OPENING TIPS
• Utah State has recorded 33 20-plus win seasons, the second-most by any program in the Mountain West behind UNLV (37) and ahead of New Mexico (30), Wyoming (24), Fresno State (21), San Diego State (20), Boise State (17), Nevada (17), Colorado State (13), Air Force (3) and San José State (3).
 
• Utah State is 9-6 (.600) in Mountain West road games during the last two seasons, tying San Diego State (9-6) for the best road record in the MW over the last two years.
 
• Head coach Danny Sprinkle was named the recipient of the Jim Phelan Award Mid-Season honors on Jan. 4. 
 
• Utah State junior wing Great Osobor has been named to the 2023-24 Lute Olson Award Mid-Season Watch List and is one of the top 10 candidates for the 2024 Karl Malone Award.
 
• Utah State ranks in the top 50 in the nation in several categories, including defensive 3-point field goal percentage (.286, 8th), field goal percentage (.498, 10th), assists per game (17.00, 22nd), scoring margin (+11.80, 25th), scoring offense (81.08, 31st), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.49, 36th) and rebounding margin (+5.28, 45th).
 
• Graduate senior guard Darius Brown II ranks sixth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.73) and assists per game (6.56), while he is 50th in minutes played per game (35.29).
 
• Junior wing Great Osobor ranks in the top 50 in the nation in field goal percentage (.585, 27th), rebounds per game (9.04, 46th) and defensive rebounds per game (6.32, 49th).
 
• Utah State is 19-1 this season when scoring at least 70 points. 
 
• 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 State. 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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