Saturday, February 28, 2009

A Jared Eborn feature on Tyler Newbold

Hey, this is just what USU needs, a restored Tyler Newbold. Maybe now they can right the good ship Aggie and start winning some games. Seriously, we'll take Newbold even at his so-called most substandard on our fave team anytime.

Utah State basketball: Aggies welcome Newbold 'back'
Jared Eborn
Deseret News
February 28, 2009


When a basketball team has 26 wins and only three losses, it's hard to say there have been long stretches of substandard basketball.

Yet, while Utah State did encounter a little blip in its normal efficient execution of the gameplan — losing two of three games while winning in somewhat unconvincing fashion in a few others — there was one glaring hole in the Aggies' typically balanced team.

Sophomore shooting guard Tyler Newbold wasn't himself. The 6-foot-4 Payson High product was hesitant offensively and rarely took shots even when wide open. Those he did take weren't falling, and his confidence was shot.

Thursday night, however, Newbold — who had scored only 11 total points in the previous four games — found himself again.

"I told him 'welcome back,' " Utah State coach Stew Morrill said after the Aggies wrapped up an outright Western Athletic Conference title. "He'd been down a little bit, and it's nice to have him back..."

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