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Why USU's Sam Merrill felt the need to hone his game for one more year

Jeff Hunter

LOGAN — It was finals week at Utah State University. And like thousands of college students around the country, Sam Merrill was feeling a bit worn out.

But unlike the majority of those students, the Aggies’ star guard wasn't feeling beat up because he was studying until nearly 3 a.m. Rather, he was attending a late-night showing of the Marvel epic “Avengers: Endgame” that went well past its three-hour runtime thanks to a mechanical issue at the theater.

“I don’t think it would be considered a spoiler if I told you there was a fight going on about two hours in, when all of a sudden the screen went black and it took about 15 minutes to fix,” Merrill said.