• Utah State men’s basketball will open a three-game homestand, its longest of the season, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, as it hosts Fresno State at 7 p.m., at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
• The Aggies sit atop the Mountain West standings, currently at 11-2 in league play. San Diego State is also 11-2, though USU owns the tiebreaker on head-to-head record.
• Utah State currently ranks No. 25 in the NET Rankings, and is No. 26 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 11 of the 13 AP Polls, and in 11 of 14 USA Today Coaches Polls this season. This week, the team received 15 votes in the AP Poll and eight votes in the coaches poll.
• The Aggies are coming off of a 2-0 road trip with an 86-66 win at New Mexico and an 85-83 win at Wyoming. The win in Albuquerque snapped a 23-game home winning streak for the Lobos.
• Junior forward Karson Templin is playing his best basketball of the season, scoring in double-digits in five of the past seven games and averaging 10.0 points and 4.6 rebounds during that span. He matched his scoring career high of 18 against San Diego State.
• Senior guard MJ Collins Jr. leads the league in scoring average at 18.5 points per game, scoring 20-plus points 11 times this year. The Aggies are a perfect 11-0 when he scores in double-figures.
• Freshman forward Adlan Elamin earned MW Freshman of the Week honors after recording his first-career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against New Mexico.
• Junior guard Mason Falslev ranks 25th in the nation in steals per game with 2.22. As a team, the Aggies rank 21st in steals per game with 9.2.
• Tuesday’s game will be the 76th all-time meeting between Utah State and Fresno State, the ninth most-played rivalry in program history. The Aggies lead the all-time series 49-26, including wins in eight-straight and 14 of the past 15 meetings. In Logan, USU is 28-8 all-time against Fresno State.