IRVING TEXAS – BYU’s Jaxson Robinson was named the Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year the league announced on Sunday afternoon. The senior also picked up All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades alongside teammates Dallin Hall, Fousseyni Traore and Spencer Johnson.
The 2023-24 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 awards are selected by the league’s head coaches and the coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players.
The best sixth man in college basketball resides in Provo. His name is Jaxson Robinson.
Jon Rothstein, CBS SportsRobinson becomes the second Cougar in program history and first since Jonathan Tavernari in 2009-10 to be named a league’s top reserve. Averaging 13.9 points per game, the native of Ada, Oklahoma is on pace to become the first reserve to lead a BYU team in scoring in the modern era of college basketball.
The senior guard has come off the bench in 24 of his 30 appearances this season, scoring in double figures 23 times including four games with 20-plus. He is shooting 43.0 percent from the floor, 34.6 percent from three and a team-high 89.5 percent from the free throw line.
Robinson has knocked down a team-high 70 3-pointers, making him one of 11 players in program history with 70 or more triples in a single season. He has also made at least one 3-pointer in 18 consecutive games, tied for the seventh longest streak in a single season in program history with Alex Barcello and Chase Fischer.
Earlier in the season, Robinson became the second Cougar since 2010-11 to score 20-plus in back-to-back games off the bench with 23 against NC State and 24 against Fresno State. Three games later he scored a career-high 28 points in a win over Denver where he knocked down eight 3-pointers, tied for the most by a reserve in program history.
Hall is one of three Cougars to play in all 31 games this season as the sophomore ranks fourth in the Big 12 in assists per game with 5.0. His 155 assists are the 15th most in a single season in program history while his 99 assists in Big 12 play are the sixth-most in a league season in program history. The native of Plain City has dished out multiple assists in every game this season including a 12 assist, one turnover performance in a win over West Virginia, making him one of 15 players in NCAA Division I basketball with that stat line.
Johnson has recorded a team-high three double-doubles this season following his 14-point, 10-rebound performance in his final game at the Marriott Center. The American Fork native is one of four Cougars to average double figures as the senior is scoring 10.4 points per game to go along with his team-high 5.9 rebounds per game. He also leads the team in offensive rebounds with 53, nine more than he had in his previous three seasons at BYU combined.
Traore averaged 10.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game during Big 12 play while shooting 63.5 percent from the floor and 67.2 percent from the free throw line. He scored in double figures eight times including three games with 20 or more points. In 23 games including eight starts, Traore is shooting 63.6 percent from the floor which is the second-highest field goal percentage in a single season in program history (min. 50 FG made).
With its win over Oklahoma State on Saturday, No. 20 BYU earned the No. 5 seed for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship and will face the winner of OSU and UCF on Wednesday, March 13. All games of the championship will be played at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.