Biola University Athletics

2017-18
• Played a season-high 29 minutes and scored a season-best nine points on her senior night
• Biola went 4-2 in the six games she appeared in during the season
• Averaged 2.8 points-per-game and 2.3 rebounds-per-game
• Made half of her shots from the field

2016-17
• Appeared in 25 games for the Eagles, starting eight times
• Average 21 minutes played in each appearance
• Was a stellar "sixth man," racking up 5.3 points-per-game and 5.4 rebounds-per-game
• Fifth on the team with 33 steals
• Scored in double-digits four times, including a pair of double-doubles
• Had a season-high 15 points and season-high 13 rebounds in a game against Chapman

2015-16
• Sat out the season as a redshirt

2014-15
• Appeared in 29 of 31 games for the Eagles, starting the final 23 of her appearances
• Averaged 7.0 points-per-game and 3.9 minutes-per-game
• Posted the fourth-most offensive rebounds for Biola (51)
• Shot an even 40 percent from the field (80-for-200)
• Scored a season-high 19 points in Biola's upset win over No. 8 Vanguard on Feb. 21, going 7-for-11 from the floor

2013-14
• Appeared in all 31 games for the Eagles, starting just over half of them (16)
• Averaged 4.1 points per game and 3.2 rebounds per contest
• Made 64 percent of her shots from the free throw line
• Had back-to-back double-digit scoring games over interterm
• Picked up 24 steals, the third-most on the team

HIGH SCHOOL
• Prepped four varsity seasons at El Rancho HS in Pica Rivera, Calif., graduating in 2013
• Played basketball and ran track at ERHS
• Captained the basketball team three times
• Three-time team MVP
• Named All-CIF first team as a senior
• Was MVP of the Sergeant’s All-Star game in 2012-13
• Awarded the league MVP during her senior season
• Two-time All-league first team, also led her team in rebounds twice
 
PERSONAL
• Born Feb. 25, 1995 to Yaya Diakite and Maria Talavera in Pico Rivera, Calif.
• She has one older sister, Aisha
• Her father, Yaya, played professional basketball overseas
• She enjoys working out and dancing
• Majoring in psychology in hopes of becoming a psychological or child therapist after graduation