Moussa Cissé


Moussa Cissé is a Guinean basketball player. A consensus five-star recruit in the 2020 class, Cissé is committed to play college basketball for Memphis. He finished his high school career at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee.

Early life and high school career

Cissé was born in Guinea and lived there until age 14, when he moved to New York. He had grown up playing soccer. Cissé started playing high school basketball for Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey, playing alongside Precious Achiuwa. For two years, he played for Christ the King Regional High School in Queens, where he was teammates with Kofi Cockburn. As a sophomore, Cissé led his team to the Class AA state title game.
For his junior season, he transferred to Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee. On 25 November 2019, Cissé recorded 31 points, 22 rebounds and 21 blocks, surpassing the Shelby County single-game blocks record held by Mitch Omar since 1976–77. He led Lausanne to the Division II-A state championship, where he was named most valuable player after posting 15 points, 10 rebounds and nine blocks against First Assembly Christian School. As a junior, Cissé averaged 18.4 points, 15.3 rebounds and 9.2 blocks per game, earning Division II-A Tennessee Mr. Basketball honors. He broke Michael Wilson's single-season city record for blocks per game set in 1989–90.

Recruiting

Cissé was a consensus five-star recruit, according to major recruiting services, and was considered a top 10 player in the 2021 recruiting class. On 27 May 2020, he announced that he would graduate from high school a year early and reclassify to the 2020 class, where he remained a five-star recruit. On 15 July, Cissé committed to play college basketball for Memphis. He was drawn to the program by head coach Penny Hardaway and former high school teammate Precious Achiuwa, who had played for Memphis in the previous season.