Utah State basketball: Aggies plan annual scrimmage tonight

LOGAN — Utah State University's men's basketball team will hold its annual Blue-White scrimmage tonight at 7 p.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and admission is free.

Free water and candy bars will be available for the first 2,000 fans in attendance, along with face painting and promotions throughout the event.

Once the scrimmage begins, USU head coach Stew Morrill will run his team through two 10-minute sessions. At the conclusion of the scrimmage, players will be available for autographs.

Utah State, which is picked to finish first in the WAC's preseason polls, returns four starters and seven letter-winners from last year's team that set a school record for wins as it went 30-5 overall and claimed its second-straight WAC regular-season championship with a 14-2 league mark. USU also won its first-ever WAC Tournament Championship and advanced to its sixth NCAA tourney in the last 10 years under Morrill.

USU will play its first exhibition game on Friday against Northwest Nazarene at 7 p.m. in the Spectrum, where trick or treating for kids in costumes will be available.