Utah State earns 18-point win despite first-half scare against San Jose State | Sports
Utah State fended off one of the best halves of offense a team as played against it this year and still managed to come away with an 18-point win over San Jose State, 96-78, in a Saturday matinee in the Mountain West. Through the first 20 minutes of Utah State’s first game of the 2026 calendar year, it seemed as though the Aggies had misplaced their Mountain West-best defense back in 2025. San Jose State had hit nine 3-pointers to aid in taking a 51-48 halftime lead over the Aggies. The Spartans were playing without their top forward, Yaphet Moundi, who has averaged 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds so far this season. But despite losing that scoring punch, SJSU seemed to play even better on offense, likely because of their ability to spread the floor. Adrian Myers, who stepped into the starting five in Moundi’s place, hit four triples on the afternoon. “(Moundi is) not a three-point shooter. So when you got guys coming off the ball screen, brushing into, you know, to threes, those things are hard to guard,” USU head coach Jerrod Calhoun said. “And we probably didn’t spend enough time guarding brushes. We’ve got to, you know,
