Video: 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall high school highlightsTwo of the tallest players in recent high school basketball history will meet at the college level in November.It's the college basketball matchup we've all been waiting for.
As reported earlier this week by the
Daily Pilot, UC Irvine and 7-foot-6 junior
Mamadou N'Diaye will meet UCF and 7-6 incoming freshman
Tacko Fall on Nov. 18 in Orlando.
Both players are natives of Senegal and listed at exactly 300 pounds on official rosters.
Mamadou N'Diaye, Brethren Christian
Photo by Heston Quan
N'Diaye has played in 49 games in his UC Irvine career, averaging 8.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots per game. He put up 27.1 points, 13.7 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per outing as a senior at
Brethren Christian (Huntington Beach, Calif.) in 2012-13.
Fall is a recent graduate of
Liberty Christian Prep (Tavares, Fla.), where he tallied 18.9 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.9 blocked shots per game last season.