AggieAggie BasketballBasketball 15NCAATournamentAppearances:1939,1962,1963,1964,1970,1971,1975,1979,1980,1983,1988,1998,2000,2001,2003 UtahStateAthleticMediaRelations•7400OldMainHill•Logan,Utah84322-7400•Fax(435)797-2615 DougHoffman,AssociateDirector(BasketballContact)•(435)797-3714•Email:[email protected] 2004-05Schedule ExhibitionGame#2 EASports(0-2)atUtahState(0-0) November DeeGlenSmithSpectrum(10,270)•Logan,Utah 6 PUGETSOUND(Ex.) W125-72 Nov.12,2004•7:05p.m.(MST)•AggieRadioNetwork 12 EASPORTS(Ex.) 7:05pm TopoftheWorldClassic,Fairbanks,Alaska 18 vs.GeorgiaSouthern 10:30pm UtahStateAggies(0-0) 20 vs.UCForAlaska-Fairbanks TBA 2003-04Averages 21 vs.TBA TBA NumericalRoster Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG 27 UCDAVIS 7:05pm G 1 MarquesCrane 6-4 210 Jr. ----- ----- ----- G 2 DavidPak 6-2 200 Jr. ----- ----- ----- December C 3 CassMatheus 6-10 235 R-Jr. ----- ----- ----- 1 BRIGHAMYOUNG(KJZZ) 7:05pm C 4 NateHarris 6-7 225 Jr. 11.7 6.1 0.9^ 4 UTAH(KJZZ) 4:05pm G 11 JimmieEdwards 5-10 160 So. ----- ----- ----- 7 atIPFW 5:05pm F 15 TaiWesley 6-6 230 Fr. ----- ----- ----- 11 WEBERSTATE(KJZZ) 7:05pm G 20 JayceeCarroll 6-2 175 Fr. ----- ----- ----- 18 atBrighamYoung(SportsWest) 7:05pm 23 *atIdaho 8:05pm G 21 CalvinBrown 5-10 160 Sr. 0.4 0.1 0.8 GossnerFoodsClassic,Logan,Utah G 23 ChrisHuber 6-1 190 Jr. 3.9 1.1 1.8 29 SOUTHCAROLINASTATE 8:05pm G 24 TylerWilliams 6-1 200 Sr. 1.0 0.0 0.0 30 LMU/NAU TBA F 25 JohnNeil 6-6 210 Sr. 2.6 1.3 0.6 F 30 JasonWilliams 6-7 198 Sr. 6.7 2.2 0.7 January C 31 IanMcVey 6-9 225 Sr. 1.8 1.7 0.3^ F 32 SpencerNelson 6-8 225 Sr. 11.5 7.8 2.8 6 *UCSANTABARBARA 7:05pm F 42 DannyGray 6-8 230 Jr. ----- ----- ----- 8 *CALPOLY 7:05pm 13 *atPacific 8:05pm F 44 MattFormisano 6-8 220 Fr. ----- ----- ----- 15 *atCSNorthridge(FoxSports) 3:05pm ^-denotesblockspergame 20 *CSFULLERTON 7:05pm GameDayHeadlines 22 *UCRIVERSIDE 7:05pm •UtahStateiscelebratingits100thseasonofbasketballduring2004-05andhasan 27 *atUCIrvine 8:05pm overallrecordof1,277-949(.574).USU’sfirstyearofbasketballwasduringthe1903- 29 *atLongBeachState 8:05pm 04campaignasthatteamnotcheda2-2record. February •Forthepast34years,UtahStatehascalledtheDeeGlenSmithSpectrumhome 3 *CalPoly 8:05pm andhaswonalmost79percentofitsgameswithanimpressive378-101(.789)record, 5 *UCSantaBarbara 8:05pm includinga99-8(.925)markduringthepastsevenseasons.TheonlyyearUSUhad 10 *CSNORTHRIDGE 7:05pm alosingseasonathomewasin1981-82witha3-8record. 12 *PACIFIC(CSTV) 8:35pm 17 *atUCRiverside 8:05pm •UtahStatereturnsthreestarters(NateHarris,SpencerNelson,JasonWilliams)and 19 *atCSFullerton 3:05pm sevenlettermenfromthe2003-04teamthatwent25-4,finishedinatieforfirst- 24 *LONGBEACHSTATE 7:05pm placeintheBigWestConferencewitha17-1record,andadvancedtotheNa- 26 *UCIRVINE 7:05pm tionalInvitationTournamentwhereitlosttoHawai'iathome85-74. March •AggieplayersfromthestateofUtahincludejuniorforwardNateHarris(Smithfield, 4 *IDAHO 7:05pm Utah/SkyViewHS),juniorguardChrisHuber(Garland,Utah/BearRiverHS),and BigWestTournament,Anaheim,Calif. freshmanforwardTaiWesley(Provo,Utah/ProvoHS). 9-12 TBA NCAAFirst&SecondRounds,TBA •UtahStatereturnstwoplayerswhowerehonoredbytheBigWestConference 17-20 TBA lastyearinseniorforwardSpencerNelson(Second-TeamAll-BigWest,BigWestHustle Alltimesaremountain. PlayeroftheYear)andjuniorforwardNateHarris(First-TeamAll-BigWest,BigWest HomegamesinBOLDCAPS. SixthManoftheYear).Nelsonaveraged11.5pointsand7.8reboundstorankthird intheleague,whileHarrisaveraged11.7pointsand6.1rebounds. 2003-04Record •UtahStatewaspickedtofinishsecondintheBigWestConferencebythecoaches Overall 25-4 andtiedforfirstwithPacificbythemediaattheannualBigWestBasketballMedia BigWestConference 17-1/T-1st Home/Away/Neutral 15-1/10-2/0-1 dayonNov.3. www.UtahStateAggies.com 2004-05UtahStateBasketball ThisWeek BigWestStandings UtahStatewillplayEASportsinitsfinalexhibitiongameofthe2004-05seasonon BigWest Overall Fri.,Nov.12at7:05p.m.intheDeeGlenSmithSpectrum. W-L Pct W-L Pct CalPoly 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 AboutEASports CSFullerton 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 EASportsis0-2onits10-game,14-daytour CSNorthridge 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 acrosstheUnitedStatesafterlosingatKan- EASportsSchedule Idaho 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 sasState71-59onWed.,Nov.3,andatProvi- L 59-71 atKansasState LongBeachSt. 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 dence69-62onSat.,Nov.6.UpnextforEA L 62-69 atProvidence Pacific 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 SportsisVirginiaTechonMon.,Nov.8,fol- Nov.8 atVirginiaTech UCSantaBarbara 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 lowedbygamesatLSUonTues,Nov.9and Nov.9 atLSU UCIrvine 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 CreightononThur.,Nov.11beforefacing Nov.11 atCreighton UtahStateonFri.,Nov.12.DanielWatts(Ne- UCRiverside 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Nov.12 atUtahState vada)ledEASportswith13pointsandseven UTAHSTATE 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Nov.13 atOklahomaState reboundsatKansasState,whileMarkGreen Nov.15 atIowaState (Arkansas-LittleRock)had19pointsagainst UpcomingSchedule Nov.16 atArizonaState ProvidenceandWattsadded16pointsand Nov.17 atUNLV 13rebounds.PlayersofnoteontheEASports Monday,November8 rosterincludeAaronHands(UCRiverside’03), #TheMaster’sCollegeatCSNorthridge ... 8:30pm TonyHarvey(Utah’00),andJoeSkiffer(BoiseState’03). Thursday,November11 #CSLosAngelesatUCIrvine ......... 8:05pm EASportsRoster #Alaska-AnchorageatLongBeachSt. 8:30pm No. Name Ht. Wt. College UCRiversideatCalifornia ........................ 8:30pm 1 RoyStigall 6-2 180 Chaminade 3 MarkGreen 6-3 180 Arkansas-LittleRock Friday,November12 15 JoeSkiffer 6-2 200 BoiseState #EASportsatUtahState ................ 7:05pm 21 MarkCampbell 6-3 185 Hawai’i #CSStanislausatCalPoly ................... 8pm 23 ChezMarks 6-3 180 MoreheadState #WestmontatUCSantaBarbara ....... 8pm 25 TonyHarvey 6-4 200 Utah #CSBakersfieldatPacific ............... 8:30pm 31 LeonBallard 6-5 220 Chaminade UCRiversidevs.TBA ................................. TBA 33 DanielWatts 6-8 240 Nevada Saturday,November13 41 AaronHands 6-7 220 UCRiverside #UCSanDiegoatCSNorthridge .. 8:05pm 44 ZoranViskovic 6-11 255 Valparaiso 45 ChuckRoberts 6-10 240 CentralFlorida LastWeek’sResults AggiesInTheDeeGlenSmithSpectrum PlayingintheDeeGlenSmithSpectrumisdefinitelyanadvantagefortheAggies. Thursday,November4 Inthesix-yearStewMorrillera,UtahStateteamshavewon91percentoftheir #UCSantaBarbara56,CSLosAngeles49 homegames(84-8).TheAggieshavea378-101(.789)all-timerecordinthefacil- ity.UtahStatehasgoneunbeatenthreetimesintheSpectrum’s34-yearhistory. Friday,November5 TheAggieshavealsoneverlostback-to-backhomegamesunderMorrill.The #LongBeachState78,UCSanDiego43 Aggieshavewon112oftheirlast122games(.918)intheSpectrum,including63 oftheirlast67(.940)homegamesagainstBigWestcompetition.From2000-2002, Saturday,November6 UtahStateteamscombinedtorecorda34-gamewinningstreakinthefacility, #UtahState125,PugetSound72 #UCIrvine84,SimonFraser62 settingaschoolrecord. #Pacific97,ChicoState71 #Idaho87,Whitworth61 RecappingThePugetSoundExhibitionGame JayceeCarrollscoredagame-high29points,whileSpencerNelsonadded21 points,16reboundsandnineassistsasUtahStateroutedtheUniversityofPuget #-IndicatesExhibitiongame. Sound125-72Saturdaynight.UtahStatenevertrailedagainsttheDivisionIIILog- *-IndicatesBigWestConferencegame. gersasitopenedthecontestwitha20-6advantageenroutetothe62-26half- TimeslistedareMountainStandardTime timelead.USUshot78.1percentfromthefieldintheopeningstanzaandheld PugetSoundto26.5percentshooting.Carrollwas12-of-15fromthefieldand2- of-3fromthree-pointrangeinjust23minutes,whileNelsonwas7-of-8fromthe fieldand7-of-9fromthefree-throwline.OtherAggieswhoscoredindouble- figuresincludedIanMcVeywhofinishedwith21pointon8-of-8shooting,JohnNeil whoscored17pointson8-of-13shooting,andNateHarriswhowas7-of-9fromthe fieldandhad14points.Asateam,UtahStateshotablistering79.7percentfrom thefield(51-64)andheldPugetSoundto30.4percent(24-79).USUalsodomi- natedtheboards,outreboundingtheLoggers53-25,andrecorded35assistsin thegame.TheonlynegativestatfortheAggieswas28turnoversinthecontest. NextWeek UtahStatewillopenthe2004-05seasononThur.,Nov.18againstGeorgiaSouth- ernintheTopoftheWorldClassicinFairbanks,Alaska.GeorgiaSouthernwent21- 8lastyearandtiedforfirst-placeintheSouthDivisionoftheSouthernConference witha11-5leaguerecord.TheAggiesfirsthomegameoftheseasonwillbeon Sat.,Nov.27againstUCDavisat7:05p.m. 2•November8,2004 2004-05UtahStateBasketball 2004-05UtahStateNumericalRoster No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown(HighSchool/LastSchool) 1 MarquesCrane G/F 6-4 210 Jr. JC Bellflower,Calif.(OceanViewHS/SaddlebackJC) 2 DavidPak G 6-2 200 Jr. JC Orange,Calif.(NellesHS/SaddlebackJC) 3 CassMatheus C 6-10 235 Jr. RS SaoPaulo,Brazil(ExternatoMadirAlixHS/SouthPlainsCollege) 4 NateHarris F 6-7 225 Jr. 2L Smithfield,Utah(SkyViewHS) 11 JimmieEdwards G 5-10 160 So. SQ Malad,Idaho(MaladHS) 15 TaiWesley F 6-6 230 Fr. HS Provo,Utah(ProvoHS) 20 JayceeCarroll G 6-2 175 Fr. HS Evanston,Wyo.(EvanstonHS) 21 CalvinBrown G 5-10 165 Sr. 3L EastPaloAlto,Calif.(EastsidePrep) 23 ChrisHuber G 6-1 190 Jr. 1L Garland,Utah(BearRiverHS/DixieStateCollege) 24 TylerWilliams G 6-1 200 Sr. SQ SantaCruz,Calif.(SantaCruzHS/CabrilloCC) 25 JohnNeil F 6-6 210 Sr. 1L LosAltos,Calif.(PinewoodHS/CanadaJC) 30 JasonWilliams F 6-7 198 Sr. 1L Vallejo,Calif.(VallejoHS/SantaRosaJC) 31 IanMcVey F/C 6-9 225 Sr. 1L Princeton,Minn.(PrincetonHS/FergusFallsJC) 32 SpencerNelson F 6-8 225 Sr. 3L Pocatello,Idaho(PocatelloHS) 42 DannyGray F 6-8 230 Jr. JC Harlem,N.Y.(Art&DesignInstitute/VenturaJC) 44 MattFormisano F 6-8 220 Fr. HS Centennial,Colo.(HeritageHS) HeadCoach:StewMorrill(Gonzaga,1974),SeventhSeason AssistantCoaches:DonVerlin,TimDuryea,DaveRice USUReturnsThreeStarters,SevenLettermen AggiesWelcomeEightNewcomers Afterpostingitsfifthstraight20-winseason,winningitsthird