• Player
• Seasons: 2018-19, 2019-20
• Number: 5
• Position: F
• Height: 6' 7“
• Weight: 195
• Hometown: Rufisque, Senegal
• High School: Pope John XXIII (New Jersey)
• Prep School: none
• Transfer From: none
• Transfer To: Manhattan
• Birthday: February 6¹⁾

• Signed NLI on 11/8/2017²⁾
• Verbally committed on 8/21/2017³⁾

• Appeared in all 31 games, starting 30 at the Power Forward position. (Exception: at Harvard 12/7, in favor of Chatman).
• Averaged 6.7 points and 5.9 rebounds in 27.1 minutes per game. From the previous season, scoring and rebounding averages nearly doubled, and minutes average was up over 10 per game.
• Second on the team in rebouding categories, behind Tre Mitchell.
• Double-figure scoring 10 times.
• Three double-doubles (points & rebounds).
• Team leader, or co-leader, in rebounding in 10 games.
• Started with 12 & 7, including 6-10 shooting, versus UMass-Lowell (11/5).
• Tallied 12 & 6, with 4-5 free throws, in the close win at Fairfield (11/9).
• Notched 13 & 6, including 6-7 from the stripe, against Central CT (11/16).
• Near double-double, 10 & 9, versus Rider (11/20).
• Double-figure scoring fell off in the rest of the non-conference slate, as the competition took a step up.
• Played 42 (season-high) of the 45 minutes in the overtime game vs Yale (12/11).
• First career double-double, 11 & 14, in the overtime loss at Saint Louis (1/5).
• Another double-double, 12 & 12, in the next game, versus La Salle (1/8). Also dished a career-high 6 assists.
• Double-double #3 in the win versus Duquesne (1/25), with 12 points & 13 rebounds. Did his work at the line, shooting 10 of 12, career highs in both numbers.
• More career highs in the next game, the win versus Saint Joe's (1/29), with 19 points on 9-12 shooting. Also added 3 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals.
• Registered 10 & 6, plus 3 steals, against #6 Dayton (2/15). Stole one from National Player of the Year Obi Toppin.
• Tallied 14 & 8, plus 3 steals, in the road win at Fordham (2/22).

• Appeared in 25 games, starting in 13.
• Averaged 17.0 minutes per contest with 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
• Four points and 7 boards in the win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/19).
• First career start at Providence (12/7). Contributed 7 points and 10 rebounds in the UMass comeback win.
• Pulled down 12 rebounds, and shot 4-5 from the floor, at Saint Louis (1/9).
• Missed the La Salle (1/30) and Saint Joe's (2/2) games.
• Scored 6 points to go along with 7 rebounds and 2 assists in win over Davidson (2/9).
• Logged a season-high 37 minutes while tying his season high of 12 boards, plus added 8 points and 3 steals at George Mason (2/13).
• Missed the season's last 5 games with a knee injury.

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• Opted to transfer from UMass to Manhattan, after the conclusion of the 2019-20 season⁴⁾⁵⁾

• Four-star recruit by ESPN & three-star by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com
• Played for Pope John XXIII as well as the NY Jayhawks in AAU
• Held multiple offers including four other A-10 schools before choosing UMass
• As a sophomore in his first year in the United States, Diallo averaged 9.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game
• Those totals jumped during his junior season to 13.4 points and 7.5 rebounds
• Tore his ACL in his last game in his junior year, which forced him to miss this senior season⁶⁾
• Prior to his injury, he was getting recruited from schools including Virginia, Florida, and Syracuse⁷⁾

• "This is my story" video from UMass Athletics (January 2020)
• Often wears two different color shoes, as a tribute to his upbringing when basketball shoes were hard to come by⁸⁾

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