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As a Junior (2004-05): One of the top defensive players in the Sun Belt Conference...played in, and started 29 games on the season, sitting out only one game on Dec. 9 after being diagnosed with a stress fracture of the right tibia...wore a protective boot on the leg for the remainder of the year...led the team averaging 34.9 minutes per game, including a season-high and school-record 59-minute outing versus Arkansas-Little Rock (1/30)...ranked second on the team with 4.6 rebounds and third with 13.4 points per game...ranked 18th in league scoring...73 assists was second-highest total on the team...scored double figures in 23 of the 29 games he played, including a career- and team-high 34 points in the five-overtime win over UALR, which included a season-high 10 field goals, three of which were from beyond the 3-point arc...that was the most points scored by a Golden Panther player since Carlos Arroyo (now of the Orlando Magic) hit for 39 points during the 2000-01 campaign and the most points ever scored by an FIU player at Pharmed Arena...15 of those points against UALR came during overtime sessions...had as many as nine rebounds twice, in games at Florida State (12/12) and Arkansas-Little Rock (1/6), just missing double-double performances in both outings...during the Valentine's Day victory over Arkansas State (2/14) became the 47th player in school history to score 300-or-more points in a single season...finished the year with 390 points...scored back-to-back 22-point performances in non-conference games at Florida State and South Florida (12/20)...recorded a season-high six assists in the regular-season finale vs. Middle Tennessee (2/28) and had as many as five assists in two other games...one of three players on the team to convert 100-or-more free throws on the year, hitting 100 of 138 from the charity stripe for a 72.5-percent success rate.

Los Angeles City College (2003-04): All-South Coast Conference second-team selection that averaged 12 points and eight rebounds for head coach Mike Miller...helped the Cubs finish with a 28-3 record and an 11th-straight league championship.

University of Miami (2002-03): Saw action in 24 games, averaging 1.6 points and 0.9 rebounds while playing 5.8 minutes per game...made his collegiate debut in UM's 2002 season opener against New Hampshire, recording four points, three rebounds and four steals in 10 minutes...played 11 minutes off the bench vs. Texas A&M three days later, posting a season-high eight points, one block and three steals.

Prep and Personal Data: Graduated from Shores Academy where he averaged 17 points, five rebounds and six assists as a senior for head coach Allen Adams...that same year, played AAU basketball with the Tallahassee Wildcats...born April 20, 1982, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast...son of Kadar N'Diaye and Adam Diallo...International Business major.

N'Diaye's FIU Career Highs
Points: 34 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1/30/05
Rebounds: 9, twice, last at Arkansas-Little Rock, 1/6/05
Assists: 6 vs. Middle Tennessee, 2/28/05
Steals: 3 at Western Kentucky, 2/7/05
Blocked Shots: 2 at New Orleans, 2/21/05
Minutes: 59 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1/30/05
Field Goals: 10 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1/30/05
Field Goal Attempts: 20 vs. Ohio University, 12/28/04
3-Point FG: 5 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1/30/05
3-Point FG Attempts: 9 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1/30/05
Free Throws: 10 at Florida State, 12/12/04
Free Throw Attempts: 13 at Florida State, 12/12/04