Ags can revel but have work to do

LOGAN — Utah State coach Stew Morrill told his team to revel in its 79-77 overtime victory over No. 10 Nevada Thursday night, but he also reminded the Aggies there is still more work to do.

"They need to enjoy it (the win) and be excited, but I reminded them real quickly of the importance of the Fresno State game in terms of the standings and where we want to finish," he said.

Tonight's 7 p.m. contest with Fresno State will determine third place in the Western Athletic Conference standings, which will place the winner in the opposite bracket of nationally ranked Nevada for next week's conference tournament in Las Cruces, N.M.

Besides the ramifications involving the standings, it's Senior Night for Chaz Spicer, Chris Session and Durrall Peterson, and the Aggies could finish the regular season undefeated (14-0) for the second time in three years.

"We're going to go out and try to do everything we can to win the game," said Spicer, who knocked down two free throws with 3.8 seconds left in overtime to beat the Wolf Pack.

The Bulldogs handled Utah State with relative ease — 79-70 — in the first meeting of the year on Jan. 6 in Fresno, but the Aggies (21-9, 9-6) are different team than they were two months ago.

"When we played Fresno State up there, it was our second WAC game and a lot of guys were trying to adjust to how WAC play was," Spicer said. "I think now we have adjusted to how it is, and we're better than we were back then. It's going to be a better game."

As customary the seniors, Spicer, Session and Peterson will start in their final home game, and for the first time in his Aggie career Jaycee Carroll will start the home finale. In his first two years, there were five seniors and he didn't start.

In games against Idaho and San Jose State in the regular-season home finale the last two years, Carroll was held to four and five points, respectively, and he didn't have a three-pointer in either contest.

Fresno State (21-8, 9-6) is a more formidable opponent than Idaho or San Jose State, with five players averaging in double figures.

Quinton Hosley leads at 14.6 points, while Dominic McGuire is averaging 13. Those two also combine for 18.7 rebounds per contest.

In the win over Nevada, Utah State got balanced scoring from Stephen DuCharme (20), Carroll (18) and Spicer (17).