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LOGAN, Utah - Utah State returns to Mountain West play at New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m.

Opening Tips
• Utah State leads the all-time series against the Lobos, 29-12, and has won three straight and six of the last seven. The Aggies are the only team in the MW with a winning record inside The Pit (10-9).

• The contest features a pair of first-year head coaches in the MW in Utah State's Ryan Odom and New Mexico's Richard Pitino. Both are the sons of long-time collegiate head coaches Dave Odom (22 years) and Rick Pitino (34 years). The father/son connection even goes down to the players, as the Aggies' leading scorer, Justin Bean, is the son of Gordon Bean, who played at Idaho State. The Lobos are led by Jamal Mashburn, Jr., the son of former Kentucky All-American Jamal Mashburn.

• Both teams have only played one game since Dec. 22, each opening conference play with a loss. • Utah State is shooting 48.2 percent (390-of-809) 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 seven games this season.

• Utah State has scored 80 or more points in more than half of its games this season. The Aggies are a perfect 8-0 when scoring 80 or more points in a game.

• Utah State and New Mexico are two of the top-scoring teams in the MW as the Aggies rank fifth with 77.2 points per game, while the Lobos rank second with 78.9 points per game.

• Utah State is 9-1 on the year when three or more players score in double figures.

• Utah State is second in the nation in total assists this year with 276 and is third in the nation with 19.7 assists per game. The Aggies have recorded 20 or more assists in seven games this season.

• Utah State's roster features five players with 30 or more assists this season, led by junior guard Rylan Jones with a team-best 79.

• Jones' average of 5.6 assists per game is the most by an Aggie since Kris Clark averaged 6.4 dimes per game during the 2007-08 season.

• Bean and UNM junior guard Jaelen House make up two of the only three players in the MW this season to record multiple games with 30 or more points.

• Bean is the only player in the MW averaging a double-double this season (19.8/10.4) and leads the league in scoring (19.8), rebounding (10.4), field goal percentage (.652), double-doubles (9), defensive rebounds per game (7.36) and offensive rebounds per game (3.07).

• Bean is third in the nation in double-doubles (9), sixth in field goal percentage (.652), 10th in rebounds per game (10.4) and 12th in defensive rebounds per game (7.36), and 24th in scoring (19.8).

• Bean has been locked in from the floor this season as his 65.2-percent field goal shooting is tied for fifth in a single season in school history, while his 54.8-percent clip from behind the 3-point line is currently the best in USU history in a single season.

• Bean's 146 total rebounds this season matches the combined total of UNM's top-two rebounders in Javanté Johnson (76) and Jay Allen-Tovar (70).