2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Amadou Kante, Papa
Jersey Number 4
Papa Amadou Kante
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Dakar, Senegal
- High School:
- South Kent Prep
Bio
2024-25
- All-ACC Academic Team honoree
- Named the Gold Standard Teammate of the Year
- Returned to the Pitt rotation after missing all of last season with a knee injury ... appeared in 22 games
- Averaged 2.1 points and 1.1 rebounds, while going 16-of-29 (.552) from the field, in 7.0 minutes per game.
- Came off the bench to ignite the Panthers’ in a 91-90 overtime win at Ohio State (11/29) ... finished with 12 points, four rebounds, one assist, one steal, and one block in 17:18 of action ... went 3-of-4 from the field and 6-of-9 from the foul line in the win
2023-24
- Suffered a knee injury in September and missed the 2023-24 season ... underwent surgery September 22
- Named the Gold Standard Teammate of the Year
HIGH SCHOOL
- Ranked No. 91 (247 Sports), No. 95 (Rivals), No. 108 (ESPN) among the 2023 recruiting class
- Played at South Kent Prep School for Coach Raphael Chillious
- Led South Kent to a 29-7 record, the NEPSAC Class AAA regular season title (15-1) and Class AAA championship
- Named NEPSAC Class AAA first team in 2023 and earned honorable mention honors in 2022.
- Averaged 15.2 points as a junior and led South Kent to a 17-17 record and to the Class AAA NESPAC semifinal
- Posted 10+ points in 19 games with 20+ points in four games
- Scored a season-best 23 points against St. Thomas Moore Prep (1/19)
- Posted 15+ rebounds in four games with 20+ rebounds in two games
- Grabbed a season-high 21 rebounds against Springfield Commonwealth and added 21 points with six blocks (11/17)
- Averaged 9.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks in 13 games with NY Renaissance on the EYBL Circuit in 2022
- Highlighted summer play with 17 points and 13 rebounds against LivOn-Fleur De Lis (5/28).
- Recorded four double-figure scoring games and three double-doubles
- Played on the EYBL Circuit in 2021 with the Expressions Elite
PERSONAL
- Born October 27, 2003 in Dakar, Senegal
- Son of Buyagui and Manthia Kante ... has one sister, Baye Assa Kante, and three brothers, Abass, Hama, and Daouda
- First played organized basketball after moving to the United States in 2019
- Has a 7-4 wingspan
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