Jan. 16, 2010
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LOGAN, Utah -
UTAH STATE BASKETBALLPOSTGAME NOTES
USU vs. Boise State - 1/16/10
TEAM NOTES
* Utah State has now won seven straight home games and 59 of its last 61 overall dating back to the 2005-06 season. USU has also won 18 straight WAC games at home and 27 of its last 28 at home overall.
* Utah State has now won 34 straight home games during the month of January and is 45-3 at home in January under Coach Morrill.
* During the last two-plus years, Utah State has now won 22 of its last 26 WAC games.
* Utah State is now 169-13 at home under head coach Stew Morrill, which includes an 86-8 record against conference opponents and a 31-3 WAC mark.
* Utah State improved to 11-2 on the season and 219-23 over the last 11 years when leading at the half.
* Utah State improved to 7-1 this year and 146-12 under Coach Morrill when holding its opponents under 60 points.
* Utah State has now out-rebounded 17 of its 19 opponents this year.
* Utah State improved to 40-7 against teams from the state of Idaho under Coach Morrill.
* Utah State shot 50 percent from the field (.526) for the seventh time this year.
* Utah State had a season-high 12 steals.
* Utah State's 14 turnovers are its most in its last four games, while its 20 fouls are its most in its last seven games.
* Boise State's 18 turnovers are the second-most by a USU opponent this year (Southern Utah, 19).
PLAYER NOTES
* Tai Wesley scored in double-figures for the 16th time this year and 60th time in his career. He now has 1,026 career points to rank 31st all-time in USU history moving ahead of Pat Dunn (1953-56) who scored 1,018 career points.
* Jared Quayle scored in double-figures for the 11th time this year and 36th time in his career. He also had seven assists in the game, to tie his season-high and give him 216 assists for his career to rank 25th all-time in USU history.
* Tyler Newbold scored in double-figures for the ninth time this year and 29th time in his career.
* Brain Green scored a season-high 14 points.
* Brady Jardine scored in double-figures for the second time this year.
* Pooh Williams had a career-high three steals and Nate Bendall tied his career-high with two steals.