Falcons Host Reggie Minton Classic This Weekend
11/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 20, 2008
Game #3
Air Force Falcons (2-0) vs. UCCS Mountain Lions (0-1)
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
5 p.m. at Clune Arena
Reggie Minton Air Force Classic
Complete Release in PDF Format 
SITE
Location -- USAFA, Colo.
Arena -- Clune Arena
Capacity -- 5,858
RADIO
Network -- Air Force Basketball Networ
Flagship -- KVOR AM 740, Colo. Spgs.
Other -- 560 AM - KLZ, Denver
Play-by-play -- Tony Desiere
TELEVISION
None
INTERNET
Gametracker -- GoAirForceFalcons.com
COACHES
Jeff Reynolds (UNC-Greensboro, 1978)
Air Force: 18-14, Second Season
Overall: 100-48, Sixth Season
Russ Caton (Adams State, 1997)
UCCS: 26-30, Third Season
Overall: Same
ALL-TIME SERIES
Overall: Air Force leads 5-0
at USAFA: Air Force leads 5-0
First Game: Dec. 12, 1995
Result: Air Force won 84-52
Last Game: Nov. 19, 2005
Result: Air Force won 77-45
Reggie Minton Air Force Classic
Air Force is hosting a regular-season men's tournament for the second consecutive season this weekend at Clune Arena. Joining the Falcons for the Reggie Minton Air Force Classic are Texas-Pan American, UCCS and Wofford. Minton was Air Force's head basketball coach from 1984-2000 and was the 2000 Mountain West Conference Co-Coach of the Year. Minton is currently the Associate Executive Director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Here is the Reggie Minton Air Force Classic schedule:
Saturday, Nov. 22
Texas-Pan American vs. Wofford 2:30 p.m.
Air Force vs. UCCS 5 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23
Texas-Pan American vs. UCCS 2:30 p.m.
Air Force vs. Wofford 5 p.m.
Operation DVD
The Air Force athletic department is helping to promote Operation DVD at the Reggie Minton Air Force Classic this weekend. Free admission is given to anyone who brings an unopened DVD to Clune Arena. The DVDs are sent to American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for their entertainment. Children's movies are sent to families of troops that are currently deployed.
2-0 For Sixth Straight Season
With its 70-64 victory over Western State last Friday and a 70-62 win over CSU Bakersfield on Sunday, Air Force is 2-0 for the sixth straight season. Air Force has been 3-0 only 10 times in the program's 52 previous years, including each of the last two seasons.
Reynolds Captures 100th Career Win
Jeff Reynolds won his 100th career game as a head coach Sunday. The Falcons' victory over CSU Bakersfield on Sunday was his 18th at Air Force. He won 21 games in his only season as head coach at North Carolina Wesleyan, then won 61 in three seasons at Wingate College.
Up Next
The Falcons travel to Northern California to take on Stanford on Wednesday, Nov. 26.
Nearly Unbeatable at Clune
The Falcons have been close to unbeatable at Clune Arena the last five seasons. Since the beginning of the 2003-04 season, Air Force has won 70 of its 76 home games, including 35 of its 36 non-conference games. In addition, the Falcons have won 35 of their 40 Mountain West Conference games at Clune Arena during that stretch.
Henke No. 3 in Three-Point Pct.
Senior Andrew Henke is No. 3 on Air Force's career list for three-point percentage at 42.6 percent (106-249). He was 6-of-8 from three-point range in two games this past weekend.
Falcons Picked 7th in MWC
Air Force was picked seventh in the 2008-09 preseason media poll released at the Mountain West Conference media day in Las Vegas, Nev., on Oct. 14.
School (First Place Votes) -- Pts
1. UNLV (16) -- 206
2. BYU (5) -- 181
3. San Diego State (3) -- 170
4. Utah -- 148
5. New Mexico -- 132
6. Wyoming -- 75
7. Air Force -- 66
8. Colorado State -- 53
9. TCU -- 49
Stewart Makes Immediate Impact ...
Freshman Taylor Stewart became the first Air Force freshman to record a double-double since 2000 when he scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against CSU Bakersfield on Sunday. Tom Bellairs was the last freshman to have a double-double in his first season at Air Force and he had eight of them during the 1999-2000 campaign.
Stewart is also the first Falcon freshman to score in double figures in his first two collegiate games since David Schuck during the 1997-98 campaign.
.. So Does Noonan
Freshman Trevor Noonan was also very impressive against CSU Bakersfield. After playing just two minutes in the season-opener against Western State, Noonan broke out with eight points and a team season-high five assists in 17 minutes against the Roadrunners.
Three-Point Streak
Air Force has made a three-point shot in 482 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.
Parker Sets Career-Highs
Junior Grant Parker set new career-highs with 12 points and nine rebounds against CSU Bakersfield. Parker, whose previous career-bests were nine points (vs. Colorado College in 2006) and four rebounds (vs. Prairie View A&M in 2007), shot 3-for-6 from the field and 6-for-8 from the free-throw line.
Tournament Action
Air Force has a 39-71 record in regular-season tournament play in program history. The Falcons are 14-5 in tournament play since the beginning of the 2003-04 season, including a 3-2 record last season. Air Force won both games at the 2007 Air Force Classic, then went 1-2 at the Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge in Spokane, Wash.
