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• Utah State men's basketball will begin its 111th season when the Aggies host Oklahoma Panhandle State on Saturday, Oct. 31 in the first of two exhibition games. USU is 1,536-1,059 (.592) in 2,595 games played over that span.

• Utah State has won 15 exhibition games in a row with its last exhibition loss coming on Oct. 11, 2007 to EA Sports, 86-81. The Aggies posted victories in both exhibition games last season, 77-70 over Texas A&M International and 64-57 over Arkansas-Fort Smith.

• Utah State opens its exhibition games against a member of the Heartland Conference for the second consecutive year. Both exhibition opponents from last season, Texas A&M International and Arkansas-Fort Smith, are members of the Heartland Conference.

• Utah State will enter its third season in the Mountain West, compiling an 11-7 conference mark last season in the Aggie' sophomore campaign. The 11 wins were the most ever for a second-year school in the Mountain West.

• Utah State ended the 2014-15 season in the top-20 nationally in five statistics: eighth in both defensive 3-point field goal percentage (.297) and fewest turnovers (323), 14th in 3-point field goal percentage (.394), 17th in assist/turnover ratio (1.38) and 18th in turnovers per game (10.4).

• Sophomore forward David Collette is the second-most efficient returning post player in the NCAA, shooting 59.1 percent last year. Collette is only behind Gonzaga's Domantas Sabonis who shot 66.8 percent from the floor last season.

• Utah State returns all five starters from a team that finished 18-13 overall and 11-7 in the Mountain West last season. Among the returners are all three of the Aggies' postseason honorees, including junior wing Jalen Moore (second team), sophomore forward David Collette (third team) and senior guard Chris Smith (honorable mention).

About Oklahoma Panhandle State
Oklahoma Panhandle State was founded in 1909, in Goodwell, Okla., offering secondary agricultural education. The University offers close to 100 undergraduate degrees and has a student population of 1,400. The Aggies compete in the Heartland Conference, an NCAA Division II conference.

Scouting Oklahoma Panhandle State
Oklahoma Panhandle State finished the 2014-15 season with an overall record of 3-25, including a 1-19 ledger in the Heartland Conference. The Aggies shot 37.7 percent (603-of-1,601) from the floor, 31.6 percent (229-of-725) from behind the 3-point line and 72.3 percent (545-of-754) from the free throw line. Senior guard Antonio Manns, Jr., is the top returning scorer for the Aggies, leading the team last year with 21.9 points per game. Manns, Jr., is also the top returning rebounder, averaging 5.9 boards per contest. As a team, OPSU averaged 70.7 points per game last season.

Defensively, Manns, Jr., led the team in blocks, totaling 33 on the year, while senior forward DeShawn Dean led the team last season with 21 steals. Opponents scored 90.3 points per game and shot 51.4 percent (906-of-1,763) from the floor, 41.7 percent (265-of-636) from behind the 3-point line and 72.1 percent (452-of-627) from the free throw line.

Starter Notes
Senior guard Darius Perkins - Appeared and started at point guard in every game during the 2014-15 season... Finished fourth in the Mountain West in assists, averaging 3.3 per game and totaling a team-best 101 during the year... Shot 42.5 percent (62-of-146) from behind the 3-point line, finishing fourth in the MW... Also finished in the top five of the league, ranking fifth with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.6... Averaged 29.4 minutes per game, shooting 40.3 percent (98-of-243) from the floor and 64.3 percent (36-of-56) from the free throw line... Finished fourth on the team with 9.5 points per game and added 2.4 rebounds per outing... Also totaled 18 steals and one block during the year... Scored in double figures 13 times, including a season-high 21 against BYU (12/2/14)... Recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists against Air Force (1/17/15), the first points/assists double-double since Brockeith Pane recorded 20 points/10 assists against Oakland during the 2010-11 season ... Tallied five or more assists five times and five or more rebounds two times during the year... Recorded season highs of six rebounds (at SDSU), 10 assists (AFA), three steals (WSU), one block (at ISU) and 39 minutes (at UNLV)... Made Aggie debut against Weber State, recording seven points, a team-high nine assists, one rebound and three steals in 24 minutes of play.

Sophomore guard Julion Pearre - Appeared in 31 games, starting the final 27 contests of the 2014-15 season... Averaged 23.5 minutes per game, shooting 35.0 percent (63-of-180) from the floor, 34.3 percent (36-of-105) from behind the 3-point line and 74.4 percent (29-of-39) from the free throw line... Scored in double digits eight times during the year, finishing fifth on the team with 6.2 points per game... Logged a season-high 21 points at Air Force (2/28/15)... Averaged 2.1 rebounds per game, pulling down a season-high five two times during the season... Also tallied 51 assists, 21 steals and two blocks... Recorded season highs of five assists (WYO), two steals (four times), two blocks (twice) and 35 minutes (SDSU)... Made his Aggie debut against Weber State, picking up 10 points, four rebounds, one assist and one steal in 28 minutes of action.

Senior guard Chris Smith - Appeared at started in each of Utah State's 31 games during the 2014-15 year... Named honorable mention all-Mountain West... Finished second in the MW behind the 3-point line, shooting 47.4 percent (63-of-133) from long range... The mark is also fifth in a single season in Utah State history... Hit 3-point shots that capped a comeback and gave Utah State the lead at Illinois State (11/16/14) and against Santa Clara (11/19/14)... Scored in double figures 20 times during the year, including four 20-plus point games and finishing third on the team and averaging 12.6 points per game... Recorded double digits in nine of the final 10 games of the year... Averaged 32.1 minutes per game, shooting 47.9 percent (128-of-267) from the floor and a team-best 76.6 percent (72-of-94) from the free throw line... Pulled down five or more rebounds 12 times during the year, averaging 3.8 per contest... Recorded five or more assists in a game five times during the year, totaling 79... Also logged 21 steals and six blocks... Tallied season highs of 25 points (BYU), eight rebounds (SCU), five assists (six times), two steals (four times), one block (six times) and 42 minutes (at UCD)... Made Aggie debut against Weber State, picking up seven points, one rebound and one steal in 15 minutes of action.

Junior wing Jalen Moore - Appeared in each of Utah State's 31 games, starting in 30 in 2014-15... Named second-team all-Mountain West... Named to the 2014 World Vision Classic all-tournament team... Led the team in both scoring a rebounding during the year, averaging 15.2 points (6th in the MW) and 6.7 rebounds (7th in the MW) per contest... One of only four players in the MW to rank among the top-10 of the league in both scoring and rebounding... Scored in double digits in all but two of Utah State's games during the year, including a streak of 18 straight from Nov. 19 to Jan. 24... Finished the year with a double-digit scoring streak of 11 games... Scored 20 or more points five times, including season-highs of 22 against New Mexico (1/10/15) and at Nevada (1/20/15)... Pulled down 10 or more rebounds four times during the year, including a season-high 14 at UNLV (1/24/15)... Recorded a team-high four double-doubles... Averaged a team-best 34.4 minutes per game to rank No. 4 in the MW... Shot 49.2 percent (157-of-319) from the floor, 39.1 percent (45-of-115) from behind the 3-point line and 74.5 percent (111-of-149) from the free throw line... Finished second on the team with 27 blocks... Also added 53 assists and 19 steals... Recorded season highs of 22 points (twice), 14 rebounds (at UNLV), four assists (three times), three steals (Idaho St.), three blocks (three times) and 41 minutes (SDSU).

Sophomore Forward David Collette - Appeared and started in each of Utah State's 31 games during the 2014-15 year... Named third-team all-Mountain West... Named to the 2014 World Vision Classic all-tournament team... Led the conference, ranked No. 14 nationally and tied for No. 15 in a single season in USU history with a .591 shooting percentage, hitting 163-of-276 during the year... Shot 33.3 percent (2-of-6) from behind the 3-point line, hitting the game winner at Boise State (1/3/15) as time expired... Averaged 25.5 minutes per game and shot 59.5 percent (69-of-116) from the free throw line... Finished second on the team in both scoring and rebounding, turning in 12.8 points (9th in the MW) and 5.0 rebounds (16th in the MW) per game... Recorded the fourth-most blocks in a single season in school history and the most blocks in a single season by a freshman in school history with 56, averaging 1.8 rejections (5th in the MW) per outing to rank second all-time in a single season... Named Mountain West Conference Player of the Week (11/17/14) after scoring a USU freshman debut record of 22 points against Weber State... Scored a freshman single-game record 32 points at USC (12/7/14), the most points in a game by an Aggie since Preston Medlin scored 32 against Idaho during the 2011-12 season... Scored in double figures 22 times during the year, including three 20-plus performances and a double-digit scoring streak of six to finish the season... Totaled 397 points during the year, the most by a freshman since USU All-American Jaycee Carroll scored 470 as a freshman during the 2004-05 season... Recorded two double-doubles during the year with 32 points and 14 rebounds at USC and 10 points and 12 rebounds at New Mexico (2/7/15)... His 14 rebounds were the most by an Aggie since Kyle Davis logged 14 against Wyoming during the 2013-14 season and the most by an Aggie freshman since Nathan Wickizer tallied 14 against BYU-Hawaii during the 1991-92 season... Led the team with 25 steals and added 37 assists during the year... Recorded season highs of 32 points (at USC), 14 rebounds (at USC), four assists (twice), five steals (WSU), five blocks (at UVU) and 33 minutes (SDSU)... Made his Aggie debut against Weber State, adding six rebounds, five steals and two blocks to go along with his 22 points in 27 minutes of action.

Aggie Bench Notes
Senior wing Trace Cureton - Appeared in 11 games during the 2014-15 year... Averaged 6.6 minutes per game, shooting 27.8 percent (5-of-18) from the floor, 40.0 percent (2-of-5) from behind the 3-point line and 62.5 percent (5-of-8) from the free throw line... Averaged 1.5 points and 0.6 rebounds per game... Totaled three steals and two assists... Recorded season highs of six points (at SDSU), two rebounds (UNM), one assists (twice), two steals (SJSU) and 13 minutes (twice)... Made his Aggie debut against Weber State, recording one assist in six minutes of action.

Junior Guard Viko Noma'aea - Appeared in 14 games during the 2014-15 year... Averaged 5.1 minutes per game while shooting 18.8 percent (3-of-16) from the floor, including 10.0 percent (1-of-10) from behind the 3-point line, while shooting 75.0 percent (3-of-4) from the free throw line... Turned in 0.7 points and 0.5 rebounds per game... Totaled five steals and three assists... Recorded season highs of five points (at ISU), two rebounds (twice), one assist (three times), one steal (four times) and 15 minutes (WSU).

Sophomore guard Henry Bolton - Appeared in 29 games during the 2014-15 season... Averaged 9.2 minutes per game, shooting 36.0 percent (9-of-25) from the field, 20.0 percent (1-of-5) from behind the 3-point line and 55.6 percent (5-of-9) from the free throw line... Averaged 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds per contest... Finished the year with 22 assists, eight steals and three blocks... Recorded season highs of five points (twice), four rebounds (at SJSU), three assists (three times), two steals (twice), one block (three times) and 23 minutes (at SJSU)... Made his Aggie debut in the Santa Clara game, appearing in three minutes of action.

Sophomore Forward Elston Jones - Appeared in 28 games during the 2014-15 year... Averaged 9.6 minutes per game, while shooting 44.1 percent (15-of-34) from the floor and 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from the free throw line... Averaged 1.3 points and 2.0 rebounds per game... Tallied 17 assists, 12 blocks and six steals... Recorded season highs of seven points (FS), nine rebounds (at UCD), two assists (three times), three steals (at NEV), three blocks (NEV) and 27 minutes (at UCD)... Made his Aggie debut against Weber State, picking up two rebounds in eight minutes of action.

Non-returning letterwinners
Utah State had four letterwinners not return for the 2015-16 season in forward Konner Frey, forward Sean Harris, guard JoJo McGlaston and guard Sam Orchard. Harris was the lone senior on the team in 2014-15, appearing in 31 games during the year and averaging 2.0 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. McGlaston started the first seven games of the 2014-15 campaign before becoming the first off the bench. On the year, McGlaston averaged 5.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Frey and Orchard combined to appear in 13 games, averaging less than five minutes per game.

3-Point Record Book Barrage
Utah State's 233 3-point field goals and 591 3-point field goal attempts in 2014-15 are both among the most in school history, ranking second and first on the all-time record books at USU.

Super Sophomore
Jalen Moore finished in some elite company among USU history as he led the team in scoring with 15.2 points per game in 2014-15. Moore joined All-Americans Cornell Green (20.4 ppg), Wayne Estes (28.3 ppg), Marvin Roberts (22.4), three-time all-Big West honoree Greg Grant (17.4 ppg), two-time all-Big West honoree Kendall Youngblood (18.8 ppg) and first-team all-WAC honoree Preston Medlin (17.0) who each led the team in scoring as a sophomore.

Moore's 470 points are the most by a sophomore since All-American Jaycee Carroll scored 521 during his sophomore campaign in 2005-06.

All-Time Results
Utah State has an overall record of 1,536-1,059 (.592) in its 2,595 games played.

Record Setting Swats
Utah State's 142 blocks in 2014-15 are a new school record, eclipsing the previous total of 139 set during the 1989-90 season.

Familiar Block Party
Utah State returns three of its top-five shot blockers from 2014-15, in a year that the Aggies set a school record with 142 rejections. Sophomore forward David Collette led the way with 56 blocks, good for fourth in a single season in Utah State history.

Fully Loaded
Utah State returns 91.0 percent of its 3-point field goals made (212/233), 88.9 percent of its field goals made (641-721), 88.7 percent of its points (1,831/2,064), 86.6 percent of its free throw made (337/389), 84.6 percent of its steals (126/149), 82.5 percent of its minutes played (5,174/6,275), 82.0 percent of its rebounds (802/978) and assists (365/445), and 75.4 percent of its blocks (107/142).

Dialed In From Deep
Utah State returns four of its top-five 3-point shooters that helped Utah State set a school record with 591 attempts from behind the arc, converting the second most in school history with 233, in 2014-15. Senior guard Chris Smith is the top returner for the Aggies, shooting 47.4 percent (63-of-133), fifth best in a single season in USU men's basketball history.

Long Range Bombers
Utah State has hit at least one 3-point basket in 297 games, stretching back to Dec. 16, 2006.

Return and Share
Utah State returns four of its top-five assist leaders, with the group recording a Mountain West-best 15.5 assists per outing in league play. Senior guard Darius Perkins led the team with 101 assists during the 2014-15 campaign.

Top Returning Post
Sophomore forward David Collette is the second-most efficient returning post player in the NCAA, shooting 59.1 percent last year. Collette is only behind Gonzaga's Domantas Sabonis who shot 66.8 percent from the floor last season.

Home Grown
Utah State's 2015-16 rosters includes five from the state of Utah in redshirt senior forward Grayson Moore (North Logan/Sky View HS), redshirt junior Lew Evans (Salt Lake City, Utah/Highland HS), junior wing Jalen Moore (North Logan/Sky View HS), sophomore forward David Collette (Murray/Murray HS) and freshman guard Jake Miles (Morgan/Morgan HS).

From the Heartland
Utah State will play its third consecutive exhibition game against a Heartland Conference opponent when the Aggies host Oklahoma Panhandle State.

Small Screen Stars
Utah State will appear on national television 18 times during the 2015-16 season. The Aggies will appear on the ESPN family of networks eight times, ROOT Sports seven times and the CBS Sports Network three times.

We're Going to Overtime
Utah State is 55-45 all-time in overtime contests.

Something Old, Something New
Head coach Tim Duryea will be entering his 15th year with the program, but just his first year at the helm at Utah State in 2015-16. Duryea has served as an assistant coach for the past 14 seasons.

Ball Security
Utah State was in the top-20 nationally in taking care of the ball in 2014-15, committing just 10.4 turnovers per game, which ranked No. 18 in the nation.

Best Among the Mountain West
In the Mountain West, Utah State finished among the top five in 11 categories, including 3-point field goal percentage (first, .394), defensive 3-point field goal percentage (first, .297), 3-point field goals made (second, 8.7), assist/turnover ratio (second, 1.4), blocks (third, 4.6 bpg), assists (third, 14.4 apg), defensive rebounds (fourth, 24.6 drpg), field goal percentage (fourth, .452), scoring offense (fourth, 66.6 ppg), scoring defense (fifth, 63.6 ppg) and defensive field goal percentage (fifth, .403).

Fab Five
Utah State last returned all five starters in the 1994-95 season with the Aggies finishing the year with a 21-8 record, including a 14-4 mark in the Big West, en route to the conference title and an appearance in the NIT.

Scoring Threats
Utah State was the only team in the Mountain West in 2014-15 with three players in the top 10 of the league in scoring last season and return all three in junior wing Jalen Moore (sixth, 15.2), sophomore forward David Collette (ninth, 12.8) and senior guard Chris Smith (10th, 12.6).

Sharp Shooter
Sophomore forward David Collette led the Aggies and the Mountain West in 2014-15, shooting 59.1 percent (163-of-276) from the field, ranking 15th nationally.

Even Better as a Team
Utah State was also strong as a team from the floor, shooting a Mountain West-best 47.4 percent (434-of-916) from the field and 42.2 percent (143-of-339) from behind the 3-point line in league games in 2014-15.

A Student-Athlete
Sophomore forward David Collette was named academic all-Mountain West at the end of the 2014-15 season.

Home Sweet Home
Utah State will call the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum home for the 46th season, amassing a 542-125 (.813) record on its home court.