PROVO, Utah\u00a0\u2013 BYU basketball had a starter show up on the availability report for Wednesday night\u2019s game against Arizona State.<\/p>\n
Starting center Keba Keita showed up on the day-before availability sheet as No. 9 BYU<\/a> gets set to host the reeling Sun Devils, who are on a three-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Keba Keita is \u201cDoubtful\u201d for the BYU vs. Arizona State game<\/p>\n Per the Big 12\u2019s availability reporting, players who are classified as \u201cDoubtful\u201d have a 25% chance of playing in the next game.<\/p>\n It\u2019s undisclosed what has led to Keita\u2019s \u201cDoubtful\u201d status. The senior center had an impressive double-double of 11 points and 16 rebounds in 27 minutes of action in Saturday\u2019s win over Kansas State<\/a>.<\/p>\n BYU-Arizona State availability report. Center Keba Keita is listed as \u201cDoubtful\u201d pic.twitter.com\/rqUTjTOYmV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n After the game, Keita, along with BYU head coach Kevin Young and star freshman AJ Dybantsa<\/a>, spoke to the media in Manhattan in the postgame press conference.<\/p>\n If Keita doesn\u2019t play on Wednesday night against ASU, BYU has options to take his spot.<\/p>\n Options at center for BYU basketball<\/p>\n Former G-League Abdullah \u201cBiddo\u201d Ahmed had three blocked shots in relief of Keita off the bench. Also, senior center Mihailo Boskovic, who can be a stretch five for BYU, or Khadim Mboup.<\/p>\n No one else on BYU\u2019s availability report was a surprise.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Arizona State has seven players listed on their availability report as \u201cOUT.\u201d Among the seven is former BYU player Marcus Adams Jr<\/a>.<\/p>\n Adams is in his first season with the Sun Devils, after spending last year at Cal State Northridge, and before that at BYU, where he appeared in one game during the Cougars\u2019 first season<\/a> as a Big 12 program.<\/p>\n One notable player that isn\u2019t listed on ASU\u2019s availability report is 6-foot-11 starter Santiago Trouet. The former San Diego Torero missed ASU\u2019s game against Colorado on Saturday in Tempe.<\/p>\n Tuesday availability report for BYU basketball vs. Arizona State<\/p>\n BYU Cougars<\/p>\n OUT<\/p>\n Brody Kozlowski DOUBTFUL<\/p>\n Keba Keita Arizona State Sun Devils<\/p>\n OUT<\/p>\n Adante\u2019 Holiman QUESTIONABLE<\/p>\n No. 9 BYU vs. Arizona State<\/p>\n Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2026<\/p>\n Tip-Off: 7 p.m. (MST)<\/p>\n TV: NBC Sports Network\/Peacock (Streaming)<\/p>\n Radio: KSL NewsRadio (102.7 FM, 1160 AM)<\/p>\n Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast daily on KSL Sports YouTube and KSL NewsRadio (SUBSCRIBE<\/a>).\u00a0Harper also co-hosts Cougar Sports Saturday (12\u20133 p.m.) on KSL NewsRadio.<\/p>\n Follow Mitch\u2019s coverage of BYU athletics in the Big 12 Conference on X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram:<\/a>\u00a0@Mitch_Harper.<\/p>\n Want more coverage of BYU sports? Take us with you wherever you go.<\/p>\n
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