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LOGAN, Utah - Utah State will face its second in-state opponent this week, traveling to Weber State on Wednesday, Dec. 15.
Opening Tips
• USU leads the all-time series against the Wildcats, 44-28, but are 16-18 in games played in Ogden. The Aggies have won each of the last two against Weber State and 10 of the last 13.
• Utah State is shooting 48.2 percent (281-of-583) from the floor this year, the best mark since the Aggies shot 48.8 percent (941-of-1,928) during the 2009-10 season. USU has shot 50 percent or better from the floor in five games this season.
• Utah State is fourth in the nation with 19.8 assists per game. The Aggies have recorded 20 or more assists in five games this season.
• Utah State has three players on its roster who have all played in more than 100 games in their respective careers, including graduate forward Brandon Horvath (123), senior guard Brock Miller (111) and senior forward Justin Bean (102).
• Utah State has had 11 different players score in double figures this season with Bean leading the way with 10-plus points in every game this year.
• In its last time out, Utah State attempted a season-high 33 3-point field goals and held New Orleans to season lows of 50 points and 28.6-percent shooting (16-of-56).
• Bean is the only player in the MW averaging a double-double this season (21.9/12.0) and leads the league in scoring (21.1), rebounding (11.6), double-doubles (7), offensive rebounds (3.60), defensive rebounds (8.00) and field goal percentage (.656).
• Bean is second in the nation in double-doubles (7) and ranks among the nation's best in rebounds per game (4th), defensive rebounds per game (6th), field goal percentage (6th), offensive rebounds per game (12th) and points per game (12th).
• Junior guard Rylan Jones is ninth in the nation with 6.0 assists per game, the most by an Aggie since Kris Clark averaged 6.4 during the 2007-08 season.
• Utah State's starting bigs, Bean and Horvath, are each shooting 50 percent or better from the floor and from behind the 3-point line this season. Bean is averaging 65.6 percent (80-of-122) from the floor and 50.0 percent (11-of-22) from behind the 3-point line, while Horvath is shooting 51.7 percent (45-of-87) from the floor and 51.4 percent (19-of-37) from behind the arc.
• Bean is the only Aggie averaging more than 30 minutes per game this season, while Weber State has a trio averaging more than 30 minutes per game - Seikou Sisoho Jawara (32.5), Koby McEwen (31.8) and Dillon Jones (31.7).
• McEwen spent his first two years at Utah State, earning 2017 MW Freshman of the Year honors and back-to-back all-MW accolades.