N'Faly Dante - Men's Basketball - University of Oregon Athletics (2024)

2023-24 | GRADUATE SEASON
All-Pac-12 First Team for the second consecutive season, named Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Finished the season with averages of 17.0 points (.695 FG%), 9.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 1.9 blocks and 1.6 assists in 31.5 minutes per game … Led the conference in field goal percentage, ranked second in blocks, third in steals, fourth in rebounds and seventh in points per game … Missed 15 games after a knee procedure, started 21 of 22 games played … Finished the season with a career-high 28 points and 20 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament against Creighton … Led the Ducks to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship with averages of 20.3 points (.833 FG%), 8.3 rebounds, 2.7 steals, 1.7 blocks and 1.7 assists in 30 minutes per game, earning tournament MOP honors and securing UO an NCAA Tournament bid … Recorded 23 points, six rebounds, two steals and two blocks in the opening round win over No. 16 South Carolina … Opened the season with a career-high 21 rebounds against Georgia … Had six 20-point games, nine double-doubles, six games with three-plus steals and six games with three-plus blocks … Became the 39th 1,000-point scorer in school history when he eclipsed the mark on Feb. 28 in a home win over Oregon State … Ranks fourth in the UO record book in total blocks, and has the best career field goal percentage at 65.4% and holds two of the top three spots for best field goal percentage in a single season with 67.5 in 2021-22 and 69.5 in 2023-24.

2022-23 | SENIOR SEASON
Named to All-Pac-12 First Team … Averaged team highs in points (13.5), rebounds (8.2), blocks (1.4) and field goal percentage (.642), along with 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game … Ranked second in the conference in field goal percentage and his career average of over 64 percent is the best in school history … Improved his points per game averages by five points and his rebounds and blocks averages were also career bests … Recorded nine double-doubles including four in the last five games … Notched two 15-point, 15-rebound games … Grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds at Oregon State … Finished with three 20-point games and 23 double-digit scoring outings … Blocked at least one shot in 23 games with 12 multi-block games.

2021-22 | JUNIOR SEASON
Appeared in 32 games, making 27 starts … Averaged 8.1 points and 6.3 rebounds, shooting a Pac-12-leading 67.5 percent from the field (110-163 FG) … Grabbed 10 or more rebounds seven times, totaling three double-doubles … Finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks in the season finale … Blocked five shots in two games, the other being the Pac-12 tournament win over OSU … Recorded 12 double-figure scoring out, with a season-high 20 points in the Dec. 15 win over Portland … Seven games with multiple blocked shots and 18 with at least one.

2020-21 | SOPhom*oRE SEASON
Averaged 8.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in six contests ... Shot 65.5 percent from the field ... First career double-double Dec. 12 at Washington (12 points, 10 rebounds) ... Set the Matthew Knight Arena field goal percentage record by hitting 10-of-10 field goal attempts Dec. 9 versus Florida A&M, part of career-best 22 points against the Rattlers ... Career-best 3 blocks and 3 steals against Missouri ... Suffered a non-contact left knee injury (torn anterior cruciate ligament) during the Dec. 17 San Francisco game which caused him to miss the remainder of the 2020-21 season.

2019-20 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in 12 games ... Shot 62.7 percent from the field in limited attempts (32-of-51) ... Averaged 5.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game ... Had eight points on 4-of-4 shooting March 7 versus Stanford ... Six points and three rebounds in 11 minutes March 3 against Cal (3/5) ... Returned to action Feb. 27 versus Oregon State after missing five weeks (nine games) due to a knee injury suffered Jan. 18 at Washington ... Scored 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting with two steals in Dec. 18 in collegiate debut against Montana ... Grabbed four boards while putting up six points Dec. 21 against Texas Southern ... Scored seven points while coming away with two steals in a season-high 22 minutes Dec. 29 versus Alabama State ... Went 5-for-6 from the field with 10 points and five boards Jan. 9 versus Arizona ... Grabbed a season-high six rebounds in 18 minutes Jan. 11 against Arizona State.

HIGH SCHOOL
Reclassified from the class of 2020 to the class of 2019 … Five star recruit with a scout grade of 91 according to ESPN.com … Ranked 13th in the 2020 class according to Scout.com … Ranked 17th in ESPN’s top 60 for the class of 2020 … ESPN lists him as the No. 1 2020 recruit out of Kansas … No. 2 center in the 2020 class according to 247Sports.com … Averaged 16.5 points per game while shooting 85.2 percent from the floor on the Nike EYBL circuit … Named Nike EYBL All-Indianapolis MVP … Led his high school team to the quarterfinals of Geico Nationals … As a junior, averaged 14.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game on the prep circuit.

N'Faly Dante - Men's Basketball - University of Oregon Athletics (2024)
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