LOGAN – The eight games for Utah State leading up to its Wednesday showdown against Nevada were all decided by seven points or less — three of those contests ending with the teams within one basket of each other. That fact left the Aggies, although they are sitting at the top of the Mountain West, feeling unsatisfied with their performance over the last month. “We were (like a) caged animal,” USU center Aubin Gateretse said. “We were very hungry.”  That animal was unleashed upon the unwitting Nevada Wolf Pack, resulting in a dominating 90-69 victory for the Aggies in their return to play after a week off, and following just their second loss of the season at UNLV. Head coach Jerrod Calhoun spoke during the week about a few different key aspects of the game he wanted his team to improve upon. One of the most emphasized was forcing turnovers. The Aggies started out the year as one of the best turnover-forcing teams, with their opponents averaging 14.7 giveaways up until the first week of January. But in the last two games, USU only created 12 total turnovers. That had to change. And it did. Nevada had 12 turnovers at

LOGAN – Wednesday will mark a full week since the last time Utah State men’s basketball took to the court for what ultimately became the team’s first loss in just under a month, and the first defeat in Mountain West play. The Aggies had scraped by with six consecutive wins decided by seven points or less before finally succumbing to the dangers of playing such close basketball on a consistent basis by losing to UNLV last Wednesday. The rest finally attained by Utah State for the full week was well-earned, having played four games in an 11-day span, all of those games being close, hard-fought contests. Worse still, illness began spreading through the team on the tail end of that stretch. Isaac Johnson was struck first, missing the game against Boise State and then moving to Isaac Davis who, alongside Johnson, didn’t make the trip to UNLV. Karson Templin then fell ill the day of the game against the Rebels, though he fought through it and played a season-high 25 minutes. Time off was dearly needed and didn’t come a moment too soon. Head coach Jerrod Calhoun made sure to give his players a rest with three days off last