Air Force Academy
New Mexico
Lobos Pounce on Falcons, 79-31
2/14/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2004
New Mexico forgot it was Valentine's Day, failing to show any love to the Air Force women's basketball team Saturday in a conference game at The Pit. The Lobos defeated the Falcons 79-31 in the second meeting of the two teams this season. Air Force, who remains winless on the road this season, falls to 3-18 overall and 0-8 in the league.
The game looked promising for the Falcons early. After five minutes, the Falcons trailed by a single point, and a three-pointer by Jennifer Roesch at the 10:29 mark gave the team a two-point lead. But the lead was short-lived, and the trey would prove to be the last field goal of the half for Air Force. Their only additional point of the half would come on a single free throw by Amoy Jackson, as the Lobos would go on a 25-1 run to end the half. The Falcons would trail 34-13 at the break.
The second half started much the same way the first half ended - with the Falcons failing to put points on the scoreboard. It took the team six and a half minutes before scoring in the second half. The Lobos used a 15-0 run to extend the lead to 40 points.
Mandy Moore was one assist shy of a triple-double. She notched a game-high 20 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. She finished the game 8-of-10 from the field and 4-of-6 from three-point range. Fatima Maddox added 12 points and Melissa Forest had 11. New Mexico attempted just two field goals in the game.
For the third consecutive game, no Falcon player notched double-figures in scoring. Shawna Neff had a team-high nine points, and Ashley Cwiakala pitched in six. Amoy Jackson led the Falcons on the boards with five rebounds. Air Force finished the game shooting 21.2 percent (11-of-52) from the field. It was their lowest shooting percentage of the season.
The 48-point loss was the worst in head coach Ardie McInelly's history. (The team's largest margin of defeat is 50 points.) The Falcons' 31 points was the fewest points scored this season and just two more than the team's all-time low score of 29 points.
The Falcons will look to snap an 11-game losing streak this week when they host BYU on Thursday (Feb. 19) and Utah on Saturday (Feb. 21). Air Force is winless in team history against the two schools.
