Gonzaga 7ft C Oumar Ballo transfers to Arizona!

[WILD]

Gonzaga 7ft C Oumar Ballo follows coach Tommy Lloyd and transfers to Arizona!

Ballo, nicknamed "Baby Shaq" stands 7ft 260 pounds.  He appeared in 24 games with the Zags last season after redshirting. He averaged 2.5 points, 1.5 rebounds in just 6.3 minutes a game. He shoot the ball 63%and 55% percent from the free throw line. Ballo did have one breakout game scoring 17 points in just 12 minutes. He was slowed by a thumb injury causing him to missed a few weeks, slowing his progress. He's still a freshman and is just 18 years old. BEARDOWN!

See Ballo's statement below.



https://twitter.com/OumarBallo32/status/1384346399953743879

Ballo highlights

[mvpreed2]

Ballo would fill the void left by Batcho transferring.
If Lloyd really wanted to solidify himself, he would convince Batcho to come back and roll with a lineup of Ballo/Batcho/Brown/Koloko as available bigs?

[KansasCityCats]

That's a huge trio up front. Pretty excited about that front court!

[WILD]

It's officially official!

https://twitter.com/APlayersProgram/status/1391910504126316545