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Abdoul Karim Coulibaly (born 23 December 2000) is a Malian college basketball player for the St. Bonaventure Bonnies of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). He previously played for the Pittsburgh Panthers. Coulibaly is also a member of the Mali national basketball team.

Abdoul Karim Coulibaly

Coulibaly with Pittsburgh in 2020
No. 12 – St. Bonaventure Bonnies
Position	Power forward
League	Atlantic 10 Conference
Personal information
Born	(2000-12-23) 23 December 2000 (age 21) Bamako, Mali
Nationality	Malian
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Scotland Performance Institute (Scotland, Pennsylvania)
College	Pittsburgh (2019–2021) St. Bonaventure (2021–present)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Mali FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2019 Greece Team FIBA Africa U18 Championship 2018 Mali Team

Early life and high school career

Coulibaly grew up in Bamako and played soccer before switching to basketball at age 13, immediately excelling in the new sport.[1] He moved to the United States at the age of 14 and attended the Scotland Performance Institute in Scotland, Pennsylvania. As a senior, he averaged 15.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game on a team that finished 36–2. Coulibaly earned 2019 Mid-Atlantic Conference Player of the Year honors. He scored over 1,000 points and led the school all-time in scoring, rebounds, single-game points (42) and single-game rebounds (22).[2]

College career

Coulibaly played sparingly as a freshman and averaged 2.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game. He increased his scoring to 4.9 points per game over the past eight games. Coulibaly thought that he did not improve much due to a poor work ethic, and struggled with errors in translation as his native language is Bambara.[3] On 23 January 2021, he scored a career-high 15 points in a 76–75 loss to Wake Forest.[4] As a sophomore, Coulibaly averaged 5.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Following the season, he transferred to St. Bonaventure, choosing the Bonnies over Georgetown, Arizona State, Wichita State, Butler, VCU, George Washington, Marshall, and Bradley.[5]

National team career

U19 national team

Coulibaly has represented Mali in several international competitions. He averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds per game to lead Mali to the FIBA U-18 African Championship in 2018.[2] In July 2019, he competed for the Mali team that won a silver medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup. Coulibaly averaged 13.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game. In the gold medal game against the United States, he scored 17 points and had three blocks.[1]

Senior national team

Coulibaly was selected for the Mali senior team to play at AfroBasket 2021. In 17 minutes per game, he averaged 5.7 points.[6]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2019–20	Pittsburgh	26	0	9.9	.420	.000	.480	1.7	.2	.2	.2	2.7
2020–21	Pittsburgh	22	20	22.5	.511	.333	.690	3.9	.9	.7	.9	5.2
2021–22	St. Bonaventure	33	1	9.6	.500	.333	.609	1.7	.2	.3	.4	3.7
Career		81	21	13.1	.483	.300	.597	2.3	.4	.4	.4	3.8

References

External links

• Bonaventure Bonnies bio
• Pittsburgh Panthers bio

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