Wednesday, January 9
USAFA, CO
7:00 p.m. MT
Air Force Academy
5-9, 1-2MWC
63
vs
48
Colorado State
7-7,1-2MWC
1
2
3
4
F
Colorado State
11
9
13
15
48
Air Force
16
12
17
18
63
Air Force raises their hands after killing a 13-game losing streak to CSU.
Photo by: Darcie Ibidapo
Air Force Downs Colorado State, 63-48
1/9/2019 9:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Air Force women’s hoops snapped a 13-game losing streak to CSU dating back to 2011
USAF Academy, Colo. - Air Force led the Colorado State (7-7, 1-2 MWC) in scoring for over 37-minutes to beat the Rams, 63-48, snapping a six-game losing streak on the season and a 13-game losing streak to Colorado State dating back to 2011. Sophomore guard Emily Conroe led the way with 22 points to improve the Falcons' overall record to 5-9, while adding their first MWC win of the season.
Conroe's 22 points marked a season-high scoring performance while she also led the game with nine rebounds. Freshman forward Riley Snyder drained four three-pointers, tallied 18 points and collected seven rebounds on the game. Snyder and Conroe were both perfect from the free throw line. Sophomore co-team captain, Kaelin Immel, scored 11 points and collected eight rebounds for the second most on the floor.
Air Force out-rebounded the Rams, 44-33, and had one less turnover (16-17). The Air Force bench combined for eight points while the team shot 86.7 percent (13-15) from the free throw line.
The Rams were led by Lore Devos who had 16 points and four rebounds. Although the Rams shot better from the field, they only made one three-ball in 10 attempts.
"I've been here four years and it's the first time we beat this team and that's a special feeling," said head coach Chris Gobrecht. "CSU has been a real standard-bearer for this conference and I think it's important to get these kinds of wins every season."
"I'm really proud of our women," continued Gobrecht. "I thought we played the way that we needed to play, we did the things that win games-- controlled the tempo, got the rebounds and made the shots. We're a good shooting team but we haven't been shooting well these past few games, but tonight we got them to fall."
Notables
-Air Force beat Colorado State for the first time since 2011, snapping a 13-game CSU win-streak
-The 15-point win margin was one point shy of tying Air Force's largest margin of win over CSU (16, 2/2/06)
-Conroe's 22-points marked a season-high scoring performance. She led the team with nine rebounds and shot perfect at the free-throw line (5-5)
-Snyder tied her season-best 3fg made (4) and shot perfect from the free throw line (4-4) for her second-straight game
-Three Falcons scored in the double-figures
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown
First Quarter: Air Force 16, Colorado State 11
Air Force Starters: Haley Jones, Emily Conroe, Riley Snyder, Alexis Springfield, Kaelin Immel
-AF got off to a slow start shooting zero percent in the first five attempts
-Jones was the first Falcon to score via a stolen ball taken to the hoop
-Falcons find the mark, shooting 3-3 after the a pair of made free throws, building a 9-4 lead at the first media timeout
-Itugbu brings the Falcons out of the break strong, stealing the ball and returning it for a bucket, AF leads 11-5, with 3:50 remaining in the quarter
-Svanholm of CSU went 2-2 during a two-minute AF scoring drought, bringing CSU within two, 11-9
-Snyder drained her first three of the game with less than a minute remaining, CSU responded with a bucket
-Itugbu found an opening for a shot at the buzzer which she converted for two points
Second Quarter: Air Force 28, Colorado State 20
-AF opened up the quarter with a pair of free throws from Immel, followed up by Snyder's second three-pointer, AF leads, 21-13, with 7:30 remaining in the first half
-Back and forth scoring put the teams at 23-16, followed by Immel's first three-pointer in two games, extending the AF lead to 26-18 at the media timeout
-Both teams went on two-minute scoring droughts out of the media timeout, AF's was ended by Autrey who went hard to the rack
-At the close of the half, Snyder and Immel had eight points apiece. Snyder led with five rebounds and two steals
-Air Force shot poorly from the field in the first half, shooting 23.1 from three-point range and 27.8 from the field, but shot well from the free throw line (5-6)
-CSU shot 36.4 percent from the field and did not attempt a three-ball
Third Quarter: Air Force 45, Colorado State 33
-CSU was the first to score out of the half with a layup in the paint
-Snyder added AF's first points in the half with a pair of free throws, she was 4-4 in free throws at the time
-Snyder added her third three off the glass at the shot clock buzzer beater to extend AF's lead to 10 points
-Conroe added her first three-ball right after but was met by a CSU three-pointer from Svanholm, AF up, 36-27
-AF built its largest lead of the game (13 points) in the third quarter, but also hit a cold spell, shooting three-straight air balls and going 1-7 in the latter minutes of the quarter
-Jones ended the drought with a jumper from 10 feet out
-Snyder followed up with her fourth three-pointer (16 points) to tie a personal best in three-balls made. She hit more three pointers by the third quarter of this game than she did in the last four games combined
-CSU ended the quarter on a two-minute scoring drought while shooting 28.6 percent on the quarter
-AF shooting improved to 33.3 percent from the field
Fourth Quarter:
-Shooting and ball handling for both teams started off sluggish in the fourth quarter as CSU outscored AF, 4-2, in the first five minutes
-Conroe got the Falcons going with her second three-pointer off of a two-minute drought, AF leads 52-40, with 4:45 on the clock at the media timeout
-Snyder was the first to score (18 points) out of the media timeout with a jumper from 10 feet out
-Despite sluggish ball handling, the Falcons maintained a 10-point lead into the final two minutes of regulation
-Conroe hit her third three pointer to beat the shot clock, extending Air Force's lead to 63-48 at the end of the game
-Conroe's 22 points marked a season-high
-Air Force had its best shooting in the fourth quarter, going 50 percent from deep and 45.5 percent from the field
Air Force hits the road to take on San Diego State, Sat., Jan. 12. The Falcons and Aztecs will be meeting for the 46th time in program history with San Diego State leading the all-time series, 9-36. The Falcons are on a two-game win streak against the Aztecs.
Conroe's 22 points marked a season-high scoring performance while she also led the game with nine rebounds. Freshman forward Riley Snyder drained four three-pointers, tallied 18 points and collected seven rebounds on the game. Snyder and Conroe were both perfect from the free throw line. Sophomore co-team captain, Kaelin Immel, scored 11 points and collected eight rebounds for the second most on the floor.
Air Force out-rebounded the Rams, 44-33, and had one less turnover (16-17). The Air Force bench combined for eight points while the team shot 86.7 percent (13-15) from the free throw line.
The Rams were led by Lore Devos who had 16 points and four rebounds. Although the Rams shot better from the field, they only made one three-ball in 10 attempts.
"I've been here four years and it's the first time we beat this team and that's a special feeling," said head coach Chris Gobrecht. "CSU has been a real standard-bearer for this conference and I think it's important to get these kinds of wins every season."
"I'm really proud of our women," continued Gobrecht. "I thought we played the way that we needed to play, we did the things that win games-- controlled the tempo, got the rebounds and made the shots. We're a good shooting team but we haven't been shooting well these past few games, but tonight we got them to fall."
Notables
-Air Force beat Colorado State for the first time since 2011, snapping a 13-game CSU win-streak
-The 15-point win margin was one point shy of tying Air Force's largest margin of win over CSU (16, 2/2/06)
-Conroe's 22-points marked a season-high scoring performance. She led the team with nine rebounds and shot perfect at the free-throw line (5-5)
-Snyder tied her season-best 3fg made (4) and shot perfect from the free throw line (4-4) for her second-straight game
-Three Falcons scored in the double-figures
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown
First Quarter: Air Force 16, Colorado State 11
Air Force Starters: Haley Jones, Emily Conroe, Riley Snyder, Alexis Springfield, Kaelin Immel
-AF got off to a slow start shooting zero percent in the first five attempts
-Jones was the first Falcon to score via a stolen ball taken to the hoop
-Falcons find the mark, shooting 3-3 after the a pair of made free throws, building a 9-4 lead at the first media timeout
-Itugbu brings the Falcons out of the break strong, stealing the ball and returning it for a bucket, AF leads 11-5, with 3:50 remaining in the quarter
-Svanholm of CSU went 2-2 during a two-minute AF scoring drought, bringing CSU within two, 11-9
-Snyder drained her first three of the game with less than a minute remaining, CSU responded with a bucket
-Itugbu found an opening for a shot at the buzzer which she converted for two points
Second Quarter: Air Force 28, Colorado State 20
-AF opened up the quarter with a pair of free throws from Immel, followed up by Snyder's second three-pointer, AF leads, 21-13, with 7:30 remaining in the first half
-Back and forth scoring put the teams at 23-16, followed by Immel's first three-pointer in two games, extending the AF lead to 26-18 at the media timeout
-Both teams went on two-minute scoring droughts out of the media timeout, AF's was ended by Autrey who went hard to the rack
-At the close of the half, Snyder and Immel had eight points apiece. Snyder led with five rebounds and two steals
-Air Force shot poorly from the field in the first half, shooting 23.1 from three-point range and 27.8 from the field, but shot well from the free throw line (5-6)
-CSU shot 36.4 percent from the field and did not attempt a three-ball
Third Quarter: Air Force 45, Colorado State 33
-CSU was the first to score out of the half with a layup in the paint
-Snyder added AF's first points in the half with a pair of free throws, she was 4-4 in free throws at the time
-Snyder added her third three off the glass at the shot clock buzzer beater to extend AF's lead to 10 points
-Conroe added her first three-ball right after but was met by a CSU three-pointer from Svanholm, AF up, 36-27
-AF built its largest lead of the game (13 points) in the third quarter, but also hit a cold spell, shooting three-straight air balls and going 1-7 in the latter minutes of the quarter
-Jones ended the drought with a jumper from 10 feet out
-Snyder followed up with her fourth three-pointer (16 points) to tie a personal best in three-balls made. She hit more three pointers by the third quarter of this game than she did in the last four games combined
-CSU ended the quarter on a two-minute scoring drought while shooting 28.6 percent on the quarter
-AF shooting improved to 33.3 percent from the field
Fourth Quarter:
-Shooting and ball handling for both teams started off sluggish in the fourth quarter as CSU outscored AF, 4-2, in the first five minutes
-Conroe got the Falcons going with her second three-pointer off of a two-minute drought, AF leads 52-40, with 4:45 on the clock at the media timeout
-Snyder was the first to score (18 points) out of the media timeout with a jumper from 10 feet out
-Despite sluggish ball handling, the Falcons maintained a 10-point lead into the final two minutes of regulation
-Conroe hit her third three pointer to beat the shot clock, extending Air Force's lead to 63-48 at the end of the game
-Conroe's 22 points marked a season-high
-Air Force had its best shooting in the fourth quarter, going 50 percent from deep and 45.5 percent from the field
Air Force hits the road to take on San Diego State, Sat., Jan. 12. The Falcons and Aztecs will be meeting for the 46th time in program history with San Diego State leading the all-time series, 9-36. The Falcons are on a two-game win streak against the Aztecs.
Team Stats
CSU
AF
FG%
.360
.323
3FG%
.100
.320
FT%
.733
.867
RB
33
44
TO
17
16
STL
12
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
22
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
5
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
4
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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