Lamine Diane

Lamine Diane (born November 7, 1997) is a Senegalese college basketball player for the Cal State Northridge Matadors of the Big West Conference (BWC). He was named the Big West Player of the Year in both 2019 and 2020.

Lamine Diane
No. 35 – Cal State Northridge Matadors
PositionPower forward / Small forward
LeagueBig West Conference
Personal information
Born (1997-11-07) November 7, 1997
Dakar, Senegal[1]
NationalitySenegalese
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolFindlay Prep (Henderson, Nevada)
CollegeCal State Northridge (2018–2020)
Career highlights and awards

Diane, the son of Senegal national team player Keletigui Diane, came to the United States in 2015 to play high school basketball at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada. He came into his own in his second season as he tripled his scoring average from 5 to 16 points per game.[2] He committed to Cal State Northridge, redshirting the 2017–18 season to concentrate on academics and to allow a wrist injury to heal.[3] As a redshirt freshman, Diane averaged 24.8 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game and led the nation in field goals.[4] At the close of the season became the first player in history to win the Big West Conference's Player, Freshman and Newcomer of the Year awards in the same year.[5][6][7]

For his sophomore season, Diane was named to the preseason All-Big West team.[8] However, he was ruled academically ineligible for the first semester by the NCAA.[9] At the close of the regular season, Diane was awarded his second straight conference Player of the Year honor.[10] He averaged 25.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, two blocks and 1.7 steals per game. Following the season Diane declared for the 2020 NBA draft.[11]

References
  1. "NCAA : SOUS ESTIMÉ, LAMINE DIANE FAIT POURTANT MIEUX QUE RJ BARRETT ET ZION WILLIAMSON" (in French). February 11, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. Jordan, Jason (January 17, 2017). "Findlay Prep's Senegalese forward Lamine Diane starring in just his second year in the U.S." USA Today. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. Whicker, Mark (January 7, 2019). "The numbers are there for CSUN's Lamine Diane, but there's more to come". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. Northam, Mitchell (April 25, 2019). "5 players who could lead men's college basketball in scoring in 2020". NCAA.com. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  5. Pilla, Sarah (March 14, 2019). "CSUN Has Potential NBA Draft Pick on its Roster". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. Miller, Kerry (February 7, 2019). "Lamine Diane Is CBB's Unknown Freshman Putting Up No. 1 Pick Deandre Ayton Stats". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  7. "Big West Announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Big West Conference. March 11, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  8. "UC Irvine Picked To Repeat In Tight Men's Basketball Media Vote". Big West Conference. October 24, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  9. "4 takeaways from Pepperdine's 94-82 win over CSUN". SBNation. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  10. "Big West Reveals 2019-20 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  11. Soto, Andres (April 7, 2020). "Lamine Diane declares for NBA Draft". The Daily Sundial. Retrieved April 8, 2020.


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