March 5, 2006 | Utah State outscored Fresno State, 87-77, Thursday night in the Smith Spectrum, with all five starters scoring in double figures as Coach Stew Morrill's squad won its 20th game of the season.

After having perhaps their worst outing of the season to date the previous Saturday, the Aggies responded by putting together a jewel of an offensive game.

Jaycee Carroll came out of the gate fast, diving onto the floor and winning a loose ball, crashing the offensive boards and scoring five early points, prompting Morrill to call him a "wild colt."

Carroll hit only two threes but compensated by driving to the bucket aggressively and finished with 18 points, tied with Nate Harris and Fresno's Quinton Hosely for the game high.

The Quotable Stew Morrill

On Chris Huber's injury: "I wasn't overly thrilled. He's our third guard, he's our backup point, he's our backup two. They tell me he can't play the second half, what the hell do you think I'm going to say? 'Great, that's just wonderful. What would you like me to do?' That's what I said to the medical people. I said, 'I've got no guards, what do you want me to do?' They just look at me, 'What do you want us to do?' I want you to come God-dang play, that's what I want you to do."

On USU's next opponent: "You talk about Boise being snakebit in close games, San Jose has competed night in and night out. They lost to Hawaii by one in a game they had won last weekend. If you just look at the record you're missing the fact that they can step up and beat someone. We don't need to let them beat us. We need to be ready to go; we can't lose our focus."

On the Aggies' response to their last game: "This is a good group. You've got to remember that I'm a jerk about little things. Don't raise your eyebrows at me, don't mutter something when you come off the court. Don't not shake hands after the game. We don't act like that around here. They were very understanding that we got frustrated the other night and didn't act right. I was more upset about that than losing the game. We're gonna act right; I don't give a damn if we get beat every game, we're gonna act right. That's my commitment to this university."