Moussa Gueye

Position:
Center
Height:
7-0
Weight:
280
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dakar, Senegal
Prev School:
Lake Land College

2011-12 (Sophomore)
Started three of the last six games he appeared in ... saw his first action just 125 days after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ACL ...recorded multiple blocks in three of his 12 games ... made his first career start against Tennessee and blocked a career-high six shots, the most by a UA player this season ... matched a then career high with two blocks against Mississippi ... scored three points from the free throw line at Kentuck ... scored his first points and finished with five points and two blocks against Vanderbilt ... made his first appearance against Jacksonville .. suffered a torn ACL in August and missed the first 12 games of the season while recovering.

Before Alabama
Gueye, a Senegal native, was enrolled last year at Lake Land College in Matoon, Ill., but did not play due to injury ... was considered by all recruiting services as one of the top junior college centers in the nation ... rated as a four-star prospect by rivals.com ... in his first season at Lake Land he was named the conference's freshman of the year and averaged 10.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game ... suffered a torn anterior-cruciate ligament in his knee during a preseason pickup game and will be sidelined indefinitely with the injury for 2011-12.

Personal
Is undecided on a major ... is the son of the late Alioune Gueye and Lissoune Ly Sall.