Aggies Finish the Season as the Third-Best Shooting Team in the Country

April 5, 2006

LOGAN, Utah - Utah State University's men's basketball team finished the 2005-06 season as the third-best shooting team in the country according to the final NCAA statistics released on Wednesday [April 5].

 

Utah State, who led the nation in shooting during the 2004-05 season at 52.5 percent, shot 49.8 percent from the field during the year to rank third in the nation behind Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (50.1) and Florida (50.0). USU also ranked seventh in the nation in three-point field goal shooting as it shot 40.1 percent from behind the arc on the year.

 

As a team, Utah State also ranked 11th overall in assists per game (17.3), 18th in fewest personal fouls committed per game (15.4), and 38th in winning percentage (71.9).

 

Individually, senior forward Nate Harris (Smithfield, Utah) finished the year ranked seventh in the country in field goal shooting at 62.1 percent, while sophomore guard Jaycee Carroll (Evanston, Wyo.) finished the year ranked 12th nationally in three-point shooting at 45.1 percent, and 39th in three-point field goals made per game at 2.9.

 

Utah State, who finished the year with a 23-9 record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in the last seven years, is one of just five teams in the nation to win at least 23 games in each of the last seven seasons joining Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas and Syracuse.