At Tech
> Athletic, agile performer who played two seasons as a reserve guard before transferring … Excellent passer and defensive player played on the wing or at the point > Is 22 years old, but has played organized basketball only five years.
2006-07
> Played in eight games, only limited minutes, appearing in just one ACC game (North Carolina on Jan. 20).
> Scored four points against Jackson State, two each against St. Francis and Winston-Salem State … Season-high six minutes against St. Francis.
2005-06
> Saw extended minutes in the nine games before Tech[apos]s Jan. 21 loss to Clemson, including 22 against Bethune-Cookman and 19 against Vanderbilt due in part to Mario West[apos]s injury … Scored a season-high six points with a season-high five rebounds and three assists against Bethune-Cookman … Dished a career-best eight assists against Vanderbilt, and had four assists and four rebounds at Centenary.
> Appeared only briefly in the final 13 games of the season.
> Started for the first time against Jacksonville (3 points, 1-2 FG, 1 assist) and also at Air Force … Played sparingly in Tech[apos]s first six games (did not play against Michigan State or Virginia) before playing 13 minutes off the bench against Tennessee State (13 minutes, 4 assists) … That performance earned him the start against Jacksonville.
High School
> Attended Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy in 2004-05 and played basketball for coach Jerry Moore.
> Averaged 26.3 points, seven rebounds and five assists a game for a team that went 30-3 and won the ACCE conference championship … Scored a season-high 47 points with 11 rebounds and 10 assists against North Atlanta High School in the state playoffs … Was MVP of the Martin Luther King Junior Tournament.
> Prior to that, was a member of Senegal[apos]s under-20 national team.
Personal
> Full name is Papa Saliou Diaw … Prefers to be called [quote]Paco[quote] … First name rhymes with [quote]taco[quote] … Last name pronounced [quote]DEE-ow[quote] … Born April 12, 1985 in Dakar … Son of Issa and Marie Diaw … Youngest of nine children, his older brother Boris plays for the Phoenix Suns … Enjoys movies, video games and Falcons games … Majoring in International Affairs … Speaks four languages (French, Spanish, English and his native language of Wolof).
| Diaw Career Statistics |
| Minutes | Total | 3-Point | F-Throws | Rebounds | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | gp-gs | min | avg | fg | fga | pct | fg | fga | pct | ft | fta | pct | off | def | tot | avg | pf | fo | ast | t/o | blk | stl | pts | avg |
| 2005-06 | 19-2 | 135 | 7.1 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0.9 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0.8 |
| 2006-07 | 8-0 | 26 | 3.3 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1.0 |
| TOTAL | 27-2 | 161 | 6.0 | 8 | 22 | .364 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 1.0 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 0.9 |
| Diaw in ACC Games |
| Minutes | Total | 3-Point | F-Throws | Rebounds | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | gp-gs | min | avg | fg | fga | pct | fg | fga | pct | ft | fta | pct | off | def | tot | avg | pf | fo | ast | t/o | blk | stl | pts | avg |
| 2005-06 | 8-0 | 30 | 3.8 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.4 |
| 2006-07 | 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TOTAL | 9-0 | 31 | 3.4 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Diaw Game-by-Game |
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----|2005-06 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UNC-ASHEVILLE 11/18/05 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0ELON 11/21/05 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 11/25/05 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0at Georgia 12/07/05 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0TENNESSEE STATE 12/10/05 13 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 0 2 0.6 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 0.0JACKSONVILLE 12/22/05 * 11 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.7 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.5at Air Force 12/28/05 * 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.4BETHUNE-COOKMAN 12/31/05 22 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 3 2 5 1.1 5 1 3 1 1 1 6 1.1VANDERBILT 1/3/06 19 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.1 2 0 8 4 0 0 2 1.2BOSTON COLLEGE 1/8/06 10 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.4at Centenary 1/10/06 18 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 1.4 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 1.5at NC State 1/14/06 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.3at Wake Forest 1/18/06 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 5 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.2MARYLAND 1/25/06 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1at Boston College 1/29/06 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1at Florida State 2/9/06 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0at North Carolina 2/1506 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.9DUKE 2/22/06 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9vs Maryland 3/9/06 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8Totals......................... 2 135 6-14 .429 1-1 1.000 3-5 .600 6 12 18 0.9 24 2 23 20 3 3 16 0.8
|—TOTAL—| |—3-PTS—| |—-REBOUNDS—-| 2006-07 Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ———————————————————————————————————————————— ELON 11/10/06 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 JACKSON STATE 11/13/06 3 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 0 2 1.5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2.0 GEORGIA STATE 11/16/06 3 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.3 CENTENARY 12/18/06 3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0 1 1 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 TROY 12/28/06 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 SAINT FRANCIS PA 12/30/06 6 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.0 WINSTON-SALEM STATE 1/3/07 4 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 1.4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.1 at North Carolina 1/20/07 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Totals……………………. 0 26 2-8 .250 0-1 .000 4-5 .800 4 6 10 1.3 0 0 2 2 1 2 8 1.0