COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri men’s basketball forward Mohamed Diarra has been growing since he arrived in the United States.
Certainly not vertically, you would wager. He’s 6-foot-10, and it shows, especially when in an interview, toe-to-toe and eyes-to-neck much more so than eye-to-eye.
No, the kind of growth that’s been crucial as the bit-part big man in MU’s preseason has developed into a need-filling forward
“It’s a huge experience for me,” Diarra said after his SEC debut in January. “I’m from JuCo, and right now is the best experience I can have, so I try my best every time.