OPENING TIPS
• Utah State ranks 31st in the NET as of Dec. 10.
 
• Utah State ranks in the top 50 in the nation in several categories, including field goal percentage (.532, 1st), assists per game (19.30, 8th), scoring margin (+18.50, 17th), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.60, 21st), rebounding margin (+9.00, 26th), defensive 3-point field goal percentage (.279, 31st), points per game (83.90, 32nd) and blocks per game (5.00, 37th).
 
• USU leads the nation with eight games shooting 50 percent or better from the field this season.
 
• Graduate senior guard Darius Brown II leads the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (7.27) and assists per game (8.00). 
 
• Brown has logged at least six assists in all 10 games this season. He is the only player in the nation to have logged six or more assists in at least nine games this season. Only three other Aggies have recorded at least six assists in at least 10 games in a season since the 2010-11 campaign.
 
• Junior wing Great Osobor ranks 26th in the nation in field goal percentage (.640), 37th in blocks per game (2.00), 38th in defensive rebounds per game (6.60), 39th in points per game (19.50) and 41st in rebounds per game (9.10).
 
• Redshirt freshman guard Mason Falslev is 23rd in the nation, and third among guards, in field goal percentage (.647).
 
• USU's 9-1 start under head coach Danny Sprinkle is tied for the best start to a season under a first-year Aggie head coach, along with the 1961-62 squad's 9-1 start under Ladell Andersen.
 
• Utah State is an undefeated 8-0 this season when scoring at least 70 points. 
 
• Sprinkle was named the head men's basketball coach at Utah State on April 7, 2023. 
 
• Utah State is one of just three teams in the nation returning zero points to its 2023-24 roster, joining New Mexico State and Northwestern. The Aggies also have the second-fewest returning rebounds (0.004 percent) and are tied for the second-fewest returning assists (0.003 percent), both behind NMSU.
 
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