Logan • Dillon Jones had 16 factors and Weber State handed Utah State its first loss, 75-72 on Monday night time.
Jones added 9 rebounds for the Wildcats (5-7). Junior Ballard scored 14 factors and Dyson Koehler added 12.
Weber State shot 49.1 % (28-of-57) total, a season-high for an Aggie opponent. The Wildcats additionally shot 10-of-20 from 3-point vary to rally for the victory.
“There’s momentum adjustments on a regular basis in sports activities. You see it on a regular basis. You noticed it on the World Cup, you see it in soccer, you see it in basketball nightly,” USU head coach Ryan Odom stated. “It occurs quite a bit in basketball as a result of it’s such a fast sport. It’s important to give all of the credit score to Weber State and their gamers for making the important thing performs all through that second half to provide them the most effective probability to win.”
Steven Ashworth led the Aggies (9-1) with 16 factors and 5 assists. Sean Bairstow scored 14 and Daniel Akin pitched in with 12 factors and 10 rebounds.
The loss ended USU’s school-record-tying 9-0 begin to the season. The Aggies had began 9-0 for the primary time since 1938-39.
“It’s a crappy feeling,” USU senior guard Rylan Jones stated. “We’re going to consider this one quite a bit tonight and the issues that we fell brief on within the second half. However tomorrow is a brand new day and we’re going to come back again with a greater focus, extra self-discipline and able to tackle tomorrow. Clearly tonight’s going to harm and we’re all going to consider it tonight however in the case of tomorrow, we’ve acquired to come back again to follow and be extra disciplined and able to go.”
Ballard scored 11 within the second half to rally Weber State from a 43-29 halftime deficit.
“Credit score to them. We punched them within the mouth and acquired off to an ideal lead they usually did the identical to us within the second half,” Rylan Jones stated. “I believe at one level, they had been up 26-6 within the second half. It was type of the precise reverse of what we did within the first half after which momentum. Basketball’s a sport of momentum and a sport of runs and we couldn’t cease their momentum and get it again on our aspect. We simply type of traded baskets and didn’t get the stops that we wanted to get in the direction of the tip of the sport. Credit score to them, they stymied us on offense. They did an excellent job guarding us they usually made our ball cease. We weren’t the identical workforce that we had been for the earlier 9 video games within the second half.”