For the second game in a row, Utah State had a chance to take a commanding lead in the race for the Mountain West title. But, also for a second consecutive game, the Aggies blew that chance, this time with a 89-72 defeat at San Diego State. It’s the most points given up by the Aggies this year and second-most allowed by USU in the Jerrod Calhoun era (highest was 93 at Colorado State in 2024-25). Utah State entered the game with a one-game lead over San Diego State in the conference standings, but with the loss the two teams are now tied for first place with New Mexico one back back in third. But the Aztecs had far more to gain in this game than the Aggies had to lose. SDSU was on a two-game losing streak with its at-large NCAA hopes all but dashed by those losses. A win over Utah State would revitalize that and the Aztecs were fully aware of that. “They were just hungrier than us. That’s probably the disappointing thing,” USU head coach Jerrod Calhoun said. “I thought they just they looked a step faster, closer to the ball, winning 50-50 plays. That’s all

After taking just its fourth loss of the season, Utah State is heading on the road again for a rematch of its biggest conference of the season. The Aggies defeated San Diego State 71-66 at home, rallying in the second half to down the Aztecs and overtake them for first place in the Mountain West standings. Utah State has remained in first place since that game with SDSU sitting in second. But now the first-place belt is on the line once again. A win for the Aggies would mean almost effectively eliminating the Aztecs from the title race while a loss would mean a tie atop the table with a week and a half left in the regular season. Here’s all of the necessary info ahead of this marquee battle at the top the Mountain West. How to watch Tip-off: Feb. 25, 2026 at 9 p.m. (Mountain Time) Location: Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (Logan, UT) TV Broadcast: FS1 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: 8 p.m. KVNU Aggie Call: Immediately after Coach Jerrod Calhoun’s post-game comments Text (435) 554-1175 or call (435) 753-5868 during the pregame or postgame show to

Utah State point guard Elijah Perryman became the second Aggie to earn Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors this season, joining forward Adlan Elamin who earned the distinction last week. The two are the latest in a very solid line of freshmen contributors to the program and reflect much of the potential of their forebears. Aggie basketball fans are quite familiar with having freshmen contributors on their team over the years. Since joining the Mountain West, a total of 17 Utah State freshmen have logged at least 350 minutes (the rough baseline to being a regular rotation player). Those meeting that qualifier range from guys just inside the rotation as freshmen, like Sean Bairstow and Brock Miller, or players that were stars in their first year, such as Kobe McEwen and Neemias Queta. Future stars also saw small or medium roles as freshmen, like Sam Merrill, Justin Bean, Jalen Moore and Mason Falslev. Those 17 freshmen went on to be selected to 16 All-Mountain West teams, six All-MW Defense teams and earn two Freshman of the Year awards and one Player of the Year trophy (with Falslev expected to add to these tallies this season). And barring an early