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FRESHMAN (2022-23) – Played in 23 games … averaged 1.3 points, 0.2 assists, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.52 blocks per game … led the team in blocks three times and finished the season with 12 rejections … scored a season-high seven points against Prairie View (Nov. 15) … grabbed a career-high eight rebounds at Hawaii (Dec. 23) … recorded a career high in minutes against Colorado (15).

PRIOR TO WSU - No. 43 in ESPN's Top-100 and a 4-star recruit, Diongue becomes the second highest recruit in program history as rated by 247Sports and the highest rated among the ESPN100 for the Cougs.
 
A long, athletic, rim-running center out of Senegal by way of Arizona, Diongue has shown raw talent for the game despite having played competitively for just the past three years. Despite the late start after growing up playing soccer in his home country, Diongue quickly established himself as a rising talent at AZ Compass Prep. With Diongue patrolling the paint, the Dragons proved themselves as the top ranked team in Arizona going 24-5 in 2021-22 enroute to their second-straight trip to the GEICO Nationals in Florida.
 
Playing against the best talent at the GEICO Nationals, Diongue showed himself as a true rim-protector on the defensive end as he blocked nine shots in three games in his two appearances at the elite tournament. While playing alongside some of the top prospects in the country Diongue used his size and athleticism to lead the way on the glass as well, showing off the raw skills that he has begun to hone to become an elite center at the next level. As a senior, Diongue averaged just over 11 points and 6 rebounds per game while blocking nearly 1.5 shots per contest.
 
Diongue is the second true seven-footer to sign with the Cougs under Smith with the last being Volodymyr Markovetskyy who spent his first two seasons at WSU before transferring to USF. He becomes just the 11^th seven-footer to come to the Palouse.