LOGAN, Utah – Utah State women's basketball returns to the Beehive State to take on Utah on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Wednesday's game against Utah will be available for streaming on ESPN+. Radio coverage for all games will be provided on 107.7 FM, with Ajay Salvesen on the call. Links to live stats for all games will be available on utahstateaggies.com, while updates will also be provided through the team's social media outlets.
 
AGGIES VS EVERYONE
Utah State will play Utah for the 38th time in program history and the first time since 2017. After USU won the first two matchups in the series in 1975, the Utes won the following 26 meetings. The Aggies snapped the skid with a 67-58 home victory on Nov. 13, 2009. Following three Ute home victories, USU again won at home against Utah, 77-61, on Nov. 19, 2013. Utah has won the past four games in the series: two in Salt Lake City and two in Logan. The Aggies are 27-97 against current Big 12 teams, with an 18-23 mark against non-BYU and Utah teams.
 
HOME OF THE JAZZ
Wednesday will be the first time in program history the Aggies have ever played at the Delta Center and the first time that the team will play in an NBA arena.
 
ON THE UPSWING
Utah State ranks at the top of the Mountain West and near the top of the nation in several year-over-year improvements from the 2023-24 season. This season, the Aggies are averaging 10.8 more points per game than last year, the largest jump in the MW. USU also has stolen 6.6 more steals per game and forced 8.7 more turnovers per game this season than last, both the largest jump among MW teams and the fourth-largest jump in the nation. Other year-over-year improvements from the Aggies include 10.4 more possessions per game (first in MW, fifth in nation), 12.9 more field goal attempts per game (first in MW, third in nation), 3.7 more made field goals per game (first in MW), 4.1 more made 3-point field goals per game (first in MW, fifth in nation), 15.6 more 3-point attempts per game (first in MW, second in nation) and a 16.1 percent increase in 3-point rate (first in MW, second in nation).
 
I AM SPEED
The Aggies currently rank as the fastest team in the Mountain West and the ninth-fastest in the nation, averaging 80.9 possessions per 40 minutes. New Mexico ranks second in the MW with 73.8 possessions per 40 minutes, while Niagara currently leads the nation with 87.6 possessions per 40 minutes. 
 
FOUR OF A KIND
USU currently has four Aggies averaging double figures in scoring, led by senior guard Cheyenne Stubbs with 12.6 points per game. Junior guards Jamisyn Heaton and Mia Tarver rank second and third, respectively, with 11.4 and 10.5 points per contest. Freshman guard Taliyah Logwood is adding 10.1 points per game to start the season. This would be only the fifth time in program history that four players have averaged double figures in scoring, and the first time since the 2011-12 season when Ashlee Brown, Devyn Christensen, Brooke Jackson and Maddy Plunkett achieved the feat.
 
LET IT FLY
Utah State is currently sixth in the nation with 32.5 attempts from 3-point range per game this season. The Aggies also rank in a tie for 26th nationally with 9.0 made 3-pointers per game. USU's 3-point rate (the number of 3-point attempts relative to a team's total field goal attempts) of 43.5 percent also ranks first in the MW and 10th nationally. Colorado State ranks second in the MW with 40.4 percent and Denver ranks first nationally with a 3-point rate of 47.7 percent. Individually, Tarver ranks second in the Mountain West with a 37.0 percent mark from 3-point territory. Over her past three games, Tarver has gone 11-of-22 (50.0 percent) on shots from behind the arc.
 
STOLEN GOODS
Mia Tarver came away with a career-high seven steals against CSUN, a feat only accomplished 28 times previously by a total of 19 players in school history. Only four players have recorded at least seven steals in on game since the program's reinstatement in 2003 (Elise Nelson twice, Alice Coddington twice, Jenna Johnson, Danyelle Snelgro). Tarver's seven steals are tied for the 14th-most all-time for a single game at Utah State. Tarver currently ranks third in the MW with 2.6 steals per game. Logwood and Stubbs rank close behind at fifth and sixth in the MW, respectively, with 2.4 and 2.3 steals per game. As a team, the Aggies have been a steals machine to start the season, ranking 22nd nationally and first in the Mountain West with 13.1 steals per contest.
 
HEATON UP
Junior guard Jamisyn Heaton recorded her first career double-double against Omaha, finishing with 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Aggies. Utah State has two double-doubles on the season as Stubbs recorded her third career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds against CSUN.
 
AROUND THE (NATION) IN (34) DAYS
Following Utah State's game against Cal State Bakersfield in the Spectrum on Nov. 14, the Aggies hit the road for their next eight games. In total, USU will have 34 days before their next home game against UC Riverside on Dec. 18. This gap is the sixth-longest in the nation this season, ranking behind Columbia (47 days), UC Irvine (46), Texas A&M-Commerce (45), Stephen F. Austin (40) and William & Mary (35). By total road and neutral games played between home games, Utah State's eight games is tied for the longest streak in the nation alongside Stephen F. Austin. 
 
STARTER JACKETS
Utah State returns two full-time starters from last year in senior guards Cheyenne Stubbs and Ivory Finley. The Aggies also return a further two players with starting experience. Senior guard/forward Samiana Suguturaga started the final 13 games of the 2023-24 season, while senior forward Allyzee Verdan made nine total starts on the year, including each of the last seven games.
 
INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS
Last season, Stubbs put up one of the top-scoring seasons in program history. Stubbs finished the season with 482 points, passing Devyn Christensen (2011-12) and Ashlee Brown (2011-12) to move into eighth all-time at USU. 
 
                Rk          Player                                 Year                     Points
                6.            Funda Nakkasoglu     2014-15              504
                7.            April Hatch                      1983-84             487
                8.            Cheyenne Stubbs     2023-24             482
                9.            Ashlee Brown                 2011-12              468
                10.         Devyn Christensen     2011-12              467
 
Stubbs' average of 16.1 points per game narrowly missed the all-time top-10 at USU. However, Stubbs did break into the top-10 in several other categories for a single season, including 3-pointers made (fifth, 59) and attempted (fourth, 174). Stubbs led the Aggies in scoring in 22 games on the year, the most times as USU's leading scorer in a single season since Funda Nakkasoglu had 25 team-leading outings in 2015-16. 
 
EN FUEGO
Stubbs recorded a pair of 30-point games in 2023-24, becoming just the 19th player in program history to ever top the 30-point plateau, and only the 12th to do so in multiple games. Stubbs posted a career-high 32 points in Utah State's win at Nevada on Jan. 31, going 10-of-24 shooting (.417) from the floor, 2-of-8 shooting (.250) from 3-point range and 10-of-14 shooting (.714) from the charity stripe. Against UNLV, Stubbs also finished with 30 points on 7-15 shooting (.467), including a 5-9 performance from deep (.556), and went (11-14) from the free throw line. She is just the 10th Aggie with multiple 30-point games in the same season. In total, Utah State has seen 48 games in which an Aggie has hit 30 points or more. Stubbs' 32 points against Nevada are tied for the 20th-most in a game in Aggie history. 
 
BLOCK PARTY
Utah State freshman forward Gracie Johnson is one of just four players in program history to have three games with five or more blocks in a season. Additionally, she became just the second freshman to ever do so, joining all-time program block leader Deja Mason. With eight blocks against Boise State, Johnson tied the all-time program record for blocks in a single game. Johnson finished the season with 36 blocks and now has 43 for her career, needing only 24 more to break into the top-10 all-time at Utah State.
 
KEEP AN EYE ON THIS
Senior guard Cheyenne Stubbs needs only 13 more appearances to qualify for Utah State's all-time career socring average list (50 games minimum). Stubbs' current scoring average of 15.4 points per game in an Aggie uniform would rank fourth all-time in program history.
 
TOP SCORERS
Utah State returns its top scorer from 25 of 31 games last season, including the team's exhibition. Stubbs led the Aggies with 22 games as the leading scorer last season, while each of senior forrward Allyzee Verdan, senior guard/forward Samiana Suguturaga and senior guard Ivory Finley each recorded one game as USU's leading scorer.
 
WELL-TRAVELED
Utah State has players from eight different states on its roster, plus three international players in senior forward Allyzee Verdan (French Guiana), junior forward/center Sophie Sene (France) and freshman guard Denae Skelton (Canada). This is the most international players on USU's roster since fielding four such players in 2019-20. Utah (four) and Idaho (three) are the only states from which multiple Aggies hail. This is the first time Utah has been the most populous state on USU's roster since the 2021-22 season.
 
TRUE BLUE AGGIES
This year's team has a pair of players with family ties to Utah State. Senior guard/forward Samiana Suguturaga is the daughter of former Aggie football player Jay Suguturaga, who played tight end at USU from 2000-01. Additionally, sophomore forward Gracie Johnson's older brother, Isaac, is currently a junior on the Utah State men's basketball team. Johnson's father, Darren, played for the USU men's team in 1990-91, while her grandfather, Ronald, also played at Utah State. 
 
NEW TEAM, WHO DIS?
The Aggies welcome 10 newcomers to the 2024-25 squad. Utah State brings in three transfers in juniors Sophie Sene (Rhode Island), Mia Tarver (Salt Lake CC) and Jamisyn Heaton (College of Southern Idaho). USU brings in a total of seven freshmen, including Ava Smith (Camas, Washington), Denae Skelton (West Kelowna, B.C., Canada), Riley Ward (Preston, Idaho), Carlie Latta (Paul, Idaho), Karlie Banks (Laclede, Idaho), Elise Livingston (Millville, Utah) and Taliyah Logwood (Richmond, California).
 
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
Several players have family ties to athletes who have played at the collegiate level, with several also playing professionally. Freshman guard/foward Taliyah Logwood has a pair of cousins in Brian Johnson and Raelon Singleton who each played football at Utah, with Brian Johnson also now serving as an assistant head coach and passing game coordinator for the Washington Commanders of the NFL. Freshman guard Elise Livingston's sister, Erin, played volleyball for four years at BYU and signed with the Las Vegas Thrill of the Pro Volleyball Federation.  Freshman guard Ava Smith's father, Matthew, played football and won an NAIA Division II national title at Central Washington University. Freshman guard Denae Skelton's brother, Kaeden, played basketball for the University of British Columbia in Okanagan. Freshman guard Carlie Latta's sister, Aubrie Vale, played basketball at Westminster in 2019. Both senior guard/forward Samiana Suguturaga and sophomore forward Gracie Johnson have aforementioned ties to Utah State, while Johnson also has an older brother, Spencer, who played basketball at BYU.
 
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.
 
Season Tickets
Season tickets for the 2024-25 schedule are available now. Fans can make a deposit to save their seat here or by calling the USU Ticket Office at (435) 797-0305.
 
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