BYU Basketball Set To Honor Four Players On Senior Day
Mar 7, 2025, 10:54 AM
PROVO, Utah – BYU basketball is getting ready for the final home game of the season at the Marriott Center.
The Cougars will host rival Utah on Saturday (8 p.m., ESPNU & KSL NewsRadio) to cap off the 2024-25 regular season. Before BYU takes on the Utes, they will honor four players during Senior Day festivities.
It’s the first time in 18 years that BYU will have a senior day against Utah.
The four players are Trevin Knell, Mawot Mag, Trey Stewart, and Fousseyni Traore. It’s the first senior class under head coach Kevin Young.
BYU basketball senior class for the 2025 season
This group has been instrumental in BYU putting together a seven-game winning streak and giving the Cougars a top-four finish in the Big 12 Conference in 2025.
Young discussed his senior class this week.
Trevin Knell
Trevin Knell is the 54th player in BYU basketball history to reach 1,000 career points. He’s in the top five for 3-point field goals made. Knell needs to make five more threes to pass Jackson Emery for fourth in the career 3-pointers made.
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“Trevin’s a guy that has been here for a while, but he’s just super consistent in terms of his approach. You see guys like him work, and how hard they work, how they’re everyday guys,” Young said.
“I think he’s stepped up from a vocal leadership standpoint as well, where he’s come in and had guys follow his lead. That’s something that I asked him to do out of the gate, and he’s definitely answered the call there.”
Mawot Mag
BYU head coach Kevin Young inserted Rutgers transfer Mawot Mag into BYU’s starting lineup on January 14. Since that game, BYU has a 12-3 record in the Big 12. Before Mag joined the starting five, the Cougars were 1-3 to open league play.
“Similar to Trey (Stewart), when I say similar, it hadn’t always gone his way,” Young said on Mag. “I learned this a long time ago in coaching, everything is so situational and timing-related for players and for coaches, honestly. But Richie goes down in the Wyoming game on basically the first possession of the game, and we called on Mawot. He came in and was just unbelievable defensively; obviously, we just couldn’t look past it.
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“He hadn’t been doing that in practice; he had bits and pieces, but I think he was still kind of finding his sea legs after the injury. But once that Wyoming game happened, it was very clear he’s a guy we could rely on on that end of the floor.”
Last season at Rutgers, Mag shot 24.5% from 3-point range. He had a true shooting percentage of 46%. In his only season at BYU this year, he’s knocking down a career-best 39% from three and 63.6% true shooting.
“Then an area where I’m probably the most proud of him is he’s really streamlined his offensive game. He’s turned himself into an efficient offensive player,” said Young on Mag. “That’s tough for a guy who’s a fifth-year guy. To change your offense and how you kind of attack on that end, but what he’s been able to do and change himself from basically an inefficient offensive player who could guard to a guy who’s really efficient on offense, who’s obviously a really good defensive player. So that says a lot about him as a person.”
Trey Stewart
Trey Stewart spent four consecutive years at BYU. Some of the best performances in his BYU career have been in the past month when he began earning a consistent role in every game.
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“Trey’s been an unsung hero, honestly,” Young said about Stewart. “Even before he sort of cracked the rotation here in the last couple of weeks, he’s been unbelievable in practice, which is not easy to do when you’re not playing, but he’s helped us get a lot better. Whether that be scout team stuff or just him having a level of competition that he brings every day, it just got to the point where we just couldn’t ignore it. So we gave him some opportunity, and every time we did, he came in and made something happen with his energy and his effort.”
Fousseyni Traore
Out of Bamako, Mali, Fousseyni Traore has been one of the most underappreciated players in BYU basketball history. The former Wasatch Academy standout has played four consecutive seasons at BYU.
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Traore is 27th all-time in scoring at BYU with 1,285 points. He needs 34 more points to move into the Top 25. Traore is No. 1 in BYU basketball history in career field goal percentage at 61%. He’s second in career offensive rebounds at 293.
“Fouss has been a mainstay here. … He’s just been rock solid, he’s just steady. He gives us a different look offensively, which is a luxury,” Young said.
No. 23 BYU vs. Utah
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
Tip-Off: 8 p.m. (MST)
TV: ESPNU
Radio: KSL NewsRadio (102.7 FM, 1160 AM)
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X: @Mitch_Harper.
