Yacine Diop

Louisville - Redshirt Senior (2019-20):

Played in all 32 games with six starts, averaged 6.9 points and 3.5 rebounds, while shooting 48.7 percent from the floor.
In ACC play, averaged 8.3 points and 3.5 rebounds, while shooting 50 percent from the floor.
Started six games, including five of 18 in ACC play.
Had 13 points and four rebounds vs. Boston College.
Matched season-high 15 points on 7-12 shooting at Pitt on 2/23. Played season-high 31 minutes and tallied season-high 4 assists, while adding five rebounds and five assists.
Matched season-high 15 points against Notre Dame on 2/13 on 6-10 shooting while adding five rebounds.
Played 30 minutes at Notre Dame, finishing with a season-high 9 rebounds and 7 assists while leading the team in both.
Scored 12 points on 2-3 shooting from deep and made second start of season at BC.
Tied a season-high with 15 points on 7-9 shooting, while adding four rebounds and four assists in win at Miami on 1/9.
Finished with season-highs with 15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 28 minutes in 73-61 double OT win at UTM.
Eight points and six rebounds in 19 minutes and defensively helped limit Rhyne Howard to six points (26 for the game) in second half at UK (12/15)
Made first start of season at NKU on 12/8 and finished with season-high nine points on 3-4 shooting, while adding four rebounds and three blocks.
Eight points on 4-7 shooting, while adding five rebounds vs. Chattanooga on 11/21.
Seven points and five rebounds vs. Murray State on 11/8.

Louisville - Redshirt Senior (2018-19):

Suffered season-ending ACL injury (left) vs. Arizona State on 11/23 just four games into season and redshirted.
She averaged 8.3 points and 5.7 rebounds in the first three games.
Recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the season opener at Western Kentucky.
In August 2019, helped lead Senegal to silver medal at the 2019 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket.
Finished the tournament averaging 7.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.4 assists. She twice finished in double figures with points on 5-9 shooting against Egypt and 14 points on 6-10 shooting against Angola. She also added seven rebounds in the win over Angola.

Pittsburgh - Redshirt Junior (2017-18)

Moved into 18th place on Pitt’s all-time scoring list with 1,093 career points
Led the Panthers in scoring (15.7 ppg) and rebounding (6.4 rpg)
Four of her team-high seven double-doubles were against ACC opponents
Became Pitt’s 19th 1,000-point scorer in program history at Boston College (Feb. 11)
Listed 24 double-figure scoring outings, including a seven-game streak to start the year
Listed eight games scoring 20 points or more
Only Panther to start and score in all 30 games
Tied career high of 26 points twice, vs. Wake Forest (Jan. 4) and No. 2/2 Louisville (Jan. 18)
Pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds against No. 18/18 Duke (Jan. 28)
Graduated in May 2018 with a degree in rhetoric and communications

Pittsburgh - Junior (2016-17):

Pittsburgh - Sophomore (2015-16):

Started all 31 games
Finished the season as the team’s second leading scorer at 10.4 points per game
Tallied 14 double-figure scoring games and led the Panthers in points a team-high nine times
Had two double-doubles (18 and 10 vs. NC State; 14 and 12 vs. North Carolina)
Scored a career-high 26 points at Michigan
Notched a career-best five steals at No. 10 Louisville

Pittsburgh - Freshman (2014-15):

Played in and started all 32 games this season
Was third on the team in scoring (9.4) and second in rebounding (7.2)
Was Pitt's first-ever ACC Freshman of the Week recipient
Had five double-doubles on the season
Led the Panthers in rebounding 12 times, assists five times, blocks four times and scoring three times
Had 15 double-figure scoring games to her credit
Had 14 points and nine rebounds in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Ohio State in a Pitt victory
Followed that up with her first career double-double with a career-best 22 points along with 10 rebounds at Duquesne
For her efforts, she was the ACC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 8)
Had four straight double-digit scoring performances during ACC play, including 10 points at FSU, 13 points (and 11 rebounds) at Georgia Tech, 12 points vs. Syracuse and 18 points (and 12 rebounds) vs. Boston College
Went for 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in a 60-50 road win at NC State
Had 16 points and seven rebounds in Pitt's regular season finale vs. Clemson
Was just shy of a double-double in the second round of the NCAA tournament with 18 points and nine rebounds against #6/5 Tennessee
Grabbed the fifth most rebounds by a freshman in program history with 230
All ACC-Academic Team.

High School:

Rated the No. 54 overall prospect and the No. 6 forward by prospectnation.com
Rated the No. 83 overall prospect by HoopGurlz ... Rated No. 69 by BlueStar Basketball
A standout at nearby Seton-La Salle, Diop Averaged 12 points and 12 rebounds as a senior and led her team to Class AA WPIAL and State title
Saved one of her best performances for the state title game as she posted 10 points, 23 rebounds and six blocks vs. Neumann-Goretti to help the Rebels win a PIAA Class AA Title
Named to the Fabulous 5 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Played her sophomore year at Oak Hill Academy before coming to Seton-LaSalle for her junior and senior year
Named MVP of African Cup tournament in 2013 as a member of the Under-18 Senegalese National Team after leading the them to the African Cup championship
Fluent in English, French and Wolof - a regional Senegalese language
Born Oct. 8, 1995
Has three sisters and one brother