Utah State failed to convert its final 10 possessions of the first half and fell behind by 15 points.
The Aggies trailed by as many as 22 in the second half before finally getting some stops and finding a rhythm on offense. They scored the final 10 points of the game.
"I told our team, I was very proud of them in the second half," Duryea said. "That's the Aggie team from last year. … In the second half, we threw caution to the wind a little bit. We got downhill on the basket. We threw the ball to the roller in our pick-and-roll stuff.