N'Faly Dante selected the top Malian playing abroad in last week's games

- December 3, 2021

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Here is the weekly review of the top performing Mali players, who play currently abroad.

N'Faly Dante

#1. This week's number one is an experienced former U17 international center N'Faly Dante (211-1, currently plays college basketball in the States). He led Oregon to an easy victory against the University of Montana (1-0) crushing them 87-47 in the NCAA last Monday. Dante scored 11 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. The University of Oregon has 3-3 overall record this season. This year Dante averages: 7.3ppg, 3.5rpg, 2FGP: 73.9%(17-23) and FT: 43.5%. He played for the Mali U17 national team five years ago.

Mahamadou Diawara

#2. Second place goes to former U18 international power forward Mahamadou Diawara (208-99, currently studies in the States), who plays in the NCAA. Diawara could not help the Stetson in their last game. Despite his very good performance the Stetson lost 73-83 at home to the Florida Atlantic University. Diawara scored 18 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in a mere 16 minutes. This year Diawara's overall stats are: 4.5ppg, 3.0rpg, 2FGP: 52.6% in six games he played so far. He played for the Mali U18 national team in 2016.

Fousseyni Drame

#3. The Mali player who performed third best last week abroad was former U19 international forward Fousseyni Drame (201-0, is currently at the American university), who plays in the NCAA. Drame was not able to help the St.Peter's in their last game on Saturday. Despite his good performance the St.Peter's was defeated 85-71 on their home court in Jersey City by the Providence College. Drame recorded 13 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. Drame's total stats this season are: 8.5ppg, 7.3rpg, 1.5apg, 2FGP: 57.9%(11-19). He played for the Mali U19 national team two years ago.

Oumar Ballo

#4. Center Oumar Ballo (213-2, currently plays college basketball in the States) contributed to an easy victory against the Sacramento State University (0-1) crushing them 105-59 in the NCAA last Saturday. Ballo recorded 7 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks. The University of Arizona has 7-0 overall record this season. This year Ballo's total stats are: 7.0ppg, 6.0rpg and 1.2bpg in six games. He is also Mali U19 national team player.

Abdoul Coulibaly

#5. International power forward Abdoul Coulibaly (206-0, currently plays college basketball in the States) contributed to St.Bonaventure's surprising victory against the Coppin State University 93-81 in the NCAA on Wednesday night. He scored 10 points in only 10 minutes. The St. Bonaventure University has 5-1 overall record this season. Coulibaly has averaged so far 4.7ppg and 1.1rpg in seven games. He plays currently for the Mali national team.

Moulaye Sissoko

#6. Center Moulaye Sissoko (206-99, currently plays college basketball in the States) contributed to an easy victory against the Alabama State University crushing them 93-54 in the NCAA in Wednesday night's game. Sissoko scored 8 points. The University of Dayton has 5-2 overall record this season. Sissoko has averaged so far 3.4ppg and 2.5rpg. He is a former U19 international player as he played for the Mali team four years ago.

Mamoudou Diarra

#7. Former U18 international forward Mamoudou Diarra (206-97, currently plays college basketball in the States) was not able to secure a victory for the Tenn Tech in their game against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the NCAA. Diarra scored 7 points and blocked 2 blocks in 26 minutes. The Tenn Tech was badly defeated 82-65 on the road by the University of Tennessee at. Diarra has relatively good stats this year: 10.6ppg, 5.4rpg and 1.4bpg in seven games. He used to play for the Mali U18 national team seven years ago.

Ibrahim Doumbia

#8. Forward Ibrahim Doumbia (201-98, currently plays college basketball in the States) couldn't help the CS Fullerton in their game against the University of Wyoming in the NCAA. Doumbia scored only 4 points, had 6 rebounds and made 2 blocks. The CS Fullerton was defeated 79-66 in Laramie by the University of Wyoming. Doumbia has averaged so far 2.0ppg, 3.3rpg and 1.3bpg. He used to play for the Mali U18 national team back in 2016.

Fousseyni Traore

#9. U19 international forward Fousseyni Traore (201-2, currently plays college basketball in the States) managed to help Brigham Young University in a victory against the University of Utah (0-1) 75-64 in the NCAA in Saturday night's game. Traore recorded only 2 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 19 minutes. The Brigham Young University has 7-0 overall record this season. Traore has averaged so far 6.8ppg, 6.5rpg and 1.5bpg in six games. He is also in the roster of the Mali U19 national team.

Hassan Drame

   #10. Forward Hassan Drame (201-0, currently plays college basketball in the States) is a teammate of previously mentioned Fousseyni Drame and both played together in the last NCAA game. Drame couldn't help the St.Peter's in their game against the Providence College. He cannot count Saturday's game as one of the best ones. Drame recorded only 2 points in 15 minutes. The St.Peter's lost 71-85 on their home court in Jersey City to the College. Drame has averaged so far 4.8ppg, 4.3rpg, 1.5apg and 1.5spg in four games. He is a former U19 international player as two years ago he still played for the Mali national team.

   #11. Former U17 international forward Harouna Sissoko (201-99, currently plays college basketball in the States) contributed to an Illinois St.'s victory against the Purdue University Northwest 81-71 in the NCAA last Saturday. He recorded only 2 points. It was his first game for Illinois St. this season. Sissoko used to play for the Mali U17 national team five years ago.

   #12. Former U17 international forward Adama Sanogo (206-2, currently plays college basketball in the States) contributed to UConn's shocking victory against the University of Maryland Eastern Shore 72-63 in the NCAA on Tuesday night. He scored 8 points. Sanogo has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages: 15.6ppg, 6.3rpg and 1.8bpg. Sanogo used to play for the Mali U17 national team back in 2018.

The list of other players, who all have Mali passport but never been selected to any of Mali national teams:

   #1. Amadou Sow (206-F-98, currently plays college basketball in the States), who plays in the NCAA could not help the UCSB in their last game. Despite his very good performance the UCSB lost 62-70 on the road to the University of Texas at Arlington. Sow scored 23 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 33 minutes. It's Sow's fourth season with the team. He has individually a very good year with high stats. Sow averages: 21.2ppg and 7.6rpg in five games he played so far.

   #2. Souleymane Diakite (206-PF-99, currently studies in the States) led NJIT to a victory against the Sacred Heart University 75-70 in the NCAA on Tuesday night. Diakite recorded 11 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. The New Jersey Institute of Technology has 4-4 overall record this season. It's Diakite's fourth year with the team. He has averaged so far 3.3ppg, 5.4rpg and 1.3bpg.

   #3. Amadou Sylla (203-F-98, is currently at the American university), who plays in the NCAA was not able to help the Tenn Tech in their last game. Despite Sylla's good performance the Tenn Tech was badly defeated 82-65 in Chattanooga by the University of Tennessee at. He scored 12 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and made 2 blocks in 20 minutes. Sylla has averaged so far 8.0ppg, 5.0rpg and 1.1bpg in seven games.

   #4. Tahirou Diabate (206-F-98, currently plays college basketball in the States) contributed to an easy victory against the Georgetown University 73-56 in the NCAA last Thursday. He scored 8 points. The San Diego State University has 4-4 overall record this season. Diabate has averaged so far 2.6ppg and 2.6rpg.

   #5. Tim Troussel (203-PF-95, college: Newman, currently plays in Austria) was the major contributor in Lions' victory against the fourth-ranked Worthersee Piraten (4-3) crushing them 88-68 in the Austrian 2.Bundesliga (second division) last Saturday. Troussel recorded a double-double by scoring 15 points and getting 12 rebounds. He also added 5 assists and 4 steals; quite an impressive performance considering it's only Troussel's third season in pro basketball. in Conference Capital West. Raiffeisen Dornbirn Lions (5-2) are placed third in Capital West Conference. It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row. This season Troussel has very high stats. He averages: 16.0ppg, 12.2rpg, 2.8apg and 2.6spg. Troussel has a dual citizenship: Mali and French.

   #6. Experienced Mady Sissoko (206-C-0, currently plays college basketball in the States) was not able to secure a victory for the Michigan St. in their game against the Baylor University in the NCAA. Sissoko cannot count Friday's game as one of the best ones. He scored only one point. His team was badly defeated by 17 points 75-58. Sissoko has averaged so far 1.3ppg and 1.4rpg.

   #7. Cheickna Sissoko (206-F, currently plays in NCAA2) contributed to an easy victory against the University of California - Davis 79-60 in the NCAA2 in Sunday night's game. He recorded 12 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in only a mere 9 minutes. Sissoko has averaged so far 3.1ppg and 2.4rpg in seven games.

   #8. Lassena Fofana (198-F-5, currently plays in Spain) couldn't help Torta del Casar in their game against CBSFDO in the Spanish EBA (fourth division). He cannot count Saturday's game as one of the best ones. Fofana scored only 2 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. His team was defeated 81-66. Fofana has averaged so far 5.3ppg and 5.2rpg.