Saturday, January 19
USAFA, CO
2:00 p.m. MT
Air Force Academy
vs
Nevada
Photo by: Darcie Ibidapo
Women's Hoops Partners with Special Olympics Colorado for Game Against Nevada
1/18/2019 12:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Air Force women's basketball will tip-off against Nevada in MWC action, 2 p.m., Saturday afternoon, in Clune Arena
AIR FORCE vs NEVADA: Air Force returns to the Academy to host Nevada in MWC action, Saturday, Jan. 19. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. in Clune Arena. The Falcons will be partnering with Special Olympics Colorado to host a halftime scrimmage and honor Special Olympics athletes at the game.
THE SERIES: Air Force and Nevada are meeting for the 18th time in program history on Saturday. Nevada leads the all-time series, 13-4.
-The series began in 1980
-Two of the Falcons' four wins against Nevada were at home while the other two were on neutral turf
-Nevada is on a three-game win-streak that started in January, 2017
-The Falcons' last win against Nevada was Feb. 10, 2016, at the Academy (2/10/16 H W, 59-53)
-Chris Gobrecht was in her first year as head coach of Air Force the last time the Falcons beat Nevada, it was her first win at Air Force
UP NEXT: The Falcons travel to Boise, Idaho, for a 7 p.m. MT tip-off, Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Taco Bell Arena. The Broncos (13-2, 4-0 MWWC) currently sit atop the MWC rankings. The game will mark the 17th meeting between the teams.
AF PARTNERS WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: Air Force women's hoops will be partnering with Special Olympics Colorado to host and honor Special Olympics athletes at the game.
Friends and family of Special Olympics members can get a $4 ticket to the game if they mention Special Olympics at the box office upon entering Clune Arena.
Special Olympics athletes from Special Olympics Colorado are slated to compete in a scrimmage during halftime of the Nevada-Air Force game. The women's basketball team will also be doing a poster signing at the conclusion of the game.
Special Olympics Colorado serves over 20,000 athletes by providing year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friends and families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
LAST TIME OUT: The Air Force women's basketball team was tripped up in Las Vegas, falling to the Lady Rebels, 66-56, Wednesday afternoon, in the Thomas and Mack Center. The Falcons drop to 5-11 overall with a 1-4 mark in MWC action while UNLV improves to 4-11 with a 2-2 mark in league play.
Freshman guard Haley Jones had a strong performance, scoring a team-high 13 points to tie her personal-best mark for the third time. Jones also snagged a career-best seven steals while shooting 5-11 from the field for the best shooting-percentage on the team. Sophomore co-captain Kaelin Immel had 12 points and led the team with five rebounds and three assists while sophomore teammate Emily Conroe dropped 11 points while shooting a perfect 5-5 from the free-throw line. The Falcons' bench combined for 24 points led by Noelle Tomes with five points.
Air Force's defense caused the Rebels to turn the ball over 27 times while the Falcons gave up the ball 17 times. UNLV crashed the boards, collecting 41 rebounds to Air Force's 25. The Rebels shot 47.7 percent from the field while the Falcons shot 30.2 percent.
A LOOK AT AIR FORCE: Air Force has successfully defended its home court in four-of-seven games this season, but struggles to close games out on the road, with a 1-8 away-game mark. The Falcons are shooting .276 from deep, .346 from the field and .614 at the free throw line, to average 59.3 points per game. Kaelin Immel, who has led the Falcons in scoring all season, continues to sit atop Air Force scoring averages (11.5) while shooting .354 from three-point range and .355 from the field.
Teammates Riley Snyder, Emily Conroe and Briana Autrey average just over nine points per game, each. Of the four leading scorers, Conroe has the high mark from the field free throw line (.735), Immel has the best shooting-percentage from deep (.354), and Autrey has the best shooting percentage from the field (.420) while leading the team in assists (29).
Other Air Force notables are team co-captain Venessannah Itugbu who has 24 steals, 13 blocks and 10 assists. Itugbu shots .731 from the free-throw line for the second-highest mark on the team. Alexis Springfield, who is the only Falcon to start every contest this season, has the second-most assists on the team (22).
A QUICK LOOK AT THE WOLF PACK: Nevada comes to Clune Arena following a one-point (75-74) loss to MWC front-runners, Boise State, in Reno, Nevada. The Wolf Pack concluded non-conference play at 4-7 and is currently tied in MWC standings with Air Force. The Falcons and Pack have two common opponents on the season, New Mexico and Utah State, which both teams fell to earlier this season.
Nevada averages 64.6 points per game and shoots .384 from the field and .272 from deep. The Pack is led by Terae Briggs and Jade Redmon who average double-figure scoring marks on the season, 15.9 and 14.0, respectively. Briggs shoots .400 from deep and is also the Wolf Pack's leading rebounder (7.6) shot-blocker (16), and has the most steals on the team (26). Redmon leads the team with 29 assists.
Camriah King has taken significantly more three-point attempts than all other teammates. The team, with the exception of King, averages 1.5-2.0 three-point attempts per game-- King averages six attempts per game. She has knocked down 25 of 92, which is more three-pointers made than 10 of her teammates have even attempted.
LAST TIME THEY PLAYED: Air Force dropped a 70-60 contest at Nevada, in Mountain West action at the Lawlor Events Center. Kaelin Immel led the Falcons with 17 points.
Air Force could not hold a six point halftime lead as Nevada had a big third quarter to take control of the game. The Wolf Pack broke the game open with a 19-0 run in the decisive third quarter. Air Force played a strong first-half, leading Nevada 37-31 at halftime. The Falcons shot 46.9 percent from the field in the first-half, out-rebounding the bigger Nevada squad 20-14.
The Wolf Pack pounded the ball inside relentlessly in the third, shooting 80 percent from the field in the quarter to turn the tide. For the game, Nevada also shot 70 percent from three-point range (7-10) with two players going 3-for-3. Camariah King led four Nevada players in double-figures with a team-high 16 points. The Falcons fought back in the fourth quarter, out-scoring the Wolf Pack 18-11 in the final quarter.
THE SERIES: Air Force and Nevada are meeting for the 18th time in program history on Saturday. Nevada leads the all-time series, 13-4.
-The series began in 1980
-Two of the Falcons' four wins against Nevada were at home while the other two were on neutral turf
-Nevada is on a three-game win-streak that started in January, 2017
-The Falcons' last win against Nevada was Feb. 10, 2016, at the Academy (2/10/16 H W, 59-53)
-Chris Gobrecht was in her first year as head coach of Air Force the last time the Falcons beat Nevada, it was her first win at Air Force
UP NEXT: The Falcons travel to Boise, Idaho, for a 7 p.m. MT tip-off, Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Taco Bell Arena. The Broncos (13-2, 4-0 MWWC) currently sit atop the MWC rankings. The game will mark the 17th meeting between the teams.
AF PARTNERS WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: Air Force women's hoops will be partnering with Special Olympics Colorado to host and honor Special Olympics athletes at the game.
Friends and family of Special Olympics members can get a $4 ticket to the game if they mention Special Olympics at the box office upon entering Clune Arena.
Special Olympics athletes from Special Olympics Colorado are slated to compete in a scrimmage during halftime of the Nevada-Air Force game. The women's basketball team will also be doing a poster signing at the conclusion of the game.
Special Olympics Colorado serves over 20,000 athletes by providing year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friends and families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
LAST TIME OUT: The Air Force women's basketball team was tripped up in Las Vegas, falling to the Lady Rebels, 66-56, Wednesday afternoon, in the Thomas and Mack Center. The Falcons drop to 5-11 overall with a 1-4 mark in MWC action while UNLV improves to 4-11 with a 2-2 mark in league play.
Freshman guard Haley Jones had a strong performance, scoring a team-high 13 points to tie her personal-best mark for the third time. Jones also snagged a career-best seven steals while shooting 5-11 from the field for the best shooting-percentage on the team. Sophomore co-captain Kaelin Immel had 12 points and led the team with five rebounds and three assists while sophomore teammate Emily Conroe dropped 11 points while shooting a perfect 5-5 from the free-throw line. The Falcons' bench combined for 24 points led by Noelle Tomes with five points.
Air Force's defense caused the Rebels to turn the ball over 27 times while the Falcons gave up the ball 17 times. UNLV crashed the boards, collecting 41 rebounds to Air Force's 25. The Rebels shot 47.7 percent from the field while the Falcons shot 30.2 percent.
A LOOK AT AIR FORCE: Air Force has successfully defended its home court in four-of-seven games this season, but struggles to close games out on the road, with a 1-8 away-game mark. The Falcons are shooting .276 from deep, .346 from the field and .614 at the free throw line, to average 59.3 points per game. Kaelin Immel, who has led the Falcons in scoring all season, continues to sit atop Air Force scoring averages (11.5) while shooting .354 from three-point range and .355 from the field.
Teammates Riley Snyder, Emily Conroe and Briana Autrey average just over nine points per game, each. Of the four leading scorers, Conroe has the high mark from the field free throw line (.735), Immel has the best shooting-percentage from deep (.354), and Autrey has the best shooting percentage from the field (.420) while leading the team in assists (29).
Other Air Force notables are team co-captain Venessannah Itugbu who has 24 steals, 13 blocks and 10 assists. Itugbu shots .731 from the free-throw line for the second-highest mark on the team. Alexis Springfield, who is the only Falcon to start every contest this season, has the second-most assists on the team (22).
A QUICK LOOK AT THE WOLF PACK: Nevada comes to Clune Arena following a one-point (75-74) loss to MWC front-runners, Boise State, in Reno, Nevada. The Wolf Pack concluded non-conference play at 4-7 and is currently tied in MWC standings with Air Force. The Falcons and Pack have two common opponents on the season, New Mexico and Utah State, which both teams fell to earlier this season.
Nevada averages 64.6 points per game and shoots .384 from the field and .272 from deep. The Pack is led by Terae Briggs and Jade Redmon who average double-figure scoring marks on the season, 15.9 and 14.0, respectively. Briggs shoots .400 from deep and is also the Wolf Pack's leading rebounder (7.6) shot-blocker (16), and has the most steals on the team (26). Redmon leads the team with 29 assists.
Camriah King has taken significantly more three-point attempts than all other teammates. The team, with the exception of King, averages 1.5-2.0 three-point attempts per game-- King averages six attempts per game. She has knocked down 25 of 92, which is more three-pointers made than 10 of her teammates have even attempted.
LAST TIME THEY PLAYED: Air Force dropped a 70-60 contest at Nevada, in Mountain West action at the Lawlor Events Center. Kaelin Immel led the Falcons with 17 points.
Air Force could not hold a six point halftime lead as Nevada had a big third quarter to take control of the game. The Wolf Pack broke the game open with a 19-0 run in the decisive third quarter. Air Force played a strong first-half, leading Nevada 37-31 at halftime. The Falcons shot 46.9 percent from the field in the first-half, out-rebounding the bigger Nevada squad 20-14.
The Wolf Pack pounded the ball inside relentlessly in the third, shooting 80 percent from the field in the quarter to turn the tide. For the game, Nevada also shot 70 percent from three-point range (7-10) with two players going 3-for-3. Camariah King led four Nevada players in double-figures with a team-high 16 points. The Falcons fought back in the fourth quarter, out-scoring the Wolf Pack 18-11 in the final quarter.
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