Spencer Nelson leads the team in points (15.6), rebounds (8.7) and assists (5.0) and is fifth, second and second, respectively, in the conference in those categories.

Nate Harris is seventh in the nation and leads the conference in field-goal percentage at 66.7 percent and is 10th in the conference in scoring at 13.2 ppg.

Freshman guard Jaycee Carroll is third on the team in scoring (13.2).

Following their contest with Idaho Thursday, the Aggies will have a two-week break from conference play before they host Santa Barbara (Jan. 6) and Cal Poly (Jan. 8).

In the meantime, the Aggies will shoot for their 11th consecutive Gossner Foods Classic championship when they host South Carolina State on Dec. 29.

Northern Arizona and Loyola-Marymount are the two other teams in the Classic.

Big West breakdown

                                                                                                                                                                        Team		Record	Best win	Worst loss	Comment
                                                                                                                                                                        Utah State	7-2	Utah		IPFW		The Aggies went 4-0 against in-state rivals
                                                                                                                                                                        UC Irvine	4-2	Santa Clara	USC		The Anteaters lost to UCLA by 11
                                                                                                                                                                        Pacific		4-2	Nevada		San Francisco	Lost at No. 2 Kansas by 9
                                                                                    
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                                                                                                                                                CS Fullerton	3-2	Eastern Wash.	Denver		Also lost to Samford
                                                                                                                    UC Riverside	4-3	Loyola Mrymnt.	N. Arizona	Has losses to California and Arizona State
                                                                                                                    Cal Poly	2-4	Portland	Santa Clara	Started the year 0-4
                                                                                                                    Santa Barbara	2-4	San Diego St.	San Francisco	After win at SDSU, dropped four straight
                                                                                                                    Long Beach State1-6	Sacramento St.	Portland	Has lost three straight
                                                                                                                    CS Northridge	1-6	Jackson State	Tenn. State	Has two three-game losing streaks
                                                                                                                    Idaho		1-8	Great Falls	Fort Lewis	Has six losses by 10 points or less
                                                                                                                    

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