It’s been a very good start for Utah State this season with six straight wins, the last three by an average of _ points. The Aggies are fresh off adding a trophy to their display case by winning the Charleston Classic and will now take on an upstart Montana State team that has some recent ties to USU.
Montana State and Utah State have been connected by head coaches, with Danny Sprinkle coaching the Bobcats (his head coaching debut even being in the Spectrum as MSU’s coach) before coming to take the job at Utah State. Two recent Aggie stars, Darius Brown and Great Osobor, also suited up for the Bobcats. Darius’ younger brother, Davian, currently plays for Montana State and is the team’s leading scorer (13.0 points per game) despite coming off the bench in six out of seven games. Heck, a former USU player, Max Agbonkpolo, played his final year of eligibility with Montana State in 2024-25 after spending a year.
Even with all those connections noted (and it’s honestly not all of them), here’s all of the necessary info ahead of this next game for Utah State.
How to watch
- Tip-off: 7 p.m. (Mountain Time)
- Location: Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (Logan, UT)
- TV Broadcast: KMYU | Mountain West Network
- Radio Broadcast: KVNU (102.1 FM, 610 AM) / kvnutalk.com / KVNU mobile app
KVNU Aggie GameDay pregame show with Stockton Jewkes and J.D. Walker: 1 p.m.
KVNU Aggie Call: Immediately after Coach Calhoun’s post-game comments
- Text (435) 554-1175 or call (435) 753-5868 during the pregame or postgame show to give your thoughts and reactions for the game.
Availability Report
Utah State and Montana State currently have no players expected to miss the upcoming game due to injury.
Projected Starters
Utah State (6-0)
- G – Drake Allen (6-5, Sr.) – 6.6 points | 3.0 rebounds | 7.2 assists
- G – Mason Falslev (6-4, Jr.) – 13.2 points | 5.0 rebounds | 2.0 assists
- G – MJ Collins (6-4, Sr.) – 21.0 points | 2.5 rebounds | 2.2 assists
- F – Tucker Anderson (6-9, Jr.) – 5.2 points | 1.8 rebounds | 1.2 assists
- F – Karson Templin (6-8, Jr.) – 9.0 points | 3.7 rebounds | 1.2 assists
Montana State (3-4)
- G – Jed Miller (6-2, Sr.) – 11.7 points | 4.9 rebounds | 2.6 assists
- G – Calvin Holden (6-2, Jr.) – 7.7 points | 2.3 rebounds | 1.9 assists
- G – Patrick McMahon (6-7, Sr.) – 13.0 points | 3.7 rebounds | 1.5 assists
- F – Christian King (6-8, So.) – 9.9 points | 3.6 rebounds | 1.0 assists
- F – Chris Hodges (6-9, Gr.) – 7.3 points | 2.4 rebounds | 1.3 assists
Team Statistical Ranks
Pace and offense/defense efficiency ratings via Ken Pomeroy’s rankings. All rankings are out of 365 teams.
Utah State
- Pace — 134th
- Offensive Efficiency — 120.5 (22nd)
- Defensive Efficiency — 100.0 (47th)
- 3-point Percentage — 36.1% (90th)
- 3-Point Attempt Rate — .376 (223rd)
- Offensive Rebounding Percent — 36.4% (58th)
- Total Rebounding Percent — 56.7% (37th)
- Turnover Percent — 15.5% (221st)
- Opp Turnover Percent — 19.8% (31st)
- KenPom Rank – 26th
Montana State
- Pace — 331st
- Offensive Efficiency — 105.8 (199th)
- Defensive Efficiency — 109.1 (197th)
- 3-point Percentage — 31.9% (216th)
- 3-Point Attempt Rate — .408 (162nd)
- Offensive Rebounding Percent — 22.6 (348th)
- Total Rebounding Percent — 50.5 (230th)
- Turnover Percent — 13.9% (120th)
- Opp Turnover Percent — 17.2% (111th)
- KenPom Rank – 198th
Computer Prediction Scores
- KenPom — Utah State win 86-65
- Haslametrics — Utah State win 81-66
- EvanMiya — Utah State win 83-65
