USU Men's Basketball Hosting Southern Virginia Friday Night

• Utah State will host Southern Virginia in its only exhibition contest of the 2016-17 season on Friday at 7 p.m., in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.

• The game will mark the first meeting between the two teams, however, Utah State has won 16 of its last 17 exhibition games, dating back to the 2008-09 season.
• Tickets for Friday night's game will all be $5 and the entire Dee Glen Smith Spectrum will be general admission seating. Parking for the event will only be monitored in the "A" lot, the parking lot that is immediately west of the venue.

Things of Note

• Utah State men’s basketball is entering its 112th season and has an overall record of 1,552-1,074 (.591) in its 2,626 games played.

• Utah State has recorded a winning record each of the past 23 seasons, dating back to the 1992-93 season. Furthermore, USU has had a winning record within the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum for 34 consecutive seasons.

• Senior wing Jalen Moore has garnered several preseason honors, including being named to the 2017 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Watch List, an award given to the most outstanding small forward in the nation. Moore is one of only 20 small fowards in the nation appearing on the initial watch list. Also, Moore was named Preseason all-Mountain West, the first preseason award for an Aggie since Utah State joined the league for the 2013-14 season.

• Moore enters the year just 45 points away from overtaking his father, Jimmy, on the all-time scoring records at USU. Furthermore, Moore is on track to etch his name on the Utah State record book in rebounding, assists, 3-point field goals, games played, games started and minutes.

• Freshman guard Koby McEwen also earned preseason recognition from the Mountain West, earning Preseason Co-Freshman of the Year alongside San Diego State’s Jalen McDaniel.

• Utah State’s roster includes only four returners from last season, matching the lowest returning number since the 2014-15 season. That year, USU finished tied for fourth in the Mountain West and recorded the most wins (11) by any second-year program in the history of the league.

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