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2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster

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20 Mawdo Sallah

20 Mawdo Sallah

  • Position:
    Forward/Center
  • Height:
    6-8
  • Weight:
    230
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Latri Kunda, Gambia
  • Prev School:
    Kansas State

Summary

Biography

2018-19 AS A SECOND YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT AT RADFORD
Was the only Highlander to play in and start all 33 games... Averaged 18.9 minutes, 5.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game... Was extremely efficient in the post, shooting 53.0% (80-for-151) from the floor... Ranked fourth in the Big South with 1.0 blocks per game and 33 overall... Added 12 assists and five steals... Scored a season-high 14 points at Duquesne on Nov. 17 and then matched it with 14 points at Campbell in the regular season finale... Had multiple blocks in nine different games including a season-high four blocks in the season opener against Davis & Elkins

2017-18 AS A FIRST YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT AT KANSAS STATE
Saw action in 21 games, averaging 7.7 minutes per game off the bench… Played a season-best 23 minutes against Arizona State (11/23/17) in the Las Vegas Invitational… Also played 20 minutes in a win over UMKC (11/14/17)… In all, he played double-digit minutes on 7 occasions... Averaged 1.8 points on 53.6 percent shooting (15-of-28) to go with 1.9 rebounds and 0.3 blocks per game… Connected on 50 percent (7-of-14) from the free throw line... Scored in 9 games, including a season-high 11 points vs. UMKC (11/14/17) on 5-of-6 field goals… Also scored 7 points in a win over USC Upstate (12/5/17) on 2-of-4 field goals and a perfect 3-of-3 shooting from the free throw line... Grabbed at least one rebound in 14 games, including a season-best 9 against UMKC (11/14/17)… Also collected 5 rebounds vs. Northern Arizona (11/20/17)... Posted at least one block in 7 games... Played in 5 Big 12 contests for a total of 18 minutes… Averaged 1.0 points on 40.0 percent shooting (2-of-5) with 0.6 rebounds in 3.6 minutes per game.
 
2014-17 AT MOUNT ST. MARY'S
A graduate transfer from Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md., where he saw action in 51 games with 38 starts from 2014-17… Played in all 36 games with 35 starts as a redshirt sophomore in 2016-17 after sitting out the 2015-16 due to injury… Played in 15 games with 3 starts as a true freshman in 2014-15... Averaged 4.5 points on 52.5 percent shooting (104-of-198) in his three-year career with 4.1 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 16.2 minutes per game… Connected on 45.8 percent (22-of-48) from the free throw line... Helped Mount St. Mary’s capture both the Northeast Conference regular-season and tournament championships and earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament with a 20-16 overall record and 14-4 mark in league play as a redshirt sophomore in 2016-17… The Mountaineers defeated New Orleans, 67-66, in the First Four on March 14 in Dayton, Ohio, before losing to top-seeded Villanova, 76-56, in the NCAA First Round on March 16 in Buffalo, N.Y... Majority of his experience at Mount St. Mary’s came as a redshirt sophomore in 2016-17, in which, he saw action in all 36 games with 35 starts… Averaged 6.1 points on 52.7 percent shooting (99-of-188) with 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 20.2 minutes per game… Ranked second on the team in rebounding and blocked shots, while was third in field goal percentage... His statistics were even better in Northeast Conference play, where he helped the Mountaineers post a 14-4 mark in league action while averaging 7.6 points on 58.1 percent shooting (61-of-105) with 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game… Played in all 18 games with 17 starts.
Scored in double figures 10 times, including a career-best 14 points at Wagner (2/16/17) on 6-of-13 shooting… Also posted double digits with 13 vs. Saint Francis (1/14/17) and 12 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/18/17) and Robert Morris (3/4/17)... Grabbed 6 or more rebounds on 16 occasions, including double-digit efforts at Iowa State (14; 11/14/16), UT-Arlington (11; 11/23/16) and UMBC (15; 12/7/16)… Earned his first career double-double with 10 points and career-best 15 rebounds at UMBC... Produced at least 3 blocked shots in 6 games with a career-best 6 at Loyola (12/3/16) and Central Connecticut (2/4/17)... Did not play the 2015-16 season due to injury... Played in 15 games with 3 starts as a true freshman in 2014-15… Averaged 0.7 points on 50 percent shooting with 1.2 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 6.6 minutes per game
 
POSTGRADUATE
Spent a postgraduate season at Fishburne Military Academy in Waynesboro, Va., where he helped the Caissons to a 25-7 overall record in 2013-14.
 
PREP
Lettered twice at Broadfording Christian Academy in Hagerstown, Md. … Helped the Lions to a 47-20 overall record his last two seasons, including a 29-8 mark and the NCSAA (National Christian School Athletic Association) Championship with a 63-38 win over IMG Academy on March 2, 2013 as a senior... Selected as a NCSAA First Team All-American for the Large-School Division as well as to the Northeast Super-Region Team as a senior… Earned All-Waynesboro Herald-Mail honors... Averaged 18.0 points, 14.8 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game as a senior in 2012-13… Collected 15 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks in the win over IMG Academy in the NCSAA Championship... Averaged 15.7 points, 14.6 rebounds and 5.8 blocks per game as a junior in 2011-12

PERSONAL
Son of Jabell and Morty Sallah... Legal guardian is Louis Reid... Has three siblings: Ibrima, Yorhaddy and Almie...
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