Falcons Host TCU On Saturday
2/1/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 1, 2008
TCU Horned Frogs (11-9, 4-2) vs. Air Force Falcons (7-11, 1-5)
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 • 2 p.m. (MST)
USAF Academy, Colo. • Clune Arena (5,838)
Radio/TV:
Radio is available locally at the Sports Animal (KKML) 1300 AM and online at www.goairforcefalcons.com. Jay Ritchie calls the action beginning at 6:45 p.m.
Livestats:
www.goairforcefalcons.com.
Last Game:
Air Force defeated Colorado State, 56-43, on Wednesday, Jan. 23.
TCU defeated UNLV, 56-38, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Up next:
Air Force hosts San Diego State on Wednesday, Feb. 6.
TCU is at BYU on Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Streaks:
Air Force has a one game losing streak.
TCU has a one game winning streak.
- The Falcons are 4-4 at home. The Horned Frogs are 2-6 on the road.
Coaches:
Air Force is coached by Ardie McInelly (Boise State, 1982), who is 47-140 in her seventh season at the Academy and 124-202 in her 12th year overall as a head coach.
TCU is coached by Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western, 1979), who is 184-89 in his 10th year and 335-151 in his 17th year overall as a head coach.
Last Meeting:
TCU defeated Air Force, 86-48, on Feb. 10, 2007 in Fort Worth.
Series History vs. TCU
- Air Force and TCU have met nine times with the Horned Frogs having won eight of the meetings.
- The two teams first met on Feb. 26, 1988, a 73-72 Air Force win at the Academy.
(More series info, including box score of last meeting on page six of PDF release)
Last Meeting vs. TCU
With poor second-half shooting, the Air Force women's basketball team dropped an 86-48 road contest to TCU Saturday afternoon at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The Falcons took a 20-17 lead midway through the opening period, but a 20-4 run by the Lady Frogs put TCU back on top. Air Force, which hit just 8-of-15 free throws in the first half, went into the locker room trailing 40-28. Air Force would not get any closer in the second stanza, as TCU gradually extended its advantage. While the Falcons shot just 55 percent from the foul line in the game, they also hit just 26 percent of their shots from the field in the second period. In addition, Air Force struggled taking care of the ball, committing a season-high 29 turnovers. Alecia Steele led Air Force with 12 points and eight rebounds, while sophomore Brooke Cultra added 10 points. Meanwhile, five different players scored in double figures for TCU, led by Ashley Davis with 14 points.
Scouting TCU
- TCU enters the week with a 11-9 overall record and 4-2 conference mark after defeating UNLV, 56-38, in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
- The Frogs are led by senior guard Adrianne Ross, who leads the team with 13.6 points and 3.4 assists per game.
- TCU is averaging 69.3 points per game and allowing 60.9.
Scouting Air Force
- Air Force is 7-11 on the season and 1-5 in MWC play. The Falcons lost a close one at BYU, 47-52, on Wednesday.
- Senior forward Alecia Steele leads the team with 14.0 points per game and leads the MWC averaging 8.1 rebounds per game.
- Senior Pamela Findlay is second on the team averaging 11.9 points per game and ranks first in the conference in three-point percentage, making 45.3 percent from downtown.
- Air Force is averaging 60.4 points per game and allowing 64.1.
Air Force-TCU Connections
- Air Force sophomore guard Ashley Myers is the lone Falcon from Texas. Myers hails from San Antonio and attended Bartlett High School.
Falcon Defense One Of Best In Div. I Era
The last two opponents Air Force has faced--Colorado State and BYU--have scored the fewest points ever in their series with the Falcons. Air Force held Colorado State to 43 points and BYU to 52. The previous low for CSU was 46 and the previous low for BYU was 64. The Falcons have held seven opponents below 60 points and three below 50 so far this year. The team's 64.1 points per game allowed are tied with the 2005-06 team for lowest points allowed in the Div. I era and lowest since the 1991-92 season when the Falcons allowed 61.6 ppg. The .400 defensive field goal percentage is the lowest in Div. I history and the lowest since the 1996-97 team allowed a .394 percentage.
Complete notes and statistics in PDF link at top of release.
