Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Shawn Harrison with a Tai Wesley feature

Shawn Harrison offers an article today on Aggie forward Tai Wesley. Our expectations this season were that Wesley would play with more consistency than last season and produce better numbers. The comparison for conference play: this season: 11.8 ppg., 5.3 rpg., 55% overall shooting, 25/36 assist-to-turnover ratio versus 11.6 ppg., 4.7 rpg., 65% overall shooting, 33/27 assist-to-turnover numbers last season.

So he's not quite there but should be the go-to frontcourter for USU in 2009-2010.

Wesley integral for Ags
Shawn Harrison
Herald Journal
February 25, 2009


There is just something about playing against Hawaii that has brought out the best in Tai Wesley when it comes to scoring.

The Aggie sophomore forward had his best outing against the Rainbow Warriors last year in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, scoring a career-high 27 points. In three games against Hawaii, Wesley has averaged 18.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. He recorded a double-double last month on the islands with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

“I have had some good games against Hawaii,” Wesley said earlier this week after a practice. “I don’t know what it is. Maybe I just like to give my parents a good show.”

The son of Susan and Hiagi Wesley has done that. His parents live on the island of Oahu, working at BYU-Hawaii. So they have been able to see the road games, along with close to 50 other relatives and friends. They just happened to be in Utah last year and were in attendance for his career night in Logan. However, they will not be there Thursday when Utah State takes on Hawaii at the Spectrum. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m...

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