Samsunspor inks Sagaba Konate

- July 21, 2023

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Sagaba Konate

Samsun BSB Anakent (TBL) agreed terms with 26-year old Mali international center Sagaba Konate (203cm-115kg-1997, college: WVU) for new 2023-24 season. Konate is the second import player in the roster as USA Matt Mooney signed here earlier.
He played last season at Ratiopharm Ulm in German BBL league. In four games he had 6.8ppg, 4.3rpg, 1.0spg and 1.0bpg. Konate's team won the league title. He also played 5 games in Eurocup where he recorded 6.4ppg, 4.6rpg and 1.2apg.
The previous (2021-22) season he played at Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste in Italian Serie A. In 29 games he averaged 8.7ppg and 5.9rpg (#2 in the league) in that year.
He has been a member of Mali international program for some years. Konate has been regularly called to Mali senior team since 2020 and previously for U18 National Team back in 2014.
He has played also professionally in Greece (PAOK Mateco Thessaloniki), Spain (Zaragoza) and NBA G League (Raptors 905 Missisauga).
Konate was voted to Big 12 All-Defensive Team back in 2018.
He graduated from West Virginia University in 2019 and it will be his fifth season as a professional player.

Samsun BSB Anakent roster for 2023-24:

Guards:
Matt Mooney
Eray Aydogan

Forward:
Arda Kaya

Centers:
Muhammed Senli
Sagaba Konate
Tarik Sezgun