RIC’s Ousmane Kourouma Named LEC Defensive Player of the Year, Other Rhode Islanders Recognized Wednesday

Providence, R.I.—Rhode Island College fifth-year forward Ousmane Kourouma (Woonsocket, R.I.) was named the Little East Men’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year, First Team All-Little East and to the league’s All-Defensive Team, while senior guard Dwayne Robinson-O’Hagan (Woonsocket, R.I.) was named Second Team All-Little East, for their respective performances during the 2024-25 season.

Kourouma, who was a First Team All-LEC selection in 2023-24 and a Second Team All-LEC award recipient in 2022-23, earned his third All-Defensive Team nod. He played in 25 games, starting all of them. Kourouma averaged 18.4 ppg, 15.8 rpg, 1.6 apg and 2.1 bpg. He scored in double figures 22 times and posted 21 double-doubles on the season. Kourouma hauled down his 1,000th career rebound, with a season-high 35 points and 18 boards, in RIC’s, 73-71, loss at Worcester State on Nov. 8. He scored his 1,000th career point one game later in the club’s, 79-69, win at Johnson and Wales on Nov. 13. Kourouma is one of just four former Anchormen who have accumulated 1,000 or more career points and rebounds. He grabbed a season-high 22 rebounds to go along with 15 points in a 67-66 win over Keene State on Feb. 22.

Robinson-O’Hagan played in 26 games, starting 25 of them. He averaged 15.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.5 apg and 1.0 spg. Robinson-O’Hagan scored in double figures in 18 games. He scored a season-high 32 points to go along with six assists in a 75-61 win vs. Eastern Connecticut on Jan. 22. Robinson-O’Hagan registered 30 points, to go along with five rebounds and three assists, in an 82-65 win over MIT on Nov. 16.

Head Coach Sam Ferry’s team finished the 2024-25 season with a 16-11 overall record and a 10-6 (third place) mark in the Little East.