• Utah State enters the week 19-3 and is 9-2 in Mountain West play. The team's .864 winning percentage is tied for the sixth-best in Division I basketball this season, behind only Auburn (.952 - 20-1), Drake (.909 - 20-2), Duke (.905 - 19-2), Saint Mary's (.870 - 20-3) and UC Irvine (.870 - 20-3), and tied with Alabama and St. John's. Just nine teams have 19 or more wins, and just 11 teams have three or fewer losses.
• The Aggies are currently second in the Mountain West standings, behind New Mexico. Wyoming is tied for seventh.
• USU's 19-2 start to MW play is tied for its best 11-game start since joining the league. The other Aggie team to start 9-2 was in 2020-21.
• Aggie head coach
Jerrod Calhoun has won 19 of his first 22 games at the helm of the program. His 19 wins are the second-most most among first-year head coaches in Division I this season.
• Sophomore guard
Mason Falslev is one of three players in the country this season to have totaled at least 52 steals and 137 rebounds.
• Fifth year guard
Ian Martinez ranks in the top-10 in the Mountain West in scoring average, assist/turnover ratio, free throw percentage, free throws made and 3-point field goals made. He has scored in double-figures in all 22 games this year.
• In 18 of Utah State's 22 games this season, the Aggie bench has outscored that of its opponent for a combined total of 667-405. USU's 30.32 bench points rank 20th in the nation.
• Utah State ranks fifth in the nation with 18.7 assists per game. The program record for a season is 18.0 in 2021-22. The team's assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.69 ranks fifth nationally. On the season, USU has 412 total assists with just 244 turnovers.
• The Aggies are 8-1 away from home this year, five of those wins coming in true road games.
• This will be the 91st all-time meeting between Utah State and Wyoming, a series which began in 1930. The Cowboys lead the series 52-38, including a 31-10 record over the Aggies in Laramie. USU has won five-straight and 11 of the past 13 meetings, including a 70-67 win earlier this year in Logan.