Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 • 7 p.m. (MT) • Logan, Utah

Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270) • Aggie Radio Network

 

- Utah State will begin its 105th season of basketball against Northwest Nazarene Friday, Oct. 30. USU has an overall record of 1,401-994 (.585).

 

- For the past 39 years, Utah State has called the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum home and has won 81 percent of its games in the building with an impressive 453-105 (.812) record, including a 159-12 (.930) mark under head coach Stew Morrill.

 

- Utah State returns four starters (Tyler Newbold, Jared Quayle, Tai Wesley, Pooh Williams) and seven letterwinners from last year's team that set a school record for wins as it went 30-5 overall and claimed its second-straight WAC regular season championship with a 14-2 league mark. USU also won its first-ever WAC Tournament Championship and advanced to its 18th NCAA Tournament all-time, including its sixth in the last 10 years under Morrill as it lost to Marquette, 58-57, in the first round.

 

- Utah State returns one player from last season who was honored by the WAC in senior guard Jared Quayle (second-team all-WAC; WAC all-newcomer team). Quayle averaged 13.1 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists as a junior, while shooting 46.5 percent from the field, 38.8 percent from three-point range and 76.4 percent from the free throw line. He finished the year ranking third in the WAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.05), sixth in steals (1.43), sixth in assists, seventh in free throw shooting, 11th in scoring and 12th in rebounding. Quayle was also named to the WAC's all-tournament team in 2009 and received high-major honorable mention All-American honors from CollegeHoops.net.

 

- Aggie players from the state of Utah include senior guard Jared Quayle (Perry/Box Elder HS), junior forward Nate Bendall (Salt Lake City/Skyline HS), junior guard Brian Green (Kaysville/Davis HS), junior forward Morgan Grim (Riverton/Riverton HS), junior guard Tyler Newbold (Payson/Payson HS), junior forward Tai Wesley (Provo/Provo HS), sophomore guard Jaxon Myaer (Salt Lake City/Judge Memorial HS), and freshman guard Preston Eaton (Sprinigville/Springville HS).

 

- The eight players from the state of Utah on the 2009-10 roster are the most since the 1985-86 team also had eight. The school record for most in-state players is nine set during the 1972-73 and 1983-84 seasons.

 

- Utah State lost three lettermen from last season, including one starter in Gary Wilkinson who was named the WAC's Player of the Year as he averaged 17.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, and shot 58.0 percent from the field and 82.6 percent from the free throw line.

 

THIS WEEK
Utah State (0-0) will began the week with its annual Blue-White Scrimmage Wednesday, Oct. 28, and then hosts Northwest Nazarene (0-0) in its first exhibition game Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.

 

ON THE AIR
Utah State basketball games are broadcast on KVNU (610 AM) and KLZX (95.9 FM) in Logan, Utah, KFAN (1320 AM) or ESPN Radio (1230 AM) in Salt Lake City and KLZX (105.3 FM) in Montpelier, Idaho, as well as on the Internet at www.UtahStateAggies.com. Al Lewis serves as the play-by-play announcer, while Rod Tueller serves as the analyst during home games.

 

ON THE INTERNET
All of Utah State's home games are available for fans to listen and watch live via the Internet at www.UtahStateAggies.com. Aggie fans will also be able to follow Utah State home games through its Web site via GameTracker, a program that documents each play and updates statistics. Fans can also listen to every road game live via USU's Web site.

 

Read more about the men’s basketball team and its season in the full release at the Athletics Web site. 

 

Additional Aggie sports news is available at the Athletics Web site homepage.

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