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Photo by: Bill Evans
Air Force drops 79-54 MWC Contest at Nevada
3/4/2019 11:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Emily Conroe led Air Force women’s basketball with 18 points and six rebounds
RENO, Nevada - The Nevada women's basketball team set season-high shooting marks to get by Air Force, 79-54, in a Monday evening contest in the Lawlor Events Center. The Falcons drop to 8-20 overall with a 4-13 mark in league play while Nevada improves to 11-17, 7-10 MWC.
For the first time this season, Nevada finished perfect from the free throw line, knocking down all 12 attempts. The Wolf Pack shot 58.8-percent from the field (30-51) and 87.5-percent from beyond the arc (7-8). They were 7-7 in three-balls through the third quarter, only missing one attempt on the game in the fourth quarter. The Falcons struggled to find their shooting rhythm, shooting only 26.8-percent from the field on the game while hitting only 1-of-14 shooting attempts in the second quarter.
Air Force was led by sophomore guard Emily Conroe who dropped 18 points for her 16th double-figure scoring mark this season. Conroe shot perfect from the free throw line (6-6) and 50.0-percent from the field (5-10) and down range (2-4). She also added six rebounds and a team-high three blocks and two steals to her stat line.
Sophomore co-team captain Kaelin Immel notched her fifth-straight double-figure scoring mark, adding 11 points to the final tally. Freshman guard Haley Jones led the team with nine rebounds and two steals while classmate Briana Autrey registered a team-high five assists. They combined for 17 points between the two of them.
Nevada was led by Jade Redmon who scored 19 points and shot perfect from the free throw line (5-5). Teammates Camariah King, Emma Torbert and Essence Booker combined for 34 points, each with double-figure scoring marks.
Up next, the Falcons return home for their regular-season finale against Boise State at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, in Clune Arena. The Falcons are looking to deny Boise State a clean sweep on the season following a 79-48 loss to the Broncos in Boise (Jan. 23).
Following the game with Boise State, the Falcons will make a quick turn back to the road as Air Force travels to Las Vegas to compete in the Mountain West Conference tournament, hosted by UNLV, beginning Sunday, March 10.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown
First Quarter: NV 28, AF 19
AF starters: Haley Jones, Briana Autrey, Venessannah Itugbu, Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel
-AF took six attempts from the field in the first two minutes, sinking only one-of-six
-Jones was the dominant force for AF early on, scoring six of the Falcons' first eight points
-Conroe ended a two-minute scoring drought with a score down low (4:20)
-NV shot lights out early on, hitting 8-11 from the field and 2-2 from deep by the first media timeout (3:26)
-Conroe drained AF's first three-ball out of the media timeout, NV leads 19-15 (3:06)
-NV shot 11-15 (73.3) from the field in the first quarter, shooting perfect from three-point distance (2-2) and the free-throw (2-2) line
-AF was perfect (4-4) from the free throw line in the first quarter
-Jones shot 3-4 from the field for six points, while Conroe led the Falcons with seven points
Second Quarter: NV 43, AF 25
-NV outscored AF 7-2 at the second quarter media timeout (4:57)
-NV shooting slowed down to 50.0-percent from the field at the media timeout but AF was also still in the shooting doldrums, hitting only one-of-six attempts from the field
-NV went on a 22-6 run over the span of nine minutes
-The AF defense forced 15 NV turnovers in the first half but NV out-rebounded AF 23-14, collecting 18 defensive rebounds to AF's 5
-At the halftime break, AF was shooting 23.5-percent from the field (8-34) and 14.3-percent from deep (1-7); however, the Falcons hit 8-of-12 free throws
-NV closed the first half perfect from free throw (10-10), perfect from deep (3-3) and shooting 60.0-percent from the field (15-25)
Third Quarter: NV 68, AF 39
-Both teams were scoreless for the first 3:30 of the second half
-Conroe killed the scoring drought with a three-ball from the wing heading into the media timeout (5:00)
-AF's three-ball started to heat up as Conroe and Autrey knocked down two-straight attempts, NV leads 54-33 (3:30)
-AF rallied, hitting five-of-six attempts over the span of a minute, but two-straight NV three-balls took the wind out of AF's sails
-At the end of the quarter, NV was shooting perfect from the arc (6-6) and free-throw line (12-12), while knocking down 25-39 attempts from the field
Fourth Quarter: NV 79, AF 54
-NV's three-ball hot streak continued into the fourth quarter as they drained their seventh of the game
-NV missed their first three-ball (4:54)
-AF went on a 7-2 scoring run heading into the media timeout (4:45)
-AF shot 1-4 from the field during a two-minute NV scoring drought to close the game
For the first time this season, Nevada finished perfect from the free throw line, knocking down all 12 attempts. The Wolf Pack shot 58.8-percent from the field (30-51) and 87.5-percent from beyond the arc (7-8). They were 7-7 in three-balls through the third quarter, only missing one attempt on the game in the fourth quarter. The Falcons struggled to find their shooting rhythm, shooting only 26.8-percent from the field on the game while hitting only 1-of-14 shooting attempts in the second quarter.
Air Force was led by sophomore guard Emily Conroe who dropped 18 points for her 16th double-figure scoring mark this season. Conroe shot perfect from the free throw line (6-6) and 50.0-percent from the field (5-10) and down range (2-4). She also added six rebounds and a team-high three blocks and two steals to her stat line.
Sophomore co-team captain Kaelin Immel notched her fifth-straight double-figure scoring mark, adding 11 points to the final tally. Freshman guard Haley Jones led the team with nine rebounds and two steals while classmate Briana Autrey registered a team-high five assists. They combined for 17 points between the two of them.
Nevada was led by Jade Redmon who scored 19 points and shot perfect from the free throw line (5-5). Teammates Camariah King, Emma Torbert and Essence Booker combined for 34 points, each with double-figure scoring marks.
Up next, the Falcons return home for their regular-season finale against Boise State at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, in Clune Arena. The Falcons are looking to deny Boise State a clean sweep on the season following a 79-48 loss to the Broncos in Boise (Jan. 23).
Following the game with Boise State, the Falcons will make a quick turn back to the road as Air Force travels to Las Vegas to compete in the Mountain West Conference tournament, hosted by UNLV, beginning Sunday, March 10.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown
First Quarter: NV 28, AF 19
AF starters: Haley Jones, Briana Autrey, Venessannah Itugbu, Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel
-AF took six attempts from the field in the first two minutes, sinking only one-of-six
-Jones was the dominant force for AF early on, scoring six of the Falcons' first eight points
-Conroe ended a two-minute scoring drought with a score down low (4:20)
-NV shot lights out early on, hitting 8-11 from the field and 2-2 from deep by the first media timeout (3:26)
-Conroe drained AF's first three-ball out of the media timeout, NV leads 19-15 (3:06)
-NV shot 11-15 (73.3) from the field in the first quarter, shooting perfect from three-point distance (2-2) and the free-throw (2-2) line
-AF was perfect (4-4) from the free throw line in the first quarter
-Jones shot 3-4 from the field for six points, while Conroe led the Falcons with seven points
Second Quarter: NV 43, AF 25
-NV outscored AF 7-2 at the second quarter media timeout (4:57)
-NV shooting slowed down to 50.0-percent from the field at the media timeout but AF was also still in the shooting doldrums, hitting only one-of-six attempts from the field
-NV went on a 22-6 run over the span of nine minutes
-The AF defense forced 15 NV turnovers in the first half but NV out-rebounded AF 23-14, collecting 18 defensive rebounds to AF's 5
-At the halftime break, AF was shooting 23.5-percent from the field (8-34) and 14.3-percent from deep (1-7); however, the Falcons hit 8-of-12 free throws
-NV closed the first half perfect from free throw (10-10), perfect from deep (3-3) and shooting 60.0-percent from the field (15-25)
Third Quarter: NV 68, AF 39
-Both teams were scoreless for the first 3:30 of the second half
-Conroe killed the scoring drought with a three-ball from the wing heading into the media timeout (5:00)
-AF's three-ball started to heat up as Conroe and Autrey knocked down two-straight attempts, NV leads 54-33 (3:30)
-AF rallied, hitting five-of-six attempts over the span of a minute, but two-straight NV three-balls took the wind out of AF's sails
-At the end of the quarter, NV was shooting perfect from the arc (6-6) and free-throw line (12-12), while knocking down 25-39 attempts from the field
Fourth Quarter: NV 79, AF 54
-NV's three-ball hot streak continued into the fourth quarter as they drained their seventh of the game
-NV missed their first three-ball (4:54)
-AF went on a 7-2 scoring run heading into the media timeout (4:45)
-AF shot 1-4 from the field during a two-minute NV scoring drought to close the game
Team Stats
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NV
FG%
.268
.588
3FG%
.214
.875
FT%
.750
1.000
RB
31
32
TO
15
21
STL
9
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
11
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
3
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