• Utah State men's basketball continues Mountain West play as it hosts San Diego State at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Saturday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m.
• This game features the top two teams in the Mountain West standings, San Diego State currently leading the league at 9-1 in conference play, Utah State a game back at 8-2.
• Utah State currently ranks No. 25 in the NET Rankings, and is No. 30 in KenPom. The Aggies are the highest-ranked team from the MW in the NET Rankings, and are one of seven squads from the league ranked in the top 100.
• USU has received votes or been ranked in 10 of the 12 AP Polls, and in 10 of 13 Coaches Polls this season. This week, the team received two votes in each poll.
• The Aggies rank No. 8 in the nation in field goal percentage at .514.
• Individually, senior guard MJ Collins Jr. leads the league in scoring average at 19.0 points per game, scoring 20-plus points 10 times this year. He ranks second in the MW in field goal percentage (.529) and ranks 34th in the country in 3-point percentage (.416).
• Junior guard Mason Falslev ranks 20th in the nation in steals per game with 2.40. As a team, the Aggies rank 13h in steals per game with 9.6.
• Utah State currently ranks in th e top 55 in the nation in several major statistical categories, including field goal percentage (8th - .514), steals (13th - 9.6), turnover margin (13th - +4.4), scoring margin (13th - +16.3), scoring margin (13th - +16.3), assists (17th - 18.3), winning percentage (19th - .850), turnovers forced (22nd - 15.25), assist/turnover ratio (22nd - 1.68), fastbreak points (25th - 15.70), bench points (42nd - 30.25), scoring offense (44th - 84.3), 3-point percentage (46th - .367), scoring defense (48th - 68.0) and field goal percentage defense (51st - .411).
• Saturday's game will be the 33rd all-time meeting between Utah State and San Diego State. The Aztecs lead the all-time series 20-12, though USU has won three of the past four while the past 18 meetings have been split evenly 9-9. Last year, the Aggies swept SDSU. In Logan, USU is 7-5 all-time against San Diego State with wins in five of the past six.
