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San Diego State Eliminates Air Force Women’s Hoops From MW Tournament, 63-55
3/10/2019 9:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Air Force women’s basketball closes the 2019 season with a first-round loss at the Air Force Reserve Mountain West Basketball Championship
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - The 10th-seeded Air Force Falcons battled hard for four quarters but came up short of a win, falling to the seventh-seeded San Diego State Aztecs, 63-55, in the first round of the Air Force Reserve Mountain West Basketball Championship, Sunday evening at the Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The Falcons finalize the 2019 campaign with an 8-22 overall record and a 4-11 mark in league play.
Air Force was led by four individuals with double-figure scoring marks, highlighted by a double-double performance from Emily Conroe, who put the Falcons up early with two three-balls in the first quarter. Conroe scored 10 points, making three-of-four Air Force three-balls on the game, while collecting a game-high 10 rebounds --it was her third double-double this season. She also added two steals, an assist and a block her stat line.
Sophomore co-team captain Kaelin Immel scored 12 points alongside freshman teammates Riley Snyder and Haley Jones who also registered 12 points apiece. Immel was the only other Falcon besides Conroe to hit a three-pointer. Jones recorded a personal-best five assists on the night while adding five rebounds and a block to her stat line. Snyder, who was perfect from the free throw line (4-4) and shot 50.0-percent from the field on the game, also recorded a personal-best two blocks. She has 15 double-figure scoring marks on the season.
Freshman point guard Briana Autrey, who played for a game-high 37-minutes, recorded five assists on the night, tying a personal-best for this season. The Suffolk, Virginia, native tallied four points and snatched a game-high four steals but went on to turn the ball over eight times, another game-high mark.
The Aztecs were led by Mallory Adams who scored 20 points while shooting 8-13 from the field. Adams also collected a team-high nine rebounds. Teammate Sophia Ramos accounted for 14 points of the final tally and added a team-high three assists to her stat line.
The Falcons were out-rebounded, 39-33, but turned the ball over less than the Aztecs (14-16). There was a significant difference in points in the paint as San Diego State scored 40 down low while Air Force added 22 from within the box. Both benches put up just a few points with the Aztec bench outscoring the Air Force bench, six to five.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown:
First Quarter: SDSU 21, AF 20
Air Force starters: Haley Jones, Briana Autrey, Emily Conroe, Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel
-AF hit six of its first seven attempts from the field, Conroe got out to a hot start, draining two-straight three balls
-AF led SDSU, 14-10, at the first media timeout (4:45); both teams were shooting over 60.0-percent
-SDSU knotted the game at 14 (3:35)
-Ramos of SDSU knocked down the three-ball that took the lead (3:01)
-AF cooled off quick, going on a four-minute field goal drought out of the media timeout
-Immel knocked down a buzzer-beater jumper to bring AF within one at the end of the quarter
-AF's 20 points in the first quarter marked the most in an opening quarter since playing Fairleigh Dickinson, Nov. 11
Second Quarter: SDSU 42, AF 35
-Back and forth buckets out of the break
-SDSU went on a 7-0 run over two-minutes
-Immel ended the scoring run with a three-ball from the top of the key, SDSU leads 30-26 (6:19)
-Immel knocked down her 10th point with a jumper to bring AF within five, 34-29, heading into the media timeout (4:40)
-AF snagged three offensive boards in one possession, scoring on the re-attack
-Jones bullied her way to her 11th point with a hard fought layup in the paint to bring AF within one, 36-35 (2:13)
-SDSU went on a 6-0 run in the final minute of the half while AF closed on a scoring drought
-AF closed the first half shooting 43.3-percent from the field
Third Quarter: SDSU 55, AF 49
-SDSU drained a wide-open three-pointer to open the half
-AF calls a timeout after two turnover and no field goals, SDSU leads 47-35 (7:38)
-Immel knocked down a jumper out of the timeout but SDSU responded with a three-ball
-AF went on a three-minute scoring drought, SDSU went on a two-minute scoring drought heading into the media timeout, SDSU leads, 52-37 (4:28)
-AF went on a 6-0 run to come within nine points of the lead during a four-minute SDSU scoring drought, 52-43 (2:47)
-AF went on a 12-0 run over two-and-a-half minutes while SDSU struggled to score for five-and-a-half minutes
-AF closed the quarter on a 12-3 run; Jones, Immel and Snyder were in the double-figures in scoring while Conroe led the team with seven rebounds
Fourth Quarter: SDSU 63, AF 55
-Both teams were scoreless four minutes into the fourth quarter
-Jones knocked down 1-2 at the free-throw line (5:37)
-Ramos ended SDSU's scoring drought with a layup
-AF trailed by seven, 57-50, at the media timeout (4:13)
-SDSU went on another scoring drought, this time for two-minutes, but AF was only able to put up two-points in the meantime
-Conroe knocked down a crucial three-ball to bring AF within four (1:54) while notching her third double-double this season
-SDSU responded with four unanswered points to close the game
Air Force was led by four individuals with double-figure scoring marks, highlighted by a double-double performance from Emily Conroe, who put the Falcons up early with two three-balls in the first quarter. Conroe scored 10 points, making three-of-four Air Force three-balls on the game, while collecting a game-high 10 rebounds --it was her third double-double this season. She also added two steals, an assist and a block her stat line.
Sophomore co-team captain Kaelin Immel scored 12 points alongside freshman teammates Riley Snyder and Haley Jones who also registered 12 points apiece. Immel was the only other Falcon besides Conroe to hit a three-pointer. Jones recorded a personal-best five assists on the night while adding five rebounds and a block to her stat line. Snyder, who was perfect from the free throw line (4-4) and shot 50.0-percent from the field on the game, also recorded a personal-best two blocks. She has 15 double-figure scoring marks on the season.
Freshman point guard Briana Autrey, who played for a game-high 37-minutes, recorded five assists on the night, tying a personal-best for this season. The Suffolk, Virginia, native tallied four points and snatched a game-high four steals but went on to turn the ball over eight times, another game-high mark.
The Aztecs were led by Mallory Adams who scored 20 points while shooting 8-13 from the field. Adams also collected a team-high nine rebounds. Teammate Sophia Ramos accounted for 14 points of the final tally and added a team-high three assists to her stat line.
The Falcons were out-rebounded, 39-33, but turned the ball over less than the Aztecs (14-16). There was a significant difference in points in the paint as San Diego State scored 40 down low while Air Force added 22 from within the box. Both benches put up just a few points with the Aztec bench outscoring the Air Force bench, six to five.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown:
First Quarter: SDSU 21, AF 20
Air Force starters: Haley Jones, Briana Autrey, Emily Conroe, Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel
-AF hit six of its first seven attempts from the field, Conroe got out to a hot start, draining two-straight three balls
-AF led SDSU, 14-10, at the first media timeout (4:45); both teams were shooting over 60.0-percent
-SDSU knotted the game at 14 (3:35)
-Ramos of SDSU knocked down the three-ball that took the lead (3:01)
-AF cooled off quick, going on a four-minute field goal drought out of the media timeout
-Immel knocked down a buzzer-beater jumper to bring AF within one at the end of the quarter
-AF's 20 points in the first quarter marked the most in an opening quarter since playing Fairleigh Dickinson, Nov. 11
Second Quarter: SDSU 42, AF 35
-Back and forth buckets out of the break
-SDSU went on a 7-0 run over two-minutes
-Immel ended the scoring run with a three-ball from the top of the key, SDSU leads 30-26 (6:19)
-Immel knocked down her 10th point with a jumper to bring AF within five, 34-29, heading into the media timeout (4:40)
-AF snagged three offensive boards in one possession, scoring on the re-attack
-Jones bullied her way to her 11th point with a hard fought layup in the paint to bring AF within one, 36-35 (2:13)
-SDSU went on a 6-0 run in the final minute of the half while AF closed on a scoring drought
-AF closed the first half shooting 43.3-percent from the field
Third Quarter: SDSU 55, AF 49
-SDSU drained a wide-open three-pointer to open the half
-AF calls a timeout after two turnover and no field goals, SDSU leads 47-35 (7:38)
-Immel knocked down a jumper out of the timeout but SDSU responded with a three-ball
-AF went on a three-minute scoring drought, SDSU went on a two-minute scoring drought heading into the media timeout, SDSU leads, 52-37 (4:28)
-AF went on a 6-0 run to come within nine points of the lead during a four-minute SDSU scoring drought, 52-43 (2:47)
-AF went on a 12-0 run over two-and-a-half minutes while SDSU struggled to score for five-and-a-half minutes
-AF closed the quarter on a 12-3 run; Jones, Immel and Snyder were in the double-figures in scoring while Conroe led the team with seven rebounds
Fourth Quarter: SDSU 63, AF 55
-Both teams were scoreless four minutes into the fourth quarter
-Jones knocked down 1-2 at the free-throw line (5:37)
-Ramos ended SDSU's scoring drought with a layup
-AF trailed by seven, 57-50, at the media timeout (4:13)
-SDSU went on another scoring drought, this time for two-minutes, but AF was only able to put up two-points in the meantime
-Conroe knocked down a crucial three-ball to bring AF within four (1:54) while notching her third double-double this season
-SDSU responded with four unanswered points to close the game
Team Stats
AF
SDSU
FG%
.345
.450
3FG%
.250
.417
FT%
.688
.500
RB
33
39
TO
14
16
STL
7
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
1
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