SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game No. 8	Saint Louis (5-2) vs. Utah State (5-1)
Date // Time	Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 // 7 p.m.
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Tickets	Purchase Now
Radio	KMOX 1120 AM (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
TV	Bally Sports Midwest Extra (Scott Warmann, Scott Highmark)
Stream	ESPN+ | Bally Sports app and BallySports.com
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Series History	Saint Louis leads 1-0
Game Notes	Saint Louis | Utah State

SETTING THE SCENE

• Saint Louis (5-2) hosts the Utah State Aggies (5-1) on Tuesday night at Chaifetz Arena. Game time is 7 p.m.
• Tuesday's game will be televised on Bally Sports Midwest Extra, BSMW's alternate channel, and also streamed live on the Bally Sports app and ESPN+. Click here for channel listings. Scott Warmann and Scott Highmark have the call.
• KMOX 1120 AM again serves as the Home for Billiken Basketball on the radio. Billiken Hall of Famers and longtime SLU men's basketball radio partners Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will the call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road.

ABOUT THE BILLIKENS

• Saint Louis faces its highest ranked opponent this year (according to KenPom) on Tuesday as Utah State (5-1) visits Chaifetz Arena.
• The Billikens are 5-2 on the season and are coming off a 66-65 victory against Dartmouth on Saturday night.
• Saturday's win against the Big Green was the 200th in Chaifetz Arena history. The Bills are 200-68 in 16 seasons on their home court, including 4-0 this year and 19-3 the last two seasons.
• Terrence Hargrove Jr. is second on the team in scoring (15.7 ppg) and tops in rebounding (6.1 rpg). He scored 17 points in the win against Dartmouth.
• Gibson Jimerson scored a season-high 23 points in the win over Dartmouth, which moved him just three points away from passing Billiken great Ed Macauley for 13th on SLU's all-time scoring list.
• Michael Meadows Jr. ranks 16th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.8). 
• Kellen Thames has recorded at least one steal in every game and ranks fourth in the A-10 with 12 on the year.
• As a team, the Billikens rank 19th in the NCAA in free-throws made per game (19.0). They are also tops in the A-10 in 3-point percentage (.380) and fastbreak points (16.0 per game).
• After Tuesday's game, the Billikens hit the road for two-straight at Southern Illinois (Dec. 2) and Drake (Dec. 6). SLU's next home game is Dec. 9 against Hofstra.

ABOUT THE AGGIES

• Utah State enters Tuesday's game with a 5-1 overall record. The Aggies' lone loss came in overtime at undefeated Bradley on Nov. 11.
• Last season, Utah State went 26-9 overall and earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. In the offseason, head coach Ryan Odom was hired at VCU. Utah State hired Danny Sprinkle from Montana State after he took the Bobcats to two NCAA Tournament, and Sprinkle has constructed virtually an entirely new roster.
• Utah State is one of just three teams in the nation that returned zero points to its 2023-24 roster (New Mexico State and Northwestern).
• Despite the new look, the Aggies are still having success. They are coming off the Cayman Island Classic, which they won after defeating Marshall, Akron and Stephen F. Austin in consecutive games.
• Great Osobor, a 6-8 wing who played for Sprinkle at Montana State, averages a double-double of 20.5 ppg and 10.0 rpg. Darius Brown II, another Montana State transfer, scores 11.7 ppg and is among the nation's leaders in assist-to-turnover ratio (6.71) and assists per game (7.8). Utah State features a seven-foot center in Isaac Johnson, a transfer from Oregon. He is averaging 6.2 ppg this season.
• Utah State ranks third in the NCAA in 3-point percentage defense as teams shoot just .222 against the Aggies from beyond the arc. Also, the Aggies are 11th in the NCAA in assists per game (19.2) and 11th in FG% (.520).

SERIES HISTORY

• Saint Louis and Utah State are meeting for just the second time.
• The only previous meeting between SLU and Utah State occurred during the 1967-68 season at UCLA's LA Classic in Los Angeles. The Billikens defeated the Aggies 97-78 on a neutral court in the opening round of the tournament.
• Utah State is the third Mountain West opponent the Billikens have played the last few years. SLU faced Wyoming earlier this season, and had a home-and-home with Boise State the last two seasons. SLU is 11-5 all-time against Mountain West opponents. It has played New Mexico the most of any Mountain West foe, having posted a 3-3 record against the Lobos.

WHAT'S NEXT?

• The Billikens head to Carbondale, Illinois, to face Southern Illinois on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 2:30 p.m. at the Banterra Center. The Salukis are 4-1 heading into Tuesday's Missouri Valley Conference opener against Indiana State.