2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Souleymane Koureissi
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Harlem, N.Y.
- High School:
- Iona Prep
SENIOR (2021-22)
• Appeared in 14 games, totaling 13 points, five rebounds, and four assists
• Played a season-high 11 minutes vs Georgia State on Nov. 16, recording four points and four rebounds
JUNIOR (2020-21)
• One of five Spiders to appear in all 23 games
• Averaged 2.6 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 0.4 blocks per game
• Led team with 1.6 blocks per 40 minutes
• Shot 51.2 percent from the field, his third straight season above 51 percent ... Sixth player in school history to shoot 51 percent or better from the field in each of his first three seasons
GAME-BY-GAME
3/17 vs Toledo - Led Richmond’s bench with 10 points, matching his career high ... Made a career-high five field goals on six shots from the field ... 2/14 vs St. Mary’s (MD) - Played a season-high 19 minutes, registered a career-high 3 steals ... 1/2 vs St. Bonaventure - With Tyler Burton in foul trouble, played a season-high 17:27, including final 1:24 of regulation ... 2nd most minutes of career behind 21 minutes in a blowout win vs Coppin St in December 2018
SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
• Averaged 1.4 points and 1.1 rebounds while playing 7.2 minutes per game
• Appeared in 30 games, making his first two career starts vs Boston College and at Hampton while Grant Golden recovered from an ankle injury
• Shot 53.1 percent from the field, second highest on the team among players with at least five field goal attempts
GAME-BY-GAME
3/6 at Duquesne - Fouled on a putback attempt following an offensive rebound and made one of two from the line ... 2/29 vs UMass - Scored on a putback at the rim ... 2/1 vs George Washington - Scored on a spin move from the right block ... 1/2 vs Saint Joseph’s - Drained a three-pointer from the wing in the 2nd half ... 12.22 at Radford - Scored on an a putback after grabbing an offensive rebound in the first half ... 12.18 at Old Dominion - Limited to season-low 3 minutes with foul trouble ... 12.3 at Hampton - Made his second career start ... Limited to 14 minutes by foul trouble ... 11.30 vs Boston College - Made first career start, filling in for an injured Grant Golden in the starting lineup ... 11.25 vs Wisconsin - Sealed Richmond win with offensive tip with 2 minutes remaining ... Played in front of approximately 30 family & friends ... 11.22 vs McNeese - Made a three-pointer and registered an ‘And-1’ after an offensive rebound to finish with 6 points ... 11.17 vs CSUN - First player off the bench ... Led Richmond’s bench with 5 points
FRESHMAN (2018-19)
• Averaged 2.3 points and 1.0 rebounds in 26 games
• Shot 51.3 percent from the field, second best on the team and the best by a Spiders true freshman since 2012-13 (Terry Allen - 55.0 percent)
• Registered two double-digit scoring games, tied for eighth most on the team
• Signed with the Spiders on November 9, 2017 after choosing Richmond from a group of more than a dozen Division I offers, including Minnesota in the Big Ten and Seton Hall in the Big East ... First signee in Richmond's Class of 2018
GAME-BY-GAME
2/13 at VCU - Singled out for additional playing time by Coach Mooney after game: "I need to get Sal a lot more minutes" ... 2/9 vs George Washington - Tied a career high with 10 points and set a career high with five rebounds in just 11 minutes of playing time ... 1/9 vs Rhode Island - Scored both his buckets at the rim off of back-door cuts to the basket ... 12/5 vs Coppin State- Scored a season-high 10 points and made his first two career three-pointers ... One of four Spiders in double figures ... 12/1 vs Wake Forest - Tied a season-high with four points on a driving layup and a fast-break putaway ... Also recorded his first two career assists ... 11/14 vs St. Francis Brooklyn - Made his Spiders debut, playing three minutes and converting an offensive rebound into an "And-1" for his first career points
• Attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, N.Y., a member of New York's Catholic High Schools Athletics Association
• Scored a team-high 16.3 points per game while shooting 61 percent from the field as a senior ... Added 8.5 rebounds per game
• Led team to a share of league's regular-season title in 2018
• Named First Team All-Westchester/Putnam County
• Named Second Team All-CHSAA
• Rated as the No. 8 recruit in the state of New York by 247sports.com
• Born on June 27, 1999
• Name is pronounced SAHL-uh-mon ker-ESS-ee
