Utah State Aggies vs Villanova Wildcats, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship West Region 1st Round

College Basketball

29-6

86-76

Final

24-9

Viejas Arena

TV: TNT

Team	1H	2H	T
USU	37	49	86
VILL	39	37	76

Who won: Utah State 86-76

The Utah State Aggies beat the Villanova Wildcats 86-76 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship West Region 1st Round on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Viejas Arena. The Utah State outscored the Villanova 49-37 in the 2nd half. Mason Falslev led the Utah State in points (22). Bryce Lindsay led the Villanova in points (25).

Leaders

USUVILL

Points

Mason Falslev

22

Bryce Lindsay

25

Assists

Drake Allen

6

Acaden Lewis

8

Rebounds

Mason Falslev

7

Duke Brennan

8

Scoring

2nd Half

15:40

JumpShot

MJ Collins Jr. makes 18-foot jumper

47-53

15:40

MadeFreeThrow

MJ Collins Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1

48-53

15:05

JumpShot

Garry Clark makes 8-foot floating jump shot

50-53

14:48

MadeFreeThrow

Duke Brennan makes free throw 2 of 2

50-54

14:28

MadeFreeThrow

Karson Templin makes free throw 1 of 2

51-54

14:28

MadeFreeThrow

Karson Templin makes free throw 2 of 2

52-54

14:14

LayUpShot

Drake Allen makes layup

54-54

13:54

LayUpShot

Tyler Perkins makes layup (Duke Brennan assists)

54-56

13:20

JumpShot

Duke Brennan makes 8-foot hook shot

54-58

12:49

MadeFreeThrow

Garry Clark makes free throw 2 of 2

55-58

11:56

LayUpShot

Garry Clark makes layup (Elijah Perryman assists)

57-58

11:21

JumpShot

Mason Falslev makes 11-foot floating jump shot

59-58

10:53

JumpShot

Tyler Perkins makes 9-foot floating jump shot

59-60

10:42

LayUpShot

Mason Falslev makes driving layup (Kolby King assists)

61-60

10:26

JumpShot

Bryce Lindsay makes 26-foot three point jumper (Acaden Lewis assists)

61-63

10:03

JumpShot

Mason Falslev makes 11-foot floating jump shot (MJ Collins Jr. assists)

63-63

9:36

LayUpShot

Bryce Lindsay makes driving layup

63-65

8:46

MadeFreeThrow

Mason Falslev makes free throw 1 of 2

64-65

8:46

MadeFreeThrow

Mason Falslev makes free throw 2 of 2

65-65

7:58

MadeFreeThrow

Adlan Elamin makes free throw 1 of 2

66-65

7:58

MadeFreeThrow

Adlan Elamin makes free throw 2 of 2

67-65

7:40

JumpShot

Acaden Lewis makes 12-foot floating jump shot

67-67

7:17

JumpShot

Tyler Perkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Acaden Lewis assists)

67-70

6:54

MadeFreeThrow

Mason Falslev makes free throw 1 of 2

68-70

6:54

MadeFreeThrow

Mason Falslev makes free throw 2 of 2

69-70

6:30

LayUpShot

Adlan Elamin makes layup (Mason Falslev assists)

71-70

6:04

JumpShot

Bryce Lindsay makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyler Perkins assists)

71-73

3:54

MadeFreeThrow

MJ Collins Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3

72-73

3:54

MadeFreeThrow

MJ Collins Jr. makes free throw 3 of 3

73-73

3:11

MadeFreeThrow

Drake Allen makes free throw 1 of 2

74-73

3:11

MadeFreeThrow

Drake Allen makes free throw 2 of 2

75-73

2:53

LayUpShot

MJ Collins Jr. makes driving layup

77-73

2:53

MadeFreeThrow

MJ Collins Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1

78-73

2:12

LayUpShot

MJ Collins Jr. makes layup (Mason Falslev assists)

80-73

2:01

MadeFreeThrow

Bryce Lindsay makes free throw 1 of 2

80-74

1:37

JumpShot

Mason Falslev makes 19-foot pullup jump shot

82-74

1:13

DunkShot

MJ Collins Jr. makes 0-foot dunk

84-74

0:56

MadeFreeThrow

Drake Allen makes free throw 2 of 2

85-74

0:48

TipShot

Duke Brennan makes 0-foot tip in layup

85-76

0:43

MadeFreeThrow

Drake Allen makes free throw 1 of 2

86-76

Scores shown as USU-VILL.

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