• Utah State men's basketball plays the second of back-to-back games when it travels to San Diego, California, to take on San Diego State on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 9 p.m. (MT).

• The Aggies sit atop the Mountain West standings, currently at 13-3 in league play with four games left to play. San Diego State is just behind, tied in second with New Mexico at 12-4. 

• Utah State currently ranks No. 24 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 13 of the 15 AP Polls, and in 13 of 16 USA Today Coaches Polls this season. This week, the team received eight votes in the AP Poll and seven votes in the coaches poll. 

• USU's .852 winning percentage ranks 14th 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.

• 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. 

• Graduate guard Drake Allen and Falslev rank first and second in the league in steals per game, averaging 2.08 and 2.07, respectively. As a team, the Aggies are 18th nationally in steals per game at 9.0.

• Wednesday's game will be the 34th all-time meeting between Utah State and San Diego State. All-time, the Aggies are 13-20 against the Aztecs, though they have won three-straight and four of the past five, while the series has been nearly even at 10-9 since 2019. When the teams met earlier this year in Logan, Utah State earned a 71-66 victory.