University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2022-23: Played in all 33 games, earning 14 starts … Third on the team with 13 blocks … Grabbed three rebounds at Tusculum … Tallied two rebounds against No. 6 Lincoln Memorial … Added two boards in the victory over Coastal Georgia … Scored two points and had two blocks in the win over Limestone … Tallied three points and five rebounds in the win at Southern Wesleyan … Scored two points and had three rebounds in the win over Coker … Garnered seven points and two blocks in the victory over Clayton State … Totaled five boards in the win at Georgia Southwestern … Snagged five rebounds in the win at Barton … Pulled down four rebounds in the win over Erskine … Garnered three rebounds in the win at Lander … Posted four rebounds and a point against Flagler … Tallied a rebound in the victory over Georgia College & State … Had a board against Georgia Southwestern … Notched two points, five rebounds and a block in the win at Clayton State … Had three boards in the win at No. 17 Young Harris … Posted three points and four boards in the win over No. 9 Augusta … Posted two points in the win at No. 18 North Georgia … Totaled four points and eight boards against Columbus State … Added six points and seven boards against Lander …  Notched four points and five boards in the win at Georgia College & State … Grabbed six boards in the win at Flagler … Garnered two points and four rebounds in the win at No. 15 Augusta … Tallied seven rebounds and a block in the win over Young Harris … Totaled four points, four rebounds and two blocks in the win at Columbus State … Added eight boards in the win over North Georgia … Pulled down five rebounds in the PBC Tournament win over Georgia Southwestern … Had two boards in the PBC Tournament against No. 4 Lander … Grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to go along with six points in the victory over Catawba in the NCAA Tournament … Tallied two points and six rebounds in the win over Augusta in the NCAA Tournament … Added four points and six rebounds in the Sweet 16 contest against Lincoln Memorial.          

2021-22: Played in 29 games, earning one start … Averaged 2.7 points and 2.8 rebounds a game … Blocked 14 shots … Hit 55.0 percent of his shots from the floor … Posted two points and a rebound in the win over Tusculum … Accounted for two points and two rebounds against No. 17 Lincoln Memorial … Tallied six points and five rebounds in the win over Allen … Garnered four rebounds and two points at No. 23 Florida Southern … Netted six points and grabbed three rebounds in the win at Belmont Abbey … Recorded five rebounds and two blocks against Wingate … Accounted for eight points and two boars in the win at St. Augustine’s … Posted two points and had two rebounds in the win over Fayetteville State … Notched two points and two boards in the win over SAU … Totaled three rebounds and two steals in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Tallied seven rebounds and six points to go along with two blocks at Wingate … Registered four points and seven rebounds in the win over Lander … Posted five rebounds  and three points in the win at No. 25 Flagler … Notched four points and three rebounds at No. 24 Georgia College … Posted two points in the double-overtime win at Georgia Southwestern … Garnered five points, four boards and three blocks in the win over Young Harris … Had five points and four rebounds in the win over North Georgia … Registered two points and a block at Columbus State … Garnered two points in the win over Lander … Posted four points and three rebounds in the win at Clayton State … Accounted for three points and two boards against Georgia College … Pulled down a rebound in the win over No. 17 Flagler … Tallied three rebounds against No. 12 Augusta … Added two points and a steal in the win at Young Harris … Chipped in two points against Columbus State … Had four boards at North Georgia … Had two rebounds and a block against Columbus State in the PBC Tournament.          

Previous School: Attended College of Charleston.
 
2020-21: Made four appearances including a career-high tying nine minutes versus Limestone (11/28/20) … Registered a season-high four points, two rebounds and one assist against the Saints … Also played minutes at North Carolina (11/25/20), versus South Carolina State (12/11/20) and against Elon (2/13/21).
 
2019-20: Redshirted the 2019-20 season.
 
2018-19: Played in three games of the season including a blocked shot and steal at Western Carolina (11/10/18) … Came off the bench and contributed a season-and career-high six points and one rebound in just five minutes of play against South Carolina State (11/28/18) … Went a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line versus the Bulldogs … Also saw action against Georgia College (12/9/18).
 
2017-18: Saw action in 20 games of the season averaging 0.4 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.3 blocks per game … Made his collegiate debut at Charlotte (11/18/17) … Blocked a career-best three shots at Towson (1/7/18) … Grabbed a career-high six rebounds at Delaware (1/25/18) … Recorded four points and three rebounds in a season-high nine minutes of play off the bench against Drexel (2/10/18) … Brought down three rebounds in three minutes of action versus Northeastern in the CAA Championship Game (3/6/18) … Member of the 2018 CAA Championship and NCAA Tournament squad.
 
High School: Graduated in 2017 from Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, Kan. … Averaged seven points, five rebounds and two blocks a game under head coach Luke Barnwell … Also attended SEK El Castillo International School in Madrid, Spain … Played with Real Madrid CF (Spain) Juniors … EuroLeague U18 Champions … Team also won the 2015 EuroLeague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament … Averaged 13.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per game as a member of U18 Real Madrid … Named the Best Five Player at the EuroLeague Tournament.
 
Personal: Samba Thiago Ndiaye (pronounced ENN-JIE (like Pie)) … Son of Madické Ndiaye and Maguette Fall … Born on April 19 in Yeumbeul, Senegal … Has two brothers, Khadim and Cheikh, and two sisters, Aida and Maimouna… Speaks five different languages … Majoring in marketing.