General
Versatile, skilled and athletic forward who is an excellent defender and rebounder and difficult to stop around the basket … Enjoyed a standout freshman year and made the ACC All-Rookie team … Voted second-team Preseason All-ACC for 2024-25, then made the All-ACC third-team at the end of the season … Started Tech’s last 63 games, dating back to Cincinnati early in the 2023-24 season, and has become one of the ACC’s top interior scorers, rebounders and defenders … Competed in the NBA G League Elite Camp in May … Has added about 25 pounds to his 6-9 frame since his freshman year … Rated a four-star prospect by On3, three-star by Rivals and 247Sports in high school … Nationally, was ranked as high as No. 120 by Rivals and No. 23 among power forwards … Chose the Yellow Jackets over Michigan and Nebraska after originally committing to Rutgers in January … Described by his Putnam coach and Tech coaches as having explosive athleticism, high motor, excellent ball handler and passer for a big, solid perimeter shooter, rebounds well, defends multiple positions and is an instinctive shot-blocker … Has a 7-foot, 2-inch wingspan … Grew up in a soccer family, but an older sister persuaded him to trying basketball at age 14 … Has three brothers and five sisters … Majoring in Applied Language and Intercultural Studies … Last name pronounced “nDON-go” (pronounce the N with no vowel before or after)
2024-25 (sophomore at Georgia Tech)
One of the top interior scorers and rebounders in the ACC who became a consistent force at both ends of the floor during the ACC schedule … Voted third-team All-ACC, receiving the 13th-highest point total in the voting … Averaged 13.4 points and 8.9 rebounds (No. 4 in the ACC) while hitting 53.6% of his shots from the floor (2nd in the ACC), and also led Tech in blocked shots (1.1 per game, 37 total … In ACC games, averaged 14.4 points and 10.2 rebounds (No. 2 in ACC) while hitting 54.4% of his field goals (No. 3 in the ACC), and also led the Jackets in blocked shots (24) and steals (22) in conference games … Averaged 15,5 ppg (63.2% FG, 7-7 FT), 8.5 rpg with 6 blocks in 2 ACC Tournament games … Posted 13 double-doubles during the season, 11 of those in ACC games, and 9 in Tech’s final 13 games … One of two ACC players who averaged a double-double in ACC play this season (Eddie Lampkin, Jr., of Syracuse was the other) … Became the first to do that since Alvin Jones in 2000-01 and third Jacket ever to do so … 11 of his double-doubles have come against ACC teams – 16/10 vs. Virginia (ACC Tournament), 13/10 at Wake Forest, 29/17 vs. NC State, 11/17 at Pittsburgh, 17/14 at Boston College, 26/13 vs. California, 15/16 vs. Stanford, 18/13 at Clemson (2/4), 12/11 vs. Louisville, 14/12 vs. Clemson (1/14) and 19/12 at North Carolina (12/7) … Only Maxime Reynaud of Stanford (13) and Eddie Lampkin, Jr. (11) of Syracuse had more double-doubles vs. ACC teams than Ndongo during the regular season … Notched a double-double in 5 straight games from Stanford through NC State, averaging 19.6 points and 15.6 rebounds over that stretch, which included career-best games of 26 points and 13 boards against Cal, and 29 points and 17 caroms against NC State … Hit 56.2% of his field goal tries in that span … Since Tech began competing in the ACC in 1979-80, there have been 14 games where a Yellow Jacket scored 15 points and pulled 15 rebounds, 10 of those came against ACC opponents … Ndongo had 3 of those this season (15/16 vs. Stanford, 17/15 at Boston College … Scored in double digits 26 times, 20 or more 4 times … Foul trouble at times earlier this season has limited him to 30.2 minutes per game (32.5 in ACC games) … Fouled out of 5 games (plus 1 DQ for a flagrant 2 foul), finished 7 others with 4 fouls, but committed just 30 fouls over Tech’s last 12 games, never picking up a 4th foul after Feb. 12 vs. Stanford
2023-24 (freshman at Georgia Tech)
Played and started last 29 games after missing the first three and most of the pre-season with a hand injury … Excellent defender and rebounder who is difficult to stop around the basket … Tech’s top rebounder at 8.2 per game and No. 2 scorer at 12.4 points per game … Ranked No. 7 in the ACC in rebound average, No. 6 in offensive rebounds (2.55 per game), No. 2 in field goal percentage (55.8) and No. 12 in blocked shots (1.10 per game) … In Tech’s last four games, averaged 16.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, 26-of-47 percent from the floor, 14-of-17 from the foul line … Matched his season high of 22 points in Tech’s ACC Tournament loss to Notre Dame … Finished No. 3 among freshmen nationally in rebound average and No. 2 in field goal percentage … One of two freshmen in the nation (JT Toppin of New Mexico was the other) to average at least 12.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and hit 55 percent from the floor … Only Chris Bosh and Derrick Favors exceeded Ndongo’s numbers in those categories as freshmen at Tech … Averaged 12.6 points and 7.7 rebounds in ACC games and hit 55.4 percent from the floor … Recorded six double-doubles during the season (Penn State, Hawai’i, Boston College, Clemson, Syracuse, FSU), missed four others by one rebound … Scored in double digits in 12 straight games before Jan. 30 vs. UNC (played only 5 minutes due to injury), averaging 15.4 points and 9.3 rebounds, and hit on 66.1 percent of his field goals (78-of-118) … Named ACC Rookie of the Week three times, most recently after making the all-tournament team at the Diamond Head Classic (18.0 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 23-26 FG, 8-9 FT) … That included a 22-point, 12-rebound game in the semifinals vs. Hawaii … Scored 20 with eight boards against Nevada … Had his breakout game Dec. 2 vs. No. 7 Duke with 21 points (9-11 FG), 5 rebounds, 4 blocked shots, 2 assists … Named ACC Rookie of the Week after that effort … Notched first career double-double Dec. 16 against Penn State with 12 points and 19 rebounds … Tied for most rebounds ever by a Tech freshman … Again named ACC Rookie of the Week for that performance
High School
Played the 2022-23 season at Putnam Science Academy for coach Josh Scraba, helping lead the team to its fourth national prep school championship in five years … Helped lead Putnam to the national prep school championship and a 38-3 record … Averaged 8.3 points and 4.8 rebounds with three double-doubles, and shot 59.2 percent from inside the three-point arc … Season highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds … Had 14 points, 5 rebounds in the national championship game, including two free throws with one second left to seal Putnam’s victory … Attended Denver (Colo.) in 2021-22 and the first half of 2022-23 before transferring to Putnam … Before that, attended the Darrow School in Lebanon, N.Y. for two years
International Basketball
Most recently played for Senegal’s U19 team in the U19 World Cup in 2021 … Averaged 7.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.9 blocks over seven games … Notched double-doubles in two games Senegal won against Argentina (14 points, 14 rebounds, four assists) and Latvia (12 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, four blocks)
Coach Stoudamire says: “Baye is a versatile and talented forward who has the ability to play on the perimeter as well as with his back to the basket. He’s a terrific rebounder and a relentless competitor. He’s humble, thankful and appreciative, which are qualities we place high value on here at Georgia Tech.”
