LOGAN, Utah – Utah State women's basketball concludes its 2024-25 home schedule this week, hosting San José State on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 5 p.m., before celebrating Senior Day against Nevada on Saturday, March 1, at 2 p.m.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
All conference games will be available to watch on the Mountain West Network. Radio coverage for all games will be provided on 107.7 FM and the Varsity Network, 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.
 
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR
Utah State will honor three seniors in advance of Saturday's game against Nevada. The Aggies will be celebrating the careers of Cheyenne Stubbs, Samiana Suguturaga and Allyzee Verdan prior to facing the Wolf Pack.
 
LET IT FLY - PART ONE
Utah State has made 223 3-pointers this season, already the second-most for a single season in program history. The Aggies trail only the 2012-13 campaign's program record 247 3-pointers made as a team. USU is currently averaging 8.3 3-pointers per game and is on pace to tie the program record in the final game of the regular season. Last game, Utah State also surpassed the program record for 3-point attempts with 793 attempts from behind the arc this season, surpassing the 2012-13 team's mark of 752 3-point attempts. 
 
ON THE LEADERBOARD
Now with 52 career games in an Aggie uniform under her belt, Cheyenne Stubbs has qualified for the career scoring average leaderboard at Utah State. Stubbs' scoring average of 15.7 points per game in an Aggie uniform ranks fourth all-time in program history behind only Funda Nakkasoglu (19.2), April Hatch (17.2) and Sharon Epps (17.2).
 
With a fastbreak layup earlier this season, senior guard Cheyenne Stubbs reached the 1,000-point mark for her career. Stubbs has scored 817 points in an Aggie uniform after totaling 358 in two seasons at Canisius prior to coming to Utah State, a grand total of 1,175 points during her collegiate career.
 
AGGIES VS EVERYONE
Utah State leads the all-time series against San José State, 21-17, and won the most recent matchup, 70-64, earlier this season in San José. The win was USU's second straight in the series. Utah State is 12-5 against the Spartans at home but have lost each of the past three. The road team has won five of the past six games. The Aggies won 10 straight against SJSU from 2008 through 2012. The two sides played only once as non-conference foes back in 1980 and have met only once in the postseason, resulting in a 99-85 Spartan win in the opening round of the MW Tournament in 2015.
 
USU and Nevada will play for the 42nd time on Saturday. Utah State holds a 21-20 edge in the series, but lost the most recent meeting, 78-69, earlier this season in Reno. The two sides have met 38 times since 2005 as conference foes in the WAC and MW, with the series tied at 19 wins apiece during that time. USU and UNR have met in the conference tournament on three occasions, with the Aggies winning in 2016 and 2012 but falling in 2007. Utah State is 12-6 against Nevada at home, but has lost the past two.
 
IN A VARIETY OF WAYS
The Aggies have had seven different players lead the team in scoring this season, with Cheyenne Stubbs leading the way with a total of 14 games as the team's leading scorer. Junior guard Jamisyn Heaton is second with four games leading the Aggies in scoring. Freshman guard/forward Taliyah Logwood has now led the team in scoring on three occasions after doing so in both games last week. Junior guard Mia Tarver and freshman guard Elise Livingston have each led the team twice, while freshman guards Carlie Latta and Denae Skelton have each led the team in scoring on one occasion this season.
 
USU has five different players averaging at least 8.0 points per game this season: Jamisyn Heaton (8.9 ppg), Carlie Latta (8.2), Taliyah Logwood (9.4), Cheyenne Stubbs (15.2) and Mia Tarver (9.0). Utah State has never had five players average 8.0 points per game or more over a full season, and has had even four such players only eight times in program history.
 
LET IT FLY - PART TWO
Utah State is currently first in the MW and 30th nationally with 8.3 made 3-pointers per game. The Aggies also rank first in the MW and sixth in the nation with 29.4 attempts from 3-point range per game this season. USU's three-point rate (the number of 3-point attempts relative to a team's total field goal attempts) of 41.7 percent also ranks first in the MW and ninth in the nation. 
 
The Aggies have 11 players averaging at least one 3-point attempt per game (Banks, Heaton, Johnson, Latta, Livingston, Logwood, Skelton, Smith, Stubbs, Tarver, and Ward), tying for the third-most such players in the country. 
 
I AM SPEED
The Aggies currently rank as the fastest team in the Mountain West, averaging 74.9 possessions per 40 minutes. New Mexico ranks second in the MW with 73.9 possessions per 40 minutes.
 
FRESHMAN PHENOM
Freshman guard/forward Taliyah Logwood was named the MW Freshman of the Week after returning from injury to spearhead USU's 70-64 win at San José State. The freshman from Richmond, California, posted career-highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds, recording her first career double-double. Logwood scored 10 of Utah State's 21 points in the first quarter, including going 2-of-2 from 3-point range. Logwood also tied for the team lead with two steals in the game.
 
Logwood's double-double is only the 11th by an Aggie freshman in program history, and the first since Shannon Dufficy recorded five during in 2016-17.
 
YOUNG & UNAFRAID
Utah State is tied for first the nation with four freshmen who are averaging at least 5.0 points per game this season: Carlie Latta (8.2 ppg), Elise Livingston (6.0 ppg), Taliyah Logwood (9.4 ppg) and Denae Skelton (5.1 ppg). Youngstown State, Evansville and Tennessee State also boast four freshmen averaging over 5.0 points per game this year.
 
WITH THE ASSIST
Utah State has already registered 20 games this season with double-digit assists, far surpassing last year's mark of 12 such games. The Aggies are averaging 11.5 assists per game this season, over two-and-a-half more assists per game than last year, the second-biggest improvement among teams in the Mountain West.
 
Latta set a new career-high with six assists in USU's home outing against Air Force, her third game this season with five or more assists. Latta is the only the fifth Aggie freshman with at least three games of 5+ assists in program history, and the first since both Eliza West and Shannon Dufficy did so in 2016-17. 
 
3J LATTA
Freshman guard Carlie Latta was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week after posting a career-high 19 points against Colorado State. Latta shot 8-of-12 from the field, incluidng 3-of-5 from deep, and added four rebounds, two assists and a steal. Latta scored seven unanswered points on her own in the final minute of the first half to help the Aggies erase a double-digit deficit in the contest. Latta's 19 points were the most by an Aggie freshman since the 2016-17 season when Shannon Dufficy scored 21 at Arizona and Olivia West also recorded 19 points against New Mexico. This is also Utah State's first weekly award of any kind from the MW since March of 2022.
 
Later against Fresno State, Latta came through in the clutch at the end of the regulation, hitting three free throws with under one second remaining to force overtime.
 
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
Stubbs is currently fifth in the Mountain West with 17.4 points per game during conference play, and is sixth in the conference with 2.1 made 3s per game. Stubbs also ranks ninth in the league during MW play among players with five made field goals per game with a field goal percentage of 41.6 percent, and is second in the conference with 35.5 minutes per game. Freshman guard Carlia Latta also ranks fourth in the league with 34.7 minutes per game. Junior guard Jamisyn Heaton ranks 10th in the league with 2.1 offensive rebounds per game, and is one of only two guards in the conference averaging at least 2.0 offensive rebounds per game over the full season. Junior guard Mia Tarver ranks fifth during conference play with 2.0 steals per game.
 
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 is currently third in the MW with 2.2 steals per game on the full season. As a team, the Aggies also rank second in the Mountain West with 8.9 steals per contest.
 
BLOCK PARTY
Last year, Gracie Johnson became 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 61 for her career, needing only six more to break into the top-10 all-time at Utah State.
 
DOUBLE DOWN
Utah State has recorded four double-doubles on the season. Sene recorded USU's most recent double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds against Fresno State. Logwood recorded her first career double-double in USU's last time out against San Jose State, finishing with career-highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds. Heaton recorded her first career double-double against Omaha, finishing with 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Aggies. Stubbs posted Utah State's first double-double of the season, recording her third career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds against CSUN. 
 
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. USU is averaging 12.5 more 3-point field goal attempts per game this season compared to last, the largest year-over-year jump in the nation. The Aggies also are averaging 9.8 more field goal attempts per game (second in nation), 3.4 more made 3-pointers per game (sixth in nation) and have a 14.4 percent increase in 3-point rate over last season (second in nation). USU is averaging 2.4 more steals per game than last season (first in MW), 8.2 more points per game (first in MW), 4.4 more possessions per game (first in MW), 4.1 more forced turnovers per game (first in MW), and 3.5 more made field goals per game (first in MW).
 
FROM DOWNTOWN AND AT HEIGHT
Sophomore forward Gracie Johnson is one of just two full-time players in the country this season standing 6-foot-5 or taller and shooting over 35.0 percent on at least one 3-point attempt per game, joining Miami (FL)'s Natalija Marshall. Since 1981-82, there have been only 38 instances across 25 players 6-5 or taller who have shot 35.0 percent or better on at least one 3-point attempt per game over a full season at the Division-I level, and only two such instances in MW history (Mallory McGwire, Boise State, in 2019-20 and 2020-21).
 
AROUND THE (NATION) IN (34) DAYS
The Aggies returned to the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Wednesday, Dec. 18, to host UC Riverside, a full 34 days since the team's previous home outing against Cal State Bakersfield on Nov. 14. Utah State's 34 days between home games 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. 
 
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. 
 
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.
 
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.
 
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).
 
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. 
 
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. 
 
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. 
 
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.
 
Tickets
Tickets for the 2024-25 schedule are available now. Fans can purchase their tickets here or by calling the USU Ticket Office at (435) 797-0305.
 
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