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In the final seconds of Utah State’s standalone Mountain West Friday-night clash with Colorado State, the home team Rams had the ball trailing by just two points, 63-61, to the visiting Aggies. USU had clawed its way back from being down by as many as 13 points in what had been a brutal road game in Fort Collins. One more defensive stand would send the Aggies back to their airport with a much-needed away-from-home victory. One make by the Rams would send Utah State packing with its first three-game losing streak in four years. Colorado State opted to give the ball to their top offensive weapon, Kyle Jorgensen. The 6-foot-9 big, who had gotten injured early in the Ram’s humiliating 42-point defeat in Logan 34 days prior, had scored 24 points so far on the night. Jorgensen had made his first eight field goal attempts, including a career-best five 3-pointers. All that stood between Jorgensen and an overtime-forcing bucket was Utah State junior forward Karson Templin, who guarded him on a baseline post-up 20 feet from the basket. Jorgensen threw all he could at Templin, a face-up, jab-step, left hand drive to the edge of the key and then a
LOGAN — Missed free throws, poor bench play, cold 3-point shooting in the second half and poor defense in the clutch doomed Utah State to an 86-76 home defeat to UNLV on Tuesday in what head coach Jerrod Calhoun called the team’s “worst loss since I’ve been the coach here.” Utah State started the season 16-1 overall and 6-0 in Mountain West play. But in the last two games, they’re 0-2 with a loss to Grand Canyon last Saturday and now a defeat at the hands of UNLV. Junior forward Karson Templin, along with Calhoun, tied the recent poor performances to the team’s practices. “We need to have better practices, myself included. We’ve been lackadaisical, and there’s no excuse for it,” Karson Templin said. “We just need to play harder in practice and tighten up some of our stuff. And it’s totally on us players.” At the start of Tuesday’s game, the team was far from lackadaisical. Calhoun’s starting lineup of Drake Allen, Mason Falslev, MJ Collins, Adlan Elamin and Zach Keller got out to a quick start, opening up a 9-0 lead. But as the teams began cycling to their bench units, the tides quickly turned. UNLV went on a 12-3
Almost exactly a year ago in January 2025, Utah State’s athletics department received a phone call. No one answered and it was probably for the best. The caller left an angry voicemail, expressing intense emotion tied to the fact that Utah State’s men’s basketball team had just lost to UNLV. The Aggies had started the season 16-1 before playing the Rebels and were ranked 22nd in the AP Top 25 poll. Perhaps most importantly, or at least probably very important to the man on the other end of the phone, Utah State was a -5.5 favorite to beat UNLV. More than one person probably saw a 16-1 USU team up against a 9-7 UNLV squad (that was also on a two-game losing streak) and thought taking the Aggies at -5.5 was free money. But it wasn’t. Utah State lost 65-62, and at least one person, whom USU head coach Jerrod Calhoun strongly suspected was an upset gambler, wanted to take it out their frustration on the Aggies by hurling verbal abuse over a phone line. Such abuse can come over the phone but are also incredibly common on social media thanks to the ability ability for direct messages to be
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State’s gymnastics team defeated No. 23 Southern Utah 195.700-195.550 in its home opener here on Saturday at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. It is the second time in six days that USU has topped SUU. Utah State posted nine career highs during the meet and claimed three of the four event titles. Junior Nyla Morabito won vault with a career-high-tying 9.850. Junior Isabella Vater won bars with a career-high 9.850. Freshman Anabelle Dewey won floor with a career-high 9.825. Sophomore Olivia Orengo competed in the all-around for Utah State and notched 39.050, tying her second-highest all-around score. With the win, Utah State improved to 3-1 for its best start to a season since the 2022 squad opened with a 4-1 record. Utah State began the meet on vault and scored a season-high 48.950, followed by 48.925 on bars, a season-high-tying 48.925 on beam and 48.900 on floor. Southern Utah’s 195.550 included 48.700 on vault, 48.875 on bars, 49.100 on beam and 48.875 on floor. Head Coach Kristin White “I’m really proud of our Aggies today. We had so much momentum from the Best of Utah Meet. To be able to compete at home for the first time
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State women’s basketball fell to Boise State, 76-60, on Saturday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Both teams struggled offensively in the early going before senior guard Karyn Sanford’s layup got the Aggies on the board at the 8:18 mark. USU got out to a 6-2 lead before Boise State went on a 17-1 first quarter run. Two 3-pointers by sophomore guard Elise Livingston pulled the Aggies back to a 22-15 deficit at the end of the first quarter. Both teams went back-and-forth during a hard-fought second quarter, with the Broncos taking a 38-30 advantage into halftime. Five quick points from senior forward Sophie Sene helped USU pull within one point midway through the third quarter. USU’s offense went cold from that point onward, however, as the Aggies shot 1-of-12 from the floor during a 12-minute stretch where the Broncos regained control of the game with a 27-4 run. Livingston led the team with 17 points, including 13 in the opening half, on 4-of-9 shooting from the floor and a perfect 6-of-6 showing from the charity stripe. Sene added 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting and a team-high five rebounds. Sanford led the team with five assists
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