2024-25 (Senior)
Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll both semesters ... Played in all 35 games, making 34 starts … Selected to the inaugural HBCU All-Star Game … Averaged 6.0 points per game, while shooting 43.0 percent from the field (74-of-172), adding 5.2 rebounds to her totals … Scored in double-figures on eight occasions … Notched a double-double to open the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds against William & Mary on Nov. 11 … Tallied a season high 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting (83.3 percent) at Delaware State on Jan. 6 … Scored 14 points, while grabbing eight rebounds against South Carolina State on Mar. 12 in the MEAC Tournament Quarterfinals … Helped the Spartans win the 2025 MEAC Women’s Basketball Championship and the 2024-25 Regular Season crown with a perfect 14-0 record.
2023-24 (Junior)
Member of the AD’s Spring Honor Roll … Preseason All-MEAC Third Team … Appeared in 15 games, making 14 starts … Averaged 6.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.1 steals, and 1.0 assists per contest on 35-of-100 (35.0 percent) shooting from the field … Recorded eight rebounds, five steals, and five points against William and Mary on Nov. 6 … Notched a season-high 13 points, eight rebounds, two assists, and two blocks versus UNC Wilmington on Dec. 28 … Tallied a season-high nine rebounds at Radford on Nov. 12.
2022-23 (Sophomore)
Helped the Spartans win the 2023 MEAC Women’s Basketball Championship title … Assisted in the Spartans ranking first in the NCAA in Scoring Defense and Field Goal Percentage Defense and fifth nationally in Steals Per Game, Turnovers Forced Per Game, and Three Point Percentage Defense … Recorded 210 points on the season averaging 6.4 pg (5th among the Spartans) ... 2nd on the team in rebounds (204) & 5th in steals (30) ... Recorded a .459 FG% shooting 85-of-185 ... Scored a season-high 21 points & made a season-high 16 rebounds against UT Martin (11/22/22) ... Recorded 16 points against South Carolina State (2/25/23) and double-digits in five other games …
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2021-22 (Freshman)
Played in 28 games and started 14 … Averaged 4.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game with a team-best .463 field goal percentage… The latter put her 14th in NSU’s Division I history for single-season field goal percentage … Shot 100 percent from the field in four games for the Spartans, and scored 10 or more points on four occasions as well … Led or co-led NSU in rebounds in five games, blocks three times, assists twice, steals once, and scoring once … Scored six points against Chowan in her first collegiate game, shooting 3-of-4 from the field … Scored nine points at George Mason on another efficient shooting night, going 4-of-6 from the field and grabbing a season-high at the time 9 rebounds … Scored nine points again at N.C. Central, this time setting a new career-best with 10 rebounds … Recorded the first double-digit scoring game of her career against N.C. Central, going a perfect 5-of-5 on field goal attempts … Tallied 10 points and eight rebounds in the Spartans’ dramatic regular season finale against Howard, recording one of her two blocks for the night in the game’s final minute … Notched double-doubles in back-to-back games of the MEAC Tournament, the first two double doubles of her career … The first of the pair came in the semifinals against Morgan State, scoring a career-high 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting and grabbing 10 rebounds … Her second double-double came in the title game the next day against Howard, scoring 13 points and pulling in a career-best 13 rebounds … Finished her freshman season with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting and seven rebounds against Drexel in the WNIT first round ... Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the fall semester.
2020-21 (Redshirt)
Redshirted the season due to injury.
High School
Lettered four years in track & field and three each in volleyball and basketball … In hoops, ranked fourth in the state of New Jersey in rebounding as a sophomore, averaging nine points and 14 rebounds per game … Became the state’s top rebounder as a junior, grabbing 16 rebounds per game to go with 12 points per contest … Named to the all-county first team and all-state third team that season was team MVP and a third-team all-state selection as a senior … Received all-state second team and all-county first team honors as a senior, leading the Bees to a conference championship while averaging 17 points and 14 rebounds per game … In track, earned first-team all county honors her junior and senior years … Was an honor roll student.
Personal
Makoye Diawara was born on Oct. 24, 2002 … Daughter of Ismaila and Iatumata Diawara … Majoring in exercise science … Has eight siblings … Wants to become a physical therapist … Likes to read, journal, and eat brunch … Member of NSU’s exercise science club.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Points |
21, vs. UT Martin (11/22/22) |
| FG Made |
8, vs. UT Martin (11/22/22) |
| FG ATT. |
15, vs. Morgan State (3/11/22) |
| 3Pt. FG Made |
2 (7x), last: vs. South Carolina State (3/12/25) |
| 3Pt. FG ATT. |
5 (2x), last: at Longwood (12/31/23) |
| FT Made |
5, at Delaware State (1/6/25) |
| FT ATT |
8, vs. Washington State (11/28/24) |
| Rebounds |
16, vs. UT Martin (11/22/22) |
| Assists |
3 (5x), last: vs. Morgan State (2/24/25) |
| Steals |
5, at William and Mary (11/6/23) |
| Blocks |
2 (4x), last: vs. Howard (3/15/25) |
| Minutes |
35, at Wake Forest (12/10/23) |
