Falcons Off to Spokane For Thanksgiving Weekend
11/21/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2007
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Game #5
Air Force Falcons (4-0) vs. Mississippi Valley St. Delta Devils (0-4)
Friday, Nov. 23 , 2007 - 5 p.m. (PT)
Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge
SITE
Location - Spokane, Wash.
Arena - Spokane Arena
Capacity - 11,000
RADIO
Network - Air Force Basketball Network
Flagship - KVOR AM 740, Colo. Spgs.
Play-by-play - Jim Arthur
TELEVISION
None
INTERNET
Gametracker - GoAirForceFalcons.com
COACHES
Jeff Reynolds (UNC-Greensboro, 1978)
Air Force - 4-0, First Season
Overall - 86-34, Fifth Season
James Green (Mississippi, 1983)
Miss. Valley St. - 27-39, Third Season
Overall - 150-148, 11th Season
ALL-TIME SERIES
Overall First Meeting
Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge
The Falcons travel to Spokane, Wash., this weekend for the Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge, hosted by Washington State University. The Falcons will play three games at Spokane Arena. Here are the matchups for the tournament (All Times Pacific).
Friday, Nov. 23
Air Force vs. Mississippi Valley State 5 p.m.
Montana vs. Washington State 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 24
Washington St. vs. Mississippi Valley St. 12 p.m.
Air Force vs. Montana 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 25
Montana vs. Mississippi Valley St. 12 p.m.
Air Force vs. Washington State 2:30 p.m.
Reynolds First to Win Initial Three
Air Force head coach Jeff Reynolds became the first head coach in program history to win his first three games with the Falcons when AFA defeated Western State, 73-49, on Nov. 14. Reynolds is the seventh head coach in Air Force history.
Three-Point Streak
Air Force has made a three-point shot in 454 consecutive games. The last time the Falcons failed to make a three-pointer was Dec. 4, 1991 in a 57-51 victory over Adams State College.
2007 Air Force Classic Champions
Air Force captured the championship of the 2007 Air Force Classic on Nov. 10 with a 71-62 victory over Northern Colorado in the first-ever regular-season men's tournament at Clune Arena. Here are the final Air Force Classic results:
Friday, Nov. 9
Northern Colorado 104, VMI 97
Air Force 67, Dartmouth 38
Saturday, Nov. 10
Dartmouth 98, VMI 87 (Third-Place)
Air Force 71, Northern Colorado 62 (Championship)
Most Valuable Player
Tim Anderson, Air Force
All-Tournament Team
Andrew Henke, Air Force
Will Figures, Northern Colorado
Sean Taibi, Northern Colorado
Alex Barnett, Dartmouth
Reggie Williams, VMI
Last Time Out
With Tim Anderson and Andrew Henke each scoring five points in overtime, Air Force posted a 52-47 win over Radford Monday.
The game was tied 42-42 at the end of regulation time after Evan Washington hit a pair of free throws for Air Force with three seconds remaining.
Henke finished with 14 points, including a three-pointer with 3 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 40. Amir Johnson gave the lead back to Radford on a 10-foot jumper at 42-40 with 6 seconds remaining, setting the stage for Washington's game-tying free throws.
Anderson and Washington had nine points each.
Martell McDuffy had 15 for the Highlanders and Johnson and Joey Lynch Flohr each had 12.
Radford took advantage of the dismal Air Force first-half shooting to build its lead to 22-12 at the intermission.
As Force struggled to find the basket, the Highlanders built up a 19-2 lead at the 7:50 mark and shortly extended that to 21-3. With Joey Lynch-Flohr leading Radford scorers during that stretch, Air Force went 1 for 17 from the field.
The only points for the Falcons came off a tip-in by Keith Maren, early in the game and a free throw by Anwar Johnson.
The Falcons began to bounce back late in the half, converting eight consecutive shots. They scored the first six points of the second half.
The 12 first-half points are the fewest scored by Air Force in a half since a 2004 game against Brigham Young, and two short of the record low of 10 in a half.
Notes from the Radford Game
Team
-- Air Force is 4-0 for the second consecutive season and the seventh time in program history
-- AFA's 12 points in the first half are the fewest in one half since scoring 12 at Georgia Tech on Dec. 11, 2004
-- Air Force's 16.7 shooting percentage (4-24) in the first half is the worst in one half since shooting the same percentage in the first half against BYU on March 2, 2000
Individual
-- Tim Anderson pulled down a season-high six rebounds
-- Anderson (45), Anwar Johnson (36), Andrew Henke (35), Evan Washington (35), Keith Maren (32), Matt Holland (20) and Tom Fow (9) each played a career-high number of minutes
-- Matt Holland tied his career-high with three rebounds
-- Evan Washington tied his career-highs of nine points and four rebounds
Non-Conference Home Streak at 38
Air Force now has a 38-game winning streak at home against non-conference opponents. That is the third-longest streak in the country behind Duke (53) and Sam Houston State (39).
The last loss at home to a non-Mountain West team at Clune Arena was against Tennessee Tech on Dec. 29, 2001 (64-44).
Up Next
The Falcons will face Montana on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 2:30 p.m. (PT)
Nearly Unbeatable at Clune
The Falcons have been close to unbeatable at Clune Arena the last four seasons. Since the beginning of the 2003-04 season, Air Force has won 60 of its 62 home games for a 96.8 winning percentage.
In addition, the Falcons have won 30 of their 32 MWC games at Clune Arena during that stretch.
4-0 For Seventh Time Ever
With its 52-47 overtime victory over Radford on Monday, Nov. 19, Air Force moved to 4-0 for just the seventh time in program history. The other years the Falcons started 4-0 were 1974-75, `82-83, `86-87, `94-95, `98-99 and 2006-07.
Air Force has started a season 5-0 only twice, in 1982-83 (6-0) and 1998-99 (5-0).
Anderson 10th on Steals List
With his four steals against Western State, Tim Anderson moved into tenth place on Air Force's career list. He currently has 119 steals.
Anderson Named Co-Player of Week
Air Force senior Tim Anderson and San Diego State junior Kyle Spain were named the Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Co-Players of the Week on Nov. 12. This was the second weekly honor of Spain's career and the first for Anderson.
A 6-3 guard from El Paso, Texas, Anderson was named Most Valuable Player after leading the Falcons to a 2-0 record and the tournament title at the 2007 Air Force Classic last week. In the opening game vs. Dartmouth, he scored 13 points while adding three steals, two assists and two rebounds in Air Force's 67-38 win. Anderson followed with a career-high 26 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field, including a 6-for-12 effort from three-point land, in a 71-62 win over Northern Colorado. For the week, Anderson averaged 19.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while shooting 57.9 percent from the field (11-for-19), 46.2 percent from three-point range (6-for-13) and 78.6 percent from the charity stripe (11-for-14).
Spain, a Newark, Calif., native, received Tournament MVP honors while helping the Aztecs to a 3-0 record and the tournament crown at the World Vision Classic in Fresno, Calif. Against Liberty he scored a team-high 14 points while pulling down four rebounds in SDSU's 62-50 win. The next night he tied his career-high with 22 points and grabbed a team-best eight rebounds in a 78-64 victory over Portland. Spain also had a career-best 10 made free throws vs. the Pilots in 27 minutes of action. He concluded the tournament with 12 points and six rebounds in the Aztecs' 89-72 win over tourney host Fresno State. On the week, Spain averaged 16.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per contest on 48 percent shooting from the floor (12-for-25) and 82.6 percent free throw shooting (19-for-23).
Tournament Action
Air Force has a 38-69 in regular-season tournament play in program history. The Falcons are 13-3 in tournament play since the beginning of the 2003-04 season, including two victories earlier this season at the season-opening Air Force Classic.
