Aggie Tip-Off
Utah State women's basketball (3-3, 0-0 MW) continues its 2023-24 campaign this week with a single game at home as it hosts Idaho. The Aggies take on the Vandals (3-2, 0-0 Big Sky) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 11 a.m. (MT), inside of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
 
How to Follow
Radio coverage for all games will be provided on 107.7 FM, with Ajay Salvesen on the call. Live stats and streaming information will be available on utahstateaggies.com, while updates will also be provided through the team's social media outlets.
 
Scouting the Vandals
• Idaho is off to a 3-2 start to the 2023-24 campaign, with wins over Walla Walla, Cal State Fullerton and Hawaii, and losses to Cal Poly and Utah Valley.
• The team returns one starter and three letterwinners from last year's squad, and welcomed in a new head coach in Carrie Eighmey.
• Graduate guard Amalie Langer is the team's top scorer this year at 9.4 points per contest. Graduate forward Hope Butera leads the Vandals on the glass with 8.6 boards per game, while junior guard Ashlyn Wallace averages a team-high 2.2 assists per game.  
 
Series History
• Former conference mates in the WAC, Utah State and Idaho have met up 26 times in a series dating back to 1978.
• Idaho leads the all-time series 14-12 and have won the past two meetings, but Utah State has wins in nine of the past 12.
• In Logan, Utah State is 6-4 against Idaho. 
• The most recent outing between the sides was in 2017, a 64-57 win for Idaho in Moscow.
 
Last Time Out
• Utah State took down Warner Pacific 66-54 on Saturday evening, earning its third win in the past four contests.  
• The Aggies used a dominant 25-5 second quarter to take control of the game, then coasted to a win with strong defense in the second half.  
• Leading USU's scoring efforts for the fifth-straight game was junior guard Cheyenne Stubbs, who went for 23 points along with five boards, four assists and two steals. 
 
Chey's On Fire
• Guard Cheyenne Stubbs is Utah State's top scorer this year, and has emerged as one of the league's top offensive threats. 
• The 5-foot-5 junior enters the week averaging a team-best 15.8 points per contest, third-most in the Mountain West. She also leads the team in both assists (2.5) and steals (2.5), while bringing down 4.0 rebounds per game. 
• Stubbs has been the Aggies' top scorer in each of the past five games, going for 14 or more points in each. She's coming off of a season-high 23 points versus Warner Pacific. 
 
Consistency is Key
• Junior guard Skye Miller has proven to be a versatile player for Utah State, and the team's most consistent offensive threat. She has scored in double-figures in all six games this season, including most recently a career-high 17 points against Warner Pacific. 
• Miller also averages a team-best 4.8 rebounds per contest along with 2.0 assists, second-most on the team. 
 
On A Roll
After totaling just four wins last season, Utah State has now won three of its last four contests and has a chance to match last year's win total just seven games in. Should the Aggies take down Idaho, it would be the program's first time winning four of five games since the 2018-19 season. 
 
De la Guyane française à Logan
Utah State senior forward Allyzee Verdan joined the Aggies all the way from her home country of French Guiana, a small South American country bordering Brazil to the north. She is one of just two French Guiana natives in Division I women's basketball, along with Duquesne's Raymi Couëta. 
 
Defensive Focus
• After ranking last in the Mountain West and allowing opponents 76.8 points per game in 2022-23, the Aggies have tightened up defensively and are holding teams to just 63.7 points per outing this year. 
• On the perimeter, USU ranks fourth in the MW while limiting its opponents to just 28.4 percent (42-of-148) shooting from 3-point range, up from 35.4 percent a year ago. 
• Utah State is also forcing 16.7 turnovers per game, and has caused an average of 20.3 turnovers in its three wins this year. 
 
Mountain Best
The Mountain West Conference is off to one of its best starts across the board in recent years. Entering this week, all 11 teams in the league are .500 or better, while nine of the teams have at least four wins. UNLV and Colorado State both remain unbeaten, and the Lady Rebels are receiving votes in both top-25 polls this week. 

National Attention
When Utah State opens conference play at UNLV on Dec. 30, it will be in front of a national audience. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network, the first time in program history the Aggies have played on national television. 
 
Lights Out Shooting
In USU's win over Weber State on Friday, the Aggies had one of the most efficient shooting performances in program history. USU shot 58.1 percent (25-of-43) from the floor, the sixth-best shooting percentage ever by a Utah State team, and the best in nearly a decade.  
 
Lights Out Shooting - Pt. II
• Making 43.4 percent (131-of-302) of its shots this season, Utah State ranks as the fourth-most efficient shooting team in the Mountain West. 
• Individually, Cheyenne Stubbs ranks fourth in the league in shooting percentage, connecting on 36-of-72 shots (50.0 percent) from the floor this year.
 
Bridge-ing the Gap
• Utah State junior forward Bridget Mullings got off to a strong start to her Aggie career, putting up big performances in each of her first two games. 
• Against CSUN, Mullings led the team with a 17-points, 10-rebound double-double, team-highs in both categories. She followed that performance with a 19-point, eight-rebound showing in just 19 minutes against Eastern Washington. 
 
At the Buzzer
In the team's win over Kansas City on Nov. 17, Cheyenne Stubbs scored a buzzer beater to give Utah State its first win of the season. After an inbound pass with a tie game with 22 seconds remaining, Stubbs ran the clock down under five seconds before using a screen at the top of the arc to get to the basket for a layup as time expired. 
 
New Year, New Faces
• Utah State welcomed in 12 newcomers this year, tied for the most in NCAA Division I. The 12 new faces include nine transfers and three freshmen. 
• Incoming transfers include guard Ivory Finley (UMass Lowell), guard Livia Knapp (College of Southern Idaho), guard Skye Miller (Eastern Arizona College), forward Bridget Mullings (UC San Diego), guard Macy Smith (CSUN), guard Taylia Stimpson (Utah Tech), guard Cheyenne Stubbs (Canisius), guard/forward Samiana Suguturaga (Snow College) and forward Allyzee Verdan (Salt Lake CC).
• Incoming freshmen include forward Lauren Crocker (Calgary, Canada), forward Gracie Johnson (Nyssa, Oregon) and guard Ali Wetta (Castle Rock, Colorado).
 
Welcome Back
Along with the 12 new faces, USU also welcomes back a trio of players. Sophomore guard Isabella Tañedo is the team's lone returning letterwinner after making 27 appearances last season. Junior forward Lillian Harris appeared in 13 games in 2022-23, while sophomore forward Tiairra Hill-Brown played two contests before missing the remainder of the season due to injury. 
 
It Runs in the Family
This year's team has a pair of players with family ties to Utah State. Junior guard/forward Samiana Suguturaga is the daughter of former Aggie football player who played tight end at USU from 2000-01. Additionally, freshman forward Gracie Johnson's older brother, Isaac, is currently a redshirt sophomore on the Utah State men's basketball team. 
 
Reunited and it Feels so Good
There is a reunion of former teammates happening this year in Logan, as junior guards Skye Miller and Livia Knapp are on the same team once again. The duo played club ball together in Portland, Oregon, before going their separate ways and each having a strong start to their collegiate career at the junior college level. 
 
Well-Traveled
Utah State has players from 10 different states on its roster, plus two international players in senior forward Allyzee Verdan (French Guiana) and freshman forward Lauren Crocker (Calgary, Canada). Maryland, Minnesota and Oregon are the only states with multiple players, two each. 
 
Both Ends of the Spectrum
This season's Aggie roster features a wide range in the height column. Utah State has the tallest player in the Mountain West, as Gracie Johnson stands at 6-foot-6, while at just 5-foot-4, Isabella Tañedo is the second-shortest player in the league.