2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Accolades
- Academic All-Big Ten Team (2021-22)
At Cal
2024-25 (Gr.)
- Cal's anchor in the paint, starting 32 games in his final collegiate season & first as a Golden Bear
- Averaged career highs in scoring (8.2 PPG), rebounding (8.2 RPG), blocks (1.1 BPG) & minutes played (27.0 MPG)
- His team-leading 65.3% field-goal clip (94 of 144) was the second-best single-season mark in program history
- Ranked fifth in the ACC in rebounding (8.2 RPG) & second in offensive rebounding (3.1 ORPG)
- Played the best basketball of his career in the final stages of the season, averaging 13.2 PPG & 11.8 RPG in 5 games in the month of March
- Recorded 5 double-doubles from Jan. 22 on, including 3 in the final 5 games
- Dominated Boston College (March 1) with single-game career highs in points (21), rebounds (15) & field goals made (9 of 10)
- Finished with 12 points & 10 boards in Cal's double-overtime win over Virginia Tech (March 11) at the ACC Tournament
- Was 8-of-9 shooting from the floor in a 16-point effort at North Carolina (Jan. 15)
- Had 7 offensive boards in a 13-rebound effort at No. 14 Louisville; was one of 11 double-digit rebounding games
- Blocked a career-high 5 shots to go along with double-double figures of 14 points & 13 rebounds vs. Florida State (Jan. 22)
- Scored 10+ points 14 times in 32 games; had done so just 7 times in 124 career games at Michigan State (2020-24)
- Did not play at SMU (Jan. 26) due to a concussion
- Was 1 of 10 scholarship transfers to join the Golden Bears in the 2024 offseason
Before Cal
2023-24 (Sr.) (Michigan State)
- Earned his undergraduate degree in environmental science from Michigan State after the 2023-24 season concluded
- Made 26 starts in 35 games played as a senior & averaged 15.3 minutes per game
- Averaged 3.3 points & 5.1 rebounds while shooting 56.8% from the floor (42-of-72)
- Shot a career-best 70.5% at the free throw line, making 31 of 44 attempts
- Pulled down 10-plus rebounds five times, including a career-best 12 in back-to-back games vs. Indiana State (Dec. 30) & Penn State (Jan. 4)
- Double-figure points two times, including an 11-point, 10-rebound double-double vs. Southern Indiana (Nov. 9)
- Was 4-of-4 from the floor in a 10-point game vs. Georgia Southern (Nov. 28)
- Grabbed nine rebounds in the Spartans' NCAA Tournament first round win vs. Mississippi State (March 21)
2022-23 (Jr.) (Michigan State)
- One of six Spartans to appear in all 34 games
- Started every game but the regular season home finale
- Averaged a career-high 21.4 minutes per game
- Finished the season averaging 5.1 points & was second on the team with 6.1 rebounds
- Led the team with 28 blocked shots
- Shot 60.6% from the floor (57-of-94)
- Scored in double figures five times, grabbed at least 10 rebounds five times & had one double-double
- Averaged 3.9 points & 5.8 rebounds in 20.7 minutes during Big Ten games
- Opened eyes in his second career start, scoring 14 points & grabbing nine rebounds in a loss to Gonzaga (Nov. 11) in the Armed Forces Classic on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln
- Scored a career-high 16 points with eight rebounds, three steals & two blocks in a career-best 33 minutes in a double-overtime win vs. Kentucky (Nov. 15) in the Champions Classic
- Had 11 points, four rebounds & two blocks in a win over Portland (Nov. 27) in the final game of the Phil Knight Invitational
- Set a career-high with 12 rebounds (and nine points) against Oakland (Dec. 21)
- Had his first career double-double with 10 points & 10 rebounds in a home win vs. Iowa (Jan. 26)
- Scored eight points & grabbed 10 rebounds with two blocks in a win over Marquette (March 19) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
2021-22 (So.) (Michigan State)
- Played in 30 games in his second year as a Spartan, averaging 4.5 minutes per contest
- Averaged 1.1 points & 1.0 rebound per game
- Shot 63.2% from the floor (12-of-19)
- Logged a season-high 12 minutes in two games, first against Eastern Michigan (Nov. 20) & then at Michigan (March 1)
- Blocked 13 total shots, including a pair three times vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 20), Toledo (Dec. 4) & at Michigan (March 1)
- Scored a season-best nine points at Michigan (March 1), making all three of his field-goal attempts & 3-of-5 from the free throw line, along with four rebounds
- An Academic All-Big Ten selection
2020-21 (Fr.) (Michigan State)
- Appeared in 25 games as a true freshman, playing an average of 5.5 minutes per game
- Averaged 1.1 points & 1.8 rebounds
- Connected on 58.8% of his field goals (10-of-17)
- Scored a season-high eight points & had two rebounds at Michigan (March 4)
- Logged a season-best 13 minutes against Iowa (Feb. 13)
- Grabbed a season-high six rebounds twice, against Oakland (Dec. 13) & at Minnesota (Dec. 28)
- Blocked a pair of shots four times vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 25), at Nebraska (Jan. 2), Rutgers (Jan. 5) & at Indiana (Feb. 20)
High School
- Graduated from Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah) in 2020
- Ranked No. 35 in the ESPN Top 100 & the Nike Top 100 Elite
- Rated the No. 36 overall player & the No. 7 center by 247Sports
- Averaged 12.2 points, 6.7 rebounds & 0.9 blocks in 13 games as a senior before the remainder of the season was canceled due to COVID-19
- Posted 12.5 PPG, 8.9 RPG & 1.0 BPG as a junior in 2018-19
- Also played for the Vegas Elite and Jimmer Elite (Utah Mountain Stars)
Personal
- Full name is Mady Goundo Sissoko (Mau-DEE Si-SO-ko)
- Native of Bafoulabe, Mali, West Africa; has been in the United States since 2016
- Born on Dec. 20, 2000 in Mali
- Parents are Kassim Sissoko & Fatoumata Kanoufe
- Guardians are Mike Clayton & Paul Olson
- Has three brothers & six sisters
Statistics
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