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Diagne feels good about game heading into 2018-19 season

Moustapha Diagne found himself unguarded on the wing Saturday with the ball in his hands. The forward stepped up and calmly knocked down a 3-pointer.

By the end of Western Kentucky’s 42-minute open scrimmage, Diagne posted 23 points and seven rebounds. The redshirt junior was 6-of-9 on his 3-point attempts, prompting cheers of “Mooooou” from the E.A. Diddle Arena crowd.

Diagne said he feels good about his game heading into the 2018-19 season, which the Hilltoppers begin Tuesday with a home exhibition against NAIA school Campbellsville. The regular-season opener comes a week later, Nov. 6 at No.