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LOGAN, Utah - Utah State men's basketball (12-4, 9-1 MW) continues Mountain West play this week with a pair of road games at UNLV (5-6, 2-2 MW) on Monday, Jan. 25 and Wednesday, Jan. 27. Monday's game will be televised on CBS Sports Network (Xfinity Ch. 269/753 HD, Dish Ch. 158, DirecTV Ch. 221) and begin at 7 p.m. (MT), while Wednesday's game will be televised on Fox Sports 1 (Comcast Ch. 265/HD691, DirecTV Ch. 219, DISH Ch. 150) and begin at 9 p.m. (MT).
Opening Tips
• Utah State is 36-10 in MW play under head coach
Craig Smith and is 2-3 against UNLV during his tenure. Overall, Utah State trails the all-time series 9-33, including a 2-18 mark in Las Vegas. Despite the difference, USU has won four of the last five.
• Utah State has swept each of its last two MW series away from Logan, including back-to-back wins at Air Force and back-to-back wins against New Mexico in Lubbock, Texas. Overall, USU has won six of its last seven road games in MW play, dating back to the 2019-20 season.
• Utah State has won seven of its last eight games inside the Thomas & Mack Center, spanning Mountain West Tournament games and road contests at UNLV.
• Utah State has outrebounded every opponent this season and is 64-12 under Smith when winning the battle of the boards. The Aggies lead the MW and are third in the nation with a plus-11.6 rebounding margin.
• Utah State has pulled down double-digit offensive rebounds in all but three games this season and leads the MW with 13.4 offensive rebounds per game in league play. The Aggies have scored 190 second-chance points this season, making up more than 15 percent of their total points.
• Utah State is one of only two teams in the Mountain West with eight or more players averaging at least 5.0 points per game. Junior center
Neemias Queta and junior guard
Brock Miller pace the Aggies with 12.6 and 12.3 points per game in league play, while junior forward
Justin Bean, redshirt junior guard
Marco Anthony, freshman guard
Steven Ashworth, senior forward
Alphonso Anderson and freshman guard
Rollie Worster each ranged from 9.1 to 7.8 points per game.
• Anthony, Bean and Queta are the only set of teammates in the Mountain West each averaging more than 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
• Utah State has carried a lead in 83.8 percent of minutes played in league play this season. The Aggies are second in the Mountain West with a scoring margin of 22.8 points per game.
• Queta is fourth in the nation with 45 total blocks, which is as many or more than 238 other teams in the nation. Queta's average of 2.8 blocks per game is the best in school history and ranks No. 14 in the nation.
• As a team, Utah State had totaled 75 blocks this season to rank seventh in the nation.
• Prior to giving up 84 points to Colorado State in its last time out, Utah State had held 12 consecutive opponents to fewer than 67 points, including four Mountain West opponents with less than 50 points.
