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Abou Ousmane

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-10
Weight:
244
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Brooklyn, N.Y.
High School:
Scotland Performance Institute

2023-24: Has scored 1,008 career points, passing the 1,000-point mark for his collegiate career during his double-double (10 points and 10 rebounds) at Georgia in the final game ... Grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds (five offensive) at Butler on March 6 ... Recorded a double-double with 13 points on 6-7 shooting to go with 13 rebounds vs. Providence on Feb. 21 ... Led Xavier in rebounding at 6.4 rpg. (14th in the BIG EAST Conference) ... Fourth in the BIG EAST in offensive rebounding at 2.8 rpg., including eight (XU career-high tying 11 total rebounds) vs. UConn on Jan. 10 ... Also grabbed 11 rebounds vs. Butler on Jan. 16 and vs. Cincinnati (part of a double-double to go with 10 points) on Dec. 9 ... Recorded a double-double with a Xavier career-high 16 points to go with 10 rebounds vs. Seton Hall on Dec. 23 ... Ninth in the BIG EAST in blocked shots at 1.2 bpg., including his career-high tying five blocks vs. Villanova on Feb. 7 and Seton Hall on Dec. 23 ... Has had four games in his collegiate career with five blocks, including five vs. Delaware on Dec. 5.

2022-23 (AS A JUNIOR AT NORTH TEXAS): Played in 92 games and made 66 starts during his three-year career at North Texas, recording 84 career blocks, which ranks fifth in school history ... Earned 2022-23 Conference USA Third Team honors after averaging 11.1 ppg., 6.0 rpg. and 1.3 bpg. for the 2023 NIT Champions ... Missed the final four games of the NIT .... Scored a career-high 37 points on 15-19 shooting to go with 11 rebounds in a win at UTSA on Dec. 22 ... His 37 points were the most points scored by a C-USA player without a 3-pointer in over a decade ... That was one of his five double-doubles for the season ... Fourth in C-USA in offensive rebounding at 2.5 per game ... Had a single-game career high five blocks versus Middle Tennessee on March 2 ... His 45 single season blocks were the seventh-most in UNT history ... Fourth in C-USA in blocks at 1.3 bpg. ... Led the team in scoring eight times ... Led the team in rebounding 16 times ... Scored in double figures 18 times ... Grabbed double-figure rebound totals five times ... Scored at least 20 points four times and 19 points twice ... Shot 70.4 percent (76-108) at the free throw line ... UNT was 14-1 on the season when he made at least five field goals in a game ... Basketball coach: Grant McCasland.

2021-22 (AS A SOPHOMORE AT NORTH TEXAS): Averaged 10.2 ppg. and 6.0 rpg. for the 2021-22 squad that won the Conference USA Regular Season Championship and reached the second round of the 2022 NIT, losing in overtime to Virginia despite a 16-point effort from Ousmane ... Played and started in all 32 games ... Led the team in blocks with 29 ... Scored a season-high 22 points and had 11 rebounds at Marshall in a 69-65 win on Jan. 13 ... Had a career-high 12 rebounds in a win at Rice on Feb. 12 ... Scored in double figures 19 times ... Scored 21 points in 25 minutes vs. Southern Miss on Feb. 24 ... Basketball coach: Grant McCasland.

2020-21 (AS A FRESHMAN AT NORTH TEXAS): Helped his team win the 2021 Conference USA Tournament ... Came off the bench and played a season-high 16 minutes in UNT’s 2021 NCAA Tournament First Round 78-69 overtime win over Purdue on March 19 ... Played in 26 games for the season ... Shot 34-62 (.548) from the field ... Basketball coach: Grant McCasland.

AT SCOTLAND PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE (2019-20): Led his Scotland Performance Institute (Scotland, Pa.) squad to a 40-4 record while averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds per game under head coach Chris Channey ... Led the Knights to a GAC championship ... Had a 32-point and 22-rebound performance and a 27-point and 19-rebound game during the season.

PRIOR TO SCOTLAND PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE: Was at Putnam Science Academy (Putnam, Conn.) in the 2018-19 season where he averaged 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game under head coach Tom Espinosa ... Prior to Putnam Science, he played at Paul Robeson High School in Brooklyn under head coach Todd Myles.

PERSONAL: Nicknamed Bou or Bougatti ... Liberal arts major ... Father is Ousmane Moussa and mother is Hawa Sow ... Has 10 siblings, including six brothers and four sisters ... Born April 7, 2001 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

XAVIER CAREER HIGHS
Points	16	Seton Hall (December 23, 2024)
Field Goals Made	8	Seton Hall (December 23, 2024)
Field Goals Attempted	14	Seton Hall (December 23, 2024)
3-Pt Field Goals Made	1	Butler (January 16, 2024)
3-Pt Field Goals Attempted	2	Butler (January 16, 2024)
Free Throws Made	4	Oakland (November 27, 2023)
Free Throws Attempted	6	Georgetown (January 19, 2024) and Jacksonville (November 10, 2023)
Rebounds	13	Providence (February 21, 2024)
Assists	3	Providence (February 21, 2024), DePaul (February 3, 2024), and Butler (January 16, 2024)
Blocks	5	Villanova (February 7, 2024), Seton Hall (December 23, 2023), and Delaware (December 5, 2023)
Steals	3	Seton Hall (December 23, 2024) and Houston (December 1, 2023)