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• Utah State ranks 31st in the NET as of Dec. 6.
• Utah State ranks in the top 50 in the nation in several categories, including field goal percentage (.534, 4th), assists per game (18.89, 8th), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.60, 23rd), scoring margin (+17.11, 24th), defensive 3-point field goal percentage (.276, 28th), blocks per game (5.33, 28th), rebounding margin (+9.00, 28th) and points per game (83.89, 32nd).
• Graduate senior guard
Darius Brown II leads the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (7.67), while he is second in assists per game (7.67).
• Junior wing
Great Osobor ranks 26th in the nation in field goal percentage (.641), 36th in points per game (19.78), 43rd in rebounds per game (9.00) and 47th in defensive rebounds per game (6.44).
• Redshirt freshman guard
Mason Falslev is 22nd in the nation, and fourth among guards, in field goal percentage (.649).
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Brown has logged at least six assists in all nine 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 four other Aggies have recorded at least six assists in at least nine games in a season since the 2010-11 campaign.
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Osobor leads the MW in blocks per game (2.11) and defensive rebounds per game (6.44), while
Brown leads the Mountain West with a 7.67 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Utah State has started 7-1 or better in five of the last six seasons with three different head coaches.
• USU's 8-1 start under head coach
Danny Sprinkle is the second-best start to a season under a first-year Aggie head coach, behind the 1961-62 squad's 9-1 start under
Ladell Andersen.
• Utah State is an undefeated 7-0 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 seven games.
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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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