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LOGAN, Utah (AP) - Kyisean Reed scored 21 points and Brockeith Pane and Preston Medlin added 15 apiece to lead Utah State past San Jose State 82-65 Saturday night.
Mitch Bruneel also had a career-high 15 points off the bench for the Aggies (12-10, 4-3 WAC) and Morgan Grim added 10. Utah State had five scorers in double figures for the second game in a row.
San Jose State (7-15, 0-7 WAC) was led by James Kinney with 21 points and Wil Carter with 14 points and eight rebounds.
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Behind two consecutive baskets by Calvin Douglas, San Jose narrowed Utah State's lead to 59-57 with 8:37 to play. The Aggies embarked on a 13-0 run, which extended to a 15-2 run and a 74-59 lead when Medlin drained a 3-pointer with 5:30 remaining.Pane scored on two straight trips down the floor, one basket on an alley-oop pass from Medlin, for Utah State to put the game out of reach.
In the first half, the teams traded baskets until Bruneel made four consecutive 3-pointers to put Utah State ahead 29-20 with 9:16 remaining in the half. Bruneel had his career-high in points, 14, by halftime and shot 5 for 5 from the field.
Brockeith Pane was also 3 of 5 from 3-point range in the first half while San Jose was 3 of 10 as a team during the same span.
James Kinney was the Spartan's leader early in the game, hitting 6 of 8 field goal attempts to account for 14 points before halftime.
Keith Shamburger, who had been the Spartan's second-leading scorer on the season, missed the game with back troubles.
The Aggies had a season-low six turnovers.
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