Yet this is how Diaba Konaté, a 23-year-old senior guard for UC Irvine, feels about France. The country welcomed her parents, immigrants from Mali, who moved there in search of a better life for ...

PARIS — Diaba Konaté was named the NCAA college basketball Big West conference's best defensive player of the year in ...

The senior, thriving in her switch to point guard this season, has 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists while ...

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French basketball player Diaba Konate, who wears a hijab, recently completed a successful college career after helping UC Irvine reach the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1995.