AS A SOPHOMORE – 2024-25
Season: Played in all 31 games while making 28 starts…Averaged 9.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game…Scored in double figures in 17 games, while leading the Nittany Lions in scoring on two occasions.
Binghamton (11/4): Scored 10 points while adding three rebounds, two steals and an assist in Penn State debut. vs. Virginia Tech (11/15): Finished with 11 points, five rebounds, two assists and a career-high four steals. Purdue Fort Wayne (11/20): Had second-straight double-digit scoring effort with 11 points. Buffalo (12/1): Scored 16 points behind four made 3-pointers and dished four assists. #8 Purdue (12/5): Had 14 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals in top-10 win. at Rutgers (12/10): Tallied third-straight double-digit scoring game with 14 points, three assists and a steal. Coppin State (12/14): Dished a career-best seven assists to go along with nine points, three rebounds, two steals and a block. Penn (12/29): Finished with 11 points, five rebounds and two steals. Northwestern (1/2): Had 10 points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals. Indiana (1/5): Tallied third-straight double-digit scoring game with 11 points, two rebounds and two blocks in Palestra game. #15 Oregon (1/12): Scored career-best 21 points on 6-of-12 shooting and four 3-pointers. Rutgers (1/20): Was a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range for 12 points and four assists. at Iowa (1/24): Finished with 10 points and a career-high seven rebounds in road game. Washington (2/15): Had 15 points and four rebounds. Nebraska (2/19): Tallied 12 points, two assists and a rebound in win over Huskers. at Minnesota (2/22): Registered 10 points, six rebounds and two assists in road win. at Indiana (2/26): Had fourth-straight double-digit scoring game with 10 points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals. #16 Maryland (3/1): Tallied fifth-straight double-digit scoring game with 12 points, six rebounds and an assist.
BEFORE PENN STATE
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN – 2023-24 – AT TENNESSEE
Saw action in 18 games on a Tennessee team that advanced to the Elite Eight, including playing in three of the Vols’ four NCAA Tournament games...Totaled 30 points, 14 assists, 10 rebounds and six steals...Tallied seven points, three rebounds and three assists in his collegiate debut against Tennessee Tech on Nov. 6, and finished with five points against both Alabama (Jan. 20) and Georgia Southern (Dec. 12).
REDSHIRT – 2022-23 – AT TENNESSEE
Enrolled early at Tennessee in January 2023 and redshirted the remainder of the 2022-23 season while practicing and traveling with the Vols.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as a top-50 prospect out of high school at Word of God Christian Academy...Rated the No. 41 overall prospect in the Class of 2023, reaching as high as No. 24, by 247Sports and also was the top-rated prospect in the state of North Carolina per the 247Sports composite...Named to the 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Boys High School Player of the Year watch list and was one of 50 nationwide standouts named to the watch list for the 2022-23 USA TODAY Boys Basketball Player of the Year award...Averaged 25.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game during his breakout 2021-22 season at Word of God Christian Academy...Broke the Overtime Elite league single-game scoring record with a 36-point performance against the OSL Falcons and was a standout on the Adidas 3SSB circuit in the summer of 2022 as a member of Team Loaded...Played three years at Fayetteville (N.C.) Trinity Christian, where he averaged 18.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore.
PERSONAL
Son of Fred and Sophia Dilione...Has five siblings.