Utah State Demolishes Nevada In Home Blowout
Jan 22, 2025, 9:16 PM | Updated: Jan 23, 2025, 1:04 pm
LOGAN, Utah – Following a deflating loss to UNLV that dropped the Aggies out of the top 25, Utah State answered the bell with its most dominating conference game of the season, beating Nevada 90-69.
Utah State (16-2, 6-1) hosted the Nevada Wolfpack (11-7, 3-4) on Wednesday, January 22, at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
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⬅️ 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/pjbz94avd2
— USU Men's Hoops (@USUBasketball) January 23, 2025
Ian Martinez hit seven of nine threes for 23 points, with Mason Falslev having an off-shooting night. Falslev finished with 11 assists and three rebounds to go with nine points.
Aubin Gateretse made 6-of-7 shots for 16 points, and Dexter Akanno added 15 points on five threes in 26 minutes.
First Half
Utah State opened slowly, falling behind 4-0 as they went without a point until Mason Falslev knocked down a pair of free throws with 17:22 left.
The Aggies trailed 11-7 at the first media timeout.
USU responded with a quick 6-0 run out of the timeout to grab a 13-11 lead.
When in doubt, give it to Aubin for the dunk@Aubinoooo pic.twitter.com/mUZy0WOzo2
— USU Men's Hoops (@USUBasketball) January 23, 2025
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Leading 20-18, a turnover and Deyton Albury’s alley-oop slam got the Spectrum crowd out of their seats. It was the second of back-to-back transition helpers for Falslev, a former Utah state champion QB at nearby Sky View.
GET UP THERE, DEYTON 👀@deyton242 pic.twitter.com/nMq7wqFBwo
— USU Men's Hoops (@USUBasketball) January 23, 2025
Utah State’s full-court press was a problem for the Wolfpack throughout the game. Nevada committed 11 turnovers in the first 16 minutes of play. USU capitalized on Nevada’s carelessness to take a 37-28 lead with 4:17 left.
A Falslev to Drake Allen one-handed alley-oop slam followed by a three from Dexter Akanno extended the lead to ten late in the half.
That Mason ➡️ Drake connection is STRONG pic.twitter.com/P6gWB1PVNc
— USU Men's Hoops (@USUBasketball) January 23, 2025
Aubin Gateretse led the Aggies to a 47-38 halftime advantage with 12 points on 5-of-6 from the field. Akanno added nine, followed by eight from Ian Martinez. Falslev and Allen had five assists each.
Second Half
USU extended its lead with a 13-7 streak out of the break.
Minutes later, Martinez ignited an 8-3 run with a pair of threes as USU increased its lead to 66-47 with 14:26 left.
THE THREE. THE BLOCK. THE THREE. @IanJumaine is HIM‼️ pic.twitter.com/uvbe3DLzzd
— USU Men's Hoops (@USUBasketball) January 23, 2025
Later in the half, a trio of threes from Falslev and sophomore Tucker Anderson gave Utah State its largest lead of 77-55 with 7:54 left.
THE SPECTRUM LOVES TUCKER ANDERSON ⚡️@TuckoA12 pic.twitter.com/18Z72I4IYs
— USU Men's Hoops (@USUBasketball) January 23, 2025
The Aggies held on for the 90-69 blowout win.
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