2022-23 (Junior Year)
Named to the NSU AD honor roll for both semesters … Awarded NCAA Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship by the NCAA Minorities Opportunities and Interest Committee … Appeared in 12 games, making one start … Opened the season with three points and five rebounds against Virginia Lynchburg on Nov. 7 … Added two points and two rebounds in a season-high 10 minutes of action at Baylor on Nov. 11 … Converted his lone shot attempt of the night against Morgan State on Feb. 18.
2021-22 (Sophomore Year)
Named to the NSU AD honor roll for both semesters … Earned the AASP Career Development Award, given to just two NCAA student athletes … Played in 12 games for the Spartans, averaging 4.5 minutes per contest … Averaged 0.8 points and 0.9 rebounds per game … Scored four points on 2-of-4 shooting vs. Penn State-Wilkes Barre … Also grabbed two rebounds that game … Recorded two points, a rebound, and a steal vs. William & Mary … Made his only field goal attempt of the night, while drawing a foul, against Regent … Also knocked down a free throw against Howard.
2020-21 (COVID)
Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters … Played in 14 games and made six starts … Averaged 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 points per game … Finished the year with 27 rebounds, 14 points, three assists, three blocks and one steal … Scored three points with a season-high six rebounds and one block in a career-high tying 21 minutes against Old Dominion on Dec. 2 … Also had three points, two rebounds, one assist and a block in a win over Delaware State on Feb. 24 … Tallied two points and four rebounds in a season-opening win at James Madison on Nov. 27 … Added 2 points and four rebounds in another win, over Hampton on Dec. 7 … Finished with two points and three rebounds in a triumph over St. Mary’s (Md.) on Feb. 28.
2019-20 (Freshman Year)
Named MEAC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 12 … Played in 24 games and made 10 starts … Averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 11.6 minutes per game … Shot 38 percent from the floor (30-of-79) and 23-of-30 from the free throw line (77 percent) … Tallied 87 points, 75 rebounds, nine blocks, nine steals and four assists on the year … Started the year off with a bang, posting career highs of 17 points (7-of-12 shooting), 11 rebounds and three steals in a win over Greensboro College on Nov. 5 … Scored five points with seven rebounds in a block three days later in a victory against Penn State Wilkes-Barre … Ended the year in double figures for the second time, hitting a career-high 8-of-8 from the free throw line while posting 10 points with three rebounds, two blocks and a steal in a win at Morgan State on March 5 … Scored eight points with six rebounds and a career-high three blocks in a win over South Carolina State on Jan. 25 … Shot 6-of-8 from the charity stripe and had eight points and three rebounds at Bradley on Nov. 19 … Shot 4-of-7 at Northwestern on Nov. 22 with nine points, five rebounds, a career-high two assists and one steal in a career-best 21 minutes … Grabbed six rebounds in back-to-back games against Caldwell (Nov. 26) and at Monmouth (Nov. 27).
High School
Competed at Long Island Lutheran High School his senior year in 2018-19 … Earned the team’s Coaches Award of Toughness … Averaged 6 points per game for a team that finished ninth in the final
USA Today national poll for boys basketball … Led the Crusaders to the New York State Federation Class AA Championship and a 25-2 overall record … Competed at Get Better Academy in Prague, Czech Republic for three seasons from 2015-18 … Averaged 25 points per game his junior year in 2017-18 in the U19 Czech Republic League before missing the latter portion of the season due to injury … MVP of a tournament in Poland that season … Averaged 20 points per game his sophomore year in the same league … Named an All-Star Five at a tournament in the Baltics … Named slam dunk champion his freshman year in 2015-16 at a chalet tournament … Also attended the Dieda Basketall Academy and College Saint Benoit de Kolda in Senegal.
Personal
Full name is Yoro Sidibe … Name is pronounced YUR-oh Si-DEE-bay … Born on Dec. 11, 1999 … Son of Abibatou Diop and Ibrahima Sidibe … Has three older siblings, Mame Binta Sidibe, Mame Fatou Sidibe and Mame Bigue Sidibe, and one younger sibling, and Mohamed Sidibe … Majoring in accounting … Wants to first pursue a professional career and then go into the business field … Enjoys watching movies in his free time.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Points |
17, vs. Greensboro (11-5-19) |
| FG Made |
7, vs. Greensboro (11-5-19) |
| FG Att. |
12, vs. Greensboro (11-5-19) |
| 3 Pt. FG Made |
1 (5x), last: vs. Delaware State (2-24-21) |
| 3 Pt. FG Att. |
2 (5x), last: vs. Virginia Lynchburg (11-7-22) |
| FT Made |
8, at Morgan State (3-5-20) |
| FT Att. |
8 (2x), last: at Morgan State (3-5-20) |
| Rebounds |
11, vs. Greensboro (11-5-19) |
| Assists |
2, at Northwestern (11-22-19) |
| Steals |
3, vs. Greensboro (11-5-19) |
| Blocks |
3 (3x), last: vs. Regent (11-23-21) |
| Minutes |
21 (2x), last: vs. Old Dominion (12-2-20) |
