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LOGAN, Utah - Utah State (2-0) continues a five-game homestead this week, hosting Denver (1-1) on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m.
Opening Tips
• Utah State is ranked No. 17 in The Associated Press poll, marking just the third time in school history that the Aggies have appeared in the initial AP poll.
• USU's 17th ranking is the highest for the Aggies since the 1970-71 season, when Utah State was ranked as high as No. 9. Utah State's highest AP ranking in school history came during the 1960 season, when USU was ranked as high as No. 7.
• Utah State, currently ranked No. 17 in the AP poll, is 58-18 all-time as an AP ranked team.
• Utah State leads the all-time series against Denver 54-37 in what is the fifth-longest series in USU history. The Aggies are 19-5 against the Pioneers in Logan.
• Utah State posted a 55-point victory over Weber State in its last time out with an 89-34 win against the Wildcats. The 55-point margin is tied for the largest in school history against a Division I opponent, matching a 115-60 win over CS Fullerton on Dec. 23, 1972.
• USU held Weber State to just 13 points in the first half, marking the fewest points allowed by the Aggies in a half since Dec. 31, 2014, when Utah State held San José State to just 12 points.
• USU also held Weber State to just 21.7 percent (10-of-46) shooting from the floor, the lowest shooting percentage allowed by the Aggies since holding Alabama State to 20.7 percent (12-of-58) on Dec. 15, 2018.
• Head coach
Craig Smith owns an all-time record of 5-4 against Denver, making the Pioneers the third-most faced team by a Smith-led program.
The Utah State/Denver Series
• Although the teams have not played each other since the 2013 season, the Utah State-Denver series in the fifth-longest in Utah State history, totaling 91 games. Utah State leads the all-time series 54-37, including a 19-5 advantage at home.
• Denver has won each of the last three games, snapping a nine-game winning streak by the Aggies.
• Utah State has outrebounded Denver in eight of the last 10 games, however the Aggies have only won seven of the last 10.
• The team that has shot better from the floor has won nine of the last 10 games.
• The team that has recorded more assists than the other team has won the game in six of the last 10 games.
• The team that has scored more points in the paint has won the game two of the last four games.
• Former Utah State All-American Wayne Estes surpassed 2,000 career points in a game against Denver on Feb. 8, 1965. Estes scored 48 points against the Pioneers in the game, the second-most by an Aggie in a single game (trailing his own record of 52 points). After the game, Estes and some friends stopped at the scene of a car accident near campus. While crossing the street, Estes brushed against a downed high power line and was fatally electrocuted.
• In Utah State's 100-90 victory over Denver on Jan. 29, 1976, USU's Blair Reed set a Dee Glen Smith Spectrum record by hitting 11 consecutive field goals. Reed finished second in scoring for the Aggies with 27 points, trailing only Ed Gregg with 29 points, the most points scored by an Aggie over the last 10 games of the series.
