• Utah State is off to a 16-2 start and is 6-1 in Mountain West play. The team's .889 winning percentage is tied for the third-best in Division I this season, behind only Auburn and UC Irvine. Just 11 teams have 16 or more wins, while just nine have two or fewer losses.
• At 6-1, the Aggies sit at second in the MW standings, just a half game back of New Mexico.
• Aggie head coach Jerrod Calhoun has won 16 of his first 18 games at the helm of the program. His 16 wins are the most among first-year head coaches in Division I this season.
• After spending the past two weeks ranked in the AP Top 25, USU fell just outside the rankings this week. The Aggies are the second team out of the poll, receiving 38 votes. Utah State also received 26 votes in the USA Today Coaches poll, the fifth team outside the rankings.
• The Aggies are 9-1 at home this year, and have won 37 of their past 41 games in the Spectrum spanning back to the 2022-23 season.
• USU currently holds a 7-2 record against Quad 1 and Quad 2 opponents. Only 10 teams in the country have more combined Q1 and Q2 wins.
• Utah State opened the season 16-1 for the second-straight year. The Aggies opened the year with a program-best 10-straight wins.
• This season, 63.5 percent (333-of-522) of Utah State's made shots have been assisted on. This is the ninth best assist percentage of any team in the country.
• USU is 11-0 this year when out-rebounding its opponent, and 10-0 when shooting better from the free throw line than its opponent.
• Utah State ranks in the top 50 in the nation in several major statistical categories, including winning percentage (3rd - .889), assists (8th - 18.5), field goal percentage (17th - .492), scoring margin (19th - +14.1), assist/turnover ratio (20th - 1.61), fastbreak points (30th - 14.61), bench points (36th - 29.11), scoring offense (36th - 82.1), turnover margin (36th - +3.2), steals (38th - 8.8) and turnovers forced (43rd - 14.72).
• This will be the 69th all-time meeting between Utah State and Nevada, a series which began in 1935. The Aggies lead the series 42-26, including a 24-7 record over the Wolf Pack in Logan. The Aggies have won seven of the past 10 meetings, including a 69-64-win in Reno earlier this season.
