Steven Ashworth. Photo by Clint Allen LOGAN – Utah State’s bench players stole the show in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Friday night, led by Steven Ashworth’s career-high 28 points, in an 84-62 win over Bradley. Aside from Ashworth’s 28, the Aggies got 15 points from sophomore wing Zee Hamoda and 10 points, 11 rebounds from Dan Akin. None of those three players are starters on the team right now. “Zee came in and gave us great minutes defensively. Dan came in and gave us some great minutes defensively and made some key baskets, too,” Odom said. “You can’t ignore Steven’s game tonight off the bench. He was incredible. Which is one of the reasons we put him there is, like, Steven’s fine whether you start him or bring him off the bench. He’s going to play his game and play it the right way.” The contributions from the bench were big in breaking the game open and giving the Aggies control. Utah State began the game cold, missing its first five shots of the game and starting 2-for-11 from the field overall. But stellar defense kept Bradley from taking advantage. The Braves started 2-for-14 themselves, allowing the Aggies to

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LOGAN, Utah – It was a battle from start to finish inside the Wayne Estes Center on Thursday night as Utah State volleyball (18-8, 10-5 Mountain West) defeated San José State (18-7, 12-3 MW) 3-2 in a match featuring 36 ties and 16 lead changes. “That was so fun,” head coach Rob Neilson said. “I’m so proud of our group. That’s just a really good San José State team and that was gritty from us. So many people came in off the bench and contributed. We finally found the right mix. It’s great to get a win in here in front of this crowd.” A kill from graduate opposite side hitter Emilee Turner followed by a block from junior outside hitter Tatum Stall gave USU a 5-2 edge in set one. A 3-0 Spartan spurt later gave SJSU an 8-7 edge. The teams stayed within two points until back-to-back San José State errors put Utah State on top 22-19. Two more SJSU errors gave USU set point and a kill from senior middle blocker Kennedi Boyd clinched the 25-21 victory. Set two was the only stanza not to feature a tie or lead change as the Spartans won 25-18. The