships… He as named the Most Valuable Player of the Okinawa Cup after leading the tournament in points and rebounds… Once reportedly scored 101 points in a single game as well as a 51-point effort in the 2016 Niigata Tournament and then tallied 61 points in a game at the Okinawa Cup.