2012-13PREVIEW

Following one of the

most successful years in

school history, the 2011-‐12

men’s basketball season

was filled with obstacles

and challenges for Utah

State and veteran head

coach Stew Morrill.

First, Utah State had to

find a way to replace four

starters and six seniors

from a group who had

won four-‐straight Western

Athletic Conference regu-‐

lar season championships

and made three-‐straight

trips to the NCAA Tourna-‐

ment. Second, USU had

to overcome a career-‐

ending injury to its most

experienced player as the

year was just beginning.

And third, Utah State had

the lofty expectations of

multiple 20-‐win seasons

and postseason appear-‐

ances resting firmly on its

shoulders, despite having

just one active player with

extensive Division I expe-‐

rience on its roster.

Despite all of those

obstacles and challenges

facing this group of Aggies,

who were mostly made up

of newcomers and unproven

players, Utah State continued

its storied basketball history

by securing its 13th-‐straight

20-‐win season and participat-‐

ing in its 13th-‐straight post-‐

season as it advanced to the

championship game of the Col-‐

legeInsider.com Tournament.

But it wasn’t easy.

Leading the way for Utah

State heading into the 2011-‐12

season was the WAC’s Pre-‐

season Player of the Year ac-‐

cording to the media in senior

point guard Brockeith Pane.

USU also had three other let-‐

terwinners returning from the

previous year’s NCAA Tourna-‐

ment team in senior forwards

Brady Jardine and Morgan

Grim, and junior guard E.J.

Farris. However, outside of

Jardine and Pane, USU’s expe-‐

rience was in theory only as

neither Grim nor Farris saw

significant minutes in their

first seasons as Aggies.

Utah State began the 2011-‐

12 campaign with perhaps

its best win of the year as it

defeated in-‐state rival Brigham

Young (69-‐62) at home. USU

also recorded a home win

against Southern Utah (65-‐62)

in its third game of the year,

despite losing Jardine to his

season-‐ending injury, followed

by a road win at Idaho State

(75-‐62) in late November.

As the calendar turned to

December, Utah State notched

another in-‐state win at home

against Utah Valley (63-‐54) to

go along with a home vic-‐

tory against Seattle (78-‐53),

followed by home wins against

UT Arlington (73-‐69), Saint

Peter’s (72-‐47) and Kent State

(81-‐62) to win its own Athletes

in Action Classic, sponsored by

Gossner Foods.

Following a two-‐point loss

at 15th-‐ranked Mississippi State

(66-‐64) to close out the cal-‐

endar year, Utah State began

defense of its four-‐straight

regular season WAC titles with

a home win against Fresno

State (72-‐53). USU also record-‐

ed a road win at Louisiana

Tech (69-‐65) and finished its

first month of league play by

defeating both Hawai’i (77-‐72)

and San Jose State (82-‐65) at

home.

In February, Utah State

defeated Louisiana Tech (77-‐

63), Montana Tech (70-‐58) and

Idaho (67-‐50) at home, and

then concluded WAC play with

a road sweep of San Jose State

(71-‐61) and Hawai’i (61-‐60) to

finish in fourth-‐place in the

conference with an 8-‐6 mark.

For the first time in five

years, Utah State was not

the top seed heading into the

WAC Tournament and lost to

fifth-‐seeded Louisiana Tech

(72-‐70) in the quarterfinals,

marking just the third time in

the past 13 years that USU has

not played in the champion-‐

ship game of its conference’s

tournament.

Despite its early exit in the

WAC Tournament and fourth-‐

place finish in the league dur-‐

ing the regular season, Utah

State’s year was far from over

as it accepted a bid to par-‐

ticipate in the fourth-‐annual

CollegeInsider.com Postseason

Tournament (CIT), extend-‐

ing its postseason run to 13

straight years.

Utah State, which hosted all

five of its games during its CIT

appearance, began its historic

postseason run with a 75-‐69

win against CSU Bakersfield,

followed by a 76-‐56 victory

against WAC rival Idaho in

the second round. USU then

played one of its best games

of the year to defeat Loyola

2011-‐12: A year to remember

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Marymount, 77-‐69, before crush-‐ing Oakland University, 105-‐81, to advance to the championship game of the CIT where it lost to Mercer, 70-‐67, to finish the year with a 21-‐16 record. Even with its loss to Mercer in the championship game of the CIT, Utah State’s four postseason wins were the most in a single-‐season in school history as it played in its first-‐ever postsea-‐son tournament championship game. Furthermore, those four postseason wins extended USU’s current run of 20-‐win seasons to 13 straight. In fact, Utah State is one just five schools across the nation to win at least 21 games in each of the last 13 years along with Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas and Syracuse. With team success comes individual recognition and Utah State had three players recog-‐nized for their accomplishments throughout the course of the year in Pane, sophomore guard Preston Medlin and junior for-‐ward Kyisean Reed. For the 13th straight season, USU had at least one player earn first-‐team all-‐league honors as Medlin was named to the WAC’s first team, marking just the sec-‐ond time in school history that a sophomore earned first-‐team all-‐conference honors along with Nate Harris (2004). Pane was also honored, as he was named to the WAC’s honorable mention team after earning first-‐team all-‐league honors as a junior, while Reed was named to the league’s all-‐newcomer team. Medlin finished his sopho-‐more season leading the team and ranking third in the WAC in scoring at 17.0 points per game. In fact, Medlin finished the year with 628 points to rank as the 10th-‐most in a single-‐season in school history and the second-‐most in a single-‐season by an underclassman. Furthermore, Medlin became just the sixth sophomore in school history to lead his team in scoring. Medlin also finished the 2011-‐12 season ranking second in the WAC and 16th in the nation in three-‐point shooting at 42.8 percent. He also ranked fourth in the league in free throw shooting (.801), seventh in assist-‐to-‐turnover ratio (1.70), ninth in assists (3.35) and 10th in overall

shooting (.496). Pane finished the year rank-‐ing second on the team in scor-‐ing with 12.6 points per game. He also ranked fifth in the WAC in assists (4.30), seventh in free throw shooting (.777) and ninth in assist-‐to-‐turnover ratio (1.49). Overall, Pane finished his senior season with 159 assists to rank eighth all-‐time in school history for a single-‐season, while his 275 career assists ranks 17th all-‐time at Utah State. Reed was the team’s third-‐leading scorer at 10.0 points per game. Overall, he finished his junior season leading the WAC in field goal percentage at 61.4 percent which also ranks eighth all-‐time at Utah State for a single-‐season. Reed also ranked sixth in the WAC in blocked shots (1.14) as his 41 total blocks during the year are tied for the ninth-‐most in a single-‐season in school history. Reed also ranked 14th in the WAC in rebounding (5.1) and ended the season with a team-‐leading 40 dunks. Along with its year-‐ending awards, Utah State also had two players earn WAC Player of the Week honors during the 2011-‐12 season as Pane won the award on Nov. 14 after leading USU to a season-‐opening home win against BYU as he had 21 points, five assists and four rebounds. Medlin was named the WAC Player of the Week on Jan. 30 af-‐ter leading USU to a pair of home wins against Hawai’i and San Jose State. For the week, Medlin averaged 20.0 points, 3.5 re-‐bounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game as he had 25 points against the Rainbow Warriors and 15 against the Spartans. Utah State also had three players named to the CIT’s all-‐tournament team in Medlin, Pane and senior forward Mor-‐gan Grim. Medlin averaged 21.4 points and 6.4 rebounds during the five games, while Pane aver-‐aged 13.8 points and 6.6 assists, and Grim averaged 12.8 points and 7.0 rebounds. For all of his success and ac-‐complishments during the 2011-‐12 season, Medlin was named a second-‐team all-‐district 6 selec-‐tion by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).Once again, opposing teams found out just how hard it is to

play at one of the best basket-‐ball venues in the West in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Utah State went 17-‐5 at home during the 2011-‐12 season and set a new single-‐season school record for games played with 22. USU also tied the single-‐season school re-‐cord for home wins with 17 as it has now won 17 home games in each of its last five years. In fact, prior to its current run USU had never won more than 15 home games in a single year. USU also led the WAC in attendance in 2012 averaging 8,406 fans per game, including three sellouts during the season.

As for Coach Morrill, he has now won at least 20 games 17 times in his career and at least 17 games 23 times. In his 14 years at USU, he has posted an amazing 345-‐119 (.744) record, including a 175-‐55 (.761) league mark and a 25-‐8 (.758) record in conference tournaments. Overall, Utah State finished the 2011-‐12 season ranking 24th in the nation in field goal percentage (.475), 59th in fewest turnovers per game (12.1), 66th in assist-‐to-‐turnover ratio (1.11), 67th in three-‐point field goal percent-‐age (.367), 80th in free throw shooting (.719) and 96th in field

BRADY JARDINE WAS LOST TO AN INJURY PARTWAY THROUGH THE SEASON. HERE HE RECEIVES AN AWARD ON SENIOR NIGHT. /Curtis Ripplinger photo

goal percentage defense (.415). As for the Western Athletic Conference, Utah State led the league in scoring defense for the fifth-‐straight year allow-‐ing 64.9 points per game. USU also ranked second in the WAC in field goal percentage (.475), second in field goal percentage defense (.415), third in scoring margin (+4.1), third in free throw shooting (.719), third in three-‐point field goal percentage (.367), third in three-‐point field goal percentage defense (.330), fourth in assists (13.43), fifth in re-‐bounding margin (+0.7) and sixth in blocks (3.22). Utah State had several sta-‐tistical categories that ranked among the top 10 in school history for a single-‐season, including setting a record for games played with 37, bettering the previous record of 35 set four different times, including most recently during the 2009-‐10 season. USU also had several other categories this year that ranked among the top 10 all-‐time including ranking third in three-‐pointers attempted (566), fourth in three-‐pointers made (208), sixth in blocks (119), sixth in total points (2,551) and 10th in assists (497). The Aggies finished the 2011-‐12 season with some interesting trends. They were 21-‐7 on the season when its backcourt out-‐scored its opponent’s backcourt; 17-‐2 when leading at the half; 17-‐2 when it committed fewer fouls than its opponents; 17-‐7 when it had more defensive rebounds than its opponent; 19-‐8 when it shot better from the field than its opponent; 17-‐4 when it blocked more shots than its opponent; 17-‐6 when it had more assists than its opponent; 15-‐5 when it shot better from three-‐point range than its opponent; and 14-‐7 when it out-‐rebounded its op-‐ponent.

Record: Overall Home Away NeutralAll Games 21-16 17-5 4-10 0-1Conference 8-6 5-2 3-4 0-0Non-Conference 13-10 12-3 1-6 0-0

’11-’12 RESULTS

... four postseason wins extended USU’s current run of 20-win seasons to 13 straight.

STEW MORRILL WAVES TO THE CROWD AFTER CUTTING DOWN THE NETS, CELEBRATING ANOTHER WAC SEASON FIRST-‐PLACE FINISH. /Statesman photo

Outlook: Last season in WAC

looks to be mixture of old, new Mathematicians, psychologists, physicists and other scientists work with and try to figure out the unknown. Utah State men’s basketball head coach Stew Morrill can be added to that group as he enters the season with several unknowns, including personnel on the Aggies’ roster, as well as dealing with everything that comes with USU’s eighth and final season in the Western Athletic Conference, which includes five teams that are new to the conference and bring with them all sorts of unknowns. “It is a little bit of an odd situation for us. We came to the WAC from the Big West and this is our eighth and final year in the WAC before we move to the Mountain West next year. In all the years I’ve coached, this is as unusual situation as you’ll find. There’s all kinds of teams coming in that we’re unfamiliar with and just as you’re figuring some out, you’re going

to leave. There are a lot of new teams in the league that we don’t know much about,” said Morrill, who enters his 15th season at the helm of the Aggies’ program and his 27th overall season as a head coach. “We have been fortunate to win four WAC Championships during our short time in the conference. We are looking forward to the Mountain West because it is a very challenging league, but we’ll also have some nostalgia about leaving the WAC. The conference has been very good to our basketball program and we’re going to feel sad because we’ve had a lot of good things happen while a part of this league,” Morrill said. Morrill and the Aggies aren’t completely unfamiliar with the entire list of incoming teams, which includes Denver, Seattle, Texas State, UT Arlington and UTSA. “We played UT Arlington in our

home tournament last year and we’ve played both Denver and Seattle home and home, so we are familiar with some of them, but others I’ve not seen play in person nor on tape, so don’t really have a feel yet. We’ll just have to get educated as we go,” Morrill said. In addition to getting educated on their opponents, the Aggies will be getting educated about each other as the 2012-‐13 roster features three returning starters as part of five returning lettermen with the addition of two players who redshirted last season along with eight newcomers. “Everyone counts some kids that were here last year

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practicing as new, but I view them as returnees for having been in the system. We have a lot of new guys, there’s a lot of unknowns, we do return some guys that have experience,” Morrill said. One of the unknowns that Morrill won’t have to worry about is veteran leadership and talent, as among the returning starters is junior guard Preston Medlin and senior forward Kyisean Reed, who both earned honors last year and are expected to have good years. “Preston Medlin was a first-‐team all-‐league player last year and we’re fortunate to have him back, and Kyisean Reed was on the all-‐newcomer team and had a solid first year.” For the 13th straight season, USU had at least one player earn first-‐team all-‐league honors as Medlin was named to the WAC’s first team, marking just the second time in school history that a sophomore earned first-‐team all-‐conference honors along with Nate Harris (2004). Reed was named to the league’s all-‐newcomer team, and is the Aggies’ lone senior this season and is expected to have a big year, along with several of USU’s newcomers. “We’ve got some guys that were sitting out that we’ve got some high hopes for. Our fortunes in the league will be based a lot on how it all meshes and what all these new guys are able to get done and how the veterans are able to improve. It is probably one of the most unknown years I’ve had here at Utah State. We’ve had some years where we weren’t sure what we had and this is certainly one of those years and is in that category; we’re kind of an unknown commodity. We’re excited about it, we think we’ve got some potential, but we also realize that we don’t know about a lot of things,” Morrill said. One thing that is known for USU is Morrill’s success, as he is the winningest coach in the Aggies’ tradition-‐rich history. During Morrill’s tenure on the USU bench, the Aggies have amassed an impressive 345-‐119 (.745) record including 175-‐55 (.761) in conference games as well as a 25-‐8 (.758) ledger in conference tournament action. Entering its eighth and final season in the WAC, Utah State has compiled a 144-‐84 (.632) mark in WAC games under Morrill. He has also earned conference coach of the year honors on five separate occasions during his time at Utah State, including being named the 2009, 2010 and 2011 WAC Coach of the Year. While at Utah State, Morrill has guided the Aggies to 13 straight 21-‐win seasons and 13 straight postseason appearances (NCAA-‐8, NIT-‐4, CIT-‐1), both of which are school records. Prior to Morrill’s current run, USU had never posted more than three straight 20-‐win seasons and participated in more than three-‐straight postseason tournaments.

During the last 13 years, Utah State is one of just five teams in the nation to win at least 21 games in each of those seasons, along with Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas and Syracuse. In order to have another 21-‐win season, Utah State will look toward the leadership of Medlin, both on and off the court, according to Morrill. “He’s just so versatile. He can score, he can definitely shoot the basketball, and he makes a lot of plays for his teammates,” Morrill said about Medlin. “We need to put him in a lot of positions to make plays. He needs to have the ball in his hands a lot.” Medlin had the ball in his hands a lot in his hands last year, finishing his sophomore season leading the team and ranking third in the WAC in scoring at 17.0 points per game. In fact, Medlin finished the year with 628 points to rank as the 10th-‐most in a single-‐season in school history and the second-‐most in a single-‐season by an underclassman. Furthermore, Medlin became just the sixth sophomore in school history to lead his team in scoring. Medlin also finished the 2011-‐12 season ranking second in the WAC and 16th in the nation in three-‐point shooting at 42.8 percent. He also ranked fourth in the league in free throw shooting (.801), seventh in assist-‐to-‐turnover ratio (1.70), ninth in assists (3.35) and 10th in overall shooting (.496). Off the court, Medlin has improved on his physical physique in the offseason, and it did not go unnoticed. “He’s worked hard in the offseason to try and gain some weight, I think that strength is an area that would certainly help him at the Division I level. His slightness has not been something that has kept him from producing, but we all know that strength is a good thing in terms of rebounding and defending. I’d like to see him continue to grow as a defender. I actually think if he doesn’t have to do as much as he did last year, that would probably indicate that we have more balance and have a little better basketball team. I’ve spoken with him about that. We need him to do a lot, but we don’t need him to be the only guy doing a lot,” Morrill added. Besides Medlin, the Aggies can also rely on Reed, who is the team’s second-‐leading scorer returning at 10.0 points per game. Overall, he finished his junior season leading the WAC in field goal percentage at 61.4 percent which also ranks eighth all-‐time at Utah State for a single-‐season. Reed also ranked sixth in the WAC in blocked shots (1.14) as his 41 total blocks during the year are tied for the ninth-‐most in a single-‐season in school history. Reed also ranked 14th in the WAC in rebounding (5.1) and ended the season with a team-‐leading 40 dunks. “I expect Kyisean to be better in all phases of the game,” Morrill said. “He shot a very, very high percentage. He got a lot of easy baskets and dunks, he was a junior college kid that did some really good things, but wasn’t consistent in all areas of the game. For us to be good, his work ethic and work habits need to be consistent, his ability

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to pass the basketball, his ability to play hard all the time, to defend, are all areas that he needs to improve. He is a spectacular athlete, he just needs to become a spectacular player in all phases of the game. If he can be as tough and well-‐rounded as he is athletic, we’d really have something.” In addition to Medlin and Reed, Morrill and the Aggies also have a third returning starter back in junior Danny Berger, who can play both forward positions. Last season Berger sat out the first six games of the year as a potential redshirt, but then started in 25 of 31 games played. Berger netted double-‐digit points 10 times last season, including three of the final six games, highlighted by tying a school record with five three-‐pointers in a postseason game as part of his career-‐high tying 17 points in CollegeInsiders.

com Tournament semifinal win over Oakland. Finishing the year with a 6.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game average, Berger also shot 37.2 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from three-‐point range to go with a 76.9 percent free throw shooting. “Danny should be and we think he will be an important cog for our team this year,” Morrill said. Other returning Aggie lettermen are the sophomore duo of forward Ben Clifford and center Jordan Stone, who both gained valuable playing time as freshmen last year and are expected to pick up where they left off in their progress from a season ago, as Clifford played in 36 games and Stone saw action in 31 games. Clifford averaged 4.4

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points to go with 3.5 rebounds per game while Stone tallied 2.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest, and both were solid defenders in the post for USU. “Ben has been working hard to improve his strength, which is a factor at this level for him. Like all of our young guys who got time last year, he needs to take the next step and show that he has improved,” Morrill said. “Jordan is a big, physical presence that has to continue to improve his skill level to earn the minutes that are available at that position.” The Aggies have 10 new additions to the playing roster with two players who redshirted a year ago plus eight newcomers. “Your freshman guys you are going to give a little more slack and give them a little more time, they are young and they are trying to find there way,” Morrill said. “However our two players that redshirted plus our junior college guys, their clock is ticking and they have got to step up.” Most, if not all, of the newcomers are expected to contribute right away, as USU looks to make it 14 years in a row of reaching the postseason. “I expect them all to try and compete for time, to say ‘hey I am not just going to be a new guy, I am going to really help.’ We have two brands of new guys because we have the new guys that were here that haven’t played yet. Jarred Shaw and Matt Lopez are two guys that have a little bit of an advantage compared to the brand new guys,” Morrill said. Shaw redshirted last season after transferring to USU from Oklahoma State while Lopez came to USU mid-‐year from LaSalle and will miss the first seven games. Both Shaw and Lopez give Morrill and the Aggies size and talent in the post, as well as veteran experience. As a sophomore at OSU, Shaw appeared in 26 games and averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds. Lopez played in nine games and averaged 0.9 points and 0.9 rebounds as a freshman at LaSalle. “When you have a guy like Jarred Shaw who is in his fourth year after redshirting last year transferring from Oklahoma State, you are counting on him to be productive. He is older and more experienced,” Morrill said. Besides Shaw and Lopez, Morrill will also have eight newcomers, with an even split of four junior college players in junior forward/guard Spencer Butterfield, junior forward Sean Harris, junior forward Marvin Jean and junior guard TeNale Roland. “You are counting on your junior college guys, you recruit junior college guys to help you,” said Morrill about his four junior college newcomers. Butterfield comes to USU from Yuba CC where as a sophomore, he was named the California Junior College Co-‐Player of the Year as he averaged 16.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game, while shooting 54.1 percent from the field (186-‐344), 47.6 percent from three-‐point range (70-‐147) and 81.7 percent at the free throw line (125-‐153). Harris played in just five games due to

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injury during his sophomore season at Yuba (Calif.) College as he averaged 9.0 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. As a freshman at Yuba, during the 2008-‐09 season, he averaged 14.9 points and 11.7 rebounds per game and was the runner-‐up for the Bay Valley Conference Player of the Year. Jean earned first-‐team Mid-‐Hudson conference honors during both years at Sullivan (N.Y.) Community College, helping lead the Generals to a 27-‐4 record and to the semifinals of the National Junior College Athletics Association Region XV Division III Tournament this past year. During his sophomore season, he averaged 13.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists, while shooting 40.8 percent from the field (143-‐350), 40.3 percent from three-‐point range (54-‐134) and 72.6 percent at the free throw line (53-‐73). Roland earned National Junior College Athletic

Association Division II second-‐team All-‐American honors as a sophomore at Rend Lake (Ill.) College as he averaged 20.7 points, 4.5 assists and 3.7 steals per game. The other half of the newcomers are made up of freshmen, who Morrill will also look toward for contributions. “With the older, more experienced guys, there is probably more expectations on them to be a factor on this team, but you certainly don’t rule out that some freshmen could help as well,” Morrill said. The four-‐player freshman class consists of forwards Quincy Bair and Quinn Taylor, along with guards Riley Bradshaw and Marcel Davis. Bair comes to USU from American Fork (Utah) High

School, where he was named the Region 4 Co-‐MVP and earned first team all-‐state honors from both the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News as he helped the Caveman to a 19-‐3 record and a co-‐region championship. He averaged 13.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game as a senior, while shooting 54.7 percent from the field (70-‐128), 33.8 percent from three-‐point range (26-‐77) and 68.3 percent at the free throw line (69-‐101). As a prep senior at Corvallis (Mont.) High School, Bradshaw earned Bitterroot Valley Player of the Year honors as he averaged 24.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game, while shooting 53.8 percent from the field (128-‐238), 38.0 percent from three-‐point range (46-‐121) and 80.6 percent at the free throw line (112-‐139). As a prep senior at American Fork (Utah) High School, Davis earned first-‐team all-‐region and all-‐state honors as he averaged 10.5 points, 5.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game, while shooting 57.1 percent from the field (72-‐126), 20.4 percent from three-‐point range (10-‐49) and 70.0 percent at the free throw line (56-‐80). Taylor joins the Aggies from Lanham Creek (Texas) High School, where he earned first-‐team all-‐district 17-‐5A honors as well as all-‐Houston area honors, averaging 11.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.6 blocks per game. “I am excited about our team because it is always fun to start a new season and to look at the potential. I told our players in a meeting this year that we have a chance. I will be the first to admit that we have a chance but that is what we have got right now. It’s not like when we had been to the NCAA twice in a row and we had pretty much everybody back. Then the expectations that are out there are justified. The expectations that are out there right now are just Utah State. It is just the nature of 13 straight postseasons and lots of championships and 20 game winners and all of that. So, that is why the expectations are always what they are because of the past and the tradition of this basketball program while I have been here and long before I got here. That goes without saying and is something that is good. A lot of people would like to have what we have, so we are appreciative of that. That is where the expectations come from, just the nature of the beast,” Morrill said. SCHEDULE

USU has two exhibition contests plus its first four games of the regular-‐season that will be played in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, where the Aggies have won 100 of their last 107 games, and have amassed a 210-‐18 (.921) record at home under Morrill, including a 53-‐9 (.855) home ledger in Western Athletic Conference games, as well as 105-‐8 (.929) in non-‐conference games. “The first thing that is a big change from last year is only 12 non-‐league games compared to 17 in 2011-‐12 season,” Morrill said. “Obviously that is due to a larger WAC schedule with 18 league games versus 14 last season.” Highlighting Utah State’s 2012-‐13 non-‐conference schedule will be a home game against Saint Mary’s, the defending West Coast Conference champions and an NCAA Tournament team from a year ago, as well as a home game against in-‐state foe Weber State, who played in last year’s CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. “There are the usual challenges and opportunities in the schedule. We play WCC favorite Saint Mary’s at home early and that will certainly give us an idea of where we are,” Morrill said. The Aggies have three non-‐conference road games, including two in the state, as they’ll travel south to take

on Brigham Young, an NCAA Tournament participant, and Utah Valley, who played in last season’s Collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament after winning its second-‐straight Great West Conference regular-‐season championship. Utah State’s lone non-‐conference out-‐of-‐state trip will be its first road game of the year, heading to Santa Clara. USU will host the World Vision Challenge sponsored by Gossner Foods, welcoming Southern Illinois, Nicholls State and UC Davis right before Christmas in addition to hosting an ESPNU BracketBusters game in February. “We have the in-‐state games with all the normal emphasis on those rivalries, our annual pre-‐Christmas Tournament that includes Missouri Valley Conference power Southern Illinois, in addition to a swan song BracketBuster game in February that finish up the non-‐conference,” Morrill said. USU’s eighth and final season in the WAC will also include two postseason teams, facing defending conference champion and NCAA Tournament participant New Mexico State as well as WAC-‐newcomer UT Arlington, who played in last year’s National Invitational Tournament after winning the Southland Conference regular-‐season title. The Aggies will also be taking on four other new WAC foes in Denver, Seattle, Texas State and UTSA, as well as traditional league match-‐ups against Idaho, Louisiana Tech and San Jose State. “Our last year in the WAC will be sentimental for me and a big challenge. With many new players, I’m sure we won’t be a favorite, and yet we hope to challenge for a fifth conference championship in our eight years of WAC play,” Morrill said. “All in all, it should be lots of fun. We look forward to getting better as we go.”

The Aggies open with exhibition games against Grand Canyon and Simon Fraser on Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 3, respectively, before hosting Idaho State on Saturday, Nov. 10 in the 2012-‐13 season-‐opener, the first of four-‐straight home games. USU will then host a pair of out-‐of-‐state foes in the same weekend when it hosts Saint Mary’s on Thursday, Nov. 15 and Texas A&M-‐Corpus Christi on Saturday, Nov. 17. A Beehive State battle is in store for Thanksgiving weekend when Morrill and the Aggies host in-‐state foe Weber State, under the direction of former USU assistant coach Randy Rahe on Saturday, Nov. 24. Utah State will hit the road for the first time to close out the month of November, heading to Santa Clara on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Utah State returns to the state of Utah but continues road action by playing at BYU on Wednesday, Dec. 5. USU will then host Western Oregon on Saturday, Dec. 8 before its final non-‐conference road game of the season, heading to Utah Valley on Saturday, Dec. 15. The Aggies will then host the 2012 World Vision Challenge sponsored by Gossner Foods which runs from Thursday, Dec. 20 through Saturday, Dec. 22, featuring Southern Illinois, Nicholls State and UC Davis. Utah State will close out December by opening its eighth and final season of WAC action by heading to Texas to face conference newcomers UTSA and Texas State on Saturday, Dec. 29 and Monday, Dec. 31, respectively, in USU’s first-‐ever match-‐ups against both schools. The Aggies will kick off the new year by hosting another first-‐year WAC member in Seattle on Thursday, Jan. 3 before hosting Idaho and former USU assistant coach Don Verlin on Saturday, Jan. 5. Utah State will round out its longest WAC homestand of the season by hosting San Jose State on Saturday, Jan. 12. After playing at New Mexico State on Thursday, Jan. 17, USU will play at another first-‐year WAC

team, Denver, on Saturday, Jan. 19. The Aggies return home to host first-‐year WAC foe UT Arlington on Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Mavericks’ second year in a row playing in the Spectrum after playing in last year’s World Vision Challenge sponsored by Gossner Foods, before USU faces Louisiana Tech on Saturday, Jan. 26. USU completes January action and opens February play by heading to the Northwest, with a match-‐up at Idaho on Thursday, Jan. 31 and at Seattle on Saturday, Feb. 2. The Aggies’ longest road stretch of the regular-‐season concludes on Saturday, Feb. 9 at San Jose State. A three-‐game homestand opens on Thursday, Feb. 14 with a Valentine’s Day match-‐up with Denver, before an all-‐Aggie clash between USU and New Mexico State on Saturday, Feb. 16. For the eighth year in row, Utah State will be participating in the ESPNU BracketBusters, and will host an opponent to be determined on Friday, Feb. 22 or Saturday, Feb. 23. The Aggies’ final regular-‐season road trip will take them to Louisiana Tech on Thursday, Feb. 28 and play at UT Arlington for the first time in school history on Saturday, March 2. To conclude the regular-‐season portion of the ledger, Utah State will host Texas State on Thursday, March 7 and UTSA on Saturday, March 9 in both teams’ first-‐ever visits to the Spectrum. The 2013 WAC Tournament will once again be held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., from Mar. 12-‐16, utilizing the traditional 10-‐team tournament format, with the No. 10 seed meeting No. 7 and No. 8 will face No. 9 in the first round, with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.

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Letterwinners Returning (5)Player (Pos., Ht., Wt., Cl.) PPG RPGDanny Berger (F/G, 6-‐6, 205, Jr.) 6.6 3.4Ben Clifford (F, 6-‐7, 220, So.) 4.4 3.5Preston Medlin (G, 6-‐4, 175, Jr.) 17.0 4.4Kyisean Reed (F, 6-‐6, 215, Sr.) 10.0 5.1Jordan Stone (C, 6-‐10, 270, So.) 2.1 2.5

Letterwinners Lost (5)Player (Pos., Ht., Wt.) PPG RPGMitch Bruneel (F, 6-‐5, 205) 4.1 1.8E.J. Farris (G, 6-‐2, 185) 2.8 1.2Morgan Grim (F, 6-‐7, 230) 9.1 6.1Brockeith Pane (G, 6-‐1, 195) 12.6 4.3^Adam Thoseby (G/F, 6-‐4, 190) 1.6 0.4 Starters Returning (3)Player (Pos., Ht., Wt., Cl.) PPG RPGDanny Berger (F, 6-‐6, 205, Jr.) 6.6 3.4Preston Medlin (G, 6-‐4, 175, Jr.) 17.0 4.4Kyisean Reed (F, 6-‐6, 215, Sr.) 10.0 5.1

Redshirts (2)Player (Pos., Ht., Wt., Cl.) PPG RPG Matt Lopez (C, 6-‐11, 245, So.) 0.9! 0.9!Jarred Shaw (C, 6-‐10, 235, Jr.) 1.2! 1.2!

Newcomers (8)Player (Pos., Ht., Wt., Cl.) PPG RPG Quincy Bair (F, 6-‐5, 180, Fr.) 13.0* 4.1*Riley Bradshaw (G, 6-‐1, 180, Fr.) 24.1* 7.1^*Spencer Butterfield (F/G, 6-‐3, 205, Jr.) 16.3$ 8.3$Marcel Davis (G, 6-‐2, 180, Fr.) 10.5* 5.7^*Sean Harris (F, 6-‐7, 220, Jr.) 9.0$ 7.2$Marvin Jean (F, 6-‐4, 190, Jr.) 13.1$ 6.7$TeNale Roland (G, 6-‐0, 170, Jr.) 20.7$ 4.5^$ Quinn Taylor (F, 6-‐6, 170, Fr.) 11.5* 5.6*

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Roster Breakdown Who’s who on this squad?Keysian ReedHONORS: WAC All-‐Newcomer Team (2012).2012-‐13 ALL-‐WAC CANDIDATE

RECORDS LIST: His 41 blocks as a junior is tied with Cass Matheus (2006) for the ninth-‐most in a single-‐season in school history... Shot 61.4 percent from the field (135-‐220) as a junior which ranks eighth all-‐time at USU in a single-‐season.This Season: An explosive athlete and versatile player that can score in a variety of ways... Good around the basket... Expected to have big senior season after working on all phases of the game in offseason... Is left-‐handed. 2012 Season (JR.): Was named to the WAC’s all-‐newcomer team as a junior as he finished the year averaging 10.0 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game... Led the WAC in field goal shooting at 61.4 percent (135-‐220), ranked sixth in blocked shots per game (1.14) and was 14th in rebounding (5.1)... Shot 67.9 percent at the free throw line (91-‐134) and played an average of 25.0 minutes per game... Was 0-‐of-‐1 from three-‐point range on the season... Scored in double-‐figures 18 times during the season including three 20-‐point games... Scored a career-‐high 27 points against Kent State (12/22) in the Utah State hosted Athletes In Action Classic as he was 12-‐of-‐13 from the field which ranked as the sixth-‐best single-‐game shooting performance in the NCAA during the 2011-‐12 season... Was named to the Athletes In Action Classic all-‐tournament team... Recorded his only double-‐double of the season against Fresno State (1/5) with 16 points and a career-‐high tying 10 rebounds... Recorded 10 rebounds in four games during the year... Had a career-‐high four assists against Hawai’i (1/26) and a career-‐best three steals against CSU Bakersfield (3/14)... Also tied his career-‐high with three blocks against the Roadrunners and swatted three shots in four separate games during

the year... His three blocked shots against CSUB in the first round of the CIT tied USU’s single-‐game postseason record... Led the WAC with 40 dunks... Led the team in rebounding 12 times and in scoring five times... Played in 36 games during the season and started 28 games.JUNIOR COLLEGE: Averaged 17.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game as a sophomore at Antelope Valley Junior College as he shot 62.3 percent from the field (124-‐199), 17.6 percent from three-‐point range (3-‐17) and 67.0 percent at the free throw line (73-‐109)... Scored in double-‐figures in all 19 games he played in during the season, including five 20-‐point games... Also had four double-‐doubles during the year... Was named the Most Valuable Player of the Ventura Tournament as he scored a career-‐high 24 points in back-‐to-‐back games... Earned first-‐team all-‐Foothill Conference honors and honorable mention all-‐state accolades as a freshman at Antelope Valley as he averaged 11.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game... Had a career-‐high 18 rebounds against San Bernardino Valley and set the single-‐game school record with seven blocked shots against Moorpark... Scored in double-‐figures 21 times during the season and had four double-‐doubles... Finished the year with 86 blocks to lead the conference and set a new California Junior College single-‐season record for blocks by a freshman. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Highland High School in Palmdale, Calif., where he was named first-‐team all-‐state and the Defensive Player of the Year in the Golden League during his senior season, while averaging approximately 24.0 points, 13.0 rebounds and 6.0 blocks per game.PERSONAL: Full name is Kyisean Reed... Born Aug. 25, 1989 in Los Angeles, Calif... One of six children of Angela Michelle Reed... Enjoys going to the movies and coaching

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basketball... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.... First name is pronounced Key-‐Shawn.

Danny BergerThis Season: Expected to pick up where he left off last season after showing continued progress throughout year... Versatile, athletic player who can play both forward positions.2012 Season (SO.): Started 25 of the final 31 games of the season after sitting out the first six games of the year as a potential redshirt... Finished the year averaging 6.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.35 assists per game, while shooting 37.2 percent from the field (64-‐172), 36.7 percent from three-‐point range (36-‐98), and 76.9 percent at the free throw line (40-‐52)... Played an average of 25.8 minutes per game... Ranked 11th in the WAC in three-‐point shooting and 13th in assists... Scored in double-‐figures 10 times during the season including a career-‐high tying 17 points against Oakland (3/25) in the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament... Was 5-‐of-‐6 from behind the arc against Oakland tying Utah State’s single-‐game postseason record for three-‐pointers made... That shooting percentage from three against OU (.833) is also tied for the ninth-‐best single-‐game performance in school history... Recorded a career-‐high eight rebounds against Idaho (2/24) and grabbed five-‐plus rebounds nine times during the year... Had a career-‐best six assists against Kent State (12/22) and dished out five or more assists four times during the season... Had a career-‐high three steals against Louisiana Tech (3/8) in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to go along with a career-‐high 17 points... Played a career-‐high 36 minutes twice during the year... Led the team in rebounding twice and in scoring once.JUNIOR COLLEGE: Earned Southern Region first-‐team honors from the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges as he averaged 16.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals during his freshman season (2008-‐09) at Chemeketa (Ore.) Community College, and shot 53.2 percent from the field (141-‐265), 46.7 percent from three-‐point range (42-‐90) and 82.5 percent at the free throw line (80-‐97)... Scored in double-‐figures 22 times as a collegiate freshman... Also had six 20-‐point games during the season including a career-‐high 32 points against Clark College. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first-‐team all-‐league and honorable mention all-‐state honors as a prep senior at North Medford (Ore.)

High School as he set single-‐season school records for points scored (459) and three-‐pointers made (53)... As a prep senior, he averaged 17.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists, while shooting 50.8 percent from the field (135-‐266), 45.7 percent from three-‐point range (53-‐116) and 78.0 percent at the free throw line (96-‐123). PERSONAL: Full name is Daniel Clarence Berger... Born May 12, 1990 in Fort Collins, Colo... One of three children of Brian and Diane Berger... Returned from a two-‐year LDS Church Mission in Detroit, Mich., in August, 2011... His sister, Lauren, played volleyball at Fresno State and his brother, John, played basketball at Dixie State College... His dad, who played college basketball at Nebraska and Pepperdine, was the head women’s coach at Colorado State from 1986-‐90... Majoring in exercise science.

Preston Medlin2012-‐13 ALL-‐WAC CANDIDATE HONORS: First-‐Team All-‐WAC (2012); NABC District 6 Second Team (2012); CollegeInsider.com All-‐Tournament Team (2012); Academic All-‐WAC (2010).RECORDS: Ranks fifth all-‐time at Utah State in three-‐point shooting 42.0 percent... Has 32 career double-‐figure scoring games, 13 career 20-‐point games and one career 30-‐point game.This Season: Talented, versatile player who is a good shooter, as well as creating plays for both himself and his teammates... Worked hard in the offseason on both defensive game as well as getting stronger, as is expected to improve in both areas. 2012 Season (R-‐SO.): Became just the second sophomore in school history along with Nate Harris in 2004 to earn first-‐team all-‐conference honors... Was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 6 second team as he finished the year averaging 17.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, while shooting 49.6 percent from the field, 42.8 percent from three-‐point range and 80.1 percent at the free throw line in 35.2 minutes per game... Started all 37 games during the year to set a single-‐season school record for games played and started... Finished the year ranking second in the WAC and 16th in the nation in three-‐point shooting (.428), and third in the

WAC and 80th in the country in scoring (17.0)... Also ranked 10th in the WAC and 75th in the nation in overall shooting (.496), and sixth in the WAC and 55th in the country in three-‐point field goals made per game (2.57)... Also ranked fourth in the WAC in free throw shooting (.801), seventh in assist-‐to-‐turnover ratio (1.70) and ninth in assists (3.35)... Scored in double-‐figures 31 times during the season, including 13 20-‐point games... Scored a career-‐high 32 points against Idaho (2/24) as he was 11-‐of-‐13 from the field, 6-‐of-‐8 from three-‐point range and 4-‐for-‐5 at the free throw line... Scored 27 of his 32 points in the second-‐half which are the most points scored by an Aggie in a single-‐half since Nate Williams scored 29 of his 45 points in the second-‐half against Saint Peter’s on Dec. 8. 1969... Furthermore, those 32 points by Medlin are the most scored by an Aggie since Gary Wilkinson scored 33 points in an 83-‐77 overtime win at Fresno State on Jan. 31, 2009... Scored in double-‐figuers in each of his last five games and in 19 of his last 20 to end the season... Also had 20-‐plus points in three of his final five games of the season as he was named to the CollegeInsider.com all-‐tournament team... Was also named the Most Valuable Player of the Utah State hosted Athletes In Action Classic as USU defeated UT Alrington (73-‐69), Saint Peter’s (72-‐47) and Kent State (81-‐62) to claim the tournament champoionship... Was 8-‐of-‐11 from three-‐point range at Idaho State (11/26) as those eight mady treys are tied for the third-‐most made in a single-‐game in school history and were tied for the 17th-‐most made in a single-‐game in the NCAA at the Division I level during the year... Went 13-‐for-‐14 at the free throw line against both Hawai’i (1/26) and Loyola Marymount (3/21)... That shooting percentage from the free throw line against LMU (.929) is a single-‐game postseason school record, as are the 13 made free throws... Recorded a career-‐high nine rebounds three times during the season and had five or more rebounds 14 times overall... Dished out a career-‐high eight assists twice during the year and had five or more assists eight times overall... Played

a career-‐high 40 minutes twice during the season including against Mercer in the championship game of the CIT... Led the team in scoring 22 times during the year... Was also the team leader in assists 15 times and rebounding six times... Took four charges and had four dunks during the season... Scored 628 points as a sophomore to rank as the 10th-‐most in a single-‐season in school history, including the second-‐most by an underclassmen trailing Marvin Roberts who scored 718 points as a sophomore in 1969... Made 95 three-‐pointers as a sophomore to rank as the third-‐most in a single-‐season in school history, and ranks fourth all-‐time in three-‐point attempts in a single-‐season with 222... Also ranks second all-‐time at USU for a single-‐season in minutes played with 1,302 during his sophomore season... Became just the sixth underclassmen in school history to lead his team in scoring along with Cornell Green, (1959-‐60), Wayne Estes (1962-‐63), Marvin Roberts (1968-‐69), Greg Grant (1983-‐84) and Kendall Youngblood (1989-‐90). 2011 Season (SO.): Redshirted during his second year at Utah State. SUMMER 2010: Was one of 10 NCAA Division I student-‐athletes who participated in a week long tour with Athletes in Action in Poland... Averaged 8.0 points in four games, scoring in double-‐figures twice... Shot 46.2 percent from the field (12-‐26), 42.9 percent from three-‐point range (6-‐14) and was 2-‐of-‐2 at the free throw line.2010 Season (FR.): Played in 22 games during his first season at Utah State and averaged 10.6 minutes off the bench... Finished the year averaging 3.7 points and 0.7 rebounds, while shooting 40.9 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from three-‐point range and 92.9 percent at the free throw line... Scored a season-‐high 17 points against Southern Utah (11/28) as he was 5-‐of-‐8 from the field and 5-‐of-‐6 from three-‐point range... Scored eight or more points five times during the season... Had a season-‐high three rebounds against

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Brigham Young (12/2) and played a season-‐high 19 minutes in back-‐to-‐back games at Cal State Bakersfield (12/16) and Long Beach State (12/18)... An academic all-‐WAC honoree. HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as the 43rd-‐best prep player in Texas by Texas Hoops... Averaged 22.5 points per game as a prep senior and led Hebron High School to a 20-‐11 record and an appearance in the District 6 Championship game... During his senior season, he shot 53.0 percent

from the field, 44.0 percent from three-‐point range and 76.0 percent from the free throw line... Scored a career-‐high 34 points in the district championship game against L.D. Bell High School and scored 30-‐plus points three times during the year... As a prep senior, he led his district with 739 points and was the second-‐leading scorer in the Dallas-‐Fort Worth area... Was named the District 6-‐5A Offensive Most Valuable Player as a senior and was a McDonald’s All-‐American

nominee... Also earned all-‐region honors during his senior season, along with earning all-‐district honors as both a junior and senior... During his junior campaign, he averaged approximately 11.0 points per game.PERSONAL: Full name is Preston Jerome Medlin... Born March 26, 1991 in San Antonio, Texas... Parents are Brenda and Dwayne Medlin... Has one brother... His mother competed in the heptathlon at the University of Oklahoma... Enjoys going to the mall, playing video games and all sports... Undeclared on a college major. Ben CliffordHonors: Academic All-‐WAC (2012).This Season: Has been working hard to improve his strength, which is a factor at this level for him... Needs to be a knock-‐down shooter because he has the ability to stretch the floor as a power forward... Expected to continue to show progress and development he showed last season.2012 season (R-‐Fr.): Played in 36 games, starting four, during his freshman season... Finished the season averaging 4.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.5 blocked shots per game, while shooting 50.9 percent from the field (58-‐114), 38.9 percent from three-‐point range (7-‐18) and 72.9 percent at the free throw line (35-‐48)... Ranked 15th in the WAC in blocked shots (0.47)... Played an average of 16.8 minutes per game... Scored in double-‐figures three times during the season including a career-‐high 12 points against Louisiana Tech (3/8) in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament as he was 5-‐of-‐5 from the field, 1-‐of-‐1 from three-‐point range and 1-‐for-‐2 at the free throw line... Recorded a career-‐high nine rebounds against Loyola Marymount (3/21) in the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament... Blocked a career-‐high four shots against Hawai’i (1/26)... Played a career-‐high 37 minutes at Idaho State in his first career start as he scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds... Led the team in rebounding five times during the season and had five or more boards in 13 games on the year... Earned academic all-‐WAC honors.2011 Season (FR.): Redshirted during his first

season at Utah State. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first-‐team all-‐state honors from both the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News and was the Most Valuable Player of Region III as a prep senior as he averaged 16.6 points and approximately 8.0 rebounds per game at Bingham High School... Scored in double-‐figures 22 times, including a career-‐high 31 points against Taylorsville... Led the Miners to 21 wins during his senior campaign... Scored in double-‐figures 22 times as a junior as he earned first-‐team all-‐state honors from the Salt Lake Tribune and second-‐team all-‐state honors from the Deseret News... Averaged 13.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game as a junior, while shooting 60.1 percent from the field and 70.0 percent from the free throw line... During his junior season, he helped the Miners to a 17-‐7 record as they advanced to the semifinals of the state tournament.PERSONAL: Full name is Benjamin E. Clifford ... Born April 10, 1992 in Center Moriches, New York... One of three children of Wayne and Patty Clifford... His brother, John, played college basketball at Southern Utah and is currently playing professionally for Kyoto Hannarayz in Japan... Majoring in engineering.

Jordan StoneThis Season: Big physical presence, that needs to continue to improve his skill level... An everyday kind of guy in terms of working hard in practice and games... Is left-‐handed. 2012 season (FR.): Played in 34 games, starting two, during his first season at Utah State... His two starts were in consecutive games at home against Utah Valley (12/6) and at Wichita State (12/10)... Finished the season averaging 2.1 points and 2.5 rebounds in 9.3 minutes per game... Shot 60.5 percent from the field (26-‐43) and 48.6 percent at the free throw line (18-‐37)... Scored a career-‐high nine points against Louisiana Tech (3/8) in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament as he was 3-‐of-‐4 from the field and 3-‐for-‐4 at the free throw line... Had career-‐highs of eight rebounds against both Utah Valley (12/6) and UC Santa Barbara (2/18), and recorded five-‐plus rebounds five times during the year... Played a career-‐high 23 minutes

at Pacific (12/3)... Led the team in rebounding twice during the year... Ranked third on the team with six dunks.HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first-‐team all-‐state honors from the Salt Lake Tribune and second-‐team all-‐state honors from the Deseret News as a senior at Sky View (Utah) High School during the 2007-‐08 season as he averaged approximately 18.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game, while shooting 58.0 percent from the field and 77.0 percent at the free throw line... During his senior year, he scored a career-‐high 40 points and had a career-‐high 23 rebounds in the same game against Highland (Idaho) High School... Also earned all-‐region honors as a prep senior and was his team’s Most Valuable Player as both a junior and senior. PERSONAL: Full name is Jordan Daniel Stone... Born Oct. 13, 1989 in Rexburg, Idaho... One of four children of Dan and Angela Stone... Enjoys spending time outdoors and road trips... Majoring in business administration... Served a two-‐year LDS Church Mission in New York City, N.Y., and returned in October, 2010.

Jarred ShawThis Season: A skilled five man with excellent size and very good potential... Success will be determined by his day-‐to-‐day work habits and the ability to play come game time.2012 SEASON (JR.): Redshirted during his first season at Utah State.PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played in 26 games as a sophomore at OSU, averaging 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 50.0 percent from the field (12-‐24) and 57.1 percent at the free throw line (8-‐14)... Scored a career-‐high eight points in 12 minutes at Texas as he was 2-‐of-‐3 from the floor and 4-‐of-‐4 at the free throw line... Recorded four points and a career-‐high five rebounds in 11 minutes at Texas Tech... Finished the year with six blocks and two steals while playing an average of 7.3 minutes per game... Appeared in 18 games, starting one, as a freshman at OSU as he scored 11 points and grabbed 17 rebounds

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to go along with three blocks and three steals. HIGH SCHOOL: Was named the District 11-‐4A Defensive Player of the Year as a prep senior at Carter High School in Dallas, Texas as he led the Cowboys to a 31-‐4 record and a No. 1 ranking in Class 4A... Scored a career-‐high 41 points to go along with 15 rebounds and six blocks against North Dallas during his senior season and finished the year averaging 13.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game... Was ranked as a top 120 player nationally by Rivals.com and the No. 15 center in the country... Earned first-‐team all-‐District 11-‐5A honors as a junior. PERSONAL: Full name is Jarred Dwayne Shaw... Born Sept. 28, 1990 in Dallas, Texas... One of four children of Johnetta Perry... Enjoys playing video games... Majoring in public relations... Attended the same high school as former Aggie Brockeith Pane and the duo played together for one season.

Matt LopezThis Season: Will not be eligible to play during the fall semester after transferring from LaSalle University at mid-‐year... Big, physical, strong player that needs to improve his skill level and improve his understanding of the game... New to the

game in a lot of ways but coaching staff is excited about his physicality, and say he must rebound the ball at a better level to earn time.2012 SEASON (RS-‐FR.): Sat out during the second-‐half of the 2011-‐12 season after transferring from LaSalle University.PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played in nine games as a redshirt freshman at LaSalle University during the 2011-‐12 season as he scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds in 53 minutes of action... Was 3-‐of-‐7 (.429) from the field and 2-‐for-‐2 at the free throw line... Redshirted during the 2010-‐11 season.HIGH SCHOOL: Earned third-‐team all-‐New Jersey Group IV honors and second-‐team all-‐South Jersey honors as a senior as he averaged 16.5 points and 11.0 rebounds per game... Scored over 1,000 points in his prep career... Averaged approximately 12.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game as a junior to earn first-‐team all-‐Gloucester County and first-‐team all-‐Olympic Conference honors... A McDonald’s All-‐America nominee.PERSONAL: Full name is Matt Lopez ... Born March 25, 1992 in Philadelphia, Pa... One of two children Liz and Steve Lopez... Played for the Puerto Rico U-‐18 National Team at the 2010 FIBA Americas Championship... Majoring in business administration.

A look at newer members of the 2012-‐13 men’s squad:32 Quincy BairForward, 6-­5, 180, FreshmanAmerican Fork, Utah (American Fork HS)   An   outstanding   athlete   with   high   potential...   Has   all   the  

tools  to  be  successful...  As  a  prep  senior  at  American  Fork  (Utah)  High  

all-­state  honors  from  both  the  Salt  Lake  Tribune  and  Deseret  News  as  he  

helped  the  Caveman  to  a  19-­3  record  and  a  co-­region  championship...  

Averaged  13.0  points,  4.1  rebounds,  1.8  assists  and  1.4  steals  per  game  

against  Desert  Vista   (Ariz.)  High  School,  and  a  career-­best   four  steals  

all-­state  honors  from  both  the  Salt  Lake  Tribune  and  Deseret  News  as  

two  double-­doubles  during  the  season  as  he  grabbed  a  season-­high  13  

times  as  a  sophomore  as  he  averaged  9.9  points  and  3.7  rebounds  per  

 

24 Riley BradshawGuard, 6-­1, 180, FreshmanCorvallis, Mont. (Corvallis HS)

times,   was   a   three-­time   all-­state   and   super   all-­state   selection,   and   a  

and  7.0  rebounds  per  game  and  scored  a  career-­high  41  points  against  

11-­for-­13  from  the  free  throw  line...  Was  ranked  the  50th-­best  point  guard  

averaged  almost  15.0  points  per  game  as  a  freshman.

Forward/Guard, 6-­3, 205, JuniorLoomis, Calif. (Del Oro HS/Yuba CC)

passer...  Has  the  character  and  toughness  to  be  a  good  defender...  As  a  

points,  8.3  rebounds,  3.1  assists  and  1.7  steals  per  game,  while  shooting  

sophomore,  he  led  the  49ers  to  a  33-­4  record  and  an  appearance  in  the  

all-­state  honors   in  basketball   as  both  a   junior  and  senior   in   the  Sierra  

0 Marcel DavisGuard, 6-­2, 180, FreshmanAmerican Fork, Utah (American Fork HS)   A  pure  point  guard  with  lots  of  abilities...  Loves  the  game  and  

and  Deseret  News  as  he  helped  the  Caveman  to  a  19-­3  record  and  a  co-­

Region  4  championship...  Averaged  10.5  points,  5.7  assists,  4.1  rebounds  

11  times  during  his  senior  season  including  a  season-­high  17  points  at  

Corona  del  Sol  (Ariz.)  High  School...  Also  had  one  double-­double  during  

High  School...  Recorded  a  career-­high  11  assists  against  Desert  Vista  

(Ariz.)  High  School  and  had  10  assists   versus  Riverton  High  School...  

Had   a   career-­best   seven   steals   against   Mountain   View   High   School...  

30 Sean HarrisForward, 6-­7, 220, JuniorRocklin, Calif. (Rocklin HS/Yuba CC)

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Entering his 27th season as a collegiate head coach and 15th year at Utah State, Stew Morrill has established himself as one of the most respected coaches in the country. He is also the school’s all-‐time winningest coach as he passed the legendary E. Lowell Romney’s 225 career wins on Jan. 17, 2008 with an 82-‐78 win against Boise State. In 14 years at Utah State, Morrill has taken the Aggie Basketball program to unprecedented heights leading USU to an incredible 345-‐119 (.744) record, including a 175-‐55 (.761) mark in the Big West and Western Athletic Conferences. While at Utah State, he has guided the Aggies to 13 straight 21-‐win seasons and 13 straight postseason appearances (NCAA-‐8, NIT-‐4, CIT-‐1), both of which are school records. Prior to Morrill’s current run, USU had never posted more than three straight 20-‐win seasons and participated in more than three-‐straight postseason tournaments. During the last 13 years, Utah State is one of just five teams in the nation to win at least 21 games in each of those seasons, along with Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas and Syracuse. Morrill has also led Utah State to the fourth-‐best winning percentage in the nation during the last 13 years at 75.7 percent with an overall record of 330-‐106. Against conference opponents, Utah State has a 201-‐63 record with seven regular season league championships and six tournament titles during that time, including appearances in its league’s tournament championship game 10 times in the last 13 years. Under Morrill, Utah State has notched 12 of the top 13 seasons in school history as the Aggies set a school record with 28 wins during the 2000 season, tied that record with 28 wins during the 2001 season, set a school record with 30 wins in 2009 and tied that record with 30 wins in 2011. During the 2011-‐12 season, Utah State made its 30th postseason appearance all-‐time as it advanced to the championship game of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament winning four postseason games in the process, which is a single-‐season school record. For the 13th straight year, Utah State had at least one player earn first-‐team all-‐league accolades in 2012 as sophomore guard Preston Medlin was named first-‐team all-‐WAC, becoming just the second sophomore in school history to earn first-‐team all-‐conference honors along with Nate Harris (2004). Utah State had two other players honored by the WAC in 2012 as senior guard Brockeith Pane was named to the league’s honorable mention team, while junior forward Kyisean Reed was voted to the WAC’s all-‐newcomer team.

Medlin and Pane were also named to the CollegeInsider.com all-‐tournament team in 2012 along with senior forward Morgan Grim. Overall, Morrill has coached 15 first-‐team all-‐league players at Utah State who have won the award a total of 21 times. Morril has also coached three of the past five WAC Players of the Year in Tai Wesley (2011), Gary Wilkinson (2009) and Jaycee Carroll (2008), and all three of those players went on to earn Associated Press honorable mention All-‐America honors -‐ Wesley (2011); Wilkinson (2009); Carroll (2007, 2008). During the 2010-‐11 season, Morrill guided Utah State to its fourth-‐straight regular season WAC Championship, including its third-‐straight outright title with a 15-‐1 record. USU also won its second WAC Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 20th time in school history, including eight times under Morrill’s watch. Furthermore, the 2010-‐11 Aggie basketball team was nationally ranked for the last nine weeks of the season and finished the year ranked No. 25 in the country in final ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll, marking the first time since the 1978 season and only the eighth time in school history that an Aggie team was nationally ranked at the end of the year. Morrill was also honored during the 2010-‐11 season and was named the WAC Coach of the Year for the third time in as many years. He was also named the 2011 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.

com and the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 6 Co-‐Coach of the Year for the second-‐straight season. All-‐time, Morrill has been named Coach of the Year (2000 BWC, 2002 BWC, 2009 WAC, 2010 WAC, 2011 WAC) five times in his 13 years at USU, along with winning the Big Sky award while the head coach at Montana in 1991. Morrill has taken full advantage of the home court at USU, the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. In Morrill’s 14 years, USU is an amazing 210-‐18 (.921) at home, which includes a 105-‐10 (.913) record in league play. As for Morrill, he has won 20 or more games on 17 different occasions during his career and has won at least 17 games 23 times. Overall, Morrill ranks 16th in the nation among active coaches and 57th all-‐time with his 563 career wins, while his career winning percentage of 68.7 percent ranks 23rd among active coaches and 80th all-‐time. He is also one of 18 active coaches with 500 career wins at the Division I level and one of just 11 active coaches to notch at least 17 20-‐win seasons. His current streak of 13 straight 20-‐win seasons ranks tied for fifth among active coaches and is tied for the 11th-‐longest streak at the Division I level. Academics and community service have been of top priority to Morrill and his staff as all of the team members are involved with USU’s CHAMPS/Life Skills Program within the community. In his 14 years, Morrill has graduated better than 80 percent of his players, and over the past 10 years, Utah State has had 30 academic all-‐conference honorees. Morrill, who was born in Provo, Utah and attended Provo High School, owns a career record of 563-‐257 in 26 years of collegiate coaching, including a 345-‐119 record at Utah State in 14 years, a 121-‐86 record in seven years at Colorado State (1992-‐98) and a 97-‐52 mark in five campaigns at Montana (1987-‐91). “There are several reasons that I was attracted to Utah State,” Morrill said when he was hired. “The first was being a Utah native so that it is a homecoming of sorts for me. My brother and sister both live within an hour and a half of Logan. “I am very familiar with the tradition of Utah State basketball and can name the greats as well as any alumni could,” Morrill added. “It is a good basketball situation and my family will love the quality of the community of Logan. It is a great place to live and that is very important to me and my family. It just made sense to us.” The 60-‐year old ranks second on the CSU victory list and second in winning percentage. He guided the Rams to back-‐to-‐back 20-‐win seasons the last two years in Fort Collins, with identical 20-‐9 marks. During the 1997-‐98 season, CSU made its second trip to the NIT in the last three years. Morrill guided CSU to two of its eight all-‐time 20-‐win seasons and won at least 17 games five times in his seven years. In fact, Morrill-‐led CSU teams own three of the top nine winning seasons in school history. During his tenure at Colorado State, he coached three first-‐team all-‐WAC selections, one second-‐team pick and six honorable mention choices. Three of his players were named to the WAC all-‐tournament team. After his collegiate playing career, which included being named an All-‐American at nearby Ricks (Idaho) Junior College and a two-‐time all-‐Big Sky selection at Gonzaga, Morrill played professionally in Europe. His coaching career began as an assistant at

2009, 2010 and 2011 WAC COACH OF THE

YEARGonzaga ’74

14th Season at Utah State (345-‐119, .744)

Overall Record (563-‐257, .687, 26 Seasons)

All-‐time winning coach entering his 15th season at Utah State

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games  due  to  injury  during  his  sophomore  season   at   Yuba   (Calif.)   College   as   he  averaged  9.0  points  and  7.2  rebounds  per  game...   As   a   freshman   at   Yuba   College  during  the  2008-­09  season,  he  averaged  14.9  points  and  11.7  rebounds  per  game  and  was  the  runner-­up  for  the  Bay  Valley  Conference   Player   of   the   Year   as   the  49ers  went  32-­4  and  won  the  Bay  Valley  Conference   Championship...   Following  his  freshman  season  at  Yuba  College,  he  served   a   two-­year   LDS   Church   Mission  in  Honduras...  Prepped  at  Rocklin  (Calif.)  High   School   and   was   named   the   MVP  of   the   SFL   Conference   his   senior   year  

honors...  As  a  prep   senior,   he  averaged  16.6  points,  8.6  rebounds,  2.6  steals  and  2.0  blocks  per  game.  15 Marvin Jean

Forward, 6-­4, 190, Junior

Harriman, N.Y. (Mt. Zion [N.C.]

Christian Academy/Sullivan CC)

  Is   very   sound   in   all   phases  of   the   game...   Can   score,   plays   very  hard  and  values  both  ends  of  the  court...  Wants   to  be  successful  at   the  Division   I  

Conference   honors   during   both   of   his  years   at   Sullivan   (N.Y.)   Community  College...   As   a   sophomore   at   Sullivan  CC,   he   helped   lead   the   Generals   to   a  

the   National   Junior   College   Athletics  Association   Region   XV   Division   III  Tournament...   During   his   sophomore  season,   he   averaged   13.1   points,   6.7  rebounds,   2.7   assists,   1.0   blocks   and  1.0  steals  per  game,  while  shooting  40.8  

and   72.6   percent   at   the   free   throw   line  

freshman   and   second-­team   all-­region  honors   as   sophomore   at   Sullivan   CC...  During   his   freshman   season   at   Sullivan  

record  and  the  Region  XV  Championship  as   he   was   named   the   MVP   of   both   his  conference  and   the   region   tournament...  As  a  freshman,  he  averaged  12.0  points,  

per   game,   while   shooting   44.4   percent  

from   three-­point   range   (36-­97)  and  73.8  percent  at  the  free  throw  line  (31-­42).

20 TeNale Roland

Guard, 6-­0, 170, Junior

Louisville, Ky. (New Albany [Ind.] HS/

Rend Lake College)

  Is   an   excellent   ball-­handler  and   passer,   along   with   being   a   high-­percentage   shooter...   Has   matured   and  developed  as  a  junior  college  player  and  has   true   guard   skills...   Earned   National  Junior   College   Athletic   Association  

Division   II   second-­team   All-­American  honors   as   a   sophomore   at   Rend   Lake  (Ill.)  College  as  he  averaged  20.7  points,  

per   game,   while   shooting   42.8   percent  

percent  at  the  free  throw  line  (131-­181)...    

sign   with   Utah   State   under   head   coach  Stew   Morrill   joining   Antonio   Bumpus  (Harcum   CC),   Jared   Quayle   (Western  Wyoming  CC),  Gary  Wilkinson  (Salt  Lake  CC)   and   Chaz   Spicer   (Kankakee   CC)...  Was   also   named   the   Region   24   Player  of  the  Year  as  a  collegiate  sophomore  as  

had   20-­plus   points   16   times,   and   30   or  more  points  six  times  including  a  career-­

6   from   the   free   throw   line...   Prepped   at  New  Albany  (Ind.)  High  School,  where  he  helped  lead  the  Bulldogs  to  a  70-­6  record  during  his  three  years  and  three-­straight  Hoosier   Hills   Conference   and   sectional  titles....   His   brother,   LeMont,   played  collegiate   basketball   at   LSU   during   the  1990s.  

2 Quinn Taylor

Forward, 6-­6, 170, Freshman

Houston, Texas (Langham Creek HS)

0.6   blocks   per   game   as   a   senior,   while  

to   play   in   both   the   Texas   High   School  Coaches  Association  All-­Star  game  and  the   Houston   Area   Basketball   Coaches  Association   All-­Star   game...   He   helped  the   Lobos   secure   a   district   title   for   the  

record  for  27  wins  on  the  season,  as  well  

postseason...   Scored   in   double-­digits   in  22   games,   highlighted   by   season-­high  23  points  against  Jersey  Village...  Pulled  

with   three   of   them   for   double-­doubles,  

season-­opening   win   over   College   Park,  then   adding   11   points   and   13   rebounds  in  win  over  Berkner  and  14  points  and  13  rebounds   in   win   over   Cypress   Lakes...  Earned   all-­district   and   all-­Houston   area  honors  as  a  junior  after  posting  8.0  points  and   7.0   rebounds   per   game,   in   addition  to  0.9  blocks,  2.9  assists  and  0.6  steals  per   game...   Off   the   court,   was   a   two-­time   academic   all-­district   and   all-­state  selection...   Is   expected   to   redshirt   this  season   prior   to   going   on   LDS   Church  Mission.

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Gonzaga from 1975-‐78 and then to Montana where

he was an assistant from 1979-‐86 working for Mike

Montgomery, who spent 17 years as the head coach

at Stanford and is now the head coach at California.

Montgomery worked under Jim Brandenburg and

Jud Heathcote, who retired after a successful

career, which included a national championship at

Michigan State.

Morrill took over the Montana program in 1987

before moving to Colorado State in 1992. He is known

for his deep-‐rooted values, consistency, hard work,

dedication, honesty, integrity and concern for the

welfare of his student-‐athletes.

Morrill earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology

from Gonzaga in 1974. He was born July 25, 1952 in

Provo, Utah.

He and his wife Vicki have four grown children;

sons Jesse and Allan, and daughters Nicole and

Tiffany, and five grandchildren.

TIM DURYEA

Entering his 12th year at Utah State is Tim

Duryea (pronounced Dur-‐E-‐A), who joined the

Aggie coaching staff in July, 2001. Duryea, who

was promoted to associate coach

following the 2008 season, is the

longest tenured assistant coach in

school history dating back to the

1959 season.

While at Utah State, Duryea

spent his first seven seasons in

charge of an Aggie defense that

traditionally ranked among the

top in the nation in points allowed,

including a fourth-‐place finish in

2002 (58.1), a sixth-‐place finish in

2004 (58.1), an eighth-‐place finish

in 2005 (57.8), and a ninth-‐place

finish in 2003 (60.0).

During the 2008-‐09 season,

Duryea took the reins of the Aggie

offense and USU finished the

year as the nation’s best shooting

team (.496), while ranking 17th

in three-‐point shooting (.394). In

the 2009-‐10 season, USU ranked

third nationally in three-‐point

shooting (.414), ninth in overall

shooting (.488) and 10th in free

throw shooting (.758), and was

the only team in the nation to

rank among the top 10 in all three

shooting categories. Along with his

offensive coaching duties, Duryea

also works with USU’s post players.

Prior to joining the Aggies,

Duryea was the head coach at

Hutchinson (Kan.) Community

College from 2000-‐01. During his

two years at the helm, his teams

produced a 40-‐25 record and

back-‐to-‐back trips to the Region

Six Championships.

A 1988 graduate of the University

of North Texas, Duryea began his coaching career

in 1988 at Colorado State University before moving

on to North Texas in 1993. Duryea then went to

Hutchinson Community College as an assistant

coach for two seasons before becoming the head

coach there prior to the 1999-‐2000 season.

Duryea played basketball at Denton (Texas) High

School and Texas Pan-‐American before transferring

to North Texas. At UNT, Duryea was a co-‐captain in

1988 for one of only three teams in school history

to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

He was born in Medicine Lodge, Kan., on Nov. 16,

1964. He and his wife Angie have 17-‐year old twins,

Tanner (son) and Taylor (daughter) and a 10-‐year

old daughter (Kaylee).

Chris Jones is beginning his fifth season at Utah

State after joining the program in April, 2008. With

USU, Jones’ primary responsibilities are coaching

the Aggie guards as well as in-‐state recruiting.

Jones is also in charge of an Aggie defense that

has led the WAC in points allowed in each of the

last four years, and in field goal percentage defense

three of the last four years.

During the 2010-‐11 season, Utah State ended

the season as one of the top defensive teams in

he nation, ranking third in field goal percentage

defense (.383), fifth in scoring defense (58.7) and

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COACHES            :CONT. FROM PAGE 15                            11th in three-‐point field goal percentage defense (.302). Prior to joining the Aggies, Jones spent the previous four seasons at the University of Utah as an assistant coach in 2007 and 2008 and the Director of Basketball Operations in 2005 and 2006. Jones also spent three years at Utah as the video coordinator for basketball from 1995-‐97, working with All-‐Americans Keith Van Horn, Andre Miller and Michael Doleac. Jones began his coaching career in London, England as the head coach of Wurthing Bears from 1998-‐99 before spending three years as an instructor at Champions Athletic Academy. He then returned to the collegiate ranks as an assistant at Westminster College in Salt Lake City from 2003-‐04, helping the Griffin’s advance to the NAIA National Tournament, earn a national ranking of 21st in the country and win the Frontier Conference championship. Jones played college basketball at Utah for two seasons (1993-‐94) and was part of the 1993 team that won the Western Athletic Conference regular season championship and advanced to the second round of the

NCAA Tournament. He graduated from Utah in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. Jones was born on Dec. 30, 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from Judge Memorial High School in 1990. He and his wife, Emily, have a son, Rylan (12) and a daughter, Rendi (9).

TARVISH FELTON

Tarvish Felton is entering his fifth season as an assistant coach at Utah State University. Felton joined the staff in June, 2008 and his primary emphasis is in recruiting, academics, opposing team scouts, game preparation and player development. Prior to joining the Utah State staff, Felton spent the 2007-‐08 season as an assistant at Sacramento State. In all, Felton brought nine years of coaching experience with him to Utah State and had coached 11 players who earned all-‐conference honors. Felton began his coaching career as an assistant at Southern Utah during the 1999-‐2000 season, before spending two years at Cal State Los Angeles. He then spent the 2002-‐03 academic year starting the Texas A&M-‐International program and served as its head coach for

three seasons, followed by another one-‐year stint as an assistant at Southern Utah before moving on to Sacramento State. A 1999 graduate of Southern Utah with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, Felton was a two-‐time IHC Health Plans state player of the year as a junior and senior. Also during his senior season, he received all-‐Mid-‐Continent Conference honors and was named Southern Utah’s academic athlete of the year for basketball. All-‐time, Felton ranks third in Southern Utah history in blocked shots (68), fifth in steals (139), and seventh in rebounding (505). Felton, who is a native of Perry, Ga., played his freshman season at Northeast College in Norfolk, Neb. Felton married Jana Doggett in May, 2011. He has a 13-‐year old daughter, DeAubrey Ann Bowers.

COACH MORRILL AND HIS ASSISTANTS RESPOND TO GAME AC-‐TION DURING LAST SEASON. /Statesman photo

The philosophy is simple: “run, gun and have fun.” New Utah State head women’s basketball coach Jerry Finkbeiner has used that motto since he was first hired on April 26, 2012. The 2012-‐13 version of the Utah State women’s basketball looks to play a fast, aggressive style under the new head coach. Finkbeiner brought the high-‐paced offense from Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla., where he spent 16 years as the head coach, averaging 17 wins a season. Coach Finkbeiner looks to build on the success of last season’s USU squad that became the first Aggie team to reach the 20-‐win plateau, going 21-‐10. Last season, Utah State also made his-‐tory by earning a bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) for the second-‐straight year. The Ag-‐gies finished Western Athletic Confer-‐ence action in second place with an 11-‐3 record, its best in sevens seasons in the league. “I like the feel of both our team

and our staff. I trust that we are going to just get better as the season pro-‐gresses. I like the evolvement of this team. I hope to use it as a strength and advantage,” Finkbeiner said. “I look to see us peaking in January, February and March when we need to be. I don’t know how we are going to start, but I think this team will be over-‐achieving. They are sold with our game plan; they believe in our new staff and our philosophy, and I think that our learn-‐ing curve is out there in front of us. It is just how fast it will fall into place. We are going to lose some and going to win some, but this team has a chance to do some good things. We have to have some patience and some things need to go our way.” A quartet of seniors will lead the way for the Aggies in guards Devyn Christensen, Jenna Johnson and Pualei

Furtado along with center Banna Diop. The guard-‐laden squad is a balanced mix of veterans and newcomers. Despite losing three of its four leading scorers, Utah State looks remain an offensive threat with Coach Finkbeiner’s hard-‐charging offense. Sharp-‐shooting Christensen, from Caldwell, Idaho, is among the seven return-‐ing letterwinners for USU this season. The senior was tied for the team lead in scoring last season, averaging 15.1 points per game. She also set the WAC and school record for free throw percentage, shooting 89.8 percent from the charity stripe. Utah State is extremely deep at the guard position, also returning seniors Johnson and Furtado along with sophomores Elise Nelson and Ad-‐dison Moore. The Aggies’ biggest question mark this season will be at the post position as USU will be without Ashlee Brown and Maddy Plunkett this season. Sophomore Franny Vaaulu will look to step into a leadership role in the post spot this year. Guards Utah State brings back a very familiar group of guards back this season, including a pair of senior starters in Christensen and Johnson. “Our guard group is an excitable position. They are an overachieving group. They are a group of pleasers, who play hard and want to exceed last year’s WNIT season. They are going to work well together, having a lot of athleticism. I think they are very unselfish. I think we are going to have several guards lead us in scoring this year at various times, obviously led by Devyn Christensen.” Christensen earned first-‐team all-‐WAC honors last season and should adapt well to Finkbeiner’s run and gun style. The senior led the team in three-‐pointers made (64-‐of-‐167) and was third in the WAC in three-‐point field goal percentage (.383). “Devyn Christensen is our premier returning player. With the awards and the statistics she brings back, I think that she will be the focus of a lot of defenses against us. She knows that and is challenged by that,” said Finkbeiner. Johnson is already a defensive threat on the court and looks to become more of an offensive presence this year. The Wasilla, Alaska native, played in 29 games last sea-‐son. She ended the season tied for seventh in the WAC in steals, averaging 1.87 spg. “Jenna Johnson may be our best all-‐around player out of the gate. She likes to play defense; she like to rebound; she likes to steal. We are giving her the green light to shoot the three this year. She is a very valuable player on and off the floor. We will lean on Jenna a lot for team leadership,” Finkbeiner said. Nelson, a native of Springfield, Ore., earned valuable experience her freshman season as an Aggie. She played in all 31

games in 2011-‐12, starting 17. Coach Finkbein-‐er sees great potential in the young guard. “I think that she can potentially be one of the surprise players. I think she hasn’t tapped yet what the strengths of her game are,” Finkbeiner said. Furtado, who came to USU from Kane-‐hoe, Hawaii, has strong court instincts. She has very good court awareness. The Aggies are looking for a strong senior year from Furtado. Cristal Turner is a senior who followed Coach Finkbeiner from Oral Roberts. After fighting through injuries the last two years, the versatile guard will contribute immedi-‐ately for the blue and white this season. She is strong both offensively and defensively. Freshman Makenlee Williams, who is one of only three players from the Beehive State, hails from Syracuse, Utah. Sophomore Addison Moore, from Layton, Utah, looks to see more playing time this season. She is a smart player eager to see the court this season. Posts The Aggies face the difficult task of replacing two-‐time all-‐WAC honoree Ashlee Brown, who had a tremendous impact in just two seasons at Utah State. Brown led the Aggies in scoring (15.1), rebounding (8.9) and assists (3.5). “The post players represent the fiber of our defense. They have to plug the holes defensively. Our guards are going to take chances and will be high risk. Our posts have to have the stability offensively and defensively from game to game,” Finkbeiner said. Sophomore Vaaulu, a Los Angeles, Calif., native, played in every game last season. She ended the season second on the team in blocks with 22. The Aggies look to get more minutes out of her this season. “She can go inside and out and has a bit of finesse,” Finkbeiner said. “Franny is going to be one of our team leaders on the floor statistically, along with Devyn right out of the gate.” Freshman Stephanie Bairstow, an Aussie from Brisbane, Queensland, comes to Utah State with strong youth experience. Her strong skill set is an asset for her as a young player. Tanja Steed, from Lysterfield, Australia, is a junior who transferred from Carl Albert JC. She has battled injuries throughout her career, but will look to work her way into the rotation as her fitness improves. Haylee Thompson, is a native of Hailey, Idaho, who makes up her lack of size with her work ethic. The road for the posts got more difficult as senior center Banna Diop had her career ended due to a knee injury. “One of the keys when we look back 30 games from now is how our posts played. Our guards are going to be there. The ques-‐tion will be what can the posts do statisti-‐cally,” Finkbeiner said.

New coach with new motto: ‘Run, gun and have fun’

DEVYN CHRISTENSEN ADVANCES THE BALL AGAINST A WOLVERINE FROM UVU IN SPECTRUM ACTION. /Todd Jones photo

The Aggies will play only 12 regular-‐season home games this season at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum

2012-‐13 Utah State Women’s Basketball ScheduleDate Opponent Location TimeFriday, Nov. 2 New Mexico Highlands# Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Thursday, Nov. 8 Blue vs. White Scrimmage^ Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Monday, Nov. 12 at Utah Valley Orem, Utah 7 p.m.Thursday, Nov. 15 at UC Riverside Riverside, Calif. 5 p.mSaturday, Nov. 17 at Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. 3 p.m.Tuesday, Nov. 20 vs. Prairie View A&M& Anchorage, Alaska 8 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 21 vs. NDSU/Alaska Anchorage& Anchorage, Alaska 4:30/7 p.m.Tuesday, Nov. 27 at Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 1 Montana State Logan, Utah 2 pm Tuesday, Dec. 4 at BYU Provo, Utah 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 8 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 10 a.m.Tuesday, Dec. 18 UC Irvine Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 20 South Dakota Logan, Utah 12 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 29 UTSA* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Monday, Dec. 31 Texas State* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 3 at Seattle* Seattle, Wash. 8 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 5 at Idaho* Moscow, Idaho 3 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 12 at San Jose State* San Jose, Calif. 3 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 17 New Mexico State* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 19 Denver* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 24 at UT Arlington* Arlington, Texas 6 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 26 at Louisiana Tech* Ruston, La. 6 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 31 Idaho* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 2 Seattle* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 9 San Jose State* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 14 at Denver* Denver, Colo. 7 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 16 at New Mexico State* Las Cruces, N.M. 7 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 28 Louisiana Tech* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Saturday, March 2 UT Arlington* Logan, Utah 7 p.m.Thursday, March 7 at Texas State* San Marcos, Texas 5:30 p.m.Saturday, March 9 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 6 p.m.Wed.-‐Sat., March 13-‐16 WAC Tournament Las Vegas, Nev. TBA

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