Mawien and Sallah both did some nice things. They also both have some bad habits that won't work vs better competition. For example, Mawien always has to take a power dribble even though he's a few feet from the basket when he receives interior passes. He will not get away with that from good defensive bigs in this league or other decent teams. Plus, he doesn't seem real adept at drawing fouls. Overall I was pleased with their energy on the boards and they did some things that will translate well in the Big 12. Plus, there simply aren't a lot of teams that have really good bigs anymore.
We had a high number of really dumb turnovers tonight. Silly, unforced errors. Granted, that was really my only big complaint for the team.
Also, American was without one of their better returning players.
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