Papa Dia

Papa Dia

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
St. Louis, Senegal

High School:
SEEDS Academy/South Kent (Conn.)

Height / Weight:
6-9 / 235

Position:
Forward

Experience:
2L

Major:
Markets and Culture

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2008-09 (Sophomore): Played in all 30 games with 11 starts...averaged 4.8 points and 4.2 rebounds...led the team in rebounding six times...Team Awards: Charges...Team Rankings: 2nd in offensive rebounds (1.6), 3rd in rebounds (4.2), 3rd in blocks (8, 0.3), 6th in scoring (4.8)...Game Highlights: Added 8 points (4-6 FG) and 2 rebounds in the C-USA tournament vs. Houston 3/11...Had 13 points (5-9 FG), 8 rebounds, and 2 steals at UAB 2/14... Added 4 points, a team-high 8 rebounds, and a new career-best 3 assists vs. Cal State-Bakersfield 2/7...Had 8 points (4-4 FG) and 7 rebounds, with 2 assists, a block and a steal in the win over Tulane 1/17...Scored 10 points and grabbed 4 rebounds wuith a steal in 12 minutes vs. UTEP 1/10...Had 11 points and hit 4-8 FGs vs. Ak-Pine Bluff 12/15...Added 12 points and 5 rebounds while htting 4-7 FGs against TAMU-International 12/5...Had team-highs of 17 points (8-12 FG) and 9 rebounds with 2 steals, and a block vs. HBU 11/21.

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Papa Dia 2007-08


2007-08 (Freshman): Played in 28 games with 22 starts while averaging 9.7 points and a team-best 6.5 rebounds...shot 43.2 percent from the field and 60.4 percent (67-111) at the FT line...had three double-doubles...scored 10-plus 13 times and grabbed 8-plus rebounds on 10 occasions...led team in rebounding 17 times...averaged just over two offensive rebounds per game (57 in 28 gms)...had 5 multi-block games...Honors: Named to Conference USA All-Freshman Team after averaging 10.9 points and 6.4 rebounds in league play, that ranked him first in rebounding and third in scoring among freshmen ...Team Rankings: 1st in rebounds (183, 6.5), 2nd in blocks (19, 0.7), 2nd in FTM and FTA (67-111), tied for 2nd in FG pct. (43.2), 4th in scoring (9.7)...C-USA Rankings: 6th in defensive rebounds (4.50), 8th in rebounds (6.5), 13th in offensive rebounds (2.04)...in league games, 7th in rebounds (6.4), 7th in defensive rebounds (4.43), tied 9th in offensive rebounds (2.00), 26th in scoring (10.9)...Note to Remember: Just fifth freshman to lead team in rebounding (Ira Terrell, Jon Koncak, Jeryl Sasser, Patrick Simpson)...was one of two players (Derrick Roberts)to lead the Mustangs at least once in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks...Injury: Missed the Tulane (1/23) and UCF (1/26) games with a starined hamstring...Game Highlights: Had 20 points (6-12 FG, 8-12 FT) , 11 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal in win at Rice 3/8...Added 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals in 19 minutes against UTEP 3/1...Team-highs of 16 points and 6 rebounds with a steal, a block, and an assist at ECU 2/27...Near double-double with 9 points and 11 rebounds against UAB 2/23...Had 8 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 steals against Rice 2/9...Had 6 points and 7 rebounds at No. 1 Memphis 2/6...Scored 18 with 7 boards, a block, a steal, and an assist against Tulsa 1/19...Had 21 points (10-15 FG) with 3 rebounds and an assist against Houston 1/16...Had 12 points, team-high 6 boards, 2 blocks, and 2 steals in first Conference USA game at UTEP 1/9...Added 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and a block against Stephen F. Austin 12/30...Had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 blocks against Houston Baptist 12/9...Added 12 points and 8 rebounds in win over TCU 12/5...Had his second double-double with a team-high 19 points (8-12 FG, 3-6 FT) as well as 10 boards against Paul Quinn 11/27...Went for 9 points and 7 rebounds at Dayton 11/24...Had 8 points, 4 steals, and 3 blocks in his second game 11/11 agains Alabama St...Started and recorded a double-double in his debut (11 pts, 13 rebs) against Southern 11/10.

Prep: Played alongside current teammate Mike Walker at South Kent School...is a native of St. Louis, Senegal, the same hometown as current Mustang center Bamba Fall...was ranked 56th nationally by Hoop Scoop...As a junior at South Kent, he averaged 7.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 4.6 blocks per game for coach Raphael Chillious on a team that had eight Division I signees...Attended and played basketball for SEEDS Academy in Dakar, Senegal, before going to South Kent.

Club:Played AAU basketball for coach Rob Brown and Team Final.

International: Played for team Africa in the 2006 Global Games held at Moody Coliseum.

Personal: He was born in February of 1987 and is the son of Abdou and Anita Dia.

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                                      THE STAT CREW SYSTEM
                   SMU Mustangs Individual Game-by-Game (as of Jun 03, 2009)
                                           All games

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|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ at USF 11-14-08 21 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 3-3 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 5.0 HOUSTON BAPTIST 11/21/08 * 29 8-12 .667 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 4 5 9 6.5 3 0 1 1 1 2 17 11.0 ALABAMA STATE 11/22/08 * 19 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 6.0 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 8.0 ILLINOIS STATE 11/23/08 * 17 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 3 5 5.8 3 0 0 2 0 1 5 7.3 at TCU 11/26/08 19 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2 6 8 6.2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 5.8 TEXAS A&M - INT'L 12/05/08 * 24 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 4-8 .500 1 4 5 6.0 3 0 1 4 0 0 12 6.8 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 12/15/08 * 28 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 1 3 4 5.7 4 0 1 3 1 1 11 7.4 at Texas A&M 12/17/08 13 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 5 2 7 5.9 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 6.8 at Northwestern 12/23/08 * 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 5.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 UT-SAN ANTONIO 12/29/08 9 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 0 2 2 5.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 5.9 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRIS 12/31/08 26 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 4 5 5.0 0 0 1 1 1 2 8 6.1 COLORADO 01/05/09 13 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 5 1 6 5.1 4 0 0 2 0 0 7 6.2 UTEP 01/10/09 12 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 6.5 at Rice 1/14/09 22 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 4 3 7 5.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 6.6 TULANE 01/17/09 * 27 4-4 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 5.3 2 0 2 3 1 1 8 6.7 at Marshall 1/21/09 22 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 5.1 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 6.5 EAST CAROLINA 01/24/09 15 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 4.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.2 at UCF 1/28/09 14 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 4.7 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6.0 at Tulsa 01/31/09 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 4.6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.7 MEMPHIS 02/04/09 12 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 5.6 CS-BAKERSFIELD 02/07/09 * 22 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 2 6 8 4.5 2 0 3 1 0 1 4 5.5 HOUSTON 02/11/09 12 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 5.4 at UAB 02/14/09 24 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 2 6 8 4.6 3 0 0 0 0 2 13 5.7 at Memphis 02/18/09 18 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 2 4 4.6 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 5.6 RICE 02/21/09 * 9 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 4.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.4 at UTEP 02/25/09 * 6 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.3 TULSA 02/28/09 9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4.3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 SOUTHERN MISS 03/04/09 9 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 3 5 4.4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.9 at Houston 3/7/09 8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 4.3 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 4.7 vs Houston 3/11/09 * 19 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2 0 2 4.2 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 4.8

Totals......................... 11 491 61-139 .439 0-0 .000 23-41 .561 49 78 127 4.2 49 0 13 40 8 15 145 4.8

Games played: 30 Minutes/game: 16.4 Points/game: 4.8 FG Pct: 43.9 FT Pct: 56.1

Rebounds/game: 4.2 Assists/game: 0.4 Turnovers/game: 1.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.3 Steals/game: 0.5 Blocks/game: 0.3

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                                      THE STAT CREW SYSTEM
                   SMU Mustangs Individual Game-by-Game (as of Jun 03, 2009)
                                           All games

#42 DIA, Papa

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOUTHERN 11/10/07 * 32 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 3-7 .429 7 6 13 13.0 4 0 1 1 2 0 11 11.0 ALABAMA STATE 11/11/07 * 19 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 1 2 3 8.0 2 0 0 6 3 4 8 9.5 CENTENARY 11/17/07 14 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 0 1 1 5.7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7.0 at Dayton Flyers 11-24-07 * 24 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 1 6 7 6.0 3 0 1 2 0 0 9 7.5 PAUL QUINN 11/27/07 * 22 8-12 .667 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 3 7 10 6.8 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 9.8 at UTSA 12/1/07 * 20 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 6 8 7.0 3 0 2 3 1 0 8 9.5 TCU 12/05/07 * 25 5-10 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 3 5 8 7.1 4 0 0 2 0 1 12 9.9 HOUSTON BAPTIST 12/09/07 * 22 5-11 .455 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 7.1 2 0 0 2 2 0 10 9.9 S.C.-UPSTATE 12/18/07 * 24 2-10 .200 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 3 5 8 7.2 4 0 0 2 1 1 7 9.6 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 12/20/07 * 19 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 3 3 6 7.1 1 0 0 1 1 3 9 9.5 TEXAS STATE 12/29/07 * 18 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 5 6 7.0 2 0 0 3 1 1 4 9.0 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 12/30/07 * 26 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 7 8 7.1 5 1 2 5 1 1 10 9.1 at Colorado 1/4/08 * 25 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 3 4 7 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 9.2 at UTEP 01/09/08 * 28 5-12 .417 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 1 5 6 7.0 3 0 0 3 2 2 12 9.4 HOUSTON 01/16/08 * 27 10-15 .667 0-0 .000 1-5 .200 1 2 3 6.7 2 0 1 4 0 0 21 10.1 TULSA 01/19/08 * 34 7-11 .636 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 2 5 7 6.8 2 0 1 4 1 1 18 10.6 at Tulsa 02/02/08 21 4-4 1.000 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 1 6 7 6.8 3 0 1 5 0 1 9 10.5 at Memphis 2/6/08 * 30 3-14 .214 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 7 7 6.8 2 0 1 3 0 0 6 10.3 RICE 02/09/08 * 28 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 8 9 6.9 3 0 0 4 3 2 8 10.2 MARSHALL 02/13/08 26 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 2 2 4 6.8 2 0 1 2 0 3 6 10.0 at Houston Cougars 2/16/08 22 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 5-7 .714 1 3 4 6.6 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 9.8 at Southern Miss 2/20/08 * 23 3-10 .300 0-1 .000 4-6 .667 1 4 5 6.5 5 1 0 2 0 1 10 9.8 UAB 02/23/08 * 27 3-12 .250 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 4 7 11 6.7 1 0 0 2 0 1 9 9.8 at East Carolina 2-27-08 * 29 7-15 .467 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 4 2 6 6.7 1 0 1 0 1 1 16 10.0 UTEP 03/01/08 19 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 3 5 8 6.8 5 1 2 2 0 2 10 10.0 MEMPHIS 03/05/08 12 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 6.6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.7 at Rice 3/08/08 * 30 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 8-12 .667 7 4 11 6.7 3 0 2 5 0 1 20 10.0 vs UTEP 3/12/08 * 18 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 6.5 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.7

Totals......................... 22 664 102-236 .432 0-1 .000 67-111 .604 57 126 183 6.5 73 4 17 68 19 28 271 9.7

Games played: 28 Minutes/game: 23.7 Points/game: 9.7 FG Pct: 43.2 3FG Pct: 0.0 FT Pct: 60.4

Rebounds/game: 6.5 Assists/game: 0.6 Turnovers/game: 2.4 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.3 Steals/game: 1.0 Blocks/game: 0.7

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