Fousseyni Traore

Forward 45

Ht/Wt

240 lbs.

Class

Sophomore

Hometown

Bamako,

Mali

Last School

Wasatch Academy

Roster Years

2021-2023

BYU Highlights

2022-23 West Coast Conference Second Team
2021-22 West Coast Conference All-Freshman Team
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023 West Coast Conference All-Academic
1st in program history in field goal percentage in conference play (.609)
2nd in program history in highest points available percentage (.623) and highest effective field goal percentage (.601)
13th in program history in offensive rebounds (185)
18th in program history rebounds per game (8.16)
20th in program history in blocks (65)
20th in program history in double-doubles (18)
BYU freshman record holder in total rebounds (280) and offensive rebounds (93)

Personal

Parents are Lamine and Kadiatou
Goes by "Fouss"
Master Fisherman
Loves watching action movies, especially the Mission Impossible franchise
Speaks French and Bambara (Mali Dialect)
Pronunciation: FOOS-en-ee tra-OR-ray
Instagram: @fousseynit32

Before BYU

Played at the 2021 GEICO National Championship Tournament
Represented Mali at 2021 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup appearing in three games including a seven point, 10 rebound performance against the United States.
Was part of Mali team that won the 2017 FIBA U16 African Championship where he averaged 6.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Also recorded a 18 point, 10 rebound double-double against Mozambique in the group stage.

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2021-2022

WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll - Gold
Appeared in 33 games including 21 starts
West Coast Conference Freshman Team
WCC Player of the Week (Dec. 27)
4-Time WCC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 27, Jan. 11, Jan. 24, Feb. 28)
Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic All-Tournament Team
Averaged 23.6 minutes, 9.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game
Shot 58.9 percent from the field and 74.4 percent from the free throw line
Posted season highs of 25 points (Pepperdine), 19 rebounds (Pepperdine), four assists (Portland) and four blocks (Loyola Marymount)
280 rebounds are the most by a freshman in program history
93 offensive rebounds are tied for the most by a freshman and tied for second-most by any player in program history
Nine double-doubles are the second-most by a freshman in program history
42 blocks are the third-most by a freshman in program history
Shot 58.9 percent from the field, the fourth-highest in a single season in program history (min. 100 FG made)
11 10-rebound games are the second-most by a freshman in program history
Pulled down a freshman record 19 rebounds against Pepperdine on Feb. 26
Also had a season-high 25 points against the Waves
Went 6-of-6 from the field against Portland, the second-most makes without a miss by a freshman in program history

Sophmore Year 2022-2023

West Coast Conference Second Team
West Coast Conference All-Academic
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Appeared and started in 33 games, averaging 24.8 minutes per game
Averaged 12.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, shooting 60.7 percent from the field, 1.000 percent from three (1-of-1) and 75.8 percent from the free throw line
Ranked 22nd in the nation in field goal percentage (.607)
One of two players in program history to shoot over 60.0 percent from the field in a single season (min. 100 FG made)
Scored in double figures 24 times including a pair of 21-point performances against Butler and Lindenwood
Recorded nine double-doubles including a 17-point, 14 rebound performance on Senior Day against San Francisco
92 offensive rebounds were the 4th most in a single season in program history
7th most offensive rebounds per game in a single season in program history (2.8)
Had a career-high five assists against San Francisco on February 25, 2023

Junior Year

Senior Year

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

STATS

Sport

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Career & Season Highs

	2022-2023 Season Highs	Career Highs
Points	21 occurred 2 times, last was Lindenwood (Dec. 20, 2022)	25 Pepperdine (Feb. 26, 2022)
Field Goals Made	8 occurred 6 times, last was Pepperdine (Jan. 14, 2023)	9 Pepperdine (Feb. 26, 2022)
Field Goals Attempts	14 vs. Butler (Nov. 24, 2022)	14 vs. Butler (Nov. 24, 2022)
Three Point Field Goals Made	1 occurred 2 times, last was San Francisco (Feb. 25, 2023)	1 occurred 2 times, last was San Francisco (Feb. 25, 2023)
Three Point Field Goals Attempts	1 occurred 7 times, last was San Francisco (Feb. 25, 2023)	2 Texas Southern (Nov. 24, 2021)
Free Throws Made	8 occurred 2 times, last was Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)	8 occurred 2 times, last was Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)
Free Throw Attempts	10 Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)	10 Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)
Offensive Rebounds	7 occurred 2 times, last was Pacific (Feb. 4, 2023)	7 occurred 2 times, last was Pacific (Feb. 4, 2023)
Defensive Rebounds	10 occurred 2 times, last was San Francisco (Feb. 25, 2023)	14 Pepperdine (Feb. 26, 2022)
Total Rebounds	14 San Francisco (Feb. 25, 2023)	19 Pepperdine (Feb. 26, 2022)
Assists	5 San Francisco (Feb. 25, 2023)	5 San Francisco (Feb. 25, 2023)
Steals	3 occurred 2 times, last was No. 8 Gonzaga (Jan. 12, 2023)	3 occurred 2 times, last was No. 8 Gonzaga (Jan. 12, 2023)
Blocks	3 occurred 6 times, last was Pepperdine (Jan. 14, 2023)	4 @ Loyola Marymount (Feb. 10, 2022)
Minutes	33 No. 22 Saint Mary's (Jan. 28, 2023)	37 @ Loyola Marymount (Feb. 10, 2022)

Career & Season Stats

Year	GP	GS	MIN	AVG	FG-FGA	FG%	3P-3PA	3P%	FT-FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	REB	AVG	AST	AVG	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS	AVG
2022-2023	33	33	818	24.788	165-272	0.607	1-1	1.000	94-124	0.758	92	167	259	7.848	48	1.455	23	24	63	73	425	12.879
2021-2022	33	21	780	23.636	126-214	0.589	1-8	0.125	64-86	0.744	93	187	280	8.485	30	0.909	42	17	61	48	317	9.606

2022-2023 Opponent	Date	Result	MIN	FG-FGA	FG%	3P-3PA	3P%	FT-FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
Idaho State	Nov. 7	W 60-56	30	5-9	0.556	0-0	NaN	5-9	0.556	7	4	11	3	1	1	0	6	15
@No. 19 San Diego State	Nov. 11	L 75-82	24	5-6	0.833	0-0	NaN	4-4	1.000	1	3	4	1	1	0	4	2	14
Missouri State	Nov. 16	W 66-64	20	3-5	0.600	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	2	3	5	0	1	0	2	1	6
Nicholls	Nov. 19	W 87-73	21	6-8	0.750	0-0	NaN	3-4	0.750	3	5	8	0	1	1	0	1	15
USC	Nov. 23	L 76-82	27	2-4	0.500	0-0	NaN	3-6	0.500	3	4	7	1	0	1	3	1	7
Butler	Nov. 24	L 70-75	30	8-14	0.571	0-0	NaN	5-6	0.833	5	7	12	4	0	2	1	2	21
Dayton	Nov. 25	W 79-75	32	3-8	0.375	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	2	8	10	1	1	2	5	1	6
Westminster	Nov. 29	W 100-70	15	2-3	0.667	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	1	7	8	3	0	1	2	1	4
South Dakota	Dec. 3	L 68-69	30	5-8	0.625	0-0	NaN	2-3	0.667	4	7	11	1	0	1	0	3	12
Utah Valley	Dec. 7	L 60-75	30	8-10	0.800	0-0	NaN	2-4	0.500	4	3	7	2	0	0	3	3	18
No. 21 Creighton	Dec. 10	W 83-80	21	5-10	0.500	0-0	NaN	1-1	1.000	5	7	12	2	0	0	2	2	11
Utah	Dec. 17	W 75-66	25	6-10	0.600	0-0	NaN	5-6	0.833	3	5	8	1	0	0	2	3	17
Lindenwood	Dec. 20	W 90-61	19	8-13	0.615	0-0	NaN	5-5	1.000	3	3	6	0	0	1	0	3	21
Weber State	Dec. 22	W 63-57	29	5-10	0.500	0-0	NaN	7-7	1.000	3	5	8	1	3	2	3	3	17
@Pacific	Dec. 29	W 69-49	18	1-3	0.333	0-0	NaN	4-4	1.000	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	4	6
Portland	Dec. 31	W 71-58	26	2-3	0.667	0-0	NaN	8-10	0.800	5	3	8	3	0	1	2	7	12
@Loyola Marymount	Jan. 5	L 59-64	27	6-11	0.545	0-0	NaN	1-1	1.000	1	4	5	2	2	1	3	0	13
@San Diego	Jan. 7	W 68-48	18	6-8	0.750	0-0	NaN	3-4	0.750	2	3	5	0	2	0	2	1	15
No. 8 Gonzaga	Jan. 12	L 74-75	30	3-6	0.500	0-0	NaN	1-1	1.000	1	8	9	1	1	3	1	3	7
Pepperdine	Jan. 14	W 91-81	27	8-12	0.667	0-0	NaN	3-4	0.750	3	6	9	1	3	1	2	3	19
@Santa Clara	Jan. 19	L 76-83	23	2-3	0.667	0-0	NaN	2-2	1.000	1	8	9	0	1	2	2	0	6
@San Francisco	Jan. 21	L 74-82	22	4-7	0.571	0-0	NaN	2-2	1.000	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	2	10
No. 22 Saint Mary's	Jan. 28	L 56-57	33	5-13	0.385	0-0	NaN	1-2	0.500	3	5	8	2	1	0	2	2	11
Loyola Marymount	Feb. 2	W 89-61	22	5-9	0.556	0-0	NaN	1-2	0.500	4	9	13	3	0	0	1	1	11
Pacific	Feb. 4	W 81-66	22	7-10	0.700	0-0	NaN	5-9	0.556	7	5	12	1	0	1	2	1	19
@Pepperdine	Feb. 9	L 80-92	28	7-10	0.700	0-0	NaN	5-7	0.714	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	2	19
@No. 16 Gonzaga	Feb. 11	L 81-88	26	7-10	0.700	0-0	NaN	3-3	1.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	17
Santa Clara	Feb. 16	L 74-81	28	6-8	0.750	0-0	NaN	1-2	0.500	1	9	10	1	1	0	4	1	13
@No. 17 Saint Mary's	Feb. 18	L 65-71	31	7-11	0.636	0-0	NaN	2-3	0.667	2	4	6	2	1	1	2	1	16
San Francisco	Feb. 25	W 87-61	27	7-13	0.538	1-1	1.000	2-2	1.000	4	10	14	5	0	0	2	2	17
vs. Portland	Mar. 3	W 82-71	23	6-8	0.750	0-0	NaN	2-2	1.000	6	4	10	2	1	0	2	3	14
vs. Loyola Marymount	Mar. 4	W 73-63	16	2-3	0.667	0-0	NaN	3-3	1.000	2	2	4	1	2	0	4	7	7
vs. No. 16 Saint Mary's	Mar. 6	L 69-76	18	3-6	0.500	0-0	NaN	3-6	0.500	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	9

2021-2022 Opponent	Date	Result	MIN	FG-FGA	FG%	3P-3PA	3P%	FT-FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
Cleveland State	Nov. 9	W 69-59	24	2-4	0.500	0-1	0.000	1-2	0.500	2	6	8	0	3	0	2	1	5
San Diego State	Nov. 12	W 66-60	27	4-6	0.667	0-0	NaN	1-1	1.000	5	3	8	2	0	0	3	0	9
No. 13 Oregon	Nov. 16	W 81-49	19	5-6	0.833	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	1	5	6	0	2	0	3	2	10
Texas Southern	Nov. 24	W 81-64	18	5-7	0.714	1-2	0.500	2-5	0.400	4	2	6	1	2	0	2	0	13
@Utah	Nov. 27	W 75-64	19	1-7	0.143	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	2
@Utah Valley	Dec. 1	L 65-72	19	0-4	0.000	0-1	0.000	2-2	1.000	1	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	2
@Missouri State	Dec. 4	W 74-68	18	2-3	0.667	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	1	4	5	1	1	1	2	1	4
Utah State	Dec. 8	W 82-71	17	3-4	0.750	0-0	NaN	8-8	1.000	0	4	4	0	0	1	2	1	14
Creighton	Dec. 11	L 71-83	18	2-6	0.333	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	4	3	7	1	3	0	0	0	4
@Weber State	Dec. 18	W 89-71	11	1-4	0.250	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	1	5	6	0	0	0	3	0	2
South Florida	Dec. 22	W 54-39	23	4-7	0.571	0-0	NaN	3-6	0.500	4	5	9	2	0	0	1	0	11
Vanderbilt	Dec. 23	L 67-69	25	2-5	0.400	0-0	NaN	5-6	0.833	5	10	15	0	2	1	1	2	9
Liberty	Dec. 25	W 80-75	28	6-7	0.857	0-0	NaN	7-8	0.875	5	8	13	1	1	1	3	1	19
Westminster	Dec. 29	W 65-53	21	2-5	0.400	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	2	3	5	1	2	0	0	1	4
Pacific	Jan. 6	W 73-51	26	4-5	0.800	0-0	NaN	4-4	1.000	4	7	11	2	3	0	0	2	12
St. Mary's	Jan. 8	W 52-43	25	3-8	0.375	0-0	NaN	3-4	0.750	4	7	11	0	1	1	3	3	9
@No. 4 Gonzaga	Jan. 13	L 84-110	22	4-7	0.571	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	4	3	7	0	1	0	1	1	8
@San Francisco	Jan. 15	W 71-69	30	4-8	0.500	0-1	0.000	1-2	0.500	4	5	9	1	2	1	4	0	9
San Diego	Jan. 20	W 79-71	31	6-8	0.750	0-0	NaN	2-4	0.500	4	7	11	0	2	1	0	2	14
Portland	Jan. 22	W 78-65	28	6-6	1.000	0-0	NaN	1-1	1.000	1	9	10	4	1	0	4	1	13
@Santa Clara	Jan. 27	L 76-77	26	4-6	0.667	0-0	NaN	2-2	1.000	4	11	15	1	0	0	3	5	10
@Pacific	Jan. 29	L 73-76	27	1-4	0.250	0-0	NaN	1-2	0.500	3	4	7	1	0	0	1	2	3
San Francisco	Feb. 3	L 59-73	19	0-1	0.000	0-0	NaN	1-2	0.500	2	3	5	2	0	1	1	2	1
No. 4 Gonzaga	Feb. 5	L 57-90	21	3-7	0.429	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	1	6	7	0	0	3	2	1	6
@Loyola Marymount	Feb. 10	W 83-82	37	8-11	0.727	0-0	NaN	3-3	1.000	4	8	12	0	4	1	1	2	19
@Saint Mary's	Feb. 19	L 64-69	25	2-6	0.333	0-0	NaN	0-1	0.000	3	2	5	0	1	2	3	5	4
Loyola Marymount	Feb. 24	W 79-59	22	6-11	0.545	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	3	12
Pepperdine	Feb. 26	W 75-59	28	9-10	0.900	0-0	NaN	7-9	0.778	5	14	19	3	2	0	1	2	25
Loyola Marymount	Mar. 4	W 85-60	22	6-8	0.750	0-0	NaN	3-4	0.750	6	5	11	1	1	1	2	1	15
San Francisco	Mar. 5	L 63-75	34	6-11	0.545	0-0	NaN	4-5	0.800	1	11	12	0	1	2	4	3	16
Long Beach State	Mar. 16	W 93-72	23	5-6	0.833	0-0	NaN	1-2	0.500	1	6	7	3	3	0	3	1	11
Northern Iowa	Mar. 19	W 90-71	17	2-5	0.400	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	1	4
Washington St.	Mar. 23	L 58-77	30	8-11	0.727	0-0	NaN	2-3	0.667	3	6	9	1	1	0	2	2	18