• Utah State men's basketball continues Mountain West play as it returns home to Dee Glen Smith Spectrum to take on UNLV on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 9 p.m.

• The Aggies enter the contest 15-2 and 6-1 in league play, currently sitting second in the Mountain West standings. 

• USU is coming off of its first conference loss and just its second loss of the season after falling at Grand Canyon 84-74 on Saturday. 

• The Aggies rank No. 9 in the nation in field goal percentage at .516.

• Individually, senior guard MJ Collins Jr. leads the MW in field goal percentage (.549) and ranks 15th in the country in 3-point percentage (.442). He also leads the league in scoring average at 19.6 points per game, scoring 20-plus points nine times this year. 

• USU currently ranks No. 21 in the NET Rankings, and is No. 25 in KenPom. The Aggies are the highest-ranked team from the MW in the NET Rankings, and are one of eight squads from the league ranked in the top 100. 

• Junior guard Mason Falslev ranks 15th in the nation in steals per game with 2.47. He is one of just six players in the country averaging at least 15 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals per game.

• Utah State currently ranks in th e top 55 in the nation in several major statistical categories, including field goal percentage (9th - .516), scoring margin (13th - +17.6), steals (14th - 9.8), winning percentage (18th - .882), assists (19th - 18.1), turnover margin (24th - +3.8), turnovers forced (27th - 15.24), 3-point percentage (29th - .376), fastbreak points (30th - 15.65), assist/turnover ratio (33rd - 1.59), scoring offense (38th - 85.3), field goal percentage defense (42nd - .405), scoring defense (46th - 67.7), bench points (51st - 30.06) and rebounding margin (53rd - +5.9).

• Tuesday's game will be the 53rd all-time meeting between Utah State and UNLV. The Rebels lead the all-time series 35-17, though USU has won eight of the past nine and 12 of the past 15 meetings, including seven-straight wins over the Rebels in Logan.