Michigan State basketball: Mady Sissoko enters transfer portal with 1 year remaining

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Mady Sissoko has entered the transfer portal, a Michigan State basketball team spokesman confirmed Thursday.

The center has a fifth year of eligibility remaining thanks to the NCAA waiver from his freshman season in 2020-21. Sissoko started 26 of 35 games this season for the Spartans and averaged 3.1 points and 5.1 rebounds, 0.4 blocks and 0.9 turnovers in his 15.3 minutes. He shot 56.8% overall and 70.5% on free throws and was a plus-71 overall.

The 6-foot-9, 240-pound native of Mali, West Africa, started 56 of MSU’s 66 games the past two seasons but found himself coming off the bench over the final five games this season as coach Tom Izzo alternated sophomore Carson Cooper and freshman Xavier Booker in the starting lineup. However, Sissoko put together strong performances in the Spartans’ Big Ten tournament loss to Purdue and in the first-round NCAA win over Mississippi State and had 19 rebounds and eight points in his final three games combined.

Michigan State center Mady Sissoko (22) dunks against Mississippi State during the first half of NCAA tournament West Region first round at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

Sissoko looked like he could be a potential breakout star at the outset of the 2022-23 season. He posted 14 points and 11 rebounds against All-American Drew Timme and Gonzaga in the second game of the year, then followed that with 16 points, eight rebounds, three steals and two assists against then-reigning national player of the year Oscar Tshiebwe and Kentucky four days later.

But Sissoko never found consistency once opponents got a scouting report on him. He scored in double figures just five times after the Kentucky game and just twice this season, and he struggled with catching the ball on entry passes and boards.

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Michigan State guard A.J. Hoggard (11), guard Tre Holloman (5) and center Mady Sissoko (22) celebrate a play against…

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2024-04-04 17:34:30

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