Diakite
Proper noun
Meaning
Diakite (plural Diakites)
A surname from Fula.
Examples
GROOVE: Moussa Diakite and Wassado will share their infectious blend of blues, jazz, Cuban and Afro-rock sounds at the Burradise Festival on the Saturday night.
The sight of the ball going into deep space when it gets to Diakite on the block and pounds, pounds, pounds the ball into the floor before firing off a fadeaway will haunt this Virginia team when it awaits its fate on Selection Sunday.
Virginia muscled their way inside, and the pairing of Mamadi Diakite and Jay Huff — who Elijah Hughes referred to as “twin towers” postgame — disrupted Syracuse fast breaks.
And that’s not a coaching mistake, that comes from us, the players,” senior Mamadi Diakite said.
Jones hit a three with 2:50 to go to put Duke on top, 48-47, and after a Key dunk 19 seconds later gave Virginia a 49-48 edge, Jones scored on a runner that Diakite looked to have blocked, but was ruled a goaltend, with 1:01 to go.
Mamadi Diakite added 15 points, and Kihei Clark and Casey Morsell each added 10 points.