{{Short description|Senegalese basketball player (born 2000)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Aicha Ndour | image = File:Aicha Ndour.jpg | caption = Ndour in 2025 | league = | team = Georgia Lady Bulldogs | number = 21 | position = Center | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lbs = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|8|14}} | birth_place = Somone, Senegal | high_school = Cushing Academy <br> (Massachusetts) | college = Rutgers (2020–2021) <br/> Illinois (2022–2024) <br/> Wichita State (2024–2025) <br/> Georgia (2025–present) | draft_league = | draft_year = | career_start = 2020 | career_end = }} '''Aicha Ndour''' (born 14 August 2000) is a Senegalese basketball player who plays center for the Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team and Senegal women's national basketball team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eurobasket |title=Aicha Ndour, Basketball Player, News, Stats – Eurobasket |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour, Forward, Illinois Fighting Illini – NIL Profile – Opendorse |url=https://opendorse.com/profile/aicha-ndour-profile |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=opendorse.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Career history == Ndour attended Cushing Academy in Massachusetts where she played basketball and volleyball.
Ndour was laughed at the first time she picked up a basketball. She joined SEED Academy when she was 16 years old. Ndour joined NBA Academy participants from Africa, Australia, China, India and Mexico in April 2019. Because of criticisms, she decided to leave her local court to play basketball in the United States, which makes her the first person from Somone to play college hoops in the U.S. at the Division-I level.<ref name=Janes>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Inside the Huddle: From Senegal to Champaign: Ndour Crosses Ocean to Chase Dreams, Opportunities |last=Janes |first=Jackson |url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2023/12/29/womens-basketball-aicha-ndour-profile-series.aspx |access-date=2025-10-23 |website=University of Illinois Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
Ndour joined Rutgers Scarlet Knights in 2020–2021, where she played one season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Hoops Adds Destiny Marshall & Aicha Ndour to 2020–21 Roster |url=https://scarletknights.com/news/2020/8/6/womens-basketball-womens-hoops-adds-destiny-marshall-aicha-ndour-to-2020-21-roster.aspx |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Rutgers University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> She says she choose Rutgers because she saw the team as a sense of family and could assist her to achieve her dreams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour – Women's Basketball |url=https://scarletknights.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/aicha-ndour/8797 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Rutgers University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> After the season, she transferred to Illinois Fighting Illini for the 2022–2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/aicha-ndour-1.html |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour on Hudl |url=https://www.hudl.com/profile/15690672 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Hudl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-27 |title=Aicha Ndour Signs with Illini Women's Basketball |url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2022/5/27/womens-basketball-aicha-ndour-signs-with-illini-womens-basketball.aspx |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=University of Illinois Athletics |language=en}}</ref> In the 2022–2023 season, she appeared in 23 games with an average of 1.5 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour – 2023–24 – Women's Basketball |url=https://fightingillini.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/aicha-ndour/13873 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=University of Illinois Athletics |language=en}}</ref> During the 2023–2024 season at Illinois, she averaged 1.3 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.0 assists, 0.1 steals and 0.3 blocks per game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour Stats, WNCAAB News, Bio and More – USA TODAY Sports |url=https://sportsdata.usatoday.comhttps//sportsdata.usatoday.com/football/nfl/players/aicha-ndour |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour 2023–24 Game Log |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/aicha-ndour-1/gamelog/2024 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour – Illinois Fighting Illini Center – ESPN (UK) |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4703770/aicha-ndour |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
She transferred to Wichita State for the 2024–25 season. She transferred again as a graduate student to Georgia for the 2025–26 season.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2025 |title=2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster |url=https://georgiadogs.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster |website=georgiadogs.com |publisher=University of Georgia Athletics |access-date=2025-10-23}}</ref>
== Senegal national team == Ndour first represented Senegal in 2023 when she was called up for 2023 Women's Afrobasket. She appeared in 5 games with 0.4 points per game, 1.4 rebounds per game, 0.2 assist per game and playing efficiency of 1.2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour – Player Profile |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/346063/Aicha-Ndour |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aicha Ndour (Ndour A.) - Career Stats - Flashscore.com |url=https://www.flashscore.com/player/ndour-aicha/KtgKCxbK/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.flashscore.com |language=en}}</ref>
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