BYU jumps out early, cruises past Mississippi Valley State 87-43 to move to 5-0

AP
Nov 23, 2024

PROVO, Utah (AP) Fousseyni Traore scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and BYU had five players with double-figure scoring in its 87-43 rout over Mississippi Valley State on Saturday night.

Kanon Catchings added 14 points for BYU (5-0), which shot 31 of 58 (53%) from the field and 11 of 32 (34%) from long range. Trevin Knell scored 12 points and Dallin Hall and Dawson Baker each had 10. Hall made three 3-pointers while five other Cougars made at least one.

Traore shot 5 of 8 from the field and has scored in double digits in his last three games. He also entered with 700 career rebounds - five away from passing Jay Cheesman (1973-77) for 18th all-time at BYU.

The Cougars opened on a 32-13 run and led 55-27 at the break. Catchings scored 12 first-half points. Traore added nine points and four rebounds.

Donovan Sanders scored 14 points to lead Mississippi Valley State (1-5). Arthur Tate added 12 points and Walter Hamilton chipped in 10.

BYU, which completed a five-game home stand, will play Mississippi in the Rady Children’s Invitational at UC San Diego on Thursday.

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1st Half
MVSU
Delta Devils
27
BYU
Cougars
55

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Walter Hamilton vs. Fousseyni Traore (Cougars gains possession)
19:42	+3	Kanon Catchings makes three point jump shot (Dallin Hall assists)	0-3
19:21		Richie Saunders personal foul
19:09	+2	Walter Hamilton makes two point jump shot (Alvin Stredic assists)	2-3
18:53		Richie Saunders misses three point jump shot
18:51		Fousseyni Traore offensive rebound
18:46	+2	Fousseyni Traore makes two point hook shot	2-5
18:27		Alvin Stredic turnover (lost ball)
18:12	+2	Fousseyni Traore makes two point hook shot (Egor Demin assists)	2-7
17:49	+3	Arthur Tate makes three point jump shot (Alvin Stredic assists)	5-7
17:31	+2	Richie Saunders makes two point layup	5-9
17:11		Walter Hamilton turnover (lost ball) (Richie Saunders steals)
16:42	+3	Dallin Hall makes three point jump shot (Richie Saunders assists)	5-12
16:38		Delta Devils 30 second timeout
16:21		George Ivory III turnover (bad pass)
16:11		Dallin Hall misses three point jump shot
16:09		Fousseyni Traore offensive rebound
16:09		Arthur Tate shooting foul (Fousseyni Traore draws the foul)
16:09		Fousseyni Traore misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:09	+1	Fousseyni Traore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-13
15:46	+2	Donovan Sanders makes two point jump shot	7-13
15:35	+3	Egor Demin makes three point jump shot (Dallin Hall assists)	7-16
15:18	+2	Antonio Sisk makes two point jump shot	9-16
15:07		Richie Saunders misses three point jump shot
15:05		Dallin Hall offensive rebound
14:50		Dallin Hall misses three point jump shot
14:48		Alvin Stredic defensive rebound
14:32		Richie Saunders shooting foul (Arthur Tate draws the foul)
14:32		TV timeout
14:32	+1	Arthur Tate makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-16
14:32	+1	Arthur Tate makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-16
14:21	+2	Dawson Baker makes two point jump shot	11-18
13:53		Antonio Sisk turnover (lost ball) (Trevin Knell steals)
13:44		Egor Demin turnover (bad pass) (Alvin Stredic steals)
13:15		Mawot Mag shooting foul (Greg Moore draws the foul)
13:15		Greg Moore misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:15		Greg Moore misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:15		Mihailo Boskovic defensive rebound
13:04		Trevin Knell misses three point jump shot
13:02		Greg Moore defensive rebound
12:47		Egor Demin blocks Jair Horton's two point layup
12:45		Egor Demin defensive rebound
12:45		Alvin Stredic shooting foul (Mawot Mag draws the foul)
12:45	+1	Mawot Mag makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-19
12:45	+1	Mawot Mag makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-20
12:22		Mawot Mag personal foul
12:16	+2	Greg Moore makes two point jump shot (Alvin Stredic assists)	13-20
11:51	+3	Trevin Knell makes three point jump shot (Egor Demin assists)	13-23
11:33		Jair Horton misses three point jump shot
11:31		Mihailo Boskovic defensive rebound
11:24	+2	Mihailo Boskovic makes two point dunk (Egor Demin assists)	13-25
11:24		Jair Horton shooting foul (Mihailo Boskovic draws the foul)
11:24		TV timeout
11:21		Mihailo Boskovic misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:21		Arthur Tate defensive rebound
11:19		Dallin Hall personal foul
11:06		Alvin Stredic turnover (lost ball)
10:49	+2	Dawson Baker makes two point jump shot (Dallin Hall assists)	13-27
10:26		Arthur Tate misses two point layup
10:24		Mihailo Boskovic defensive rebound
10:11	+3	Dallin Hall makes three point jump shot (Dawson Baker assists)	13-30
9:37		Donovan Sanders misses two point jump shot
9:35		Mihailo Boskovic defensive rebound
9:33		Donovan Sanders personal foul
9:28		Dawson Baker misses three point jump shot
9:26		Darrion Salery defensive rebound
9:06		Darrion Salery misses three point jump shot
9:04		Trey Stewart defensive rebound
8:55		Darrion Salery blocks Mihailo Boskovic's three point jump shot
8:53		Walter Hamilton defensive rebound
8:37		Walter Hamilton turnover (lost ball) (Dawson Baker steals)
8:17	+2	Kanon Catchings makes two point jump shot	13-32
7:58	+2	Walter Hamilton makes two point hook shot (George Ivory III assists)	15-32
7:45	+2	Mihailo Boskovic makes two point dunk (Dallin Hall assists)	15-34
7:31		George Ivory III misses three point jump shot
7:29		Dallin Hall defensive rebound
7:22		Kanon Catchings misses three point jump shot
7:20		Darrion Salery defensive rebound
7:00		Antonio Sisk misses two point jump shot
6:58		Walter Hamilton offensive rebound
6:53		Walter Hamilton misses two point layup
6:51		Kanon Catchings defensive rebound
6:44		Dawson Baker misses three point jump shot
6:42		Darrion Salery defensive rebound
6:42		TV timeout
6:28		George Ivory III turnover (bad pass) (Egor Demin steals)
6:26		Egor Demin turnover (bad pass) (Jonathan Pace steals)
6:26		Jonathan Pace turnover
6:18		Fousseyni Traore turnover (lost ball)
6:03	+2	Donovan Sanders makes two point jump shot	17-34
5:48		Greg Moore shooting foul (Dallin Hall draws the foul)
5:48	+1	Dallin Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-35
5:48		Dallin Hall misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:48		Arthur Tate defensive rebound
5:27		Alvin Stredic turnover (lost ball) (Kanon Catchings steals)
5:15		Kanon Catchings misses three point jump shot
5:13		Alvin Stredic defensive rebound
4:55		Alvin Stredic turnover (lost ball) (Richie Saunders steals)
4:48		Kanon Catchings misses two point dunk
4:46		Fousseyni Traore offensive rebound
4:46		George Ivory III shooting foul (Fousseyni Traore draws the foul)
4:46	+1	Fousseyni Traore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-36
4:46	+1	Fousseyni Traore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-37
4:28		Fousseyni Traore shooting foul (Walter Hamilton draws the foul)
4:28	+1	Walter Hamilton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-37
4:28	+1	Walter Hamilton makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-37
4:13		Richie Saunders misses two point layup
4:11		Kanon Catchings offensive rebound
4:04		Fousseyni Traore misses two point hook shot
4:02		Kanon Catchings offensive rebound
4:02		Markell Petro personal foul (Kanon Catchings draws the foul)
4:02		TV timeout
4:02	+1	Kanon Catchings makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-38
4:02		Kanon Catchings misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:02		Cougars offensive rebound
3:59		Antonio Sisk shooting foul (Trevin Knell draws the foul)
3:59	+1	Trevin Knell makes regular free throw 1 of 3	19-39
3:59	+1	Trevin Knell makes regular free throw 2 of 3	19-40
3:59		Trevin Knell misses regular free throw 3 of 3
3:59		Egor Demin offensive rebound
3:54		Kanon Catchings misses three point jump shot
3:52		Walter Hamilton defensive rebound
3:32	+2	Arthur Tate makes two point jump shot (Donovan Sanders assists)	21-40
3:17	+2	Fousseyni Traore makes two point layup (Egor Demin assists)	21-42
2:57	+2	Arthur Tate makes two point jump shot	23-42
2:37	+3	Egor Demin makes three point jump shot (Kanon Catchings assists)	23-45
2:11		Arthur Tate misses two point jump shot
2:09		Fousseyni Traore defensive rebound
1:53	+2	Kanon Catchings makes two point layup	23-47
1:53		Walter Hamilton shooting foul (Kanon Catchings draws the foul)
1:53	+1	Kanon Catchings makes regular free throw 1 of 1	23-48
1:29		Greg Moore turnover (lost ball) (Egor Demin steals)
1:21	+2	Mawot Mag makes two point layup (Kanon Catchings assists)	23-50
0:56	+2	Donovan Sanders makes two point layup	25-50
0:44		Alvin Stredic shooting foul (Trevin Knell draws the foul)
0:44	+1	Trevin Knell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-51
0:44	+1	Trevin Knell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-52
0:26		Dallin Hall personal foul (Donovan Sanders draws the foul)
0:26	+1	Donovan Sanders makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-52
0:26	+1	Donovan Sanders makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-52
0:00	+3	Kanon Catchings makes three point jump shot (Dallin Hall assists)	27-55
0:00		End of period

BYU jumps out early, cruises past Mississippi Valley State 87-43 to move to 5-0

1st Half MVSUDelta Devils27BYUCougars55

1st Half
MVSU
Delta Devils
27
BYU
Cougars
55