Malik Dia

Class:
Senior
Position:
F
Ht./Wt.:
6-9 / 250
Experience:
1L
Hometown:
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
High School:
Ensworth
Prev. College:
Belmont
Major:
Multi-Disciplinary Studies

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• All-MVC Third Team (2023-24 - Belmont)
• All-MVC Newcomer Team (2023-24 - Belmont)

2024-25 (JUNIOR): Preseason Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list ... Played and started in all 36 games for Ole Miss, tied for most games played in a single season in school history ... Finished third on the team in scoring with an average of 10.8 points per game ... Led the team on the boards, averaging 5.7 rebounds per game ... Made 29 shots from deep and added 27 assists ... Second on the team with 31 blocked shots while adding 25 steals ... Third on the team in field goal percentage at 46.7 ... Pulled in 13 rebounds on November 12 against South Alabama ... Scored 21 points with eight rebounds to help Ole Miss take down Arkansas on the road on January 8 ... Helped the team pick up a win over LSU on January 11 with 19 points and seven boards ... At No. 4 Alabama on January 14, scored a season-high 23 points with a career-best 19 rebounds to help secure the win ... Was the first Rebel since 2017 with 20+ points and 10+ rebounds and the first since 1997 with 20+ points and 15+ rebounds vs. an AP-ranked team ... Was one rebound short of becoming first 20-point and 20-rebound game since Walter Actwood in 1972 ... In three SEC games between January 8 and January 14, averaged 21.0 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 55.3 percent from the floor (26-47) ... Helped the Rebels take down No. 14 Kentucky with 16 points on February 4 ... Scored 22 points on February 22 at Vanderbilt, adding seven rebounds ... Scored 19 points with eight boards in the team's opening-round win over Arkansas at the SEC Tournament on March 13 ... Helped Ole Miss take down No. 14 Iowa State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with 18 points and eight boards ... Scored in double figures in eight of the last 10 games of the season, averaging 13.1 points over that stretch.

BELMONT: Played in 33 games during one season with Belmont while scoring 559 points with 193 rebounds, 39 assists, 27 steals and 26 blocks.

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE): Named to the All-MVC Third Team … An MVC All-Newcomer Team honoree … Saw action in all 33 games for Belmont … Finished second on the team in scoring with an average of 16.9 per game … Led the team with 193 rebounds and finished second with an average of 5.8 per contest … Tied for the team lead in blocks with 26 while collecting 27 steals … Shot 48.8 percent from the field … Scored in double figures 29 times, including 12 games with 20 or more … Recorded three double-doubles … Scored a career-high 32 points on January 7 against Drake, connecting on a career-best five makes from three.

VANDERBILT: Spent his freshman season at Vanderbilt, where he saw action in 20 games and scored 51 points with 31 boards.

2022-23 (FRESHMAN): Played in 20 games for the Commodores, averaging just over eight minutes per game … Finished with an average of 2.6 points and 1.6 rebounds per contest … Pulled in a season-best 10 rebounds against Southeastern Louisiana on December 30 … Scored a season-best 14 points in 21 minutes of action against Kentucky on January 24

HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked the No. 5 recruit in Tennessee and the nation’s No. 28 power forward by Rivals … A four-star recruit and the country’s No. 31 power forward according to ESPN … Named to the 2021 All-State First Team in Tennessee … Averaged 22.7 points and 9.9 rebounds per game as a senior … League MVP and league scorer in senior season … Named to the All-Midstate First Team in 2022 by The Tennessean.

PERSONAL: Son of Sarah and Malik Dia ... Has three siblings, Khalif, Pape, and Aziz ... Born on February 4, 2004.