5 Idaho State (1-3) vs. Utah State (2-2)

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1 MEN S BASKETBALL 20 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1939, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 Utah State Athletic Media Relations 7400 Old Main Hill Logan, Utah Fax (435) Doug Hoffman, Director (Basketball Contact) (435) doug.hoffman@usu.edu SCHEDULE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 28 UC SAN DIEGO (Ex.) W ADAMS STATE (Ex.) W BRIGHAM YOUNG (KCSG) W at Weber State L SOUTHERN UTAH (KCSG) W at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L OT 26 at Idaho State 7 pm 30 DENVER (KCSG) 7 pm DECEMBER 3 at Pacific 8 pm 6 UTAH VALLEY (KCSG) 7 pm 10 at Wichita State 6 pm 17 SEATTLE (KCSG) 7 pm ATHLETES IN ACTION CLASSIC sponsored by Gossner Foods 20 TEXAS-ARLINGTON 8 pm 21 SAINT PETER S 8 pm 22 KENT STATE 8 pm 31 at Mississippi State 12 pm JANUARY 5 *FRESNO STATE (WSN) 7 pm 7 *NEVADA (WSN) 7 pm 12 *at New Mexico State (KCSG) 7 pm 14 *at Louisiana Tech 7 pm 19 at Seattle 8 pm 21 *at Idaho 8 pm 26 *HAWAI I (ERT) 7 pm 28 *SAN JOSE STATE (KCSG) 7 pm FEBRUARY 2 *at Nevada 8 pm 4 *at Fresno State 8 pm 9 *LOUISIANA TECH (ERT) 7 pm 11 *NEW MEXICO STATE (ESPN2) 1 pm 14 MONTANA TECH 7 pm 18 TBA TBA 24 *IDAHO (KCSG) 7 pm MARCH 1 *at San Jose State 8 pm 3 *at Hawai i 10 pm WAC Tournament, Las Vegas, Nev vs. TBA TBA NCAA First, Second & Third Rounds, TBA vs. TBA TBA * WAC Game ~ ESPNU BracketBuster Game All times are mountain Home games in BOLD CAPS RECORD Overall/WAC 2-2/0-0 Home/Away/Neutral 2-0/0-2/0-0 GAME 5 Idaho State (1-3) vs. Utah State (2-2) Saturday, Nov. 26, p.m. (MT) Pocatello, Idaho Holt Arena (12,000) Aggie Sports Network UTAH STATE AGGIES (2-2, 0-0) AVERAGES PROBABLE STARTERS Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG F 21 Morgan Grim Sr ^1.0 F 34 Kyisean Reed Jr ^0.8 G 0 Brockeith Pane Sr G 5 Steven Thornton Fr G 13 Preston Medlin R-So OFF THE BENCH Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG F 1 Ben Clifford R-Fr G/F 11 Adam Thoseby Fr G 14 E.J. Farris Jr F 15 Mitch Bruneel So F 22 Brady Jardine Sr ^0.3 C 25 Jordan Stone Fr F 40 Igor Premasunac Jr ^-denotes blocks per game GAME DAY HEADLINES Utah State is in its 107th season of basketball this year and has an overall record of 1,460-1,008 (.592). USU hasn t had a losing season since 1993, a span of 18 years. Utah State is 1-0 this season and (.759) over the last 12 years following a loss and has dropped back-to-back games just 16 times during that time period. The last time USU lost back-to-back games was at the end of the season when it lost to New Mexico State (69-63) in the championship game of the WAC Tournament and to Texas A&M (69-53) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The last time USU lost back-toback games during the regular season was also during the season when it lost at New Mexico State (55-2) and at Louisiana Tech (82-60) on Jan. 2 and 4, Utah State has won 17 of its last 22 road games dating back to the season and is (.565) in road games under head coach Stew Morrill including a (.483) record against non-conference opponents. USU is 0-2 on the road this season after losing at Weber State (73-63) and at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (58-55 OT). Utah State has won 45 of its last 50 regular season games with its only losses coming at No. 23 BYU (78-72), at No. 14 Georgetown (68-51) and at Idaho (64-56) during the season, and at Weber State (73-63) and at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (58-55 OT) this year. Utah State is one of just three teams in the nation to win at least 23 games in each of the last 12 seasons along with Gonzaga and Kansas. The previous USU record for consecutive 20-win seasons was three from 1962 to Overall, USU has won 20 or more games 26 times in school history. During the last 12 years, Utah State has averaged 25.8 wins per season. Utah State is the only team in the nation to have winning streaks of at least 10 games in each of the last four seasons as it had a 10-game winning streak in 2008, a school-record tying 19-game winning streak in 2009, a 17-game winning streak in 2010 and a 17-game winning streak in Aggie players from the state of Utah include senior forward Morgan Grim (Riverton/ Riverton HS), freshman forward Ben Clifford (South Jordan/Bingham HS), freshman forward David Collette (Murray/Murray HS), freshman guard Sam Orchard (Salt Lake City/ Highland HS), and freshman center Jordan Stone (Smithfield/Sky View HS).

2 QUICK FACTS Location Logan, Utah Founded 1888 Enrollment 25,767 President Dr. Stan L. Albrecht Athletics Director Scott Barnes Nickname Aggies Colors Navy Blue & White Conference Western Athletic (WAC) Arena Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Capacity 10,270 BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach Stew Morrill Alma Mater Gonzaga, 1974 Career Record (26th yr.) Record at USU (14th yr.) Associate Coach Tim Duryea Assistant Coach Chris Jones Assistant Coach Tarvish Felton Director of Operations Lance Beckert Office Phone (435) MEDIA RELATIONS Director (MBB) Doug Hoffman Office (435) Fax (435) Cell (435) Press Row (435) Logan Logan Salt Lake City St. George Vernal Price Montpelier, ID AGGIE RADIO NETWORK ON THE AIR Every Utah State basketball game can be heard live on the Aggie Radio Network. Al Lewis serves as the play-by-play announcer, while Rod Tueller (former Aggie head coach and Athletics Director) will provide color analysis at home. Games can also be heard on the internet ( com) by clicking on the Listen Live link. ON THE INTERNET Utah State fans can watch the season live via the internet at UtahStateAggies.com. Every home game will be available on the internet by clicking on the Watch Live link. GAMETRACKER Aggie fans can follow all of Utah State s home games on the internet via GameTracker, which provides a play-by-play breakdown and statistics for both teams during the game. MEDIA GUIDELINES All Utah State practices are closed to the media. For interviews please contact Doug Hoffman at (435) No interviews will be granted on game day. USU s locker room is closed on game day. Interviews will be conducted outside the locker room. 2 November 25, 2011 KVNU (610 AM/102.1 FM) KLZX (95.9 FM) KZNS (97.5 FM) KZNU (1450 AM) KVEL (920 AM) KRPX (95.3 FM) KLZX (105.3 FM) UP NEXT Utah State (2-2) will stay on the road this weekend as it plays at Idaho State (1-3) on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. (MT). The game will not be televised but it will be broadcast live on the Aggie Sports Network with Al Lewis (play-by-play) and Rod Tueller (analyst) calling the action. The pregame show from Pocatello will begin at 6 p.m. (MT). ON THE AIR Utah State basketball games are broadcast on KVNU (610 AM/102.1 FM) and KLZX (95.9 FM) in Logan, KZNS (97.5 FM) in Salt Lake City, KZNU (1450 AM) in St. George, KVEL (920 AM) in Vernal, KRPX (95.3 FM) in Price, and KLZX (105.3 FM) in Montpelier, Idaho, as well as on the internet at with Al Lewis (play-by-play) and Rod Tueller (analyst). LOOKING AT UTAH STATE Utah State is 2-2 on the season after losing at Texas A&M Corpus Christi in overtime Tuesday, Utah State began the year with a home win against Brigham Young, followed by a loss at Weber State, 73-63, and a home win against Southern Utah, USU is led by senior guard Brockeith Pane who is averaging 15.3 points, 3.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and is shooting 38.5 percent from the field, 27.3 percent from three-point range and 90.0 percent at the free throw line. Senior forward Morgan Grim is averaging 13.8 points and 7.0 rebounds, and is shooting 47.2 percent from the field and 80.8 percent at the free throw line. And sophomore redshirt guard Preston Medlin is averaging 8.3 points and is shooting 42.9 percent from the field, 26.7 percent from three-point range and 50.0 percent at the free throw line. As a team, Utah State is averaging 63.0 points and shooting 42.4 percent from the field, 31.9 percent from threepoint range and 62.8 percent at the free throw line. Defensively, USU is allowing 63.8 points and its opponents are shooting 41.3 percent from the field, 34.3 percent from three-point range and 68.1 percent at the free throw line. PANE NAMED WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Senior point guard Brockeith Pane was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday, Nov. 14 after leading Utah State to a season-opening home win against Brigham Young. It is the first time in his career that Pane has been named WAC Player of the Week. Against the Cougars, Pane scored a game-high 21 points as he was 6-of-10 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range and 8-for-8 at the free throw line for his 23rd career doublefigure scoring game and fourth-career 20-point outing. Along with his 21 points, Pane also had five assists, four rebounds and three steals in 30 minutes of action. RANKING UTAH STATE IN THE WAC As of Friday, Nov. 25, Utah State ranks third in the WAC in scoring defense (63.8), fourth in field goal percentage (.424), fourth in rebounding margin (+1.8), fifth in scoring margin (-0.8), fifth in free throw shooting (.628), sixth in three-point field goal percentage defense (.343), sixth in field goal percentage defense (.413), and sixth in rebounding (36.0). Individually, senior point guard Brockeith Pane ranks third in free throw shooting (.900), sixth in scoring (15.3), seventh in steals (1.50), ninth in assists (3.25), and 10th in assist-to-turnover ratio (0.81). Senior forward Morgan Grim ranks seventh in blocked shots (1.00), eighth in free throw shooting (.808), eighth in scoring (13.8), ninth in field goal shooting (.472), and 10th in rebounding (7.0). Senior forward Brady Jardine ranks seventh in field goal shooting (.500) and eight in rebounding (7.7). Redshirt sophomore guard Preston Medlin ranks 13th in assists (2.50) and 15th in field goal shooting (.429), and junior forward Kyisean Reed ranks 12th in blocked shots (0.75) and 13th in rebounding (5.5). UTAH STATE RETURNS JUST ONE STARTER AND FOUR LETTERMEN IN Utah State s one returning starter (Brockeith Pane) is its fewest since STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN returning one starter during the Here s a breakdown of what is coming back in season. USU finished with Points (778/2,449) % a 23-8 record that season, including tying for first-place in the Big Offensive (111/363) % (404/1,266) % West Conference with a 13-5 mark Defensive (293/903) % and advanced to the postseason Minutes (2,120/6,850) % National Invitation Tournament. Assists (154/500) % USU s four returning lettermen Steals (58/162) % (E.J. Farris, Morgan Grim, Brady Blocked Shots (48/110) % Jardine, Brockeith Pane) are its Field Goals Made (267/840) % fewest since returning three lettermen for the season. Free Throws Made (219/563) % 3-Point Field Goals Made (25/206) % That year, USU set a then schoolrecord with a 28-6 record, including a perfect 16-0 mark in the Big West Conference en route to the NCAA Tournament. UTAH STATE LOSES FOUR STARTERS AND EIGHT LETTERWINNERS FROM 2011 NCAA TEAM Utah State lost four starters (Nate Bendall, Tyler Newbold, Tai Wesley, Pooh Williams) and four other letterwinners (Brad Brown, Matt Formisano, Brian Green, James Walker III) from last year s WAC Championship team. Wesley was named the WAC s Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-American, while Green earned second-team all-wac honors and Newbold was named to the league s all-defensive team. Bendall and Wesley also joined current Aggie Brockeith Pane on the WAC s all-tournament team.

3 LOOKING BACK AT THE TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI GAME Senior forward Morgan Grim recorded his first-ever double-double with a career-high 20 points and a career-high 12 rebounds in Utah State s overtime loss at Texas A&M Corpus Christi Tuesday. Senior guard Brockeith Pane finished with 15 points for Utah State, while freshman guard Adam Thoseby added nine points off the bench as he was 3-of-5 from three-point range. Junior forward Kyisean Reed grabbed a season-best 10 rebounds to go along with four points. Myron Dempsey had 16 points and 15 rebounds to lead Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Terence Jones scored 14 points. Trailing with 7:01 to play, Utah State finally got going offensively and went on a 10-1 run to take a lead with 3:12 remaining following a Pane free throw. However, Texas A&M Corpus Christi finished the game on an 8-2 run, including the tying basket with five seconds to play sending the contest into overtime tied at 47. USU had a chance to extend a two-point lead with 31 seconds to play, but sophomore guard Preston Medlin missed the front-end of a one-and-one free throw. Utah State scored the first two points of overtime on a Pane jumper and led with 1:34 left following a pair of free throws from Pane, but on its next possession the Islanders Hameed Ali hit a three-pointer giving the home team a lead. TAMUCC then hit 3-of-4 free throws in the final 17 seconds to preserve the win. Utah State finished the game shooting just 33.3 percent (19-57), its worst offensive performance since the season. The Aggies did convert 4-of-9 (.444) three-pointers and 13-of-18 (.722) free throws. Texas A&M Corpus Christi shot 37.9 percent overall (22-58), including just 11.8 percent from behind the arc (2-17) and just 54.5 percent at the free throw line (12-22). Both teams grabbed 42 rebounds in the game, while Utah State had four more turnovers (16-12) and six fewer assists (12-6). Utah State s largest lead of the first-half was at 8-4 and later following baskets by Grim. Texas A&M Corpus Christi led by two on three different occasions during the first stanza including at before sophomore forward Mitch Bruneel hit a three-pointer from the right wing to give the visitors a lead at intermission. Grim led Utah State with 10 points and five rebounds in the first-half as Utah State shot just 29.6 percent (8-27), including 40.0 percent from three-point range (2-5) and 80.0 percent at the free throw line (4-5). Texas A&M Corpus Christi shot just 33.3 percent (10-33) during the first 20 minutes, including 0-of-8 from three-point range and 1-for-3 at the charity stripe. UTAH STATE FINALLY LOSES CLOSE GAME Utah State was 1-0 on the season and had won its last five games that were decided by five or fewer points before losing at Texas A&M Corpus Christi Tuesday in overtime, Prior to its loss to the Islanders its last close lose was at New Mexico State, 55-52, on Jan. 2, UTAH STATE DROPS OVERTIME GAME Prior to its overtime loss at Texas A&M Corpus Christi in its last game, Utah State had won five straight overtime games dating back to the season when it lost at Santa Clara in overtime, UTAH STATE CAN T HOLD HALFTIME LEAD AT TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI Entering its last game at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Utah State had won 51 straight games when leading at the half. USU led at halftime against the Islanders before losing in overtime, UTAH STATE LOSES DESPITE HOLDING ITS OPPONENT UNDER 60 POINTS When Utah State holds its opponents under 60 points it usually wins. In fact, USU had won 28 straight games when limiting its opposition to less than 60 points before losing at Texas A&M Corpus Christi in overtime Tuesday, UTAH STATE SHOOTS SEASON LOW FROM FIELD AT TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI Utah State had its worst offensive game in some time in its last game at Texas A&M Corpus Christi as it shot a season-low 33.3 percent (19-57) and scored a season-low 55 points. For USU, it was its worst shooting performance since it shot just 32.4 percent in a home loss to Nevada on Feb. 25, 2006, while its 55 points scored were its fewest since winning at Fresno State, 52-39, on Jan. 15, Furthermore, its 55 overtime points are the fewest ever scored in an overtime game in school history. AGGIE RESERVES HAVE COMING OUT PARTY AGAINST SOUTHERN UTAH After recording a combined 15 points and 17 rebounds in its first two games of the season, Utah State s bench had a breakout game against Southern Utah as four Aggie reserves combined for 31 points and 21 rebounds including 13 boards on the offensive end. Junior forward Kyisean Reed and freshman guard Steven Thornton each had 13 points and five boards, while freshman center Jordan Stone accounted for five points and five rebounds, and freshman redshirt forward Ben Clifford added six rebounds. The 31 bench points are the most for an Aggie team since scoring 48 against Montana Western last year, while its 21 rebounds are the most since grabbing 23 against Troy last year WAC STANDINGS Through games of November 24 WAC Overall W-L Pct W-L Pct New Mexico State Nevada Idaho Utah State Louisiana Tech Fresno State San Jose State Hawai i UTAH STATE BY THE NUMBERS Combined winning percentage posted by the Aggies the last 12 years, which is the fourth-best in NCAA Division I. Utah State s winning percentage in Western Athletic Conference games during the last six years. Teams who have won at least 23 games in each of the last 12 years (Utah State, Gonzaga, Kansas). Number of times Stew Morrill has been named coach of the year in his respective conference (1991, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011). Number of conference tournament championships won by Utah State under Morrill. Consecutive postseason appearances and consecutive 20-win seasons by the Aggies. Number of first-team all-league selections for Utah State in the last 12 years. Number of academic all-conference selections under Morrill. Number of wins Utah State has averaged over the last 12 years. UTAH STATE HAS ALREADY HAD SIX DIFFERENT PLAYERS SCORE IN DOUBLE-FIGURES Through four games, Utah State has already had six different players on its roster score in double-figures as Brockeith Pane has scored 10 or more points in all four games, senior forward Morgan Grim has scored in double-figures twice, and senior forward Brady Jardine, junior forward Kyisean Reed, sophomore guard Preston Medlin and freshman guard Steven Thornton have each scored in double-figures once The last time Utah State did not participate in postseason play. November 25,

4 STAT COMPARISON CATEGORY Record Points Scored Points Allowed Scoring Margin FG % Def. FG % Pt. % Def. 3-Pt. % Free Throw % Off Total Reb. Margin Assists Turnovers Steals Blocks Fouls UTAH STATE-IDAHO STATE SERIES FACTS Overall... USU leads In Logan... USU leads 15-2 In Pocatello... USU leads 6-4 Neutral Sites Current Streak... USU, 12 wins First Meeting (USU, 66-41) Largest USU Win... 47, (12/1/64) Largest ISU Win... 15, ( ) USU vs. ISU Under Morrill UTAH STATE-IDAHO STATE RESULTS Date Site Result USU ISU W W W W W W W W W L W L L L L W W W L L A W H W A W H W /1/64 H W /3/73 H W /26/74 A L /11/75 H W /3/76 A L /11/77 H L /12/78 H W /14/78 A L /13/79 H W /30/80 A L /30/81 H L /11/82 H W /21/84 A W /29/94 H W /29/00 A W /28/01 H W /29/01 H W /28/02 H W /13/03 A W /1/06 H W /20/08 A W /24/09 H W /21/10 H W SCOUTING IDAHO STATE Idaho State is 1-3 on the season after losing at home to Loyola Marymount (79-76 OT) Wednesday. The Bengals began the year with a road loss at Oklahoma (78-74) and a road loss at North Dakota (63-47), before defeating Colorado Christian at home (93-66). The Bengals are led by senior guard Chase Grabau who is averaging 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds, while shooting 51.7 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from three-point range and 72.7 percent at the free throw line. Sophomore forward Andre Hatchett is averaging 11.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, while senior guard Kenny McGowen is averaging 10.5 points per game. As a team, Idaho State is scoring 72.5 points and shooting 45.3 percent from the field, 34.2 percent from three-point range and 59.6 percent at the free throw line. Defensively, ISU is allowing 71.5 points and its opponents are shooting 43.4 percent, including 32.5 percent from three-point range and 71.6 percent at the free throw line. The Bengals return three starters and six letterwinners from last year s team that went 9-20 and finished in a tie for eighth-place in the Big Sky Conference with a 4-12 league mark. Joe O Brien is in seven years at Idaho State and in 20 years as a collegiate head coach. UTAH STATE VS. IDAHO STATE RIVALRY ONE OF THE OLDEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY Utah State and Idaho State will be playing for the 48th time this weekend in what is the 16tholdest rivalry in school history. USU s first game against Idaho State was during the season. UTAH STATE-IDAHO STATE SERIES HISTORY Utah State and Idaho State will be meeting for the 48th time this weekend with the Aggies owning a advantage. USU is 6-4 all-time in known road games against the Bengals and has won 12 straight games in the series, including each of the last four on the road. The last time the two teams played was on Dec. 21, 2010 in Logan with USU posting a win and the last time they played in Pocatello was o n Dec. 20, 2008 with Utah State wininng, The last time Idaho State defeated Utah State was on Dec. 30, 1981 in Logan, 74-70, and the last time it won in Pocatello was on Dec. 30, 1980 by a final score of VERSUS THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE Utah State is (.659) all-time against current members of the Big Sky Conference, while Morrill is (.769) all-time against the league. At Utah State, Morrill is 22-7 (.759) versus the Big Sky and 9-0 against Idaho State. All-time, Morrill is 21-1 (.955) against the Benglas, which includes a 10-1 record while at Montana, a 2-0 record while at Colorado State and a 9-0 record at Utah State. UTAH STATE VERSUS THE STATE OF IDAHO Under head coach Stew Morrill, Utah State is 50-8 (.862) versus teams from the state of Idaho, which includes an 18-4 record against Boise State, a 23-4 record against Idaho and a 9-0 record versus Idaho State. AGGIES FROM THE STATE OF IDAHO Utah State has two players on its current roster who are from the state of Idaho in senior forward Brady Jardine and sophomore forward Mitch Bruneel. Jardine prepped at Twin Falls HS and was named the Idaho Gatorade and 5A Player of the Year as a senior in 2005 as he averaged 17.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in leading them to a 24-2 record and the school s first state championship in 32 years. Bruneel prepped at Eagle HS in Boise and was named the Idaho Gatorade and 5A Player of the Year as a senior in 2008 as he averaged 23.1 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. As a collegiate freshman last year, Bruneel helped lead College of Southern Idaho to a National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship as he averaged 10.0 points and 5.2 rebounds en route to earning honorable mention Southwestern Athletic Conference Region 18 honors. UTAH STATE IN NOVEMBER Utah State is (.754) during the month of November under Morrill, which includes an (.478) record on the road and a (.590) mark away from home. USU is also (.744) in games played on Saturday under Morrill and 6-3 (.667) all-time in games played on Nov. 26. DID YOU KNOW? Utah State has made at least one three-point basket in 167 straight games and the last time USU did not make a three-pointer in a game was on Dec. 16, 2006 in Provo as BYU defeated the Aggies, USU entered that game having made at least one three-pointer in 127 games dating back to Dec. 14, 2002 when BYU held USU without a three-pointer in a win in Provo. OVERALL STATS FOR UTAH STATE PLAYERS VERSUS IDAHO STATE Player G/GS FG FG% 3FG 3FG% FT FT% Reb./Avg. A S Pts./Avg. B. Jardine 2/ / /6.0 B. Pane 1/ / /5.0 M. Grim 1/ / /4.0 E. Farris 1/ / /3.0 P. Medlin 1/ / /0.0 4 November 25, 2011

5 LAST MEETING AGAINST IDAHO STATE Senior guard Brian Green netted five three-pointers on the way to a team-high 17 points in leading Utah State to a win against Idaho State Dec. 21, Green was joined in double-figures by senior forward Tai Wesley with 11 points, while coming up three rebounds shy of his fourth-straight double-double with seven boards. Junior forward Brady Jardine was one point short of a double-double with nine points to go with a game-high 10 rebounds, his fifth double-figure rebounding outing of the season. Idaho State was led by Broderick Gilchrest with 19 points, the lone Bengal in double-figures, while Mike Lacey pulled down a team-leading seven rebounds. USU shot 24-of-45 (53.3 percent) from the field, shooting better from behind the three-point arc at 56.3 percent (9-of-16). ISU shot 47.4 percent (19-of-40) field goal shooting, making 6-of-15 (40.0 percent) of its three-pointers. Utah State was also 14-of-19 (73.7 percent) at the free throw line, making more than Idaho State attempted (4-of-10, 40.0 percent), marking the sixth game this season that USU has done so. The Aggies had a rebounding edge. USU forced 16 ISU turnovers while only committing nine miscues, leading to a advantage in points off turnovers. The nine Aggie turnovers is the third time that they have been in single-digits in the turnover category this season. Utah State held a lead before going on a 13-2 run to open up a lead at the 6:06 mark after three-straight Green three-pointers, and the Aggies led by double-digits for the rest of the game. USU stretched its lead to at the half. A three-pointer by freshman guard James Walker III gave the Aggies their first 20-point lead of the night at with 9:58 to play, followed by a monster dunk by Jardine to give USU a advantage. Senior forward Matt Formisano hit a jumper with 2:39 on the clock to open up Utah State s largest lead of the contest at and the Aggies coasted to the victory. LAST MEETING AGAINST IDAHO STATE IN POCATELLO Junior guard Jared Quayle scored 11 points to lead a quarter of double-figure scorers for Utah State as it notched a victory at Idaho State on Dec. 20, Quayle also added a season-high four assists and tied his season-high with seven rebounds for USU. Junior guard Stavon Williams came off the bench to score 11 points for the Aggies, while sophomore guard Tyler Newbold also scored 11 to go along with four assists. Sophomore forward Tai Wesley finished with 10 points and five rebounds, while senior forward Gary Wilkinson just missed recording his second double-double of the season as he posted nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Lucas Steijn had 15 points for Idaho State to lead all scorers, but was the only Bengal to finish in double-figures. Sophomore guard Pooh Williams scored the first two points of the game via a dunk and then hit his first three-pointer of the season to give Utah State an early 7-2 advantage. Idaho State cut the Aggies lead to one on three separate occasions only to see the visitors push the margin to 10 at on a baseline jumper by Wilkinson with 6:00 minutes to play in the half. ISU responded with an 8-2 run to get within four, but Newbold drained a three-pointer just before the half to give the visitors a lead at the break. In the first-half, Utah State shot just 40.6 percent from the field (13-32), but made 6-of-16 three-pointers (.375). Idaho State shot 44.0 percent in the first 20 minutes (11-25), but was out-rebounded 19-13, as the Aggies had eight offensive boards in the first-half. Utah State took its biggest lead of the game at with 12:39 to play as Wilkinson hit a 17-foot jumper. Idaho State tried to claw its way back into the game and got within six points at with 26 seconds to play, but USU finished the game by going 4-of-4 from the charity stripe as Newbold hit two free throws and Stavon Williams hit two more. Utah State finished the game by shooting 43.6 percent from the field (24-55), 36.0 percent from three-point range (9-25), and a season-low 58.8 percent from the free throw line (10-17). USU did tie its season-high with nine made three-pointers and shot a season-high 25 treys. Defensively, USU held Idaho State to just 37.7 percent shooting overall (20-53), including 23.1 percent from behind the arc (3-13). The Bengals did have the advantage at the free throw line, shooting 73.7 percent (14-19). Utah State out-rebounded Idaho State, UTAH STATE VS. IDAHO STATE - 12/21/10 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Idaho State vs Utah State 12/21/10 8:15 p.m. at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Idaho State BUSMA,Deividas c GILCHREST,Broderick g TAYLOR, Phyllip g GRABAU, Chase g LACEY,Mike g GAWRZYDEK,Kamil MASON,Nick McGOWEN,Kenny WILKINSON,Russell MOREIRA,Abner HATCHETT,Andre' Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 2 Utah State Bendall, Nate f Wesley, Tai f Pane, Brockeith g Williams, Pooh g Newbold, Tyler g Brown, Brad Farris, E.J Walker III, James Grim, Morgan Jardine, Brady Green, Brian Formisano, Matt Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Mike Giarratano <R>, Lonnie Dixon <U>, D.G. Nelson <U> Technical fouls: Idaho State-TEAM. Utah State-None. Attendance: 8145 Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 4 UTAH STATE VS. IDAHO STATE - 12/20/08 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Utah State vs Idaho State 12/20/08 7:05 p.m. at Pocatello, Idaho (Holt Arena) Utah State Williams, Pooh f Wesley, Tai f Wilkinson, Gary c Quayle, Jared g Newbold, Tyler g Geiger, Deremy Williams, Stavon Formisano, Matt Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 1 Idaho State MONROE, Demetrius f BUSMA, Deividas c MORGAN, Amorrow g BAY, Kal g STUCKI, Matt g STEIJN, Lucas CARSON, Donnie KILPATRICK, Austin TATUM, Chron CASPARI, Felix Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Byrne Haskins, Shawn Lehigh, Wilson Holland Technical fouls: Utah State-Formisano, Matt. Idaho State-BAY, Kal. Attendance: 2976 Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 2,1 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Idaho State Utah State Last FG - ISU 2nd-01:57, USU 2nd-02:39. Largest lead - ISU by 1 1st-18:58, USU by 24 2nd-02:39. In Off 2nd Fast Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench ISU USU Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 4 times. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Utah State Idaho State November 25,

6 WAC STATISTICS as of Nov. 25, 2011 TEAM All WAC Scoring... 8th (63.0)... NA Scoring Defense... 3rd (63.8)... NA Scoring Margin... 5th (-0.8)... NA Field Goal %... 4th (.424)... NA Field Goal % Def... 6th (.413)... NA Free Throw %... 5th (.628)... NA 3-Pt. Field Goal %... 7th (.319)... NA 3-Pt. Field Goal % Def... 6th (.343)... NA Rebound... 6th (36.0)... NA Rebound Margin... 4th (+1.8)... NA Assists... 8th (7.75)... NA Steals... 7th (4.00)... NA Blocks... 7th (2.75)... NA INDIVIDUAL All WAC Scoring Brockeith Pane... 6th (15.3)... NA Morgan Grim... 8th (13.8)... NA Field Goal Percentage Brady Jardine... 7th (.500)... NA Morgan Grim... 9th (.472)... NA Preston Medlin... 15th (.429)... NA Free-Throw Percentage Brockeith Pane... 3rd (.900)... NA Morgan Grim... 8th (.808)... NA Three-Point Field Goal Percentage None Brady Jardine... 8th (7.7)... NA Morgan Grim... 10th (7.0)... NA Kyisean Reed... 13th (5.5)... NA Assists Brockeith Pane... 9th (3.25)... NA Preston Medlin... 13th (2.50)... NA Steals Brockeith Pane... 7th (1.50)... NA Blocks Morgan Grim... 7th (1.00)... NA Kyisean Reed... 12th (0.75)... NA Assist-Turnover Ratio Brockeith Pane... 10th (0.81)... NA NCAA STATISTICS FINAL TEAM Field Goal Percentage Defense... 3rd (.383) Winning Percentage... 4th (.882) Scoring Defense... 5th (58.7) Scoring Margin... 6th (+13.4) Rebound Margin... 8th (+7.6) 3-Point FG Percentage Defense... 11th (.302) Field Goal Percentage... 28th (47.0) Assist-to-Turnover Ratio... 32nd (1.24) Turnovers Per Game... 40th (11.8) Free Throw Percentage... 47th (.737) INDIVIDUAL Field Goal Percentage Tai Wesley... 8th (.599) 6 November 25, 2011 UTAH STATE PROBABLE STARTER NOTES G #0 Brockeith Pane (6-1, 195, Sr., Dallas, Texas) Has started 37 games for Utah State during his career, including each of his last 30 at the point... Has scored in double-figures in all four games this year and 26 times in his career... Also has one 20-point game this season and four in his career... Scored 21 points to go along with five assists, four rebounds and three steals in his season-opener against BYU... Is 18-for-20 from the free throw line this season... Currently ranks third in the WAC in free throw shooting (.900), sixth in scoring (15.3), seventh in steals (1.50), ninth in assists (3.25), and 10th in assist-to-turnover ratio (0.81)... Overall, he has played in 38 games at Utah State. G #5 Steven Thornton (6-3, 175, Fr., Valencia, Calif.) Scored a season-high 13 points, grabbed a season-high five rebounds and played a season-high 24 minutes against Southern Utah as he was 5-of-8 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point range and 1-for-1 at the free throw line... Has started two games on the season. G #13 Preston Medlin (6-4, 175, R-So., Carrollton, Texas) Made his first career start against BYU and scored 15 points... Also had a career-high five assists against the Cougars... Had a career-high four rebounds at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi... Played a career-high 38 minutes against Southern Utah... Has scored in double-figures twice in his career as the other double-digit outing was 17 points against Southern Utah (11/28/09) as he was 5-of-8 from the field and 5-of-6 from three... Currently ranks 13th in the WAC in assists (2.50) and 15th in field goal shooting (.429)... Overall, he has played in 26 games at Utah State with four starts. F #21 Morgan Grim (6-7, 230, Sr., Riverton, Utah) Recorded his first-ever double-double as he scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi... Also played a career-high 42 minutes against the Islanders and tied his career-high with two assists... Scored 19 points to go along with seven rebounds at Weber State... Made his first career start at Utah State, and his fifth career start overall, against BYU as he finished the game with eight points... Tied his career-high with two blocked shots against BYU and Southern Utah... Ranks seventh in the WAC in blocked shots (1.00), eighth in free throw shooting (.808), eighth in scoring (13.8), ninth in field goal shooting (.472), and 10th in rebounding (7.0)... Overall, he has played in 36 games at Utah State with four starts and 78 games in his collegiate career. F #34 Kyisean Reed (6-6, 215, Jr., Palmdale, Calif.) Made his first career start at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi and recorded a season-best 10 rebounds in a season-high 31 minutes... Also had a season-best two steals against the Islanders... Scored a season-high 13 points against Southern Utah... Was 5-of-7 from the field and 3-for-9 from the free throw line against Southern Utah... Had a season-high two blocks at Weber State... Ranks 12th in the WAC in blocked shots (1.00) and 13th in rebounding (5.5). UTAH STATE PLAYERS OFF THE BENCH F #1 Ben Clifford (6-7, 225, R-Fr., South Jordan, Utah) Recorded a season-high six rebounds and played a season-high 16 minutes against Southern Utah... Saw his first action as an Aggie at Weber State, playing three minutes. G/F #11 Adam Thoseby (6-4, 185, Fr., Henley-on-Thames, England) Had his best game as an Aggie against Texas A&M - Corpus Christi as he scored a season-high nine points on 3-of-5 shooting from three-point range... Also had a season-best three rebounds against the Islanders and played a season-high 19 minutes. G #14 E.J. Farris (6-2, 185, Jr., Newark, Calif.) Has played in 24 games during his Aggie career... Scored his first points of the season at Weber State as he was 2-for-2 at the free throw line... Saw four minutes against BYU and recorded one rebound. F #15 Mitch Bruneel (6-5, 205, So., Boise, Idaho) Made his first career start at Weber State and tied his career-high with eight points and 21 minutes played, while grabbing a career-high four rebounds... Played a season-high 23 minutes at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi...Has started two games during the season. F #22 Brady Jardine (6-7, 220, Sr., Twin Falls, Idaho) Recorded a career-high 14 rebounds at Weber State for his eighth-career double-figure rebound game... Has started 10 games and played in 94 during his Utah State career... Scored in double-figures for the 18th time in his career with 12 points against BYU... Also had eight rebounds against the Cougars in a career-high 35 minutes... Ranks seventh in the WAC in field goal shooting (.500) and eighth in rebounding (7.7)... Has not played since injuring his foot against Southern Utah. C #25 Jordan Stone (6-10, 270, Fr., Smithfield, Utah) Recorded season-highs with five points and five rebounds in just seven minutes of action against Southern Utah as he was 2-of-3 from the field and 1-for-3 at the free throw line... Also had one block against SUU... Played three minutes in his first career game and scored one point on 1-of-2 shooting from the free throw line against BYU... Also had two rebounds against BYU. F #40 Igor Premasunac (6-8, 245, Jr., Zagreb, Croatia) Has yet to see any playing time this season.

7 0 BROCKEITH PANE G SR Points Brigham Young (11/11/11)... 4 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Assists... 5 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Steals... 3 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Minutes at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) UTAH STATE BASKETBALL INDIVIDUAL SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 15 MITCH BRUNEEL F SO Points... 8 (2) at Weber State (11/15/11)... 4 at Weber State (11/15/11) Assists... 1 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Steals... 1 at Weber State (11/15/11) Minutes at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Career Highs Points Weber State (11/13/10)... 9 at Denver (12/1/10) Assists... 9 Louisiana Tech (1/20/11) Steals... 4 at Saint Mary s (2/19/11) Minutes at Hawai i (1/29/11) 1 BEN CLIFFORD F R-FR Points Southern Utah (11/19/11) Assists... 1 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Steals... Minutes Southern Utah (11/19/11) 5 STEVEN THORNTON G FR Points Southern Utah (11/19/11)... 5 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Assists... Steals... 1 (2) Southern Utah (11/19/11) Minutes Southern Utah (11/19/11) 11 ADAM THOSEBY G/F FR Points... 9 at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11)... 3 at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Assists... Steals... 1 (2) Southern Utah (11/19/11) Minutes at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) 13 PRESTON MEDLIN G R-SO Points Brigham Young (11/11/11)... 4 at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Assists... 5 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Steals... 1 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Minutes Southern Utah (11/19/11) Career Highs Points Southern Utah (11/28/09)... 4 at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Assists... 5 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Steals... 1 (2) at Louisiana Tech (1/4/10) Minutes Southern Utah (11/19/11) 14 E.J. FARRIS G JR Points... 2 at Weber State (11/15/11)... 1 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Assists... Steals... Minutes at Weber State (11/15/11) Career Highs Points... 6 (2) Montana Western (2/16/11)... 3 at Georgetown (12/4/10) Assists... 3 New Mexico State (1/22/11) Steals... 2 at Louisiana Tech (3/5/11) Minutes at Georgetown (12/4/10) 21 MORGAN GRIM G SR Points at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Assists... 2 at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Blocks... 2 (2) Southern Utah (11/19/11) Minutes at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Career Highs Points at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Assists... 2 (2) at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Blocks... 2 (4) Southern Utah (11/19/11) Minutes at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) 22 BRADY JARDINE F SR Points Brigham Young (11/11/11) at Weber State (11/15/11) Assists... Blocks... 1 at Weber State (11/15/11) Steals... 1 at Weber State (11/15/11) Minutes Brigham Young (11/11/11) Career Highs Points Utah (11/24/10) at Weber State (11/15/11) Assists... 3 at San Jose State (2/13/10) Blocks... 3 (3) Northeastern (11/24/10) Steals... 3 Idaho State (12/21/10) Minutes Brigham Young (11/11/11) 25 JORDAN STONE C FR Points... 5 Southern Utah (11/19/11)... 5 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Assists... Blocks... 1 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Minutes... 7 Southern Utah (11/19/11) 34 KYISEAN REED F JR Points Southern Utah (11/19/11) at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Assists... 1 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Blocks... 2 at Weber State (11/15/11) Steals... 2 at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) Minutes at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (11/22/11) 40 IGOR PREMASUNAC F JR Points Assists... Steals... Minutes... November 25,

8 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Double-Double (points & rebounds) Morgan Grim... 1 Double-Figure Points Brockeith Pane... 4 Morgan Grim... 2 Brady Jardine... 1 Preston Medlin... 1 Kyisean Reed... 1 Steven Thornton Point Games Morgan Grim... 1 Brockeith Pane Point Games None Double-Figure Rebounding Morgan Grim... 1 Brady Jardine... 1 Five-Plus Assists Brockeith Pane... 1 Preston Medlin... 1 USU Leading Scorer Morgan Grim... 2 Brockeith Pane... 1 Kyisean Reed... 1 Steven Thornton... 1 USU Top Rebounder Brady Jardine... 2 Ben Clifford... 1 Morgan Grim... 1 USU Top Assist Man Brockeith Pane... 4 Preston Medlin... 2 Morgan Grim Plus Minutes Morgan Grim... 4 Preston Medlin... 4 Brockeith Pane... 4 Mitch Bruneel... 3 Brady Jardine... 2 Kyisean Reed... 2 Steven Thornton Plus Minutes Brockeith Pane... 4 Preston Medlin... 3 Morgan Grim... 2 Brady Jardine... 2 Kyisean Reed Plus Minutes Morgan Grim... 1 GRIM RECORDS CAREER-HIGHS AT TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI Senior forward Morgan Grim recorded his first-ever double-double with a career-high 20 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, while playing a career-high 42 minutes in his last game against Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. Grim also took three charges in the game to give him a teamleading six on the season. For Grim, it is his second career double-figure scoring game and first career double-figure rebounding game. Grim scored 19 points earlier this year at Weber State. PANE SCORES IN DOUBLE-FIGURES AGAIN Senior point guard Brockeith Pane scored in double-figures for the fourth-straight game this year and 26th time in his career with 15 points at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. For Pane, he has now scored in double-figures in seven straight games dating back to last season. Pane is also 18-for-20 from the free throw line this season, and has made 43 of his last 46 free throws (.935) during his last seven games dating back to last season. REED RECORDS DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDS AGAINST TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI Junior forward Kyisean Reed grabbed 10 rebounds in his first career start at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi in his last game for his first career double-figure rebound game. He also played a career-high 31 minutes in the game and had four points and two steals. THOSEBY HAS BREAKOUT GAME AT TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI Freshman guard Adam Thoseby had a breakout game at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi as he came of the bench to score a season-high nine points as he was 3-of-5 from three-point range. Thoseby also had a season-best three rebounds against the Islanders and played a season-high 19 minutes. REED SCORES FIRST POINTS AS AN AGGIE AGAINST SOUTHERN UTAH Junior forward Kyisean Reed scored a season-high 13 points (all in the second half) and tied his season-high with five rebounds against Southern Utah in his last game as he played a season-high 25 minutes. Reed, who was 5-of-7 from the field but just 3-for-9 at the free throw line against SUU, also had three dunks in the game. Reed entered the game against Southern Utah shooting 0-of-4 from the field and 0-for-2 at the free throw line. THORNTON RECORDS FIRST CAREER DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAME AGAINST SOUTHERN UTAH Freshman guard Steven Thornton scored a season-high 13 points and had a season-high five rebounds in a season-high 24 minutes against Southern Utah in his last game. Thornton, who was 5-of-8 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point range, and 1-for-1 at the free throw line against SUU, also had his first dunk of the season in the game. STONE PROVIDES SPARK OFF AGGIE BENCH AGAINST SOUTHERN UTAH Freshman center Jordan Stone had his best game of the young season against Southern Utah as he scored a season-high five points and grabbed a season-high five rebounds in just seven minutes in the second half as he was 2-of-3 from the field and 1-for-3 at the free throw line. Stone also played a season-high seven minutes in the game. JARDINE RECORDS CAREER-HIGH 14 REBOUNDS AT WEBER STATE Senior forward Brady Jardine recorded a career-high 14 rebounds at Weber State Tuesday, marking the eighth time in his career he has posted double-digit rebounds. JARDINE RANKS SIXTH ALL-TIME IN BLOCKED SHOTS Junior forward Brady Jardine ranks sixth all-time at Utah State with 70 career blocks and is now 20 blocks shy of tying Nate Harris ( ) for fifth all-time with 90 career blocks. Gilbert Pete ( ) holds the school record with 155 blocks, followed by Nate Wickizer ( ) with 148, Tai Wesley ( ) with 144, and Shawn Daniels ( ) with November 25, 2011

9 UTAH STATE NATIONALLY RANKED THREE TIMES IN LAST EIGHT YEARS Utah State ended the season ranked No. 25 in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and ended the season nationally ranked for nine straight weeks, which is its longest streak since being ranked for 11 straight weeks during the season. That No. 25 national ranking for Utah State marks the first time it has been ranked at the end of a season since the USU team finished the year ranked No. 17 in the final United Press Coaches Poll. Overall, it is just the eighth time in school history that an Aggie team has been nationally ranked at the end of the year joining the 1960 (7th), 1962 (19th), 1964 (15th), 1967 (14th), 1970 (17th), 1975 (13th) and 1978 teams (17th). Utah State entered the 2011 NCAA Tournament ranked No. 17 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 19 in the Associated Press Poll. The Associated Press does not produce an end-of-season poll. Utah State s No. 17 ranking in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll is the highest-ever ranking for Utah State in that poll which WEEK-BY-WEEK NATIONAL RANKINGS Week ESPN/USA Today AP Final 25th Mar th 19th Mar. 7 17th 23rd Feb st 25th Feb rd 26th Feb th 25th Feb. 7 17th 21st Jan st 22nd Jan th 30th Jan st 38th Jan th 39th Jan. 3 37th NR Dec th NR Nov rd NR Nov th NR Nov th 44th Preseason 40th 43rd expanded from 20 to 25 teams prior to the season. USU was also ranked 17th in coaches poll earlier in the year and during the season. USU s No. 19 ranking in the AP poll is the highest since the season was also ranked No. 19. Overall, it is the second time in the last three years and the third time in the past eight seasons that Utah State has been ranked in both polls. The last time a Utah State team was ranked higher than 17th in any poll was at the end of the season when it was ranked 13th in the final United Press International Coaches poll. UTAH STATE WINS SEVENTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER MORRILL AND 16TH ALL-TIME With its fourth-straight Western Athletic Conference regular season championship last year, Utah State has now won seven league titles under head coach Stew Morrill and 16 conference championships all-time in school history (1918, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1980, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). UTAH STATE WINS EIGHTH POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY Utah State won its eighth postseason tournament championship, and second Western Athletic Conference tournament championship last year. It is also the sixth time under Morrill that USU has won a tournament title (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011) as the first four were when the Aggies were a member of the Big West Conference. UTAH STATE HAS WON FOUR STRAIGHT WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Utah State s current run of winning four-straight Western Athletic Conference regular season championships is the longest in school history and the best by a WAC team since Nevada won five straight league titles from The previous school record for consecutive conference titles was two during the seasons in the Rocky Mountain Athletics Conference and the seasons in the Big West Conference. UTAH STATE ONE OF FIVE TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY TO WIN FOUR-STRAIGHT LEAGUE TITLES Utah State is one of five teams in the nation to win at least four-straight regular season conference championships. Gonzaga has the longest active streak as it has won 11 straight West Coast Conference titles, while Kansas is second with seven straight Big 12 titles. Butler (Horizon) and Xavier (Atlantic 10) are tied for third as each school has won five-straight league championships, while Utah State (WAC) has won four-straight league titles. UTAH STATE FINISHES YEAR RANKING THIRD IN THE NATION IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE Utah State finished the season ranking third in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.383), fourth in winning percentage (.882), fifth in scoring defense (58.7), sixth in scoring margin (+13.4), eighth in rebound margin (+7.6), 11th in three-point field goal percentage defense (.302), 28th in field goal percentage (.470), 32nd in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.24), 40th in fewest turnovers per game (11.8) and 47th in free throw shooting (.737). UTAH STATE SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINNING PERCENTAGE Utah State finished the season setting a school record with a winning percentage of 88.2 percent, bettering the previous record of 86.2 percent set during the season. USU also tied the team for the most wins in school history with 30. Utah State also finished the year ranking fourth all-time in school history in three-point attempts (562), tied for fifth in three-pointers made (206), sixth in blocked shots (110), eighth in total points (2,449), ninth in assists (500), ninth in free throws made (563) and ninth in free throw percentage (.737). USU also played 34 games to rank tied for fifth all-time in school history. UTAH STATE TRADITIONALLY ONE OF THE BEST SHOOTING TEAMS IN THE NATION Utah State has led the nation in field goal shooting three times in the last seven years as it shot 52.5 percent during the season, 51.4 percent during the season, and 49.6 percent during the season. Utah State finished the season ranking third in the nation in three-point shooting (.414), ninth in overall shooting (.488) and 10th in free throw shooting (.758), and was the only team in the nation to rank among the top 10 nationally in all three shooting categories. In , Utah State ranked 28th in the nation in overall shooting at 47.0 percent. ESPN/USA Today Top-25 (11/21/11) Rank School Pts. 1. North Carolina (30) Kentucky (1) Ohio State Connecticut Syracuse Duke Louisville Memphis Florida Baylor Wisconsin Xavier Alabama Kansas Michigan Pittsburgh Marquette California Gonzaga Florida State Missouri Vanderbilt Arizona Texas A&M Creighton Others Receiving Votes: Mississippi State 58, Purdue 48, Villanova 48, Texas 31, UNLV 23, Cincinnati 23, Northwestern 22, Temple 20, Cleveland State 20, Saint Louis 12, Michigan State 12, George Mason 10, Illinois 8, Long Beach State 8, San Diego State 8, Saint Mary s 6, Oklahoma State 6, Washington 3, Virginia 2, Indiana 2, Marshall 1, Harvard 1, Notre Dame 1. AP Top-25 (11/21/11) Rank School Pts. 1. North Carolina (62) Kentucky Ohio State (1) Connecticut (2) Syracuse Duke Louisville Memphis Baylor Florida Wisconsin Xavier Alabama Kansas Michigan Marquette Pittsburgh Vanderbilt Gonzaga California Missouri Florida State Arizona Mississippi State Texas A&M Others Receiving Votes: Cleveland State 94, Michigan State 58, Creighton 48, Cincinnati 30, Washington 27, UNLV 23, Villanova 18, Temple 14, San Diego State 12, Saint Mary s 9, Oregon State 7, Kent State 7, Belmont 6, Saint Louis 6, Purdue 4, New Mexico State 4, Notre Dame 4, Long Beach State 4, Texas 4, Harvard 3, Illinois 2, Georgetown 2, Middle Tennessee 2, Minnesota 1, Marshall 1, West Virginia 1. November 25,

10 PRESEASON WAC POLLS The Western Athletic Conference announced its preseason coaches and media polls and preseason all-conference teams on Oct. 18 and Utah State was picked to finish in first-place during the season by the media and third by the coaches. PRESEASON COACHES POLL 1. Nevada (5) New Mexico State UTAH STATE (3) Hawai i Idaho Fresno State San Jose State Louisiana Tech PRESEASON MEDIA POLL 1. UTAH STATE (13) Nevada (5) New Mexico State (3) Hawai i (3) Idaho San Jose State Fresno State Louisiana Tech PRESEASON ALL-WAC TEAMS The WAC also announced its preseason all-conference teams as voted on by the league s coaches and media and Utah State senior guard Brockeith Pane was voted the league s Preseason Player of the Year by the media and to the firstteam by both the coaches and media. USU also had one player voted to the WAC s preseason second-team by the coaches in senior forward Brady Jardine. Preseason Coaches First-Team Deonte Burton, So., G, Nevada Vander Joaquim, Jr., C, Hawai i Zane Johnson, Sr., G, Hawai i Wendell McKines, Sr., F, New Mexico State Brockeith Pane, Sr., G, Utah State Preseason Coaches Second-Team Kyle Barone, Jr., C, Idaho Dario Hunt, Sr., F, Nevada Hernst Laroche, Sr., G, New Mexico State Brady Jardine, Sr., F, Utah State Malik Story, Jr., G, Nevada Player of the Year: Deonte Burton, So., G, Nevada Preseason Media First-Team Deonte Burton, So., G, Nevada Dario Hunt, Sr., F, Nevada Zane Johnson, Sr., G, Hawai i Wendell McKines, Sr., F, New Mexico State Brockeith Pane, Sr., G, Utah State Player of the Year: Brockeith Pane, Sr., G, Utah State Newcomer of the Year: Shaquille Stokes, Fr., G, Hawai i USU HAS 12TH-LONGEST ACTIVE POSTSEASON STREAK Utah State has advanced to postseason play in CONSECUTIVE POSTSEASON APPEARANCES each of the last 12 seasons as it has played in eight NCAA Tournaments and four NIT s. That streak of 12 straight postseasons is tied with Notre Dame for the 13th-longest active streak in the nation. Michigan State owns the longest active postseason streak in the nation at 23 with 19 NCAA and four NIT appearances. Kansas is second with 22 straight NCAA trips, Yrs. School 23 Michigan St. 22 Kansas 20 Kentucky 18 Syracuse 16 Duke 15 Oklahoma St. Breakdown (19-NCAA, 4-NIT) (22-NCAA) (19-NCAA, 1-NIT) (14-NCAA, 4-NIT) (16-NCAA) (10-NCAA, 5-NIT) while Kentucky is third at 20 with 19 NCAA bids and 14 Creighton (7-NCAA, 5-NIT, 1-CIT, 1-CBI) one NIT appearance. Syracuse (14-NCAA, 4-NIT) is fourth with 18 straight postseason appearances. Duke ranks fifth with 16 straight NCAA trips, while Oklahoma State is sixth with 15 straight (10-NCAA, 5-NIT), and Creighton (7-NCAA, 5-NIT, 1-CIT, 1-CBI) and Gonzaga (13-NCAA, 1-NIT) are tied for seventh with 14 straight postseason trips. Florida (11-NCAA, 2-NIT), Texas (13 NCAA) and Wisconsin (13-NCAA) are 14 Gonzaga 13 Florida 13 Texas 13 Wisconsin 12 UTAH STATE 12 Notre Dame (13-NCAA, 1-NIT) (11-NCAA, 2-NIT) (13-NCAA) (13-NCAA) (8-NCAA, 4-NIT) (7-NCAA, 5-NIT) all tied for ninth with 13 straight postseason bids, followed by USU and Notre Dame (7-NCAA, 5-NIT). USU AMONG THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY Over the last 13 years, Utah State has been one of the best basketball programs in the country, recording a (.772) record. Those 311 wins are the fifth-most in the country, while the 77.2 percent winning percentage is fourth-best behind Duke (.838), Kansas (.821) and Gonzaga (.794). USU has also been among the top teams in the country in field goal and free throw shooting as it led the nation in both categories during the 2008 season, and led the nation in field goal shooting in 2009 at 49.6 percent. UTAH STATE IN THE WAC WINNING PERCENTAGE IN THE WAC SINCE 2006 Since joining the Western Athletic Conference prior to the season, Utah 2. Nevada UTAH STATE State has been one of the most consistent 3. New Mexico St programs in the league and has the best 4. Fresno State record in WAC games during the last six 5. Hawai i years with a (.781) mark. During its first 6. Louisiana Tech six years in the league, Utah State has won 7. Idaho four regular season championships (2008, 8. San Jose State , 2010, 2011), two tournament championships (2009, 2011), and has played in the tournament championship game five times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011). WINNING PERCENTAGE IN THE 2000s Team Won Lost Pct. 1. Duke Kansas Gonzaga UTAH STATE Pittsburgh Memphis Florida Butler Connecticut Texas UTAH STATE VERSUS THE WAC Fresno State... USU leads Hawai i... USU leads 12-4 Idaho... USU leads Louisiana Tech... USU leads 12-2 New Mexico State... USU leads Nevada... USU leads San Jose State... USU leads Overall Record (.672) UTAH STATE VERSUS THE WAC Utah State is (.672) all-time against current members of the WAC and the Aggies have a winning record against every team in the league. In 2006, USU finished in a tie for second-place with an 11-5 league record and advanced to the conference s championship game. In 2007, USU finished in fourth-place with a 9-7 mark and advanced to the WAC Tournament championship game for the second straight year. In 2008, Utah State won a share of its first-ever WAC regular season championship as it went 12-4 during the year. In 2009, Utah State won its first-ever outright WAC regular season title with a 14-2 league record and its first-ever WAC Tournament championship. In 2010, Utah State won its third-straight regular season WAC title with a 14-2 record. And last year, Utah State won its fourth-straight regular season WAC championship with a 15-1 league record, to go along with its second WAC Tournament title in the last three years. THE MORRILL COACHING TREE Utah State head coach Stew Morrill currently has five former assistants who are head coaches at the Division I level in Jeff Jackson (Furman), Randy Rahe (Weber State), Dave Rice (UNLV), Blaine Taylor (Old Dominion) and Don Verlin (Idaho), which is tied for the fourth-most in the nation among active coaches. Arizona State s Herb Sendek has nine assistants who are current head coaches, followed by Rick Pitino (Louisiville) with seven, Mike Montogmery (California) with six, and Stew Morrill (Utah State), Jim Calhoun (Conneticut), Billy Donovan (Florida), Tom Izzo (Michigan State) and John Calipari (Kentucky) all with five. 10 November 25, 2011

11 JARDINE NAMED WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK ONCE LAST SEASON Senior forward Brady Jardine was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 29, 2010 after leading Utah State to a pair of home wins against Utah (79-62) and Northeastern (56-54). Against the Utes, he posted his second-ever doubledouble with a career-high 20 points to go along with a career-high 13 rebounds in a career-high 31 minutes. Jardine was 6-of-7 from the field and 8-of-10 at the free throw line in the game. Against the Huskies, Jardine posted another double-double with 15 points and a career-high tying 13 boards as he was 5-of-10 from the field and 5-of-8 at the free throw line. He also tied his career-high with three blocks and played a careerhigh 34 minutes in the game. For the week, Jardine averaged 17.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks, while shooting 64.7 percent from the field (11-17) and 72.2 percent at the free throw line (13-18). JARDINE NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM Utah State men s basketball player Brady Jardine was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII first team last season. Jardine was one of just three players from the Western Athletic Conference to earn academic all-district honors during the season joining teammate Tyler Newbold and Nedeljko Golubovic of Fresno State. The Aggie duo were also the only players from the state of Utah recognized. Along with being academic all-district, Jardine has also earned academic all-wac honors three times in his career. PANE NAMED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF WAC TOURNAMENT Senior guard Brockeith Pane was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2011 Western Athletic Conference Tournament as he had 16 points and three rebounds against San Jose State in the semifinals and 19 points, four assists and three rebounds in the championship game against Boise State. For the tournament, Pane averaged 17.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists, while shooting 42.9 percent from the field (9-21) and was a perfect 17-for-17 at the free throw line. UTAH STATE HAS WAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR THIRD TIME IN LAST FOUR YEARS With senior forward Tai Wesley being named the 2011 Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Utah State has now had three of the last four players of the year in the conference as Jaycee Carroll won the award in 2008 and Gary Wilkinson won it in Utah has the most WAC Players of the Year with seven, followed by Nevada with five and BYU with four. USU, Fresno State, San Diego State and Wyoming have all had three. MORRILL NAMED 2011 JIM PHELAN NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Utah State men s basketball coach Stew Morrill was named the 2011 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year at the Final Four in Houston. Named after legendary Mount St. Mary s head coach Jim Phelan, who won over 800 games and coached in more contests than any in college basketball history, the award is presented annually to the top coach in America by CollegeInsider.com. The honor is voted upon by a distinguished group of coaches, media members and athletic administrators. Other finalists for this year s award included Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Rick Byrd (Belmont), Jamie Dixon (Pittsburgh), Billy Donavan (Florida), Steve Fisher (San Diego State), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Steve Lavin (St. John s), Thad Matta (Ohio State), Sean Miller (Arizona), Matt Painter (Purdue), Rick Pitino (Louisville), Dave Rose (BYU), Bill Self (Kansas) and Roy Williams (North Carolina). MORRILL NAMED NABC DISTRICT 6 COACH OF THE YEAR IN 2011 Veteran Utah State men s basketball coach Stew Morrill was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 6 Coach of the Year as selected by his peers in It is the second year in a row that Morrill has been named the NABC s Coach of the Year for District 6 as he shared the award a year ago with Northern Colorado s Tad Boyle. MORRILL NAMED WAC COACH OF THE YEAR FOR THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON For the third straight year, Utah State head coach Stew Morrill has been named the Don Haskins WAC Coach of the Year after leading Utah State to its fourth-straight regular season conference championship. Morrill has now been named Coach of the Year in his respective conference six times during his illustrious career as he was named the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year in 1991 while at Montana, and the Big West Conference Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2002 while at Utah State, along with earning WAC Coach of the Year honors in each of the last three seasons. Morrill s award last year marks the eighth time in school history that an Aggie coach has been honored as Rod Tueller was named the Big West Conference Coach of the Year in 1980, while Larry Eustachy won the honor in 1995 and MORRILL HAS COACHED 14 FIRST-TEAM ALL-LEAGUE PLAYERS AT UTAH STATE Utah State head coach Stew Morrill has coached 14 first-team all-league players who have won the award a total of 20 times in his 13 years at Utah State. Those players are Shawn Daniels (twice), Troy Rolle, Bernard Rock, Tony Brown, Desmond Penigar (twice), Mark Brown, Cardell Butler, Nate Harris (three times), Spencer Nelson, Jaycee Carroll (twice), Gary Wilkinson, Jared Quayle, Tai Wesley (twice) and Brockeith Pane. UTAH STATE NOTES AND TRADITION Utah State s 30 wins during the season are tied with the team for most in school history and its 30-4 record is the best-ever at USU. Utah State also won 25-straight Western Athletic Conference games during the and seasons, to set a school and league record. Utah State s current streak winning four-straight Western Athletic Conference regular season championships is the longest in school history. The previous record for consecutive conference titles was two during the seasons in the Rocky Mountain Athletics Conference and the seasons in the Big West Conference. Utah State finished the season ranked No. 25 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, marking the first time since 1978 that USU has been nationally ranked at the end of the season. It is also just the eighth time in school history that USU has finished the season nationally ranked. USU was ranked for nine straight weeks to end the year, which is its longest streak since the team was ranked for 11 straight weeks. Overall, it was the third time in the last eight years that USU has been nationally ranked. Over the last 12 years, Utah State has averaged 25.8 wins and is one of just three schools in the nation to win at least 23 games in each of those seasons joining Gonzaga and Kansas. Over the past 12 years, Utah State has won seven regular season conference championships and six tournament championships. Utah State has advanced to 12 straight postseason appearances, which is a school record, going to the NCAA Tournament in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and to the National Invitation Tournament in 2002, 2004, 2007 and Over the last 12 years, Utah State has gone 25-6 (.806) in conference postseason tournaments and has advanced to the championship game 10 times. The Aggies have won 23-plus games in each of the last 12 seasons, which is a school record, bettering the old mark of three straight 20-win seasons from Over the past 12 seasons, Utah State has gone overall and in conference play. Those 309 wins are the sixth-most in the country over that time period, while its 77.4 percent winning percentage is the fourth-best in the country. Over the past 12 years, Utah State has had five All-American selections, 20 first-team all-conference selections, 30 all-conference selections (first and second team) and 42 conference player of the week honorees, not to mention Coach Morrill being named the league s Coach of the Year on five separate occasions (2000, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011). The team set a then school record with 28 wins and went a perfect 19-0 in the Big West Conference, marking only the third time in league history a team has gone undefeated. The team tied the school record for wins at the time (28) and recorded Utah State s first NCAA Tournament win in 31 years with a overtime victory against Ohio State. November 25,

12 UTAH STATE PICKED FIRST BY MEDIA, THIRD BY COACHES IN PRESEASON POLLS After winning four-straight regular season Western Athletic Conference Championships and two WAC Tournament titles in the past three years, Utah State s men s basketball team is picked to finish first in the conference once again during the season according to league s media, while the coaches have tabbed the Aggies third in the WAC s preseason polls. Nevada is the coaches pick to win the WAC this year after receiving five first-place votes and 46 points, while New Mexico State is slated to finish second after garnering 41 points, but no first-place votes. Utah State received three first-place votes and 38 points and was picked to finish third, followed by Hawai i (32), Idaho (24), Fresno State (18), San Jose State (14) and Louisiana Tech (11). In the media poll, Utah State garnered 13 first-place votes and 174 points, while Nevada was second with 162 points and five firstplace votes. New Mexico State, who received 150 points and three first-place votes was picked third, while Hawai i received 126 points and three first-place votes and was picked to finish fourth. Idaho was picked fifth (89), followed by San Jose State (66), Fresno State (59) and Louisiana Tech (38). PANE NAMED WAC PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR BY MEDIA Senior guard Brockeith Pane was named the WAC s Preseason Player of the Year by the media and a first-team all-league selection by both the media and coaches heading into the season. Overall, Utah State has had the WAC s Player of the Year three times in the last four years in Jaycee Carroll (2008), Gary Wilkinson (2009) and Tai Wesley (2011). Pane earned first-team all-wac honors and was named to the league s all-newcomer team as a junior, along with being voted the Most Valuable Player of the 2011 WAC Tournament. Pane is also the only returning first-team all-league player in the WAC from last season. JARDINE NAMED PRESEASON SECOND-TEAM ALL-WAC BY THE COACHES Senior forward Brady Jardine was named to the WAC s preseason second-team by the coaches heading into the season. AGGIES SCHEDULE LOADED WITH POSTSEASON GAMES Of its 31 regular season games scheduled this year, Utah State will play at least 11 games against teams who participated in postseason play last year. Overall, Utah State s non-conference schedule consists of five games against postseason teams from a year ago as it will host Brigham Young, Kent State and Saint Peter s, and play at Weber State and Wichita State. Both the Cougars and Saint Peter s played in the NCAA Tournament a year ago, while Kent State and Wichita State both participated in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in 2011, with the Shockers winning the championship. Weber State concluded its 2011 season in the College Basketball Invitational. In all, Utah State s non-conference schedule consists of nine teams with winning records in 2011, including four who won at least 20 games. Other postseason teams from the season on Utah State s schedule include Hawai i and Idaho who both played in the CollegeInsider. com Tournament, and San Jose State who participated in the College Basketball Invitational. UTAH STATE INSIDE THE DEE GLEN SMITH SPECTRUM Utah State is (.938) in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum under Morrill, which includes a 95-5 (.949) record against non-conference opponents. Overall, USU is (.821) in this its 42nd year in the building. USU has also won 33 straight home games to rank as the third-longest active home winning streak in the nation behind Duke (40) and Kentucky (37). Overall, USU has won 85 of its last 87 home games with its only losses during that stretch coming against Saint Mary s (68-63) on Dec. 5, 2009 and against Fresno State (71-66) on March 3, Saint Mary s snapped USU s school-record 37-game home winning streak. USU has also won 16 straight home games against non-conference opponents dating back to the Saint Mary s game. ACADEMIC ALL-WAC Utah State placed four players (Matt Formisano, Brady Jardine, Tyler Newbold, Tai Wesley) on the academic all-wac team in The other eight teams in the league combined for 10 academic all-wac selections. Under Morrill, USU has had 17 players earn academic allconference honors a total of 30 times. 12 November 25, 2011

13 HEAD COACH STEW MORRILL In his 26th season as a collegiate head coach and 14th year at Utah State, Stew Morrill has taken the Aggie Basketball program to unprecedented heights leading it to an incredible (.756) record, including a (.773) conference mark in the Big West and WAC. Morrill became the winningest coach in school history on Jan. 17, 2008 in the Aggies win against Boise State, passing E. Lowell Romney ( ) who won 225 games in 22 seasons. In his first 13 years at USU, Morrill has guided the Aggies to 12 straight 23-win seasons and 12 straight postseason appearances (NCAA-8, NIT-4), both of which are school records. Morrill has also led Utah State to the fourth-best winning percentage in the nation during the last 13 years at 77.2 percent with an overall record of Against conference opponents, Utah State has a (.774) record with seven regular season league championships and six tournament titles during that time, including appearances in its league s tournament championship game 10 times in the last 12 years. Under Morrill, Utah State has notched 12 of the top 13 seasons in school history during the last 12 years as the Aggies set a school record with 28 wins during the 2000 season, tied that record with 28 wins during the 2001 season, set a new school record with 30 wins in 2009 and tied that record with 30 wins in During the season, Morrill guided Utah State to its fourth-straight Western Athletic Conference regular season championship and its second WAC Tournament title. Morrill was named the WAC Coach of the Year in 2011, along with being named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com. For the 12th straight year, USU had at least one player earn first-team all-league accolades as Brockeith Pane and Tai Wesley were both named first-team all-wac in 2011, while Wesley was named the Player of the Year marking its third player of the year in the WAC in the last four seasons. Overall, Morrill has coached 14 first-team all-league players at Utah State who have won the award a total of 20 times. Morrill has also taken full advantage of the home court at USU, the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. In Morrill s first 14 years, USU is an amazing (.938) at home, which includes a (.926) record in league play. As for Morrill, he has won 20 or more games on 16 different occasions during his career, and he has won at least 17 games 21 times. Overall, Morrill ranks 16th in the nation among active coaches and 57th all-time with his 544 career wins, while his career winning percentage of 69.1 percent ranks 23rd among active coaches and 80th all-time. He is also one of just 11 active coaches to notch at least win seasons. His current streak of 12 straight 20-win seasons ranks tied for fifth among active coaches and is tied for the ninth-longest streak ever at the Division I level. Morrill has also been named Coach of the Year (2000 BWC, 2002 BWC, 2009 WAC, 2010 WAC, 2011 WAC) five times in his first 13 years at USU, along with winning the Big Sky award while the head coach at Montana in His overall coaching record is (.691). MORRILL YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD Year School Overall Pct. Conf. Place 1987 Montana rd 1988 Montana t6th 1989 Montana rd 1990 Montana rd 1991 Montana st 1992 Colorado State th 1993 Colorado State th 1994 Colorado State th 1995 Colorado State t7th 1996 Colorado State th 1997 Colorado State th 1998 Colorado State th 1999 Utah State th 2000 Utah State st 2001 Utah State nd 2002 Utah State st 2003 Utah State rd 2004 Utah State t1st 2005 Utah State nd 2006 Utah State nd 2007 Utah State th 2008 Utah State t1st 2009 Utah State st 2010 Utah State st 2011 Utah State st 2012 Utah State Totals 26 Years Years School Overall Pct. Conf. Pct Montana Colorado State Utah State Totals 26 Years DID YOU KNOW? Head coach Stew Morrill ( ) is the winningest coach in school history and is first all-time in games coached (431). Morrill is also the second-longest tenured coach at Utah State (14 seasons) behind E. Lowell Romney ( ). In his 14th season with the Aggies, Morrill has a (.756) overall record, a (.773) conference record and a 25-7 (.781) record in conference postseason play. Overall, Morrill owns a (.691) record in this his 26th year as a collegiate head coach. Among active coaches at the Division I level, Morrill ranks 16th in the nation with his 544 career wins and 23rd in winning percentage at 69.1 percent. Morrill is one of just 18 active coaches with 500 career wins at the Division I level and one of just 73 coaches to ever win 500 games at the DI level. Morrill is one of just 11 active coaches to notch win seasons, while his current streak of 12 straight 20-win seasons is tied for the fifth-longest in the nation. Morrill was named the 2009, 2010 and 2011 WAC Coach of the Year, along with earning Coach of the Year honors from the United States Basketball Writers Association in 2009 and Coach of the Year honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 2010 and Morrill is the dean of WAC coaches, having spent seven years in the league while at Colorado State and six at Utah State, and has an overall WAC record of (.636). Morrill has been named conference coach of the year six times during his career, winning the award in 1991 while at Montana, and in 2000, 2002, 2009, 2010 and 2011 while at Utah State. Morrill was named the 2011 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com. Morrill has coached 14 first-team all-league players who have won the award a total of 20 times. Those players are Shawn Daniels (twice), Troy Rolle, Bernard Rock, Tony Brown, Desmond Penigar (twice), Mark Brown, Cardell Butler, Nate Harris (three times), Spencer Nelson, Jaycee Carroll (twice),gary Wilkinson, Jared Quayle, Tai Wesley (twice) and Brockeith Pane. Under Morrill, Utah State has had 17 players earn academic all-conference honors a total of 30 times. Utah State is (.938) in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum under Morrill. Morrill has led Utah State to 12 straight 23-win seasons and 12 straight postseason appearances, both of which are school records. Morrill led Utah State to its first NCAA Tournament win in 31 years when USU defeated fifth-seeded Ohio State in overtime during the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Morrill has been involved in postseason action 15 times in his career, including the NCAA Tournament at Utah State in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and the National Invitation Tournament in 2002, 2004, 2007 and Morrill has won 20 or more games on 16 different occasions during his career, and he has won at least 17 games 21 times. November 25,

14 UTAH STATE STATISTICS & RESULTS Utah State Basketball Utah State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 22, 2011) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 00 Pane, Brockeith Grim, Morgan Medlin, Preston Bruneel, Mitch Jardine, Brady Thornton, Steven Reed, Kyisean Thoseby, Adam Stone, Jordan Farris, E.J Clifford, Ben Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS USU OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. 11/11/11 BRIGHAM YOUNG W /15/11 at Weber State L /19/11 SOUTHERN UTAH W /22/11 at Texas A&M - Corpus ChristiLot * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Utah State Opponents November 25, 2011

15 UTAH STATE GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (USU/OPPONENT) Opp. FG Pct. 3FG Pct. FT Pct. Reb. Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Scoring (1-2-Tot.) BYU (.458)/22-47 (.468) 5-15 (.333)/ 3-14 (.214) (.690)/15-22 (.682) / WSU (.451)/20-54 (.370) 3-9 (.333)/12-23 (.522) (.609)/21-27 (.778) / SUU (.463)/21-47 (.447) 3-14 (.214)/ 6-13 (.462) (.500)/14-20 (.700) / TAMCC (.333)/22-58 (.379) 4-9 (.444)/ 2-17 (.118) (.722)/12-22 (.545) / ISU DU UOP UVU WSU SU UTA SPC KSU MSU FS UN NMSU LTU SU UI UH SJSU UN FS LTU NMSU MT TBA UI SJSU UH UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS #0 #1 #5 #11 #13 #14 #15 #21 #22 #25 #34 #40 Opponent Pane Clifford Thornton Thoseby Medlin Farris Bruneel Grim Jardine Stone Reid Premasunac BYU DNP DNP at Weber St DNP DNP Southern Utah DNP DNP at Texas A&M-CC DNP DNP at Idaho St. Denver at Pacific Utah Valley at Wichita St. Seattle UT-Arlington Saint Peter s Kent St. at Mississippi St. Fresno St. Nevada at New Mexico St. at Louisiana Tech at Seattle at Idaho Hawai i San Jose St. at Nevada at Fresno St. Louisiana Tech New Mexico St. Montana Tech TBA Idaho at San Jose St. at Hawai i November 25,

16 UTAH STATE BASKETBALL TRENDS Overall Record , 0-0 When the Aggies they are Play day games Play night games Lead at halftime Trail at halftime Are tied at halftime Shoot better from the field than opponent Shoot worse from the field than opponent Shoot the same from the field as opponent Shoot better from three-point range than opponent Shoot worse from three-point range than opponent Shoot the same from three-point range as opponent Shoot better from line than opponent Shoot worse from the line than opponent Shoot the same from the line as opponent Outrebound opponent Are outrebounded by opponent Are even in rebounds with opponent Have more offensive rebounds than opponent Have fewer offensive rebounds than opponent Have the same number of offensive rebounds Have more defensive rebounds than opponents Have fewer defensive rebounds than opponents Have the same number of defensive rebounds Commit more fouls than opponent Commit fewer fouls than opponent Commit same number of fouls Have more assists than opponent Have fewer assists than opponent Have same number of assists Commit more turnovers than opponent Commit fewer turnovers than opponent Commit the same number of turnovers Block more shots than opponent Block fewer shots than opponent Block the same number of shots Have more steals than opponent Have fewer steals than opponent Have same number of steals Starting frontline outscores the opponent s Starting frontline is outscored by the opponent s Starting frontlines scores same amount Starting backcourt outscores the opponent s Starting backcourt is outscored by the opponent s Starting backcourts scores same amount Bench outscores the opponent s Bench is outscored by the opponent s Bench scores same amount Utah State s Points Scored/Allowed Summary Record When Scoring Record When Allowing Utah State s Record When the Margin is... 1 (pt.) Utah State s Record by Month Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March Utah State s Record by Day of the Week Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat Starters/Non-Starters Production Summary Starters Bench Total/% Team Total/% Team Minutes 577/70% 248/30% Points 192/76% 60/24% 88/61% 49/34% Miscellaneous Statistics Double Double Figure 20-Pt. Figure Double Games Scoring Games Reb(Ast) Doubles 0 Pane Clifford Thornton Thoseby Medlin Farris Bruneel Grim Jardine Stone Reid Premasunac Scoring Average by Halves 1st Half 2nd Half OT1 OT2 Total Utah State Opponents Starting Lineups Grim (F), Jardine (F), Pane (G), Thornton (G), Medlin (G) Bruneel (F). Grim (F), Jardine (F), Pane (G), Medlin (G) Grim (F), Reed (F), Pane (G), Thornton (G), Medlin (G) November 25, 2011

17 UTAH STATE/OPPONENTS GAME HIGHS & LOWS UTAH STATE GAME HIGHS Points 69 Brigham Young (11/11/11) FG Made 25 Southern Utah (11/19/11) FG Att. 57 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FG %.463 (25-54) Southern Utah (11/19/11) 3FG Made 5 Brigham Young (11/11/11) 3FG Att. 15 Brigham Young (11/11/11) 3FG %.444 (4-9) at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FT Made 20 Brigham Young (11/11/11) FT Att. 29 Brigham Young (11/11/11) FT %.722 (13-18) at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) Reb. 42 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) Assists 11 (2) Southern Utah (11/19/11) Steals 6 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Blocks 4 Southern Utah (11/19/11) TOs 18 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Fouls 24 at Weber State (11/15/11) OPPONENT GAME HIGHS Points 73 at Weber State (11/15/11) FG Made 22 (2) at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FG Att. 58 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FG %.468 (22-47) Brigham Young (11/11/11) 3FG Made 12 at Weber State (11/15/11) 3FG Att. 23 at Weber State (11/15/11) 3FG %.522 (12-23) at Weber State (11/15/11) FT Made 21 at Weber State (11/15/11) FT Att. 27 at Weber State (11/15/11) FT %.778 (21-27) at Weber State (11/15/11) Reb. 42 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) Assists 17 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Steals 10 at Weber State (11/15/11) Blocks 4 (2) at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) TOs 20 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Fouls 26 Brigham Young (11/11/11) UTAH STATE GAME LOWS Points 55 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FG Made 19 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FG Att. 48 Brigham Young (11/11/11) FG %.333 (19-57) at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) 3FG Made 3 (2) Southern Utah (11/19/11) 3FG Att. 9 at Weber State (11/15/11) 3FG %.214 (3-14) Southern Utah (11/19/11) FT Made 12 Southern Utah (11/19/11) FT Att. 23 at Weber State (11/15/11) FT %.500 (12-24) Southern Utah (11/19/11) Reb. 31 Brigham Young (11/11/11) Assists 3 at Weber State (11/15/11) Steals 2 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Blocks 1 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) TOs 8 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Fouls 19 Southern Utah (11/19/11) OPPONENT GAME LOWS Points 58 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FG Made 20 at Weber State (11/15/11) FG Att. 47 (2) Southern Utah (11/19/11) FG %.370 (20-54) at Weber State (11/15/11) 3FG Made 2 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11)) 3FG Att. 13 Southern Utah (11/19/11) 3FG %.118 (2-17) at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FT Made 12 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) FT Att. 20 Southern Utah (11/19/11) FT %.545 (12-22) at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) Reb. 28 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Assists 9 at Weber State (11/15/11) Steals 4 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Blocks 1 at Weber State (11/15/11) TOs 6 Southern Utah (11/19/11) Fouls 18 at Texas A&M - CC (11/22/11) UTAH STATE MISCELLANEOUS STATS AGGIES WITH DUNKS THIS YEAR Brady Jardine... 4 Kyisean Reed... 3 Morgan Grim... 2 Brockeith Pane... 1 Steven Thornton... 1 FREE THROW PERCENTAGES IN FINAL 2:00 MINUTES & OVERTIME Brockeith Pane (.900) Morgan Grim (.833) Brady Jardine (.500) Kyisean Reed (.500) Preston Medlin (.333) Overall (.739) AGGIES WHO HAVE TAKEN CHARGES THIS YEAR Morgan Grim... 6 Brady Jardine... 2 Preston Medlin TEAM STATS Largest Lead vs. BYU (11/11) Largest Halftime Lead... 2 vs. BYU (11/11) Largest Deficit...18 at Weber State (11/15) Largest Halftime Deficit at Weber State (11/15) November 25,

18 GAME 1 UTAH STATE vs. BRIGHAM YOUNG Nov. 11, 2011 Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Brigham Young vs Utah State 11/11/11 7:05 p.m. at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum GAME 3 UTAH STATE vs. SOUTHERN UTAH Nov. 19, 2011 Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Southern Utah vs Utah State 11/19/11 7:05 p.m. at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Brigham Young DAVIES, Brandon f ROGERS, Stephen f HARTSOCK, Noah f ABOUO, Charles g ZYLSTRA, Brock g CUSICK, Craig COLLINSWORTH, Chris SHARP, Josh HARRISON, Damarcus AUSTIN, Nate Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 3 Utah State Grim, Morgan f Jardine, Brady f Pane, Brockeith g Thornton, Steven g Medlin, Preston g Thoseby, Adam Farris, E.J Bruneel, Mitch Stone, Jordan Reed, Kyisean Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Bobby McRoy <R>, Mike Eggers <U>, Sam Haddad <U> Technical fouls: Brigham Young-None. Utah State-None. Attendance: Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Brigham Young Utah State Last FG - BY 2nd-00:09, USU 2nd-00:35. Largest lead - BY by 4 2nd-11:03, USU by 11 2nd-04:06. 2 GAME Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 4 In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench BY USU Score tied - 10 times. Lead changed - 9 times. UTAH STATE vs. WEBER STATE Nov. 15, 2011 Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Utah State vs Weber State 11/15/11 7:05 p.m. at Dee Events Center (Ogden, Utah) Utah State Bruneel, Mitch f Grim, Morgan f Jardine, Brady f Pane, Brockeith g Medlin, Preston g Clifford, Ben Thornton, Steven Thoseby, Adam Farris, E.J Reed, Kyisean Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 2 Weber State BULLINGER, Kyle f OTIS, Frank f TRESNAK, Kyle c LILLARD, Damian g BAMFORTH, Scott g RICHARDSON, Jordan FULTON, Byron MAHONEY, Darin HAJEK, James Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Chris Rastatter, Jimmy Casas, Gregory Nixon Technical fouls: Utah State-Pane, Brockeith. Weber State-LILLARD, Damian. Attendance: 9359 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Utah State Weber State Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 2 In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench USU WSU Southern Utah TAYLOR, Ramell f STEVENETT, Jackson f MASSEY, Matt c HEUIR, Damon g JONES Jr., Ray, g NSENKI, Chris JOHNSON, Jordan COLLIE, Wade JEFFERY, Jaren Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 3 Utah State Bruneel, Mitch f Grim, Morgan f Jardine, Brady f Pane, Brockeith g Medlin, Preston g Clifford, Ben Thornton, Steven Thoseby, Adam Stone, Jordan Reed, Kyisean Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Eric Curry <R>, Rick Batsell <U>, Lonnie Dixon <U> Technical fouls: Southern Utah-None. Utah State-None. Attendance: Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Southern Utah Utah State Last FG - SUU 2nd-00:31, USU 2nd-00:50. Largest lead - SUU by 7 2nd-15:16, USU by 9 2nd-03:52. 4 GAME Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball 6 In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SUU USU Score tied - 8 times. Lead changed - 8 times. UTAH STATE vs. TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI Nov. 22, 2011 American Bank Center Corpus Christi, Texas Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Utah State vs Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 11/22/11 7:30 p.m. at Chorpus Christi, Texas (American Bank) Utah State Grim, Morgan f Reed, Kyisean f Pane, Brockeith g Thornton, Steven g Medlin, Preston g Clifford, Ben Thoseby, Adam Farris, E.J Bruneel, Mitch Stone, Jordan Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % OT: % OT: % OT: % Game: % Deadball Game: % Game: % 1,1 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Hawkins-Mast, Chris f Dempsey, Myron f Maxey, Nate c Ali, Hameed g Jones, Terence g Jordan, Johnathan Kocher, Jake Pope-Didier, Jordan King, James Wang, Ted Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Jeff Malham, Brad Fowler, Jeffery Johnson Technical fouls: Utah State-None. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi-None. Attendance: 1382 Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total Utah State Texas A&M - Corpus Christi OT: % OT: % OT: % Game: % Deadball Game: % Game: % 3 In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench USU AMCC Last FG - USU 2nd-02:21, WSU 2nd-06:40. Largest lead - USU by 4 1st-17:34, WSU by 18 2nd-12:22. Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 3 times. Last FG - USU OT-00:05, AMCC OT-01:06. Largest lead - USU by 6 2nd-03:12, AMCC by 4 OT-00:17. Score tied - 12 times. Lead changed - 15 times. 18 November 25, 2011

19 UTAH STATE ROSTERS Front Row: Kyisean Reed, David Collette, Igor Premasunac, Morgan Grim, Jordan Stone, Jarred Shaw, Ben Clifford, Danny Berger. Back Row: Brockeith Pane, Adam Thoseby, Antonio Bumpus, Mitch Bruneel, Brady Jardine, Steven Thornton, Preston Medlin, Sam Orchard, E.J. Farris. ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 12 Danny Berger G/F So. JC Medford, Ore. (North Medford HS/Chemeketa CC) 15 Mitch Bruneel F So. JC Boise, Idaho (Eagle HS/College of Southern Idaho) 1 Ben Clifford F Fr. RS South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) 30 David Collette F Fr. HS Murray, Utah (Murray HS) 14 E.J. Farris G Jr. 1L Newark, Calif. (Newark Memorial HS/College of Sequoias) 21 Morgan Grim F Sr. 1L Riverton, Utah (Riverton HS/Utah) 22 Brady Jardine F Sr. 3L Twin Falls, Idaho (Twin Falls HS) 13 Preston Medlin G So. RS Carrollton, Texas (Hebron HS) 3 Sam Orchard G Fr. HS Salt Lake City, Utah (Highland HS) 0 Brockeith Pane G Sr. 1L Dallas, Texas (Carter HS/Midland JC) 40 Igor Premasunac F Jr. JC Zagreb, Croatia (School of Economics/Lon Morris JC) 34 Kyisean Reed F Jr. JC Palmdale, Calif. (Highland HS/Antelope Valley JC) 44 Jarred Shaw F/C Jr. TR Dallas, Texas (Carter HS/Oklahoma State) 25 Jordan Stone C Fr. HS Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) 5 Steven Thornton G Fr. HS Valencia, Calif. (Golden Valley HS) 11 Adam Thoseby G/F Fr. HS Henley-on-Thames, England (Maine Central Institute) NUMERICAL ROSTER 0 Brockeith Pane G Sr. 1L Dallas, Texas (Carter HS/Midland JC) 1 Ben Clifford F Fr. RS South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) 3 Sam Orchard G Fr. HS Salt Lake City, Utah (Highland HS) 5 Steven Thornton G Fr. HS Valencia, Calif. (Golden Valley HS) 11 Adam Thoseby G/F Fr. HS Henley-on-Thames, England (Maine Central Institute) 12 Danny Berger G/F So. JC Medford, Ore. (North Medford HS/Chemeketa CC) 13 Preston Medlin G So. RS Carrollton, Texas (Hebron HS) 14 E.J. Farris G Jr. 1L Newark, Calif. (Newark Memorial HS/College of Sequoias) 15 Mitch Bruneel F So. JC Boise, Idaho (Eagle HS/College of Southern Idaho) 21 Morgan Grim F Sr. 1L Riverton, Utah (Riverton HS/Utah) 22 Brady Jardine F Sr. 3L Twin Falls, Idaho (Twin Falls HS) 25 Jordan Stone C Fr. HS Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) 30 David Collette F Fr. HS Murray, Utah (Murray HS) 34 Kyisean Reed F Jr. JC Palmdale, Calif. (Highland HS/Antelope Valley JC) 40 Igor Premasunac F Jr. JC Zagreb, Croatia (School of Economics/Lon Morris JC) 44 Jarred Shaw F/C Jr. TR Dallas, Texas (Carter HS/Oklahoma State) Head Coach: Stew Morrill (Gonzaga, 1974), 14th Season Associate Coach: Tim Duryea (North Texas, 1988), 11th Season Assistant Coach: Chris Jones (Utah, 1994), Fourth Season Assistant Coach: Tarvish Felton (Southern Utah, 1999), Fourth Season Director of Operations: Lance Beckert (Daito Bunka, Japan, 1997), Sixth Season Trainer: Mike Williams (Utah State, 1996), 13th Season HOW TO SAY IT 15 Mitch Bruneel... Brew-neel 22 Brady Jardine... Jar-dean 40 Igor Premasunac... E-Gore Prem-uh-sue-niche 34 Kyisean Reed... Key-shawn 11 Adam Thoseby... Thos-bee Stew Morrill... MORE-L Tim Duryea... DUR-e-A Tarvish Felton... Tar-vis November 25,

20 UTAH STATE BASKETBALL UTAH STATE SPOTTING CHART 1 0 BROCKEITH PANE G Sr.-1L Dallas, Texas 12 DANNY BERGER G/F So.-JC Medford, Ore. 22 BRADY JARDINE F Sr.-3L Twin Falls, Idaho BEN CLIFFORD F Fr.-RS South Jordan, Utah 3 SAM ORCHARD G Fr.-HS Salt Lake City, Utah G So.-RS Carrollton, Texas E.J. FARRIS G Jr.-1L Newark, Calif. JORDAN STONE G Fr.-HS Valencia, Calif. 15 MITCH BRUNEEL F So.-JC Boise, Idaho C Fr.-HS Smithfield, Utah STEVEN THORNTON PRESTON MEDLIN 5 DAVID COLLETTE F Fr.-HS Murray, Utah 34 KYISEAN REED F Jr.-JC Palmdale, Calif. 42 JARRED SHAW F/C Jr.-TR Dallas, Texas 20 November 25, 2011 STEW MORRILL Head Coach 11 ADAM THOSEBY G/F Fr.-HS Henley-on-Thames, England 21 MORGAN GRIM F Sr.-1L Riverton, Utah 40 IGOR PREMASUNAC F Jr.-JC Zagreb, Croatia