Jeff Hunter,
Utah State sophomore guard Sam Merrill defends University of Providence guard Jared Schultz during the Aggies' exhibition game on Nov. 3 at the Spectrum in Logan.
The Utah State and Weber State basketball teams will open the 2017-18 season with another clash of old friends, longtime in-state rivals and some new faces.
The Aggies will face off against the Wildcats Friday night at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, the site of USU head coach Tim Duryea’s first victory as a head coach two years ago. Weber State head coach Randy Rahe, like Duryea, a longtime assistant of Utah State legend Stew Morrill, won last year’s meeting in Logan, 77-71, to leave the all-time series at 42-27 in the Aggies’ favor.