LOGAN, Utah – Utah State men's basketball (3-0, 0-0 Pac-12) posted its seventh highest-scoring performance in program history on Tuesday night, going off in a 118-86 victory over Utah Tech at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum led by a career-best 35-point performance from graduate guard Dallin Hall.
In what was the 400th career victory for Aggie head coach Ben Jacobson, he coached the highest-scoring game of his 21-year career. In his first year with the Utah State program, Jacobson became one of just 28 active head coaches in the country with 400 or more wins at the Division I level.
This was the highest-scoring performance by a Utah State team since 2019 (129 points vs Eastern Oregon) and the team's second-highest scoring performance since 1986.
The Aggies were remarkably efficient, recording 22 assists and recording just two turnovers in the contest. This was the lowest turnover total by a Utah State team according to available records (since at least the 2004-05 season). USU is also one of just two teams in all of Division I basketball during that same span to score 118 points with two or fewer turnovers.
Hall, in his fifth year of college basketball, went for a career-high 35 points on an extremely efficient 12-of-16 shooting from the floor, 7-of-9 shooting from 3-point range and 4-of-5 shooting at the free throw line. He scored 21 points in the second half alone. Hall also brought down five boards and led the team with seven assists, while playing 31 minutes.
Hall's backcourt mate, senior guard Mason Falslev, also showed up big for USU as he went for 24 points with seven boards, five assists and a steal.
Falslev was the spark plug for the Aggies early, scoring 12 of Utah State's first 18 points and totaling 17 points in the first half. He helped jump start USU, as the team led for nearly 38 minutes in the contest.
After a strong first half in which Utah State scored 53 points, the Aggie offense piled it on even more in the second half with 65 points in the final 20 minutes. Junior guard Solomon Callaghan knocked down three 3-pointers in the first four minutes of the half, while as a team, USU hit nine triples after the break.
Callaghan would go on to finish with 18 points, two boards and two steals, shooting 6-of-9 from behind the 3-point arc. This was his third time scoring in double-digits in as many games this year.
Joining Hall, Falslev and Callaghan in double-figures were sophomore wing Kingston Tosi and junior forward Will Hornseth. Tosi finished just shy of a double-double with 15 points, eight boards and three assists, while Hornseth went for 10 points and four rebounds.
The Aggies out-rebounded the Trailblazers 44-37, and out-scored them in the paint 54-38.
Utah State finished the day shooting 48.8 percent (42-of-86) from the field, 42.4 percent (14-of-33) from 3-point range and 87.0 percent (20-of-23) at the free throw line. Utah Tech shot 49.3 percent (34-of-69) from the floor, 29.6 percent (8-of-27) from deep and 83.3 percent (10-of-12) at the charity stripe.
UP NEXT
Utah State will continue its 2026-27 nonconference campaign this week as it hosts UC San Diego on Friday, Nov. 13, at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on The CW.
TICKETS
Season tickets for the 2026-27 Utah State men's basketball season are sold out. Fans interested in attending games can purchase a nonconference pass, which includes all home nonconference games, or single-game tickets, which are on sale now and available for purchase here.
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