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Fort Collins, Colo. • Gian Clavell scored 24 points with six 3-pointers and Colorado State beat Utah State 69-52 on Tuesday night to win its second consecutive game.
Nico Carvacho and Prentiss Nixon scored 11 apiece, Emmanuel Omogbo added 10 points with 14 rebounds, and the Rams (16-9, 8-4 Mountain West) made 13 of 30 attempts from behind the arc (43.3 percent).
Utah State trailed Colorado State 33-23 at the half.
Carvacho made a layup and a dunk, Omogbo added a layup, and the Rams had a 17-point lead on Clavell's two free throws early in the second.
The Aggies trimmed the deficit to 43-34, with a 10-2 run capped by senior wing Jalen Moore's 3-pointer, but Colorado State pulled away to its largest lead, 66-48, on back-to-back 3-pointers by Clavell.
Sophomore Quinn Taylor scored 11 points and Moore and junior guard Julion Pearre added 10 apiece for Utah State (10-13, 14-8), which has lost two straight. Freshman guard Sam Merrill tied a career high with three steals for Utah State.
The Aggies are 2-10 on the year when trailing at the intermission. The margin marked the fourth time this season that USU had to overcome a double-digit deficit at the half. Utah State's bench outscored the Colorado State reserves 21-7, but the Aggies had only four free-throw attempts, making three.
Moore scored in double figures for the 22nd time this season and 83rd time in his career with his 10 points, moving him to No. 12 on Utah State's with 1,484th career points.
With the loss, Utah State is now 57-38 all-time against Colorado State, including a 7-18 record in Fort Collins.
Utah State next plays on Saturday at home against Wyoming at 7 p.m. —
Colorado State 69, Utah State 52
UTAH ST. (10-13)
Janicek 0-1 0-0 0, Dargenton 2-4 1-2 5, Moore 4-15 0-0 10, McEwen 3-10 0-0 8, Merrill 3-9 2-2 8, Taylor 5-8 0-0 11, Barnaba 0-2 0-0 0, Brito 0-3 0-0 0, Pearre 4-7 0-0 10. Totals 21-59 3-4 52.
COLORADO ST. (16-9)
Omogbo 4-10 1-2 10, Carvacho 5-8 1-2 11, Nixon 4-13 0-1 11, Clavell 7-15 4-5 24, Paige 2-9 0-0 6, Koelliker 2-2 2-2 7, Bonner 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 24-60 8-12 69.
Halftime—Colorado St. 33-23. 3-Point Goals—Utah St. 7-26 (Moore 2-5, Pearre 2-5, McEwen 2-7, Taylor 1-1, Barnaba 0-1, Merrill 0-2, Dargenton 0-2, Brito 0-3), Colorado St. 13-30 (Clavell 6-12, Nixon 3-6, Paige 2-6, Koelliker 1-1, Omogbo 1-4, Bonner 0-1). Fouled Out—Merrill. Rebounds—Utah St. 35 (Moore 9), Colorado St. 38 (Omogbo 14). Assists—Utah St. 12 (McEwen, Pearre 3), Colorado St. 15 (Nixon 7). Total Fouls—Utah St. 16, Colorado St. 10.