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2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

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24 Salimatou Kourouma

  • Position Wing
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Life Prep Academy
  • Hometown Kati, Mali

Biography

2023 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Player of the Year
2021-22 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 23)
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 16)
 

SENIOR (2023-24)
• Made appearances in 13 games
• Shot 87.5% (7-of-8) from the field for 14 points against Memphis
• Averaged 9.5 points and 3.3 rebounds on the year
• Dropped 17 points on 70.0% (7-of-10) shooting against Gonzaga and made two steals
• Was perfect from the charity stripe in two games
• Nearly had a double-double against San Diego with 14 points and seven rebounds
 

REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT LITTLE ROCK (2022-23)
• 2023 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Player of the Year
• Garnered First Team All-OVC honors
• Averaged 17.6 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game across two seasons at Little Rock
• Led the team and league in scoring with 17.3 points per game in 2022-23
 

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT LITTLE ROCK (2021-22)
• Received All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team honors
• In her first season as a Trojan started 18 games and appeared in 22
• Averaged 31.3 minutes per game to go along with 18.4 points per game which was the highest average PPG by any player on the team 
• Had the most total field goals made on the team making 150 of her 375 shots, good for a .400 field goal percentage
• Made 29 shots from beyond the arc on the season and shot to a percentage of .287
• Scored 30 points at Vanderbilt (Nov. 12) in just her second game at Little Rock, shooting 9-16 from the field while also picking up 10 points at the free throw line
• Had her first of three double-doubles against Memphis (Nov. 18) grabbing 10 rebounds and scoring the most points in a single game by any player on the Little Rock team with 32, going 10 of 24 from the field and picking up another season and team high 11 free throws made 
• Scored 23 points versus Coastal Carolina (Jan. 13) in 36 minutes and shot .500 from the field (9-18) while also pulling down 6 rebounds 
• Had 29 points in 35 minutes in the regular season finale at Texas State (Feb. 26)
• Averaged 24 points per game in 3 Sun Belt conference tournament games while shooting 47.3% from the field in those games, also was an 88% free throw shooter in those games going 15-for-17
• Named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament team for her performances in these games
 

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT GRAYSON COLLEGE (2020-21)
• Played one season at Grayson College where she was her league’s Newcomer of the Year as well as earning first team all-conference honors
• Averaged 18.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, scoring 30 or more points in five games
• Recorded a double-double in 15 games
• Led her team to a 19-4 record
• Shot 51.5 percent (154-for-299) from the field, 34.5 percent (10 of 29) from 3-point range and 70.3 percent (111-for-158) from the free throw line
 

FRESHMAN AT GRAYSON COLLEGE (2019-20)
• Redshirted season, did not play.
 

HIGH SCHOOL
• Earned HCAA all-state honors

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