Aggies glide past Northwest Nazarene for eighth straight win – Cache Valley Daily
Utah State basketball player Mason Falslev celebrates with the crowd at the Spectrum. Photo by Triston Hartfiel. LOGAN — Outside of a truly dominant opening four minutes against Northwest Nazarene on Saturday, Utah State struggled to live up to some of the great play seen of the Aggies in recent games. Despite that struggle, USU was able to dispatch the Nighthawks by a score of 84-53. “This game was way closer than the score,” USU head coach Danny Sprinkle said. “Sometimes our athleticism or their turnovers led to our easy points. But if they cut down some of those, I mean, it’s a lot closer game. They’ve got a good team.” Those first four minutes, though, were a sight to behold though as the Aggies rode out to a 19-2 lead. Northwest Nazarene didn’t make a field goal in that span, missing each of its first eight shots while USU started 8 of 11 from the field. But while the Aggies scored 19 points in just over four minutes, they would go scoreless over a nearly identical timespan immediately following the great start. Utah State missed four straight shots and had a couple of turnovers which gave the Nighthawks some