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Former Tulsa forward Lew Evans one of two additions at Utah State

Stew Morrill

Utah State head coach Stew Morrill instructs his team during the second half of a Mountain West Conference tournament NCAA college basketball game against Colorado State Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in Las Vegas. Utah State defeated Colorado State 73-69. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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Thursday afternoon Utah State head coach Stew Morrill announced the official addition of two new players to his program, as forwards Lew Evans and Grayson Moore are now Aggies. Evans has experience at the Division I level, as he played the 2013-14 season at Tulsa. Of the 34 games in which the 6-foot-8 Evans played he made 22 starts, posting averages of 5.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

Evans’ best offensive performance of the season came in a win over Tulane in early January, as he scored 14 points on the evening. Evans is more of a perimeter threat, as last season more than 61 percent of his field goal attempts were three-pointers. Prior to joining the Tulsa program, Evans spent a year at Casper College in Wyoming.

As for Moore, he played the 2013-14 season at Northwest Nazarene University and posted averages of 10.8 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. With the number of front court players Utah State lost at the end of the 2013-14 season, Evans and Moore are important additions as the Aggies look to improve their depth.

Utah State lost its top two rebounders from last season’s team, with Jarred Shaw out of eligibility and Kyle Davis having transferred to BYU. Also having graduated from that team were guards Spencer Butterfield and Preston Medlin, leaving rising sophomore forward Jalen Moore (5.6 ppg) as the team’s leading returning scorer.

Utah State has signed eight other players heading into the 2014-15 season, with three being junior college transfers. The Aggies finished their first season in the Mountain West with an overall record of 18-14, going 7-11 in conference play.

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