Feb. 9, 2008

Utah State's women's basketball team continues its four-game road swing in Fresno, Calif., taking on Fresno State on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. (MT) at the Bulldogs' Save Mart Center.

Utah State is 6-15 on the season after dropping a 69-42 contest at Hawai'i on Thursday. USU, who is seventh in the Western Athletic Conference with a 2-7 league record, is led by Danyelle Snelgro's 10.2 points and 3.0 rebounds per game, while Taylor Richards is averaging 9.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. As a team, Utah State is second in the WAC in free throw percentage (.719), second in steals (9.67 spg), sixth in three-point field goal percentage (.314) and sixth in assists (11.48 apg).

Fresno State, who is 13-9 overall and leads the WAC with an 8-1 league record, defeated Louisiana Tech, 82-63, on Monday. The Bulldogs are led by Tierre Wilson's 16.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, while Jalessa Ross is averaging 11.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. As a team, Fresno State leads the league in field goal percentage (.417), three-point field goal percentage (.345) and assists (15.41 apg).

Sunday is just the fifth meeting between Utah State and Fresno State, as the Bulldogs lead 3-1.

Utah State wraps up its four-game road trip on Thursday, Feb. 14 at San Jose State (2-20, 1-8 WAC) at SJSU's Event Center (5,000).

All Utah State women's basketball games can be heard on KLGN (1390 AM) in Logan with Evan Nyman calling the play-by-play. They can also be heard on the web through Yahoo! Sports, by going to the Utah State Athletics home page at www.UtahStateAggies.com and clicking on the Yahoo! Sports link in the right hand column.