• Utah State men's basketball hits the road for back-to-back games, beginning this weekend when it travels to Reno, Nevada, to face Nevada on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. (MT).
• The Aggies sit atop the Mountain West standings, currently at 13-2 in league play with five games left to play.
• Utah State currently ranks No. 22 in the NET Rankings, and is No. 23 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.
• USU has received votes or been ranked in 12 of the 14 AP Polls, and in 12 of 15 USA Today Coaches Polls this season. This week, the team received 45 votes in the AP Poll and 20 votes in the coaches poll.
• The Aggies have won eight-straight games, their second eight-game winning streak of the season. USU's .885 winning percentage is tied for ninth in the nation.
• The final five games in Mountain West play for Utah State are against the teams currently ranked two through six in the Mountain West standings. All five are Quad 1 or Quad 2 games.
• Utah State has won 20-plus games for the 35th time in program history. The team has now hit that mark in four-straight and seven of the past eight seasons.
• Freshman guard Elijah Perryman earned MW Freshman of the Week honors after averaging 13.0 points, 8.0 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game last week.
• Senior guard MJ Collins Jr. and junior guard Mason Falslev have been two of the top scorers in the Mountain West, each ranking in the top 10 in both scoring and shooting percentage. USU is the only team in the MW with two players averaging at least 15 points per game.
• Saturday's game will be the 71st all-time meeting between Utah State and Nevada, the 10th most-played rivalry in USU history. All-time, the Aggies are 44-26 against the Wolf Pack, including wins in nine of the past 12 meetings. When the teams met earlier this year in Logan, Utah State earned a 75-56 victory.
