OPENING TIPS
• Utah State ranks 34th in the NET as of Dec. 3, 2023.
• Utah State ranks in the top 50 in the nation in several categories, including field goal percentage (.525, 7th), assists per game (18.88, 9th), defensive 3-point field goal percentage (.262, 11th), blocks per game (5.38, 27th), scoring margin (+15.88, 28th), assist-to-turnover (1.57, 31st) and rebounding margin (+8.38, 31st).
• Graduate senior guard
Darius Brown II leads the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (7.00), while he is second in assists per game (7.88) and 40th in minutes per game (35.54).
• Junior wing
Great Osobor ranks 22nd in the nation in blocks per game (2.38), 26th in points per game (20.50), 27th in rebounds per game (9.63), 27th in defensive rebounds per game (6.88) and 29th in field goal percentage (.635).
• Redshirt freshman guard
Mason Falslev is 26th in the nation in field goal percentage (.641).
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Osobor is one of six players in the nation averaging at least 20 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.
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Brown has logged at least six assists in all eight games this season. He is the only player in the nation to have logged six or more assists in at least eight games this season. Only five Aggies have recorded at least six assists in at least eight games in a season since the 2010-11 campaign.
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Osobor leads the MW in blocks per game (2.38) and defensive rebounds per game (6.88),
Brown leads the Mountain West with a 7.00 assist-to-turnover ratio and
Falslev leads the league with 1.88 steals per game.
• Utah State has started 7-1 or better in five of the last six seasons with three different head coaches.
• Utah State is an undefeated 6-0 this season when scoring at least 70 points.
• Utah State has led at the half in every game this season and has held a double-digit lead in six games.
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Danny 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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