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BOSTON (AP) — Jusuf Nurkic dropped in a putback with 0.6 seconds remaining and the Utah Jazz overcame a double-digit, second-half deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 105-103 on Monday night. Keyonte George scored a season-high 31 points, and Lauri Markkanen added 20 points and nine rebounds to help the Jazz end a three-game losing streak. The Celtics had a chance to tie, but Jaylen Brown was called for a foul on the inbounds play. Boston’s challenged but was unsuccessful allowing the Jazz to inbound the ball and run out the clock. Brown led Boston with 36 points, but was 0 for 9 from the 3-point line. Boston shot a season-low 21.6% (11 of 51) from beyond the arc. Payton Pritchard added 18 points and Derrick White finished with 10 points for the Celtics. They have lost their last two after winning three straight. Utah erased a 10-point halftime deficit, outscoring the Celtics 25-14 over the first seven minutes coming out of the break to take its first lead of the night, 61-60. The game was tied at 101 with a minute to play when Utah was whistled for a defensive 3-second violation. White connected on the technical free throw.
LOGAN — In the first two minutes of Utah State’s eventual 110-54 season-opening win over Westminster, the Aggies shot a chilly 1 of 6 from the field. For the rest of the night, they shot 42 of 69, good for what was ultimately a 60.9 field goal percentage. A significant portion of that scoring came on 3-pointers. Specifically, 19 made threes which was the highest single-game total since 2022 when the Aggies set a program record with 21 long-distance makes. “It’s one of the better shooting teams I’ve seen. They can really shoot the ball,” USU head coach Jerrod Calhoun said of his team. Jerrod Calhoun post-game presser after Utah State’s 110-54 win over Westminster. pic.twitter.com/TA9pdvVtan — Jason Walker (@jwalker_sports) November 4, 2025 While the entire team had its share of 3-point success, a lot of it was centered on Tucker Anderson, MJ Collins and Kolby King. The trio made 12 of the Aggies triples between them. For Anderson, his 3-for-5 performances was certainly a relief as he shot just 20.7% from three in the Spectrum last year. As for Collins, he entered the night as a career 28.1% shooter from distance. His five made 3-pointers set a new career-high and
Utah State’s 2025-26 season will officially begin tonight when the Aggies host Westminster. A host of expectations follow this year’s team as the program finally managed to retain a head coach after having their coaches, and most of their roster, poached for two straight seasons. The Aggies were picked to finish second in the Mountain West and have one of the top returning players in the conference, the highly-touted junior guard Mason Falslev. Here’s all of the necessary info ahead of the season debut for USU. 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: 6 p.m. KVNU Aggie Call: Immediately after Coach Calhoun’s post-game comments Availability Report In a preview press conference with the media, Calhoun bluntly stated he had no intentions of revealing injury information publicly. He did say his plans were to “play all 12 active players,” earlier noting that three players on the roster will be redshirting this season. Utah State head coach Jerrod Calhoun did not reveal who those players were,
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jake Guentzel snapped a tie in the third period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Sunday for their fifth consecutive win. Yanni Gourde, Anthony Cirelli, and Brandon Hagel also scored for Tampa Bay, and Jonas Johansson stopped 25 shots. It was Cirelli’s team-high seventh goal this season. Lawson Crouse and Kailer Yamamoto scored for Utah, which dropped a home game for the first time this season after opening with four straight wins in Salt Lake City. Ian Cole had two assists, and Karel Vejmelka made 22 saves. Utah had scored at least three goals in eight straight games. The Mammoth jumped in front 5:55 into the first when Crouse snapped the puck home on a breakaway. Tampa Bay responded with 4:43 left in the period. Gourde finished off a series of precision passes with an easy tap-in after drawing Vejmelka out of position. Cirelli made it 2-1 at 2:47 of the second, beating Vejmelka from just outside the face-off circle. After Yamamoto scored his first goal of the season 2:21 into the third, Tampa Bay countered with Guentzel’s unassisted goal with 7:54 remaining. Guentzel attacked from the backside and snapped
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Miles Bridges scored 29 points, Kon Knueppel added a career-high 24 and the Charlotte Hornets routed the Utah Jazz 126-103 on Sunday night to snap a three-game losing streak. High-energy backup center Moussa Diabate provided a huge spark for the Hornets with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Sion James, Knueppel’s college teammate at Duke, also had a career-high 15 points. Collin Sexton added 10 points and 12 assists for the Hornets, who played without Brandon Miller (shoulder subluxation) and LaMelo Ball (ankle impingement). Lauri Markkanen had 29 points and Keyonte George added 25 for the Jazz, who lost their third straight. After opening the season shooting a blistering 53% (16 of 30) from beyond the 3-point arc, Knueppel cooled off significantly the previous two games making just 2 of 12 from deep. But the No. 4 overall pick was again on his game, making 4 of 9 3s as the Hornets made 18 3-pointers. Knueppel received a standing ovation from the crowd at the Spectrum Center when he left the game with 1:38 remaining and the Hornets up by 25. This one was never close. The Hornets, who started three rookies for the second time this
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BOISE, Idaho — Utah State soccer (9-6-5, 5-2-3 MW) took down New Mexico in the Mountain West Championship quarterfinal round Sunday afternoon at the Boas Soccer Complex in Boise, winning 1-0. With the win, the Aggies will now advance to the semifinals to face Air Force on Wednesday. In a game which featured just four combined shots on goal between the sides, the lone goal came in transition, when a takeaway turned into a counter opportunity and a 71st minute goal for the Aggies. Freshman forward Kunie Hirai took possession in the Lobos’ side of the field, then got out running. Hirai, a Boise native playing in her hometown, then outran three New Mexico defenders before delivering a left-footer into the bottom right corner of the net to make it a 1-0 game. Defensively, USU limited New Mexico to just eight shots with two on frame to earn the shutout. The Lobos were held without a single shot in the second half of action. SCORING SUMMARY 70:48 – Kunie Hirai (USU) Assist: None UTAH STATE HEAD COACH MANNY MARTINS: “Tournament play is a totally different ballgame. I’m really proud of the group. Obviously, we have a lot of young players that
PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 36 points and had nine assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 118-96 win over the Utah Jazz in NBA Cup group play on Friday night. Grayson Allen scored 14 points, Royce O’Neale and Ryan Dunn had 13 points each and Dunn grabbed 10 rebounds for the Suns, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Lauri Markkanen led the way for the Jazz with 33 points, his fourth straight game scoring at least 30 points. Keyonte George finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and nine assists for Utah. Walker Kessler led Utah with 13 rebounds. The Suns took command in the first quarter, outscoring the Jazz 37-17 in the frame. Phoenix led 54-40 by halftime and slowly expanded the lead in the second half. The Jazz turned the ball over 21 times, compared to nine times for the Suns. Up next The Suns are at home against the Spurs on Sunday. The Jazz play another road game as they travel to meet the Hornets on Sunday. AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Source link
Utah State women’s basketball capped its brief preseason with a 71-40 victory over San Francisco State on Thursday, simultaneously showcasing the new-look team under second-year head coach Wes Brooks to Cache Valley-based fans for the first time this fall. The 31-point win marked the largest margin of victory, exhibition or otherwise, since 2021 when the Aggies defeated Fort Lewis College 90-43. Thursday’s game made for what could be a solid preview of what this year’s team under Brooks will be like — sloppy at times, but full of potential. The sloppy part of Utah State’s performance came early as the team started the evening shooting 3-of-13 from the field and only held a 16-13 lead at the end of the first quarter against a division two Gators team. The guard duo of Marina Asensio and Aaliyah Gayles accounted for every one of those 16 Aggie points (and would end the evening with 12 and 16 points, respectively). “I think everybody was just a little nervous, you know, how to butterfly is in their stomach,” Gayles said. “But then again, like Coach (Brooks) says, we practice how we play. So every time we got to practice, we got to come out
