Besides Jaycee Carroll & Tai Wesley, credit point Kris Clark

Jaycee Carroll (and rightfully so) gets the major kudos whenever Utag State basketball is the subject of a conversation. Recently, freshman Tai Wesley was the subject of a newspaper feature. Noe, it's Kris Clark's turn, he being a critical cog in ensuring the USU squad performs to its potential:

Pass-first Clark assists Ags' effort
Jay Hinton
Deseret Morning News
December 29, 2007

LOGAN — Utah State guard Kris Clark worked on his shooting all summer to improve his offensive game.
For a time, Utah State coach Stew Morrill used the 6-foot-2-inch senior at the small forward position in an effort to remedy the Aggies' early woes at that position.

Morrill called the experiment "poor," not because Clark could score the ball but because they missed his ability to distribute the basketball.

"We want him to be a pass-first guy, and he is," Morrill said. "That has been a real positive for our team this last while (as Kris is) settling in on his role."

Solidly entrenched at the point guard position, Clark's points aren't spectacular but his assists are.

He's averaging 4.5 points per game while shooting 37.7 percent from the field and 28.6 percent from the 3-point line. He has a team-high 85 assists with only 27 turnovers. Three other players on the team have more.

"He's settled in at playing the point for our team and shooting sparingly," Morrill said. "Most of his shots come on the break when he's got the opportunity there or where someone kicks out to him when he's wide open later in the shot clock."

In his last seven games, Clark had 41 assists and just eight turnovers. In two of the games he didn't turn the ball over, and never did he have more than two in the other games...

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