Asked specifically about trying defend and score over Ndiaye, Duryea said, "When he's in the game, and his minutes have been going up, they play through him. They are determined to throw him the ball and make you defend him.
"He's a handful. He has really good hands for how big he is and gets a lot of deep catches close to the basket because of his size. He's a focal point of the offense when he comes in."
Ndiaye isn't UC Irvine's only inside force. Behind him, coach Russell Turner can go to 7-foot-2 junior center Iaonnis Dimokopoulos, who is from Greece.