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Richie Saunders is a senior guard and one of BYU's most reliable scorers at 18.8 points per game. He is a disruptive defender, averaging 1.8 steals per game. He has started all 24 games for a BYU squad ranked 19th in the NET.
Richie Saunders has been a four-year cornerstone of BYU basketball, rising from a reserve role to become one of the Big 12's premier scorers. The Riverton, Utah native attended Riverton High School, where he earned First Team All-State honors as a sophomore, before transferring to Wasatch Academy to finish his prep career. He walked into the BYU program as a freshman in 2022-23, appearing in 34 games with two starts and averaging 5.5 points per game. He improved to 9.6 points as a sophomore, then broke through as a full-time starter in his junior season, earning Big 12 Most Improved Player of the Year and First Team All-Big 12 honors after averaging 16.5 points while shooting 43.2 percent from three. Saunders helped lead BYU to its third Sweet 16 appearance in program history. He sits 49th on BYU's all-time scoring list with 1,544 career points on 50.2 percent shooting across 128 games, representing one of the most improbable developmental arcs in recent BYU history.
Career history
Richie Saunders has been a four-year cornerstone of BYU basketball, rising from a reserve role to become one of the Big 12's premier scorers. The Riverton, Utah native attended Riverton High School, where he earned First Team All-State honors as a sophomore, before transferring to Wasatch Academy to finish his prep career. He walked into the BYU program as a freshman in 2022-23, appearing in 34 games with two starts and averaging 5.5 points per game. He improved to 9.6 points as a sophomore, then broke through as a full-time starter in his junior season, earning Big 12 Most Improved Player of the Year and First Team All-Big 12 honors after averaging 16.5 points while shooting 43.2 percent from three. Saunders helped lead BYU to its third Sweet 16 appearance in program history. He sits 49th on BYU's all-time scoring list with 1,544 career points on 50.2 percent shooting across 128 games, representing one of the most improbable developmental arcs in recent BYU history.
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