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LOGAN, Utah - Utah State hosts Carroll College (Montana) in the second of three-straight home games for the Aggies. The game marks the first meeting between the two schools on the basketball court.

Opening Tips
• Utah State is a perfect 67-0 against non-Division I opponents, including a 30-0 mark against NAIA programs.

• Utah State is riding a five-game winning streak and shooting better than 50 percent (.502) from the floor and 40 percent (.405) from behind the 3-point line over the same stretch. The Aggies are also knocking down close to 10 3-point baskets per game over the last five games.

• Individually over the last five games, senior forward Justin Bean is one of four Aggies averaging double figures, leading USU with 25.6 points per game and is followed by junior guard Rylan Jones (12.2), senior forward Brandon Horvath (11.8) and senior guard Brock Miller (11.2). Bean is averaging a double-double with 13.2 rebounds per game and is shooting 71.0 percent (49-of-69) from the floor, 61.5 percent (8-of-13) from behind the 3-point line and 88.0 percent (22-of-25) at the free throw line.

• On the year, Bean is second in the nation in total double-doubles (5) and points per game (24.0), and third in rebounds per game (13.2). Bean's scoring average is the best since Marvin Roberts averaged 27.6 points per game during the 1968-69 season. Bean's rebounding average is the best since Roberts averaged 13.9 per game during the 1969-70 season. Bean is shooting a scorching 68.4 percent (54-of-79) from the floor, which is the best percentage since Nate Harris shot a school-record 67.7 percent from the floor during the 2003-04 season.

• Bean is the only player in the MW averaging a double-double this season (24.0/13.2) and leads the league in field goal percentage, shooting 68.4 percent (54-of-79) from the floor, and free throw percentage, connecting on 87.1 percent (27-of-31) at the charity stripe.

• Bean is currently ranked ninth in KenPom's Player of the Year rankings, included among players from Ohio State, Gonzaga, Iowa, Florida, Purdue, Indiana and Wisconsin.

• Jones ranks among the top-25 in the nation in assists per game, averaging 5.5 dimes per outing. The mark is the most by an Aggie since Kris Clark averaged 6.4 assists per game during the 2007-08 season.

• USU head coach Ryan Odom is the fourth-straight coach for the Aggies to post a 5-1 record over his first six games, matching Craig Smith, Tim Duryea and Stew Morrill.