When NC State coach Will Wade sat down with the local media in early July, he stressed that the Wolfpack was going to look to add one more big man ahead of the 2025-26 season. It was likely to come from the international ranks, but there wasn’t much news to report then. Now, however, Wade […]
When NC State coach Will Wade sat down with the local media in early July, he stressed that the Wolfpack was going to look to add one more big man ahead of the 2025-26 season. It was likely to come from the international ranks, but there wasn’t much news to report then.
Now, however, Wade and the Wolfpack staff landed the international post player they were looking for. Gambian center Musa Sagnia announced his commitment to NC State on Saturday, rounding out the team’s roster going into Wade’s first season in Raleigh.
It was imperative for the program to work quickly to get Sagnia in the fold since the University’s enrollment deadline on Friday. It appears the Wolfpack was able to get Sagnia on campus ahead of the cutoff to join classes before the season begins.
The 6-foot-8, 218-pound post player enters the college ranks after spending the past four seasons with Manresa in Spain’s Liga ACB, the top league in the country. He has averaged 4.5 points with 3.3 rebounds and 0.6 steals in 16.2 minutes across 81 games with the Llumets.
Sagnia shot 46.7 percent with a 31.9 percent clip from 3-point distance this past season. He posted two double-digit scoring efforts in the 2024-25 campaign, including a 14-point performance with a 4-for-7 mark from beyond the 3-point line at Rio Breogan on Jan. 2.
The 22-year-old has long arms that have helped him defend against taller post players, while he has a tenacious mindset to crash the glass when he’s on the floor. Both of those traits are easily transferable to when he arrives in Raleigh.
Sagnia will bolster NC State’s front court, which is led by North Carolina transfer Ven-Allen Lubin, the expected starter at center, with Wyoming transfer Scottie Ebube spelling him off the bench in the coming season.
NC State opens the season against NC Central on Nov. 3 at the Lenovo Center. The Wolfpack is scheduled to face South Carolina in a preseason exhibition at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro on Oct. 26.
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