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Boubacar Diakite to Transfer from St. John’s

The talented, yet injured freshman will seek a new home after sitting out the 2017–18 season.

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Without ever stepping foot on the court in a live game for the Red Storm, redshirt freshman Boubacar Diakite’s St. John’s basketball career is over.

The 6-foot-8 wing from Mali is transferring from the program, per Zach Braziller of the New York Post. He originally enrolled at St. John’s a year early in an attempt to rehab from a significant knee injury he suffered while while playing for Our Savior New American (OSNA), a high school in Centereach, N.