LOGAN, Utah – Utah State men's basketball (4-0, 0-0 Pac-12) used a historic shooting performance to remain perfect on the season and earn another dominant victory, netting a program-record-tying 21 3-pointers in a 120-82 victory over UC San Diego Friday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
After scoring 118 points on Tuesday night against Utah Tech, which was the seventh-most points in a game in program history, the Aggies topped that offensive output tonight with 120, now the sixth-most in program history. Now, four games into the season, the Aggies have four 30-plus point victories.
Leading the way for Utah State on a prolific offensive night was senior guard Mason Falslev, who had a prolific scoring night of his own with a career-high 33 points. Falslev connected on 12 of his 16 shots, including three of five from behind the 3-point arc, while also matching his career high of 12 rebounds and tacking on four assists, a block and a steal.
The Aggies laid it on from the opening tip, knocking down 15 of their 21 triples in the opening half, including a 3-pointer from Falslev just 11 seconds in. It took less than four minutes for Utah State to take a 17-point lead, using a 16-0 run to go up 22-5 before the first media timeout.
As triples continued to fall, the USU lead continued to grow throughout the half, taking a 39-point advantage into the halftime locker room up 73-34. Through the first 20 minutes, Utah State shot 71.4 percent from 3-point range, hitting 15 of its 21 attempts. Defensively, it limited the visitors to just 36 percent (12-of-33) shooting from the floor in the stanza.
The Aggies continued to pile on in the second half, stretching their lead to as many as 48 points, before finally cooling off from outside.
For the second-straight game, multiple USU players scored 20-plus points as junior guard Solomon Callaghan joined Falslev with a season-best 22 points. He was responsible for five triples in 10 attempts. He's now scored in double figures in every game this season.
Senior forward Karson Templin had his best scoring outing of the season with 16 points to go along with six boards, three assists and a steal. Graduate guard Dallin Hall followed his 35-point night against Utah Tech on Tuesday with a 15 point showing tonight, while also tallying five assists.
Utah State took advantage of turnovers throughout the night, turning 13 Triton giveaways into 27 points on the other end. Meanwhile, the Aggies recorded 24 assists with just nine turnovers of their own, surrendering just five points off of those turnovers. Junior forward Will Hornseth led the way for USU with three steals, to go along with his 12 points, four boards and two assists.
USU also had a strong advantage on the glass, outrebounding UC San Diego 38-26.
Along with all five starters scoring in double-figures, junior guard AJ Bates came in off the bench to tack on 10 points, along with five boards and six assists in 18 minutes of action.
Utah State finished the game shooting 61.8 percent (42-of-68) from the field, 55.3 percent (21-of-38) from 3-point range and 83.3 percent (15-of-18) at the free throw line. UC San Diego shot 44.8 percent (30-of-67) from the floor, 39.4 percent (13-of-33) from deep and 81.8 percent (9-of-11) at the charity stripe.
UP NEXT
Utah State will continue its 2026-27 nonconference campaign this week as it hosts Weber State on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed on the Pac-12's YouTube page.
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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