Air Force hosts Grambling State
12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 1, 2014
Game 7: Air Force (3-3) vs. Grambling State(1-3)
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014
Time: 7 p.m. MT
TV: MW Network (AFA produced)
Radio: KVOR AM 740
Jim Arthur (play-by-play), Matt Pauley (Analyst)
THE FACTS
• Air Force and Grambling are playing for the first time. • Air Force is 15-2 all-time against teams from the SWAC. • Air Force plays five straight home games before opening conference play with back-to-back road games at San Diego State and Nevada. • Air Force has lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. • The Falcons leads the MW in three-point field goal percentage with a 44.3 mark, hitting 51 of 115 attempts. • Air Force started two freshmen in the Texas Tech game, marking the first time multiple freshmen have started since 2009-10. • The Falcons are one of eight teams in the Mountain West that have a .500 record or better.
THE SERIES
Air Force and Grambling State are meeting for the first time.
AIR FORCE VS. SWAC
Air Force is 15-2 all-time vs. teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Air Force plays two teams from the SWAC this season, as the team hosts Arkansas Pine-Bluff later this season.
AIR FORCE LAST WEEK
Air Force dropped a pair of road games to teams from teams from power five conferences. Air Force lost at Pac-12 foe Colorado, 68-53, Nov. 25, and at Big-12 member Texas Tech, 63-62, Nov. 30. Colorado defeated Air Force, 68-53, Tuesday night in Boulder, Colo. The Buffalos used a 25-0 run in the first half to pull away. Xavier Johnson led Colorado with 15 points and nine rebounds. The Buffalos shot 44 percent from the field, including a 52 percent clip in the first half, and out-rebounded Air Force 41-27. Air Force was led by Matt Mooney and Trevor Lyons, who scored 10 points each. Texas Tech scored the games final 10 points to take its only lead of the, 63-62, with 23 seconds left. The Falcons had a contested layup and two putbacks miss in the final seconds to make up the final margin. Max Yon scored a career-high 25 points to lead Air Force. The Falcons hit 48.9 percent from the field, but had 18 turnovers and a season-low nine assists.
