Cheickna Sissoko brings senior-size, rim protection, and energy to Gardner-Webb
Cheickna Sissoko is a 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward who gave Gardner-Webb steady interior minutes as a senior, with career NCAA marks of 5.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game in his 2022-23 season at Gardner-Webb, plus a 51.4% career field-goal rate. His profile screams role-player glue: physical, rangy, and disruptive around the rim, with a reputation as one of the Big South’s better post defenders and shot blockers, even if his offense is more finish-and-effort than shot-creation. If a team wants toughness, length, and defensive juice, he fits; if it wants perimeter polish, not so much.
