LOGAN, Utah (AP) - Jarred Shaw and Preston Medlin scored 17 points each as Utah State defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 77-68 on Saturday night.
Kyisean Reed added 15 points for the Aggies (2-1), who shot 56.8 percent (25 of 44) from the floor.
Will Nelson scored 17 points and Johnathan Jordan added 13 for the Islanders (1-2).
Utah State led 31-28 early in the second half when it broke the game open with an 18-2 run over a 4:07 stretch. Reed, Medlin and Shaw scored six points each during the surge.
The Aggies won the rebounding battle 33-23 and outscored Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 32-20 in the paint.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-2) | 25 | 43 | 68 |
| Utah State (2-1) « | 31 | 46 | 77 |
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| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Nelson, F | 19 | 5-11 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| N. Maxey, C | 27 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Jordan, G | 36 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| H. Ali, G | 33 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Dvorak, G | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Williamson | 30 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Z. Knowles | 18 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| D. Francis | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Pye | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Currie | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. King | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 24-54 | 10-15 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 68 | |
| 44.4% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Utah State Aggies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Reed, F | 29 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| D. Berger, F | 20 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Shaw, C | 29 | 6-7 | 5-6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| P. Medlin, G | 34 | 5-13 | 5-7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| T. Roland, G | 28 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Butterfield | 20 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Davis | 12 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Stone | 11 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Jean | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Clifford | 7 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 25-44 | 23-31 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 77 | |
| 56.8% | 74.2% | ||||||
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