Amari Whiting Season 2023-2024
#1BYU Highlights
- Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 12, 2024)
- Flirted with the first triple-double in BYU women's basketball history with 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting with a career-high nine assists and eight rebounds in win over No. 18 Baylor
- Led BYU in assists per game at 3.7 and steals with 1.5 per contest
- The Cougars' third-leading scorer at 10.6 points per game
- Second in rebounding with 4.9 per game
- Started all 33 games for BYU during her freshman campaign
- Scored a career-high 19 points against Utah State on Dec. 5, 2023
- Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds on Dec. 16, 2023 against Idaho State
Before BYU
- 2022 Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year
- 4A All-Idaho Player of the Year (2021 & 2022)
- GB7 Conference Player of the Year (2021 & 2022)
- Times News Player of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022)
- 2022 4A Idaho State Champions
- 2022 SBlive Idaho Player of the Year
- 2022 IdahoSports 4A Tournament Player of the Year
- 2020 GB10 All-Conference First Team
- 2x WBCA Player of the Week
- 4x SBlive ID Player of the Week
- IHSAA Athlete of the Week
- 4.0 High School GPA; High Honors Society
- Also enjoys reading and dancing
- Lived in Italy for nine years while her father, Trent played professional basketball
Personal
- Born in Boise, Idaho
- Daughter of Trent and Amber Whiting
- Her older brother Jace plays basketball at Boise State University
- Father Trent (2000-01) and her mother Amber (2000-01) played basketball at BYU
- Also recruited by Oregon, Arizona, Stanford, UCLA and Utah
- Committed to Oregon in 2021, but flipped her commitment to BYU during the summer of 2022
Gustin notches 27th double-double as BYU falls to Iowa State
Lauren Gustin notched her 22nd-straight double-double in BYU’s 74-49 loss to Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum on Saturday night.
BYU visits Iowa State for first time since 2002
After a three-game win streak was snapped by back-to-back losses, the Cougars look to get back in the win column as they travel to face the Iowa State Cyclones at Hilton Coliseum for the first time since 2002.
BYU looks to right the ship as TCU visits the Marriott Center
After falling to TCU in Fort Worth in their first Big 12 game, the Cougars look to right the ship as the Horned Frogs visit the Marriott Center on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. with the game broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
Cougars look to extend conference win streak against Kansas
The Cougars look to avenge their loss at Allen Fieldhouse and earn their fourth-straight Big 12 win as the Kansas Jayhawks come to town on Feb. 17. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. MT at the Marriott Center.
BYU and Boise State face off in Saturday afternoon matchup
BYU will take on the Boise State Broncos in a mid-day matinee at the Marriott Center on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT.