LOGAN — While the Utah State basketball team hasn’t faced UTEP in 55 years, the Aggie football team did dismantle the Miners’ football team, 28-16, in late August.

And for much of Saturday afternoon’s game at the Spectrum, the score and the play more closely resembled a gridiron clash. But in the end, USU coach Jerrod Calhoun was far more pleased with his team’s rugged performance in its 75-51 victory over the Miners than he was after Wednesday’s 83-73 ugly defeat of Weber State.

“I was really proud of our guys,” Calhoun declared. “I thought we had our antennas up as far as toughness and what we needed to bring today. We talked about rebounding the ball and playing physical.

“And that’s a team that tries to turn you over, and they did. So, we had to make up for some of our mistakes an

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