Senegalese basketball player
Pape Moustapha Diop (born 1 January 1996) is a Senegalese basketball player. He plays for the Senegal national basketball team and Andrezieux in France.
College career
A Dakar native,[1] Diop played college basketball in Canada for Cape Breton University of Sydney. He averaged 2.5 points in 12.5 minutes per game in the 2017–18 season.[2] On January 13, 2018, Diop scored a career-high 11 points in a 114–93 loss against UNB.[3]
Professional career
Diop played for the Estonian Side BC Tallinna Kalev in the 2018–19 season,[4] he averaged 1.25 points, 0.75 rebound and 0.25 assists per game.[5][6]
In 2019, Diop returned to Senegal to play for AS Douanes. On November 4, 2019, he was named the MVP of the Senegalese Basketball Cup after a 28 points and 13 rebounds performance in the final.[7] In the same season, he also won the Nationale 1 title and was named the league's Finals MVP.[8]
In 2021, he transferred to DUC Dakar.[9]
In the 2021–22 season, Diop plays for Joeuf-Homécourt Basket in the National Masculine 2, the French fourth tier level. He scored 37 points in his debut against Étoile Charleville-Mézières.[10]
National team career
Diop represented the Senegal national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification where he averaged 2 points, 2.3 rebound and 0.5 assists per game.[11]
He also played at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 3 points, 1 rebound and 0.2 assists per game.[12] Diop also played at FIBA AfroBasket 2021, helping the team win a bronze medal.
