Saturday, March 2
USAFA, CO
2:00 p.m. MT
Air Force Academy
8-19, 4-12MWC
56
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59
Wyoming
19-6, 12-4MWC
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OT 1
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Wyoming
13
13
7
14
12
59
Air Force
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12
15
9
56
Falcon Women’s Hoops Comes up Short in OT Thriller
3/2/2019 5:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Air Force women’s basketball dropped a 59-56 overtime contest to Wyoming, Saturday afternoon at USAFA
USAF Academy, Colo. - Wyoming women's basketball narrowly escaped with a 59-56 win against Air Force in the Senior Day overtime thriller. The Falcons, who are now 8-19 with a 4-12 mark in league play, were paced by Kaelin Immel who dropped a game-high 18 points. Wyoming improved to 19-6 overall with a 12-4 mark in the Mountain West.
Immel, who notched her fourth-straight double-figure scoring mark, added two boards, two assists and two steals to her stat line. She shot 7-20 from the field but hit a critical three-ball that put Air Force in position to tie in the waning seconds of the game. She has 18 double-digit scoring marks this season.
Freshman teammate Riley Snyder recorded her second-straight, 13th of the season, double-figure scoring mark with a 15-point performance. She shot 50.0-percent from the field and was perfect from the free throw line (4-4). The Fruita, Colorado, native collected six defensive rebounds and added two assists a block and a steal to her stat line.
Senior co-team captain Venessannah Itugbu had a proper showing in her Senior Day game, posting a game-high and career-high five blocks while collecting six rebounds and three steals. Freshman teammate Briana Autrey played for a career-high 43-minutes, adding nine points and two assists to the final tally.
Sophomore guard Emily Conroe led the team with eight rebounds but was unable to find the bottom of the bucket, posting zero points for this first time in conference play this season.
The Cowgirls were led by Marta Gomez and Bailee Cotton who recorded a double-double apiece. Gomez dropped 17-points with 10 rebounds while Cotton collected 11 rebounds with 10 points. Sladjana Rakovic, who kept Wyoming alive in the waning seconds of regulation, scored 10 points and collected five rebounds.
Wyoming out-rebounded Air Force, 41-34, and outs-hot the Falcons 44.4-percent to 33.9-percent but Air Force turned the ball over significantly less than the Wyoming (11-19) and scored 18 points from Cowgirl turnovers.
Up next, the Falcons travel to Reno, Nevada to take on the Nevada Wolf Pack at 6:30 p.m. PT, Monday, Mar. 4, at the Lawlor Events Center. Air Force will play for a regular-season sweep of Nevada following a 79-74 overtime win at USAFA on January 19.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown:
First Quarter: WY 13, AF 10
Air Force Starters: Briana Autrey, Venessannah Itugbu, Emily Conroe, Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel
-Snyder of AF scored first with a mid-range jumper, Gomez of WY responded with a three-ball
-WY went on a 9-0 run after the Falcons' first bucket
-AF was 1-6 in field goal attempts at the first media timeout (4:47)
-AF's scoring drought lasted five-minutes before Immel drained a mid-range jumper (3:17)
-AF added eight points on a two-minute Wyoming scoring drought to close the quarter
-Snyder led AF with four points while Gomez led WY with five
Second Quarter: WY 26, AF 20
-AF opened the second quarter shooting 1-6 from the field
-Immel ended a two-minute scoring drought with a jumper to bring AF with four points, 18-14 (6:43)
-AF was 3-10 from the field while WY was 3-5 at the media timeout (4:51)
-AF went on a three-minute scoring drought to close the quarter while WY built a nine-point lead
-AF shot just 25.0 percent from the field while WY shot 71.4 percent
-Despite the shooting disparity AF kept the game close as WY had eight turnovers in the quarter while The Falcons committed two
-AF picked off three steals while WY was defensively quiet in the quarter
-Snyder led the Falcons in the first half with nine points
Third Quarter: WY 33, AF 32
-AF lit up the scoreboard first in the half with a connection from Snyder to Immel in the paint
-AF went on a four-minute scoring drought while WY added four points heading into the media timeout, 30-22 (4:55)
-Both teams struggled shooting as AF shot 1-8 and WY shot 2-7 at the media timeout
-Immel killed the scoring drought with a hard take to the rack (4:21)
-Jones got the crowd fired up as she drew an and-one shooting foul (3:39) to bring AF within four
-AF went on a 6-0 run to come within two, 30-28
-Gomez drained a three-ball to extend the WY lead to five, 33-28 (1:29)
-AF closed the quarter on an 8-3 run to come within one-point of tying
Fourth Quarter: WY 47, AF 47
-WY opened the quarter with one made free throw
-AF took their first lead of the game since the opening bucket via Immel's three-ball, 35-34 (7:47)
-Rakovic regained the WY lead, 36-35, with a layup (6:25)
-Autrey drained her first three-ball to take a two-point lead, 38-36, heading into the media timeout (4:45)
-Gomez was at the free throw line out of the media timeout, she hit 1-2 to bring WY within one
-Itugbu recorded her fifth block, a career-high, and followed up with a bucket to extend to a three-point lead (4:18)
-Both teams went on scoring droughts exceeding two minutes heading into the waning seconds of the game
-Conroe went to the line with 0:37 seconds to hit 2-2 and give AF a three-point lead
-Conroe went to the line with 0:27 and drained another two points to put AF up 45-41
-Rakovic hit a layup to bring WY within two points (0:22.6)
-Immel went to the line at 0:21 and hit 2-2 to re-extend to a four-point lead
-Tapia added a layup seven-seconds later to come within two
-Immel went to the line and missed both attempts
-Rakovic raced down court and finished a layup to tie at 47 with five seconds remaining, AF was unable to break the tie at the regulation buzzer
OVERTIME: WY 59, AF 56
-Gomez struck first in overtime with a layup
-Tapia drew a shooting foul to add two more points, 51-47 (3:04)
-Snyder went to the line where she hit 2-2 to come within two points (2:45)
-Back-and-forth buckets
-Immel drained a critical three-ball with three-seconds remaining to bring AF within one, 57-56
-AF fouled Gomez who went to the line to hit 2-2, giving WY a 59-56 lead with 0:03.6 remaining
Immel, who notched her fourth-straight double-figure scoring mark, added two boards, two assists and two steals to her stat line. She shot 7-20 from the field but hit a critical three-ball that put Air Force in position to tie in the waning seconds of the game. She has 18 double-digit scoring marks this season.
Freshman teammate Riley Snyder recorded her second-straight, 13th of the season, double-figure scoring mark with a 15-point performance. She shot 50.0-percent from the field and was perfect from the free throw line (4-4). The Fruita, Colorado, native collected six defensive rebounds and added two assists a block and a steal to her stat line.
Senior co-team captain Venessannah Itugbu had a proper showing in her Senior Day game, posting a game-high and career-high five blocks while collecting six rebounds and three steals. Freshman teammate Briana Autrey played for a career-high 43-minutes, adding nine points and two assists to the final tally.
Sophomore guard Emily Conroe led the team with eight rebounds but was unable to find the bottom of the bucket, posting zero points for this first time in conference play this season.
The Cowgirls were led by Marta Gomez and Bailee Cotton who recorded a double-double apiece. Gomez dropped 17-points with 10 rebounds while Cotton collected 11 rebounds with 10 points. Sladjana Rakovic, who kept Wyoming alive in the waning seconds of regulation, scored 10 points and collected five rebounds.
Wyoming out-rebounded Air Force, 41-34, and outs-hot the Falcons 44.4-percent to 33.9-percent but Air Force turned the ball over significantly less than the Wyoming (11-19) and scored 18 points from Cowgirl turnovers.
Up next, the Falcons travel to Reno, Nevada to take on the Nevada Wolf Pack at 6:30 p.m. PT, Monday, Mar. 4, at the Lawlor Events Center. Air Force will play for a regular-season sweep of Nevada following a 79-74 overtime win at USAFA on January 19.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown:
First Quarter: WY 13, AF 10
Air Force Starters: Briana Autrey, Venessannah Itugbu, Emily Conroe, Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel
-Snyder of AF scored first with a mid-range jumper, Gomez of WY responded with a three-ball
-WY went on a 9-0 run after the Falcons' first bucket
-AF was 1-6 in field goal attempts at the first media timeout (4:47)
-AF's scoring drought lasted five-minutes before Immel drained a mid-range jumper (3:17)
-AF added eight points on a two-minute Wyoming scoring drought to close the quarter
-Snyder led AF with four points while Gomez led WY with five
Second Quarter: WY 26, AF 20
-AF opened the second quarter shooting 1-6 from the field
-Immel ended a two-minute scoring drought with a jumper to bring AF with four points, 18-14 (6:43)
-AF was 3-10 from the field while WY was 3-5 at the media timeout (4:51)
-AF went on a three-minute scoring drought to close the quarter while WY built a nine-point lead
-AF shot just 25.0 percent from the field while WY shot 71.4 percent
-Despite the shooting disparity AF kept the game close as WY had eight turnovers in the quarter while The Falcons committed two
-AF picked off three steals while WY was defensively quiet in the quarter
-Snyder led the Falcons in the first half with nine points
Third Quarter: WY 33, AF 32
-AF lit up the scoreboard first in the half with a connection from Snyder to Immel in the paint
-AF went on a four-minute scoring drought while WY added four points heading into the media timeout, 30-22 (4:55)
-Both teams struggled shooting as AF shot 1-8 and WY shot 2-7 at the media timeout
-Immel killed the scoring drought with a hard take to the rack (4:21)
-Jones got the crowd fired up as she drew an and-one shooting foul (3:39) to bring AF within four
-AF went on a 6-0 run to come within two, 30-28
-Gomez drained a three-ball to extend the WY lead to five, 33-28 (1:29)
-AF closed the quarter on an 8-3 run to come within one-point of tying
Fourth Quarter: WY 47, AF 47
-WY opened the quarter with one made free throw
-AF took their first lead of the game since the opening bucket via Immel's three-ball, 35-34 (7:47)
-Rakovic regained the WY lead, 36-35, with a layup (6:25)
-Autrey drained her first three-ball to take a two-point lead, 38-36, heading into the media timeout (4:45)
-Gomez was at the free throw line out of the media timeout, she hit 1-2 to bring WY within one
-Itugbu recorded her fifth block, a career-high, and followed up with a bucket to extend to a three-point lead (4:18)
-Both teams went on scoring droughts exceeding two minutes heading into the waning seconds of the game
-Conroe went to the line with 0:37 seconds to hit 2-2 and give AF a three-point lead
-Conroe went to the line with 0:27 and drained another two points to put AF up 45-41
-Rakovic hit a layup to bring WY within two points (0:22.6)
-Immel went to the line at 0:21 and hit 2-2 to re-extend to a four-point lead
-Tapia added a layup seven-seconds later to come within two
-Immel went to the line and missed both attempts
-Rakovic raced down court and finished a layup to tie at 47 with five seconds remaining, AF was unable to break the tie at the regulation buzzer
OVERTIME: WY 59, AF 56
-Gomez struck first in overtime with a layup
-Tapia drew a shooting foul to add two more points, 51-47 (3:04)
-Snyder went to the line where she hit 2-2 to come within two points (2:45)
-Back-and-forth buckets
-Immel drained a critical three-ball with three-seconds remaining to bring AF within one, 57-56
-AF fouled Gomez who went to the line to hit 2-2, giving WY a 59-56 lead with 0:03.6 remaining
Team Stats
WY
AF
FG%
.444
.339
3FG%
.222
.333
FT%
.692
.588
RB
41
34
TO
19
11
STL
7
8
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
4
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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