"It was a pretty crazy 24 hours," Taylor said. "I hadn't played that much in a game since 2012 in high school. It was fun. I got a little tired, but I'll get used to it."
A 6-foot-8 forward from Houston, Taylor finished with four points and eight rebounds in 32 minutes during Utah State's 79-60 win over Air Force. Defensively, he was in the middle of an effort that limited the Falcons to 36.8 percent shooting and held leading scorer Trevor Lyons without a field goal.
"All I wanted to do," he said, "was not let the team down.