This was the kind of night that makes a coach smile and a defense wince. Utah State did not just beat Utah Tech on Tuesday night at the Spectrum; it blew the doors off the game, rolled to a 118-86 win, and did it with Dallin Hall producing the best scoring night of his college career. If anyone needed a reminder that Utah State Basketball is not merely surviving early in the season, this was it.
Hall's 35 points were the headline, but the bigger picture was even more eye-catching. Utah State moved to 3-0, Ben Jacobson picked up the 400th victory of his 21-year career, and the Aggies posted 118 points, the most ever by a Jacobson-coached team. That is not a neat little footnote. That is the kind of offensive explosion that forces everyone to take a harder look.
Hall took over, and Utah Tech had no answer
Hall was excellent from start to finish, and there was no need to dress it up. He scored 35 points on 12-for-16 shooting, hit 7 of 9 from beyond the arc, and added seven assists and five rebounds in 31 minutes. He also kept the ball moving and, crucially for a game played at full throttle, turned it over just twice. That is the balance coaches love and opponents hate.
The point guard's night was not simply about volume. It was about control. Hall had 24 points, seven rebounds, five assists and six 3-pointers in the victory, which is exactly the sort of line that tells you he was dictating the game rather than chasing it. Ben Jacobson called him terrific, and that was not coach-speak stretched thin. It was the obvious verdict.
There was even a little edge to the evening, because games like this rarely stay perfectly tidy. A minor skirmish midway through the second half led to double technicals on Hall and Preston Vandermyde. It hardly changed the larger story, which was Utah State overwhelming Utah Tech with pace, force and shot-making.
Not just Hall: the Aggies kept coming
Utah State's attack was spread well enough to make the blowout feel inevitable once it started rolling. Mason Falslev scored 18 points, Solomon Callaghan added 15, and Kingston Tosi finished with 10. That matters, because Jacobson's point was that this roster has enough skill and experience to make nights like this possible. With Hall, Mason and Solomon, there is clearly enough backcourt quality to make the offense hum when the rhythm is right.
The numbers back up the eye test. Utah State shot 53-35 overall and made 48.8 percent of its attempts, while Utah Tech was held to 42.4 percent. The Aggies also buried 13 treys and were ruthless early, with Hall making seven of his first eight 3-point attempts. Once that kind of start lands, the rest of the night starts looking less like a contest and more like damage control.
For Hall, the performance also carried a neat personal twist. He noted that one of the matchups came against Ethan Potter, a familiar face from their days playing each other in high school. Hall scored 38 points for Fremont in a 72-66 win over Layton in the semifinals of the 6A tournament back in 2020, but this was his new college benchmark after scoring 23 points against Saint Mary’s in 2023. That previous best had held up for a while. It does not anymore.
Maybe the most telling detail is how quickly Hall has settled in. This was only his third game as an Aggie, yet he was hearing his name chanted by The HURD and delivering the kind of performance that gives a team a real identity. Utah State Basketball did not just get a win. It got a statement, and a very loud one at that.
