Mama Dembele

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-6
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
IES Joaquim Blume
Hometown:
Manlleu, Spain
Prev School:
Missouri

Career Honors

2024-25 AAC Defensive Player of the Year
2024-25 AAC All-Defensive Team
2024-25 AAC All-Tournament Team
2023-24 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2023-24 All-SEC Defensive Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2023 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award
2022-23 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 All-SEC Freshman Team
2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll

2024-25: Named AAC Defensive Player of the Year (First Bull in program history to earn the honor), AAC All-Defensive Team, and AAC All-Tournament Team…finished the season ranked 21st Nationally in Assists Average (5.5 apg.) & 16th nationally in total assists (186)… Dembele is the first DI (men’s or women’s), NBA or WNBA player this century to have 50+ minutes played, 10+ assists, 3+ steals, and zero turnovers in a game (happened against Rice, Feb.12)…Dembele has logged 23 games this season with five or more assists…matched season-high 11 assists in wins against Rice (Feb. 12) & UTSA (Jan. 29)…matched a season-best 12 points and nine assists in win against Charlotte (Jan. 1)…collared a season-high nine steals, eight points, and six assists against Northwestern St. (Dec. 17)…grabbed a season-best five steals and dished out seven assists (joined 500 assists club) in loss to No. 3/3 South Carolina (Dec. 15).

2023-24 (Missouri): SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year….named to All-SEC Defensive Team…earned CSC Academic All-District honors….ranked as the top ninth transfer in the nation by ESPN…collared a triple-double and five double-doubles…logged 18 double-digit scoring performances…six games with five-plus steals…14 games with five or more assists and five 10-plus assist performances….finished the year ranked sixth nationally with a 6.5 assists average and 3.3 steals average…locked in 13 points and a career-best 14 assists in first double-double of the season at St. Louis (Nov. 12)…second straight 12-point and career-high 10-steal double-double came against North Alabama (Nov. 14)…third double-double of 10 points and 12 assists versus Missouri St. (Dec. 6)…had a career-best 20 point output at Illinois (Dec. 17)…10 points and 10 rebounds against Alabama (Jan. 7) marked her fourth double-double… against Auburn (Feb. 11), Dembele notched 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists recording Missouri's first triple-double since 2011.

2022-23 (Missouri): Appeared in 28 games for Mizzou...led the team in assists per game with 3.0, good for the top 15 in the SEC...finished the year with 3.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game...opened her junior campaign with seven points, along with four boards and a steal in a victory over Missouri State (Nov. 7)...was a defensive force against Bradley snatching a season-high six rebounds along with three steals, while also contributing a personal-best of six assists (Nov. 10)...started against Southeast Mo. St. and scored two points and had two assists (Nov. 13)...dished out four assists against Wake Forest (Nov. 21)...achieved three points against Virginia Tech (Nov. 23)...added a season-high of nine points versus Saint Louis (Nov. 30)...had seven assists against UMass (Dec. 3)...contributed four defensive rebounds and six assists in the Tiger's victory over Arizona State (Dec. 4)…grabbed five rebounds versus Omaha (Dec. 9)...contributed three rebounds and three assists in victory over Jackson State (Dec. 11)...dished out seven assists versus Illinois (Dec. 18)...had three assists against Auburn (Jan. 1)...scored two points and had three assists against Alabama (Jan. 5)...led the team in steals with three versus Arkansas (Jan. 8)...scored 11 points versus LSU (Jan. 12)…had six points against South Carolina (Jan. 15)...totaled three rebounds and four assists against Georgia (Jan. 26)...had two points, two rebounds, three assists, and a steal against Kentucky (Jan. 29)...grabbed three rebounds, four points, and had a steal against Vanderbilt (Feb. 2)…recorded two points and three rebounds against Alabama (Feb. 5)…scored five points and had two rebounds at Arkansas (Feb. 12)...had five points and grabbed five rebounds against Mississippi St. (Feb. 16)...had three rebounds and two assist against Texas A&M (Feb. 20)...grabbed four rebounds, had an assist, and scored five points against Florida (Feb. 26)...recorded three points with two rebounds against Arkansas (Mar. 2)...had a pair of rebounds and a pair of assists in the first round of the WNIT versus Illinois State (Mar. 16).

2021-22 (Missouri): Started all 31 games as a sophomore, averaging 5.2 points and 2.3 rebounds…ranked 10th in the SEC with 3.6 assists per game…finished 19th in the conference with 44 steals…submitted a versatile season-opening performance with 13 points, four steals, three rebounds against Murray St. (Nov. 11)….contributed 13 points, four rebounds and three assists against Troy (Nov. 23)…scored 11 points and added three assists in the victory over then No. 1 South Carolina (Dec. 30)… recorded five assists, two rebounds and 16 points behind a 3-for-3 performance from beyond the arc at Arkansas (Jan. 9)…scored a season-best 17 points and dished a pair of assists against Arkansas (Feb. 13)… totaled 13 points, three assists and two rebounds at Florida (Feb. 27).

2020-21 (Missouri): Played and started in all 22 games of her freshman campaign, averaging 3.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals in 22.1 minutes per game…was the only freshman in the SEC to start every game of their team’s season…was named to the SEC All-Freshman team for her debut campaign…her 35 steals and 59 assists ranked ninth and 10th, respectively, all-time among Mizzou freshmen…dished out three-plus assists in 11 games and five-plus assists in four games…had multiple steals in nine games…started in her collegiate debut against North Alabama (Nov. 27) and scored eight points with three assists…scored eight points and had a team-high six assists against New Orleans (Dec. 16)…dished out five assists and had six points against Oral Roberts (Dec. 19)…had five assists and three steals at Ole Miss (Jan. 14)…recorded four assists and four steals at Auburn (Feb. 7)…produced a season-high seven assists against Florida (Feb. 21)…scored seven points and had a season-best six steals at Mississippi State (Feb. 28).

International Experience: Represented Spain at the FIBA 2022 U20 Women’s European Championships, averaged 7.7 ppg., 4.1 rpg., and 3.1 apg., across seven contests…played for Spain in the 2021 FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup, averaged 3.0 points per game in three games…represented Spain at the 2019 FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup, averaged five points per game in six contests…member of Spain's national team at the 2019 U18 European Championships, averaging 3.3 points and 3.7 assists per game…helped lead Spain to a bronze medal finish and earned All-Star recognition at the 2018 U16 European Championships after averaging 5.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game.

High School: Participated in the 2020 NBA Basketball Without Borders Global Camp hosted by FIBA during the 2020 NBA All-Star weekend…was named the best student-athlete for the 2019-20 season at IES Joaquim Blume.

CLUB EXPERIENCE: Played for Segle XXI (Five Years) in Barcelona, Spain.

Personal: Born on January 20, 2002…daughter of Babily Dembele Traore and Awa Traore Kante…has two brothers, Makan and Salif…enjoys watching TV and hanging out with friends.