The Western Kentucky forward finished with zero points, four rebounds, four fouls and two turnovers against Old Dominion. The redshirt sophomore played 17 minutes off the bench and missed his only shot attempt.
Even with that stat line, Hilltopper coach Rick Stansbury said he doesn’t think WKU (12-5 overall, 4-0 Conference USA) would’ve earned a 75-68 win against the Monarchs (12-4, 3-1) without Diagne.
Diagne made his Division I basketball debut Thursday at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The 6-foot-9 native of Rufisque, Senegal hadn’t played an organized game since the 2015-16 season, when he was a freshman at Northwest Florida State, a junior college.