Kyle Cottam
Utah State men’s basketball will play at Valparaiso on Tuesday, Nov. 28, as part of the Mountain West/Missouri Valley Conference Challenge. The game was announced by the Mountain West on Wednesday morning.
The Crusaders tied for first place in the Horizon League last season but lost to Illinois in the first round of the NIT, finishing the year with an overall mark of 24-9 and a league mark of 14-4. Valpo returns seven letter winners but will be without its two leading scorers from a year ago in departed seniors Alec Peters (23.0 ppg) and Shane Hammick (15.