Sira Thienou

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
G
Height:
6-1
Experience:
1L
Hometown:
Bamako, Mali
High School:
Shining Stars Academy (Va.)
Major:
Entrepreneurship

2024-25 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 33 games with 22 starts … Averaged 10.5 points per game, the most among Ole Miss freshmen this season … Added 4.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 2.4 steals per game … Was the SEC Freshman of the Week twice, becoming the first Rebel since Madison Scott to earn that honor multiple times in a season … Recorded 79 steals, the second-most by an Ole Miss freshman in program history … Was top-five in the SEC in steals … Recorded nine steals at Mississippi State (1/19), which was the most by any Rebel since Price had 12 on Dec. 2, 2006 … Scored career-high 29 points off 12 made field goals against Florida (1/16), five of those field goals coming from 3-point range … Led the team in scoring seven times, tied for the second-most by a Rebel … Was the only Rebel to score north of 20 points in the nonconference schedule, scoring 23 against South Alabama (12/15) … Became the first Ole Miss freshman to score more than 20 points in a game since 2020 in doing so … Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.

High School
Played at Shining Stars Sports Academy in Petersburg, Va. … Appeared in the 2023 FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup and represented her home country of Mali … Led Mali to a fifth place finish at the world event … Scored 15 points in six out of seven games at the tournament, shooting 39.1 percent from the floor … Attended the NBA Academy Women’s Program … Rated as a four-star recruit by Prospects Nation.

Personal
Daughter of Wassa Touré … Has two siblings, Mariam and Bakary … Spent final two years of high school at Shining Stars Academy in Virginia … Named the NISSA Conference player of the Year in 2024 ... Multi-disciplinary studies major ... African American studies, criminal justice, and education minors.