2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 12
Salimatou Kourouma
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Life Prep Academy (Kan.)
- Hometown:
- Kati, Mali
Bio
Pronounced: sah-lee-MAH-too KOO-roo-mah
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT | 2024-25
Missed the entire 2024-25 season due to injury.
AT ARIZONA | 2023-24
Spent the 2023-24 season at Arizona after two seasons at Little Rock … Appeared in 13 games for Arizona in 2023-24 as a redshirt senior, missing the last 19 games due to injury … Averaged 9.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.2 steals a game while shooting 49.0 percent from the field … Recorded six games with 10 or more points, including four straight from Nov. 10-18 … Logged a season-high 17 points against 20th-ranked Gonzaga on Dec. 20 on 7-of-10 shooting.
AT LITTLE ROCK | 2021-22 TO 2022-23
Named 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year and earned all-OVC first-team honors after leading the conference in scoring at 16.8 points per game (17.8 points per game during conference play) … Added 7.0 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 1.0 assists a game while shooting 41.1 percent from the floor and was named OVC Player of the Week three times … Scored in double figures 16 times as a redshirt junior, with nine games of at least 20 points and a season-best 30 points coming against Southeast Missouri State on Jan. 7, 2023 … Finished the season with three double-doubles and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds against Southeast Missouri State on Feb. 2, 2023 … As a redshirt sophomore in 2021-22 with the Trojans, averaged a team-best 18.4 points a night while shooting at a 40.0 percent clip to go with 5.9 rebounds per game (third on team) … A 2021-22 all-Sun Belt Conference second-team selection and was named Sun Belt Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Nov. 16, 23) … Dropped a career-high 32 points along with 10 rebounds against Memphis on Nov. 18, 2021, one of two games with at least 30 points that season and one of 11 20-point scoring efforts … Carded 19 games in double figures, three double-doubles and was named to the Sun Belt all-tournament team … Over three Division I seasons, she averaged 15.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game while shooting 41.6 percent.
AT GRAYSON COLLEGE (TEXAS) | 2019-20 TO 2020-21
After redshirting her initial collegiate season at Grayson College, she was named North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year as a redshirt freshman in 2020-21 after averaging 18.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game and shooting 51.5 percent from the field… Recorded 15 double-doubles and eclipsed the 30-point mark five times.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Life Prep Academy in Wichita, Kan., where she earned HCAA all-state accolades.
Graves on Kourouma: Sali is a talented and efficient scorer and rebounder and someone who can defend multiple positions. She moves smooth and fluid in the post and can also stretch out the defense and knock down the mid-range jumper and 3-pointers. Her experience, maturity and basketball IQ are through the roof and will be a welcome addition to our young team. We’re excited to get her to Eugene and get to work.
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT | 2024-25
Missed the entire 2024-25 season due to injury.
AT ARIZONA | 2023-24
Spent the 2023-24 season at Arizona after two seasons at Little Rock … Appeared in 13 games for Arizona in 2023-24 as a redshirt senior, missing the last 19 games due to injury … Averaged 9.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.2 steals a game while shooting 49.0 percent from the field … Recorded six games with 10 or more points, including four straight from Nov. 10-18 … Logged a season-high 17 points against 20th-ranked Gonzaga on Dec. 20 on 7-of-10 shooting.
AT LITTLE ROCK | 2021-22 TO 2022-23
Named 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year and earned all-OVC first-team honors after leading the conference in scoring at 16.8 points per game (17.8 points per game during conference play) … Added 7.0 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 1.0 assists a game while shooting 41.1 percent from the floor and was named OVC Player of the Week three times … Scored in double figures 16 times as a redshirt junior, with nine games of at least 20 points and a season-best 30 points coming against Southeast Missouri State on Jan. 7, 2023 … Finished the season with three double-doubles and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds against Southeast Missouri State on Feb. 2, 2023 … As a redshirt sophomore in 2021-22 with the Trojans, averaged a team-best 18.4 points a night while shooting at a 40.0 percent clip to go with 5.9 rebounds per game (third on team) … A 2021-22 all-Sun Belt Conference second-team selection and was named Sun Belt Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Nov. 16, 23) … Dropped a career-high 32 points along with 10 rebounds against Memphis on Nov. 18, 2021, one of two games with at least 30 points that season and one of 11 20-point scoring efforts … Carded 19 games in double figures, three double-doubles and was named to the Sun Belt all-tournament team … Over three Division I seasons, she averaged 15.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game while shooting 41.6 percent.
AT GRAYSON COLLEGE (TEXAS) | 2019-20 TO 2020-21
After redshirting her initial collegiate season at Grayson College, she was named North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year as a redshirt freshman in 2020-21 after averaging 18.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game and shooting 51.5 percent from the field… Recorded 15 double-doubles and eclipsed the 30-point mark five times.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Life Prep Academy in Wichita, Kan., where she earned HCAA all-state accolades.
Graves on Kourouma: Sali is a talented and efficient scorer and rebounder and someone who can defend multiple positions. She moves smooth and fluid in the post and can also stretch out the defense and knock down the mid-range jumper and 3-pointers. Her experience, maturity and basketball IQ are through the roof and will be a welcome addition to our young team. We’re excited to get her to Eugene and get to work.
Kelly Graves | Selection Sunday
Monday, March 17
Deja Kelly, Peyton Scott & Phillipina Kyei | Selection Sunday
Monday, March 17
Peyton Scott & Ari Long: "A good, competitive basketball game."
Thursday, February 27
Kelly Graves: "We've played really well."
Thursday, February 27
