Career Stats After 2020-21 Season
CAREER
• Played in 85 games with 27 starts
• Averaged 13.8 minutes per game
• Saw improvement in scoring and rebounding over every season
• Finished career averaging 4.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game
• Had a 52.6% field goal clip, which would have been good for sixth in the career list, but fell nine attempts short
• Recorded eight double-doubles in career, including a stretch of four, tying for the second-longest streak in program history
• Topped 10 points in 14 games, 10 rebounds in 11 games, three blocks twice and three steals once
• Led the Boilermakers in scoring three times, rebounding 16 times, assists once, steals twice and blocks nine times
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Played in and started all 23 games
• Averaged 22.9 minutes per game, a career-high
• Finished third on the team with 8.7 points per game and 9.1 per Big Ten contest
• Averaged eight rebounds per game, tied for eighth among senior seasons at Purdue
• Recorded six double-doubles, tied for 17th in program history
• Had a stretch of four straight double-doubles, tied for second longest in program history
• Hauled down 18 rebounds against Penn State on Jan. 31, tied for 14th in program history
• Set a career-high with 21 points at Ohio State on Feb. 18
• Topped 10 points in 10 games, with eight games over 10 boards
• Led team in scoring twice, rebounding 13 times, assists once, steals once and blocks nine times
2019-20 / AS A JUNIOR
• Appeared in 31 games with eight starts, including five of the final seven games
• Set career highs with 3.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game
• Closed the year strong, averaging eight rebounds and 8.3 points per game over the last nine contests
• Finished with her first two career double-doubles in the last two games of the year against Michigan State on March 5 and Maryland on March 6
• Totaled four games with at least 10 points and three outings with at least 10 rebounds
• Tallied a career-high and team-high 12 points at No. 7 Maryland on Feb. 25
• Hauled down a career-best 14 rebounds against No. 20 Iowa
• Tallied a trio of assists against Kent State on Dec. 8
• Swatted three shots against Illinois on Feb. 7
• Named to Senegal Women's National Team for 2019 AfroBasket and missed Purdue's Australia Tour
• Guided the Lionnes to the championship game against Nigeria
• Appeared in all five games, averaging six points and 7.4 rebounds per game during the tournament
• Named Most Improved Player at the postseason banquet
2018-19 / AS A JUNIOR
• Appeared in 31 games, including six starts, averaging 9.1 minutes per game
• Played double-digit minutes on 12 occasions, including a trio of games with 20+ minutes
• Averaged 1.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game
• Connected on 51.9 percent from the floor, including 68 percent in Big Ten Conference play
• Tallied six points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes vs. Ole Miss at the Paradise Jam
• Posted career-high totals of eight points and seven rebounds in 16 minutes at Iowa
• Grabbed four rebounds and rejected a career-most three shots vs. Illinois
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Missed the entire season with a foot injury, undergoing surgery in December
• Recipient of the Dr. Ruth Jones Memorial Award at the postseason banquet
BEFORE PURDUE
• Attended Kocc Barma Educpromo Thies school in Senegal
• Named her team's academic MVP for the 2014-15 season
• Coached by Idrissa Assokho
• Attended Gulf Coast State College (JuCo) in Panama City, Florida
• Appeared in 18 games in 2016-17, averaging 3.1 points and 3.2 rebounds in 10.6 minutes per game
• Missed the 2015-16 season with the Commodores due to injury
• Coached by Mary "Roonie" Scovel and Austin Mefford
PERSONAL
• Full name: Fatou Batou Diagne
• Major: African American Studies
• Birthday: 1/20/96
• City Born: Thies, Senegal
• Parents: Djibril Diagne and Mareme Soda Faye
• Siblings: Brother, Moustapha, Sisters: Aminata, Adjo, Ndeye Awa, Mame Dior