Oregon won their second straight Pac-12 regular-season title, and made their first-ever Final Four in the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Baylor.
[10] However, she still played in the November 9, 2019, exhibition against the United States women's national basketball team, where her 25 points helped Oregon secure a 93-86 victory.
[26][27] On July 28, 2023, in a 90-62 win over the Washington Mystics, Sabally recorded the second triple-double in Wings franchise history (and first since relocating to Dallas) with 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists.
[28] Sabally led the Wings to their first winning record since relocating to Dallas, earning them the fourth seed in the 2023 WNBA Playoffs.
In January 2024, Sabally signed a one-year deal with the Wings worth $195,000, taking slightly less money than she was eligible for in order to help the team's chances.
[32] Sabally started in all 15 games for the Wings after the Olympic break and posted new career-highs in assists and three-point field goal percentage, but it was a disappointing season for the team, which finished 11th with a 9-31 record.
[34] Set to become an unrestricted free agent, she received the core designation from the Wings, granting them exclusive negotiating rights with her.
[35] On February 2, 2025, a four-team trade among the Dallas Wings, Connecticut Sun, Indiana Fever, and Phoenix Mercury was finalized.
The deal sent Sabally and her Wings teammates Kalani Brown and Sevgi Uzun to the Mercury, along with perennial All-Star Alyssa Thomas from the Sun.
[36] Due to being originally cored by the Wings, Sabally was eligible for supermax money, but she signed a one-year contract worth $215,000.
[39] On August 19, 2024, it was announced that Sabally would appear and play in the inaugural season of Unrivaled, a new women's 3x3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.
[42] In the following year's 2018 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship, she led the tournament in both points (20.7) and rebounds (10.0) per game and was named to the All-Star Five, as Germany finished 9th.
The first game of the qualification, a win against Czechia, was the first time Satou played together with her sister Nyara in the senior national team.
[48] Right after the qualification tournament, Sabally underwent surgery to repair her shoulder injury, ruling her out of the pre-Olympic part of the 2024 WNBA season.
In the opening game of the group stage, Germany secured their first-ever Olympic win, defeating the reigning European champions Belgium 83–69, with Sabally leading her team in scoring with 17 points.
[51] Sabally is a versatile forward who offers an unusual combination of ball-handling, shooting skills, and size, which earned her the nickname "Unicorn".
[59] Satou's younger brother, Lamin, played college basketball for the UTSA Roadrunners[60] and the Incarnate Word Cardinals.
[62] In 2022, the company partnered with Sabally to refurbish a basketball court in Berlin, in order to "give a safe space for young girls to play.
According to Sports Illustrated writer Erica Ayala, "her experience being biracial on three continents was a boon for the U.S.-based council hoping to speak about global racism.
"[4] She completed work for a bachelor's degree in social science with a minor in legal studies in August 2020, graduating in three years with honors.
[66] Sabally has also become a partner with UNICEF, and was one of several WNBA players to sign endorsement deals with the beauty brand Alaffia, a company that follows a social enterprise model and provides work for over 12,000 women in another West African country, Togo.
[4][67] In February 2024, Sabally joined the WNBA Changemakers Collective and their collaboration with VOICEINSPORT (VIS) as a mentor, "aimed at keeping girls in sport and developing diverse leaders on the court and beyond the game.