DES MOINES — The kid with the size, athletic ability and highest upside was the separator. Issa Samake was the difference Friday afternoon between Grand View Christian winning and not winning a ...

The biggest target for Iowa’s AAU teams this offseason is, without a doubt, Issa Samake, Grand View Christian’s 6-foot-7 junior with a 7-4 1/2 wingspan. Originally from Mali, Samake is ...

"You can’t wish for better than that — to get a championship," Issa Samake said. "So I give all the credit to the coach and the team. We are really playing as a family." Samake, who was voted ...

Grand View Christian (15-0) has been No. 1 in 1A from the beginning of the season and recently gained the services of 6-foot-7 junior transfer Issa Samake, a native of Mali, who had been playing ...

He already has four rebounds. The Thunder beat North Linn in the 2018 1A title game, back when it was GVC big man Issa Samake (now at Drake) vs. Lynx floor general Jake Hilmer (now at Upper Iowa).

DES MOINES | Things weren’t looking pretty for Grand View Christian when Issa Samake fouled out with 5:31 remaining in the fourth quarter of Thursday afternoon’s Class 1A state boys basketball ...

Drake commit Issa Samake scored 13 points to lead Grandview Christian. Here are a few observations of mine from the matchup.