One week remains in the Mountain West men’s basketball regular season, and three teams are still alive for the outright conference title.
Utah State (24-5, 14-4) is in pole position to claim its second MWC championship in three years after surviving a war with Grand Canyon (18-11, 11-7) on Saturday night, 74-69.
“We weren’t perfect, but we battled through fatigue and we battled through not playing great offensively, and that matters this time of year,” Aggies head coach Jerrod Calhoun said. “Toughness matters, and that’s what won the game tonight. We got down with just under five minutes to go, but then we went on a 7-0 run after that.”…