NC State basketball has now welcomed Ismael Diouf to campus in time for the beginning of the autumn semester on Monday, Pack Insider’s Matthew Bradham reported this weekend.
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Diouf, a 6-foot-9, 215-pound polished stretch-four, averaged 10.1 factors and 6.2 rebounds as a sophomore at Laval College in Quebec. The Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu product helped energy his squad to a nationwide championship and snagged MVP honors earlier than listening to his identify No. 1 general on the 2024 Canadian Elite Basketball League Draft again in April.
Nevertheless, the 22-year-old Diouf, considered one of 5 gifted switch additions for Kevin Keatts and his workers, visited the Wolfpack two months later and introduced his switch to NC State shortly thereafter. He arrives in Raleigh with two years of eligibility remaining.
The opposite NC State basketball newcomers by way of the switch route embody a pair of two-year Louisville teammates in redshirt junior guard Mike James and senior ahead Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, plus senior guard/ahead Dontrez Kinds from Georgetown and senior guard Marcus Hill out of Bowling Inexperienced.
They be a part of three four-star freshman guards in Bryce Heard, Trey Parker, and Paul McNeil, together with 5 returning scholarship gamers from the Wolfpack’s 2023-24 Ultimate 4 group in graduate guard Michael O’Connell, senior ahead Ben Middlebrooks, senior guard Jayden Taylor, senior guard Breon Cross, and sophomore guard Dennis Parker Jr.
