LOGAN, Utah – Utah State women's basketball opened the 2026-27 season with a 61-45 win over Westminster on Monday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Freshman foward
Nicole Ogun and sophomore center
Sami Mancini led the way, both beginning their Aggie careers with double-doubles.
Ogun led the scoring attack with 19 points on a 9-of-16 shooting night alongside 11 rebounds, three steals, two blocks and two assists. Mancini posted 12 points and registered a team-high 13 rebounds, also tying for the team lead with three assists.
Senior guards
Lisa Thompson and
Kylani Rookstool added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Thompson also tied for the team lead in assists with three alongside Mancini while Rookstool added two assists and a steal.
The Aggies led for the majority of the contest, using a 9-1 run in the first quarter to take control. Thompson anchored the run with a pair of layups before capping the run with an assist to Ogun. After leading by as many as seven points early in the second quarter, Westminster responded with a 12-6 to cut the lead to one. In the final minutes of the first half, Ogun scored five points to preserve USU's lead while buckets from Mancini and sophomore guard
Aitana Rosello Lopez pushed the Aggies' advantage to 33-26 entering halftime.
Three-straight buckets from USU extended the lead to double digits in the third quarter as Thompson, Ogun and redshirt freshman
Mirembe Twehamye Montanana scored in the opening minutes of the half. The Aggies' lead was little threatened for the remainder of the contest. Utah State's defense held the Griffins to only six points on 2-of-17 shooting in the final frame. Rookstool added a pair of made field goals while Ogun and junior forward
Macie Brown also added buckets to help the Aggies coast to the final buzzer for a 61-45 victory.
Utah State shot 41.1 percent (23-of-56) for the game and outscored Westminster in points in the paint 40-22. USU also rebounded the Griffins 46-40 and held a 14-1 edge in bench scoring. The Aggies held Westminster to only 27.9 percent (17-of-61) from the floor and 18.2 percent (4-of-22) from behind the arc.
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