https://www.nj.com/sports/2020/01/w...tooth-and-nail-on-defense.html?outputType=amp
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The braces prevented Mawot Mag’s teeth from pouring out of his mouth.
On Nov. 17, three days before he verbally committed to Rutgers for the Class of 2020, the 6-foot-7 small forward was elbowed in the face as he took a charge while playing with his Napa (Calif.) Prolific Prep team at an event in Phoenix.
“Words can’t even describe, I was in shock," Mag, an 18-year-old native of South Sudan, told NJ Advance Media this past weekend at the prestigious Hoophall Classic at Springfield College. "I looked up while I was on the ground and I saw the puddle of blood. One of my teeth got knocked out and my other teeth got pushed up all the way in my gum and my bottom teeth were all crooked.”
Mag ended up in the emergency room until 3 a.m., and doctors had to pull the tooth out that was lodged in his gum.
“If he didn’t have braces, he would’ve been toothless,” Prolific Prep coach Joey Fuca said. “The braces were a good thing.”
Mag had about two more months until his braces were scheduled to come off, but the doctors just left them on to help him recover from the mouth and facial fractures.
“They helped me a lot,” Mag said.
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