AMMANUEL
DIRESSA
POSITION: Guard
HEIGHT: 6’4” (193cm)
WEIGHT: 189lbs (86kg)
BIRTHDATE: May 5, 1993 (Toronto, ON)
HIGH SCHOOL: Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute (Toronto, ON)
UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE: Tennessee Tech (2014) / Ryerson (2018)
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as Free Agent on July 11, 2020
YEARS PRO: 1
BIO
PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2019: 
Signed with KK FMP Beograd (Serbia-KLS) … was waived after pre-season because of injury
COLLEGIATE CAREER

2017-18:
Averaged 22.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists … The Ryerson Male Athlete of the Year, an OUA First-Team All-Star, and a U SPORTS First-Team All-Canadian … In his last season as a Ram, put up 392 points in 18 regular season games … Ranked third in the OUA and eighth in the country in points per game (21.8) … Shot 41.3% from the field and 37.6% from three … Eighth in the OUA after going 94-for- 124 on free throws … Added 95 rebounds, 63 assists and 21 steals in the regular season … Set a new career high of 50 points against York on January 17 … Put up 20 or more points in 13 regular season games … Led the OUA with 81 points, 11 steals, 32 free throws made, 20 field goals made, and 143 minutes played in four post season games … In three games at the U SPORTS National Championship, ranked second with 81 points and 25 field goals made … Named to the National Championship All-Star Team after an outstanding performance in the Final 8 tournament … Had a post-season high of 30 points in the first round of the playoffs against Queen’s on February 21 … Finished his Ryerson career with both provincial medals (gold - 2016 & 2017, silver - 2018) and national medals (bronze - 2016, silver - 2017, 2018) in each of his three seasons … Becomes the 10th player in Rams history to break 1000 career points, finishing with 1002, and the only player to do so in three seasons … Named Ryerson’s Athlete of the Week on January 22 and the OUA’s Athlete of the Week on January 23 ... A member of Canada's Senior Men's National Team that competed at the FIBA AmeriCup 2017 in Argentina in August of 2017 …

2016-17: 
Averaged 19.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game … Named an OUA First-Team All-Star ... Finished fourth in the province and ninth in Canada with an average of 26.4 points per 40 minutes during the regular season ... Started 17 of the 18 regular season games played and collected a total of 342 points (second on the team and 7th in the province) ... His 83.1% efficiency from the free throw line placed him third in the OUA and 11th in Canada ... Recorded at least 11 points in every single one of the 18 regular season games he played ... Recorded at least 20 points on nine occasions ... Matched his single game career best when he racked up 30 points in a 98-76 win over the Guelph Gryphons on January 7 ... Named Ryerson's Male Athlete of the Week and the OUA Male Athlete of the Week on March 6 … Averaged a team-high 22 points per game in three OUA playoff contests (fourth in the province) ... His 66 postseason points led the OUA; also averaged 4.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game … Named the Porter Airlines Player of the Game after pouring in 24 points, all in the second half,
and adding seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals in the OUA Wilson Cup Championship game ... Averaged 16.7 points per game in three contests at the 2017 U SPORTS Men's Basketball Final 8 (second on the team, sixth in the tournament) ... Racked up 24 points, seven rebounds and four assists in Ryerson's 79-70 quarterfinal win … 

2015-16: 
Averaged 15.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game … Named an OUA second-team all-star … Named OUA Athlete of the Week after scoring game-highs during back-to-back wins over No. 2 Carleton and No. 1 Ottawa on January 22-23 ... Averaged 25.2 minutes per game playing in all 19 conference games, while starting seven games ... Scored a career-high 30 points in a 97-68 win at Nipissing on January 30 ... Had 20 or more points in six conference games and 10 or more in six games ... Averaged 16.1 points per game in five post season contests ... Recorded 18 points, nine rebounds, four assists and a steal in a 96-77 win over Windsor in the OUA Wilson Cup semi-final on March 11 … 

2013-14: 
Averaged 2.4 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game for Tennessee Tech … Had 9 points & 4 rebounds against Randall on December 19 … 

2012-13: 
Averaged 1.8 points and 0.8 rebounds per game for Tennessee Tech … Played in all 28 games during the season.
COLLEGIATE STATISTICS
Totals
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2017-18 Ryerson 24 770 534 87-173 74-199 138-172 39 77 116 92 55 8 35 76
2016-17 Ryerson 24 704 458 85-168 65-172 93-115 28 87 115 73 55 7 44 73
2015-16 Ryerson 23 600 350 72-130 46-128 68-90 19 97 116 68 57 3 23 49
2013-14 Tennessee Tech 15 118 36 7-11 5-21 7-10 3 11 14 9 11 0 4 6
2012-13 Tennessee Tech 28 257 49 4-12 12-46 4-8 5 16 21 7 40 1 9 15
Totals 114 2,449 1,427 255-494 202-566 311-395 94 288 382 249 218 19 115 219
Averages
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2017-18 Ryerson 24 32.1 22.3 0.503 0.372 0.802 1.6 3.2 4.8 3.8 2.3 0.3 1.5 3.2
2016-17 Ryerson 24 29.3 19.1 0.506 0.378 0.809 1.2 3.6 4.8 3.0 2.3 0.3 1.8 3.0
2015-16 Ryerson 23 26.1 15.2 0.554 0.359 0.756 0.8 4.2 5.0 3.0 2.5 0.1 1.0 2.1
2013-14 Tennessee Tech 15 7.9 2.4 0.636 0.238 0.700 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.4
2012-13 Tennessee Tech 28 9.2 1.8 0.333 0.261 0.625 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.3 1.4 0.0 0.3 0.4
Totals 114 21.5 12.5 0.516 0.357 0.787 0.8 2.5 3.3 2.2 1.9 0.2 1.0 1.9
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