Aggie Tip-Off
Utah State women's basketball (5-23, 2-15 MW) wraps up the regular season portion of its 2023-24 campaign with a single game this week as the Aggies host No. 23 UNLV (26-2, 16-1 MW) on Tuesday, March 5, at 6 p.m., inside of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
How to Follow
Radio coverage for all games will be provided on 107.7 FM, with Ajay Salvesen on the call. Live stats and streaming information will be available on utahstateaggies.com, while updates will also be provided through the team's social media outlets.
Scouting the Lady Rebels
• UNLV is 26-2 this season and 16-1 in Mountain West play, ranking No. 23 in the nation in the most recent AP Poll.
• The team has already clinched its third-straight regular season Mountain West title and the top seed in the upcoming Mountain West Championships.
•The Lady Rebels rank 30th in the NET rankings and boast the 18th ranked offense in the nation according to Floyd Analytics.
• Senior center Desi-Rae Young leads the team in both scoring and rebounding this year with 18.9 points and 9.3 boards per game. Junior guard Kiara Jackson averages a team-best 4.6 assists per contest.
•UNLV averages 79.3 points, while allowing 60.1 per game.
Series History
• Utah State and UNLV have met up 35 times in a series dating back to 1975.
• UNLV leads the all-time series 31-4 and has won each of the past 13 meetings. Utah State's last win in the series came in 2017 in Logan.
• The Aggies are 4-10 all-time against the Lady Rebels in Logan.
Last Meeting
• Utah State and UNLV met up in Las Vegas this season on Dec. 30, a 107-68 win for the Lady Rebels.
• In what was the highest scoring output by UNLV this season, the team shot an efficient 51.5 percent (35-of-68) from the floor, led by a 31-point, nine-rebound, four-assist effort from Desi-Rae Young.
• USU junior guard Cheyenne Stubbs went off for 30 points, six rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals in the game. This was her second-highest scoring output of the season.
Last Time Out
• Utah State suffered a loss in its road finale last Wednesday, falling to Air Force 84-46.
• The Aggies struggled to keep pace with an Air Force offense which shot 50.0 percent (32-of-64) from the floor and 42.9 percent (12-of-28) from 3-point range while scoring 20-plus points in all four quarters.
• A pair of career-high efforts weren't enough for USU as junior guard Livia Knapp and senior forward Allyzee Verdan each finished with their best scoring outputs of the season with 10 points apiece. Verdan also went for a career-high nine rebounds.
• Junior guard Cheyenne Stubbs led the Aggies in the scoring column with 11 points.
Into the History Books
• Utah State junior guard Cheyenne Stubbs currently sits just three points from breaking into the top-10 in program history in single season scoring.
• She currently has 454 points, just shy of the 457 points scored by Jennifer Schlott during the 2012-13 season and Ashlee Brown during the 2010-11 season.
Rk Player Year Points
8. Ashlee Brown 2011-12 468
9. Devyn Christensen 2011-12 467
t10. Jennifer Schlott 2012-13 457
t10. Ashlee Brown 2010-11 457
-- Cheyenne Stubbs 2023-24 454
Into the History Books - Pt. II
• Along with the upcoming scoring mark, Stubbs has made her way into the history books in a few other categories this season.
• With 56 made 3-pointers this season, she ranks No. 5 all-time. She needs eight more to pass Ana Pares (2008-09) for fourth.
• Stubbs' 16.2 points per game this season rank just outside the top-10, behind Jill Swainston's 16.8 in 1986-87.
• Stubbs has led Utah State's scoring efforts in 21 games this season, the most by an Aggie player since Funda Nakkasoglu had 25 team-leading outings in 2015-16.
Against the Top 25
Utah State has played 18 games in its program history against AP Top 25 teams, going 0-18 in those contests. The most recent Top 25 matchup came last season when the Aggies fell to No. 24 UNLV 86-32 in Las Vegas.
Tournament Time
The 2024 Mountain West Basketball Championship takes place from Sunday, March 10, through Wednesday, March 13, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The Championship game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
What's The Scenario?
• With just one game remaining in the regular season, Utah State's first round seeding and opponent in the MW Tournament is still up in the air.
• First round games will be held on Sunday, March 10. If the Aggies win against UNLV, they will earn the No. 10 seed in the tournament. With a loss to UNLV, the Aggies would fall to the No. 11 seed.
• As the 10-seed, USU would play at 5:30 p.m. (MT), and would face either San Diego State or Colorado State. As the 11-seed, USU would play at 8 p.m. (MT), and could face any of Colorado State, Nevada, San Diego State or Boise State.
Tournament History
Since joining the Mountain West in 2013-14, Utah State is 6-10 in MW Tournament contests. The team's most recent win came in 2022 when the 9-seed Aggies took down 8-seed Fresno State in the first round.
