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Message: [QUOTE="Francis03, post: 911795, member: 195"] As mentioned above I got a chance to watch the full game against Blair. Even though his team got spanked, King Moustapha was a beast in this one scoring half of the team total points. I had him charted for 27pts, 12rbs, 2blks, 2to, 3-6ft. He went up against another big man that's committed to Saint Louis for next year and flat out abused this kid in the low post. He knocked down plenty of hook shots with both hands and his footwork and spacing in the post was superb. It's amazing to see such polish down low with somebody who has been barely playing ball for 2 years now. Defensively he held his ground and made it tough for the SLU commit to do anything on offense. If the shot wasn't blocked then it was altered by his length. It got so bad for the kid in the 1st half that at the end of it he almost got into a fight with Diagne, in which I'm sure that wouldn't have ended well for him also. On the negative as iommi mentioned, he does have a bad tendency at times to not hustle his butt up the court when he's trailing a play where the numbers are at a disadvantage. It cost his team a few times because Blair was able to finish with a few put backs, where if he had hustled he could've either grabbed the board or get into position to block/alter the shot. That's a big difference from what you see from Bryant, Diallo, and Silva. Those three are always in full go mode on both ends and take no plays off. On the flipside, none come even close to the post skills that Diagne have. It's a big plus with the shooters that we'll have loaded up when he steps on campus such as Cooney, Malachi, BJ, and Lydon. Where he'll command plenty of double teams inside and the shooters will consistently be wide open for shots. I really liked his performance in this one and think his skill set will be huge to go along with the current and future players that we're bringing in. I'm hoping things end this weekend and he'll be ours but this one was suppose to be done 3 months ago. So lets hope there won't be anymore setbacks because everything seems to be in place to receive his commitment now. [/QUOTE]

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