UNC Greensboro

Awards & Accolades 
All-SoCon Honor Roll (2021)

2022-23 (Graduate Student)
Saw action in all 32 games with 32 starts…notched a new career high of 23 points against Furman on Jan. 29…posted a new career high of five assists against Warren Wilson on Dec. 18…matched his career high of 16 rebounds against Mercer on Feb. 2… had four double-double games on the season…finished the season with 226 rebounds and 230 points…averaged 7.2 points per game and 7.1 boards per game.

2021-22 (Senior)
Played in and started 31 games … Averaged 6.3 points per game and 4.8 rebounds per game … Scored in double figures seven times this season … Scored a season-high 14 points against UMass on November 19 … Had 13 points each against Northern Kentucky on Nov. 12 and Samford on March 5 … Scored 11 points each against Furman on Jan. 5 and Mercer on Feb. 13 … Grabbed five or more rebounds 16 times … Had 11 rebounds against North Carolina A&T on Nov. 9 and 10 rebounds against The Citadel on Feb. 10 … Blocked a season-best two shots against Western Carolina on Feb. 23 … Made 53.6 percent (81-for-151) of his shots on the season … Finished the season with 538 career points and 506 rebounds … Helped UNCG participate in the postseason CBI.

2020-21 (Junior)
Played and started in every game this season … He averaged 6.8 points and 7.0 rebounds … He finished with a career best 16 rebounds against Western Carolina and a career-high 15 points against North Carolina A&T …  Scored 13 of his 15 points against Chattanooga … Led the SoCon in offensive rebounding per game (3.1), which is 39th nationally and is seventh in the conference in rebounding … Notched only double-double of the season against The Citadel on Jan. 18 (12 points, 11 rebounds) … Had four games with double digit rebounds and scored in double figures four times … Blocked two shots in three games (Furman, Western Carolina, and ETSU).

2019-20 (Sophomore)
Played in all but one of the Spartans' 32 games in 2019-20, making a single start on the year ... averaged 3.5 rebounds per game, despite playing under 17 minutes per contest ... 14 blocks on the season ... made his season debut against No. 3 Kansas, scoring one point with three rebounds (11.8) ... Scored a career-high nine points against Averett (11.11)... set a UNCG single game record with seven steals at Georgetown (11.20), pulling down a career-best eight rebounds in the process... five rebounds with two assists at Radford (12.7)... went a perfect 4-for-4 at Vermont (12.18)... pulled down seven boards with eight points against William Peace (12.28) ... scored nine points with six rebounds in win over Mercer (1.1) ... set a new career-high and tallied a team-high with 10 boards at Wofford (1.4) ... first double-digit performance of his career against Furman (1.11), hitting a perfect 5-of-5 from the floor ... six points and two boards at Western Carolina (1.25) ...tallied a career-high five blocks against Western Carolina (2.12), four of which came in the first half ... had seven points at Mercer (2.15) and another six, while going 3-for-3 at VMI (2.22).

2018-19 (Freshman)
Made his collegiate debut at No. 23 LSU (Nov. 9)... Scored his first collegiate points and grabbed his first rebound in the win at UNCW (Nov. 13)... Recorded his first collegiate block along with two points and two boards in the win over Prairie View A&M (Nov. 19)... Had two points, a steal and a board in the win at Delaware (Nov. 23)... Had six points, three steals, three rebounds and two assists in the win over Greensboro College (Nov. 27)... Grabbed three boards along with two points at No. 10 Kentucky (Dec. 1)... Pulled down four rebounds in the win against North Alabama (Dec. 15) ... Saw limited action over the final 11 games of the season, scoring two points in three of those games against Samford (Feb. 7), East Tennessee State (Feb. 24) and The Citadel (Feb. 28) … climbed the glass for 11 rebounds in the stretch, hauling in two rebounds in games against VMI (Jan. 31), Chattanooga (Feb. 9) and Furman (Feb. 14) ... Played five minutes in the SoCon Championship Game against Wofford (March 11) ... Made NIT debut against Campbell (March 19).

Prior To UNCG
Spent his senior season at Link Prep in Branson, Missouri … Coached by Roberto Bergersen … Previously attended Greenforest Christian Academy in Georgia … Coached by Larry Thompson … Two-time state champion … Averaged 12.0 points per game and 10.0 rebounds per game as a junior … Helped the Eagles reach a 27-5 record as a junior … Played AAU basketball for the Georgia Stars/CPR … Averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds per game. 

Personal
Born Sept. 7, 1997 … Son of Saka and Fatima Abdulsalam … Has one sibling, Sekinat … Was National Honor Society in high school … Majoring in computer science.