University of Nevada Las Vegas

2019-20 MEDIA GUIDE BIO (PDF)

UNLV CAREER
Dembele is in his fourth year as a Runnin' Rebel.

JUNIOR (2018-19) - REDSHIRT
Appeared in nine games, averaging 8.1 minutes per contest ... Injured his finger and missed the remainder of the season ... 2018-19 became his redshirt year ... Averaged 1.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game ... Scored four points vs. UC Riverside and pulled down five rebounds on three occasions.

SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors for the second straight year ... Appeared in 25 games, averaging 7.1 minutes per contest ... Scored 1.6 points and had 1.3 rebounds per game ... Was fourth on the team in blocked shots ... Had three blocks vs. Mississippi Valley State, while also recording a career-high three assists in that game.

FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Earned Academic All-Mountain West Team honors ... Appeared in 28 games, making 17 starts ... Averaged 4.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game ... Led the team in blocked shots (sixth in the MW) with 1.3 per game ... Scored a career-high 13 points vs. Incarnate Word ... Also scored eight on four other occasions ... Grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds at Wyoming ... Had a career-high five blocked shots vs. San Diego State ... Had four other games blocking three shots .

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2016 graduate of Broadfording Christian Academy in Hagerstown, Maryland. ... He played the 2015-16 season at Scotland Performance Institute in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, after moving to the United States in 2015 ... Former UNLV teammate Louis Bangai later attended SPI ... Was his team's best free-throw shooter at 78 percent ... Averaged 16 points and more than four blocks per game as a senior ... Also played soccer.

PERSONAL
Cheickna Dembele was born Aug. 23, 1996, in Touba, Mali ... Majoring in international business ... The son of Kadia Diarra and Sidy Dembele ... Has eight siblings: Astan, Gaoussou, Kidé, Korotoumou, Ladji, Mahamadou, Mohamed and Mokhola ... Enjoys going to the movies ... Credits his parents as his biggest influence because they taught him to become the person he is.