BYU Coach Provides Injury Update On Freshman Kanon Catchings

PROVO, Utah – BYU basketball has a player on the injury list entering Tuesday’s Top 25 matchup against Iowa State.

Freshman Kanon Catchings suffered an injury during the first half of Saturday’s win over West Virginia.

The 6-foot-9 forward left the game after four minutes of action. He didn’t return. He had an ice pack on his left knee when he was back on the bench in the second half of BYU’s 77-56 victory against the Mountaineers.

After Saturday’s game, BYU head coach Kevin Young said Catchings would “have it looked at” on Sunday.

Before BYU flew out to Ames for Tuesday night’s game against the No. 10 Cyclones, head coach Young provided an update on the potential availability of Catchings.

Kanon Catchings injury update: “Day-to-day”

“So it wasn’t as bad as it looked, which was great,” said Young. “He’s kind of day-to-day, and that’s kind of how we’re approaching it.”

Since January 14, Catchings has been coming off the bench in a reserve role for BYU. He’s scored double-figures in three games since moving out of the starting lineup. Those three performances were against teams currently projected in the NCAA Tournament field (Baylor, West Virginia, Arizona).

BYU basketball head coach Kevin Young said that Kanon Catchings, who suffered a knee injury on Saturday, is "day-to-day."

BYU plays at No. 10 Iowa State on Tuesday night.

— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) March 3, 2025

Catchings hasn’t scored in four of the last five games. However, in the win at Arizona, he scored 14 points and was 4-of-6 from three-point range.

BYU’s starter at the four in replace of Catchings since mid-January has been Mawot Mag. The former Rutgers transfer is shooting 40% from three this season.

A former four-star recruit from Overtime Elite, Catchings is averaging 7.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, and shooting 41.2% from the field in his freshman campaign.

No. 23 BYU vs. No. 10 Iowa State

Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Tip-Off: 7 p.m. (MST)/8 p.m. (CST)

TV: ESPN2

Radio: KSL Sports Zone (97.5 FM)

Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.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.

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