Opening Tips
• Utah State will honor its five seniors in Dan Akin, Sean Bairstow, Trevin Dorius, RJ Eytle-Rock and Taylor Funk for Senior Night against Boise State on Saturday, March 4. 
 
• Utah State has now won at least 23 games 17 times and its 23 wins this season are tied for the 14th-most in school history. Of those previous 16 Aggie teams to win at least 23 games, 11 advanced to the NCAA Tournament and the other five played in the National Invitation Tournament.
 
• Utah State is second in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (.402) and is fifth in effective field goal percentage (.569). USU also ranks in the top 50 nationally in assists per game (16.70, 12th), 3-pointers made per game (9.63, 15th), field goal percentage (.483, 22nd), free throw percentage (.767, 25th), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.38, 30th), points per game (78.83, 33rd), scoring margin (+8.93, 35th), bench points per game (25.10, 37th) and defensive rebounds per game (26.87, 40th).
 
• Junior guard Steven Ashworth is fifth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (.449), 12th in 3-pointers made per game (3.23), 15th in free throw percentage (.893) and 17th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.88). In fact, Ashworth is the only player in the nation at the Division I level to rank in the top 20 in each of those categories.
 
• Ashworth made a Mountain West-record 47-straight free throws from Jan. 13 to Feb. 21. He passed BYU's Tyler Haws, who set the record with 46-consecutive makes at the charity stripe between Feb. 13, 2010, to March 20, 2010.
 
• Utah State is one of 12 teams in the nation with five players averaging double figures in junior guard Steven Ashworth (16.2 ppg), grad forward Taylor Funk (12.8 ppg), grad forward Dan Akin (12.1 ppg), junior guard Max Shulga (12.1 ppg) and senior guard Sean Bairstow (10.5 ppg). 
 
• Utah State is 20-1 this season and 36-3 under head coach Ryan Odom when scoring at least 75 points. USU is 12-0 this season and 20-0 under Odom when scoring at least 75 points at home. 
 
• Utah State has scored at least 80 points in 14 of its games, including a season-high 106 points against Westminster. Utah State is 39-10 under Odom when scoring at least 70 points. USU is a perfect 26-0 under Odom when scoring at least 80 points.
 
• Utah State has recorded all but four of its victories under Odom (37-8) when winning the battle of the boards. USU has won the rebounding battle in all but eight games this season. In total, Utah State has outrebounded opponents 1,062-936 this season.
 
• Utah State is 22nd in the NCAA NET rankings (as of March 3) and is ranked 26th by KenPom. Overall, USU is 0-4 in Quad 1 games, 7-1 in Quad 2, 13-0 in Quad 3 and 2-2 in Quad 4. 
 
• Utah State erased a 21-point deficit in its 75-66 home victory against Nevada. According to available records, it was the largest comeback victory in program history. The win is tied for the ninth largest comeback win in the nation this season.
 
• Utah State has been without its starting point guard in senior Rylan Jones for 14-straight games after he left the game at Boise State on Jan. 7, due to an injury. Jones had also missed three games earlier in the season due to an injury. Despite appearing in less than half of the games this season, Jones is still third on the team in assists per game (3.3) and fifth in total assists (43). He has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.69 and leads Utah State in charges drawn (14).
 
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