Riverdale, NY – Manhattan Head Men's Basketball Coach
Steve Masiello has announced the addition of
Samba Diallo (Rufisque, Senegal / UMass) and
Jason Douglas-Stanley (Mount Vernon, NY / George Mason) for next season. Both student athletes will be juniors and have two years of eligibility remaining.
Diallo Capsule
* Diallo averaged 6.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game last year with three double-doubles and 10 double-digit scoring performances, while shooting 43.1 percent from the floor.
* Played in all 31 games, making 30 starts, while seeing an average of 27.1 minutes each time out.
* Scored a career-high 19 points, on 9-for-12 shooting, in win over Saint Joseph's.
* Notched double-doubles in victories against Duquesne (12 points, 13 rebounds) and La Salle (12 points, 12 rebounds), while finishing with 11 points, a career-high 14 rebounds in overtime loss at Saint Louis.
* Had 10 points, six rebounds and three steals against nationally ranked Dayton, and six points and eight caroms against defending national champion Virginia.
Douglas-Stanley Capsule
* Helped George Mason to 35 wins over the last two years.
* Scored six points with three rebounds in win over Fordham last year.
* As a freshman, hit for six points in wins over Rhode Island, Fordham and George Washington.
* 2018 New York Class AA First Team All-State and NY Section 1 Mr. Basketball.
* As a senior, averaged 28.7 points per game while leading the Knights to the Sectional Title, and a spot in the New York State Final Four.
Those looking to hear more on the duo can do so by tuning in to this afternoon's Coach Conversation at Noon with Masiello. Click
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The two student-athletes join a team that returns 78.9 percent of its scoring, 76.2 percent of its rebounding and 72.7 percent of its assists in 2020-21.
