Late last week, Utah State played its worst basketball of the year in a 74-61 loss to South Florida. And six minutes into the Aggies second road game in three days — this time at Charlotte — they were playing roughly on par with how they'd looked a few days prior. Utah State shot just 1-for-9 from the field to start the game, allowing Charlotte to take a 12-5 lead.

Alongside its shooting struggles, Utah State was struggling on the glass.

Charlotte had a 7-foot-2 center, Anton Bonke, who gave USU fits with 13 rebounds, five of which were on the offensive end. The 49ers had 14 offensive boards the entire game, which tied a season high for them and marked the most Utah State has yielded to an opponent all year. According to junior guard Mason Falslev, that wasn't for a lack of effort.

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