Thursday, March 7
USAFA, CO
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Photo by: Josh Armstrong
Air Force Drops Season Finale Against Boise State, 80-60
3/7/2019 9:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Air Force women’s basketball finalizes the regular-season with an 8-21 overall record, 4-14 in league action
USAF Academy, Colo. - The Air Force women's basketball team fell to Mountain West Conference regular-season champions Boise State, 80-60, Thursday evening in Clune Arena. The Falcons finalize their regular-season slate with an 8-21 overall record, 4-14 in league action, as they prepare to head to the MWC tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Air Force was led by Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel who scored 13 points apiece. Snyder added five rebounds and two assists to her stat line while Immel added an assist and a steal.
Freshman forward Haley Jones had another strong showing, snagging a game-high 11 rebounds while adding nine points, two blocks and two steals to her stat line. Emily Conroe, who leads the squad in rebounds, picked up seven boards and added six points and an assist to the final tally. She was perfect from the free-throw line as well (2-2).
Marta Hermida led the Broncos with 16 points while teammates Jayde Christopher and Rachel Bowers added 14 and 11, respectively. Bowers snagged up a team-high eight rebounds.
The Falcons and Broncos were knotted with 36 rebounds each, but the Boise State bench added 31 points to the score sheet while the Air Force bench was good for 11. Noelle Tomes, who shot 4-7 from the field, scored eight points and collected two rebounds of the Falcons' bench. Air Force shot over its season average, knocking down 24-60 shots from the field (40.0%).
Up next, 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. The Falcons will play in game two as the No. 10-seed against No. 7-seed San Diego State who downed Nevada to take the seed earlier Thursday night. Game two is slated for a 4:30 PT start in the Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown
First Quarter: BS 13, AF 8
Air Force starters: Haley Jones, Briana Autrey, Emily Conroe, Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel
-Scoreless for the opening three minutes
-Snyder of AF breaks the ice with a jumper in the paint (7:03)
-AF led BS, 6-5, at the first media timeout (4:33), BS hit just 2-of-10 attempts while Air Force knocked down three-of-nine
-BS took the lead with a 6-0 run during a two-minute AF scoring drought (1:54)
-AF shot 23.5-percent from the field while BS shot 33.3-percent
Second Quarter: BS 38, AF 25
-Snyder knocked down a three-ball out of the break to bring AF within two, 13-11
-Immel knots the game at 15 with a layup off the steal (8:31)
-BS went on a 6-0 run over 90-seconds to build a 21-15 lead (6:50)
-BS was 5-6 in six field goals heading into the media timeout (5:38), building a nine-point lead, 26-17
-Snyder hit her double-figure scoring mark off a shooting foul with a connection at the free throw line (3:18)
-AF closed the half on a two-minute scoring drought while BS built a 13-point lead
-AF shooting improved to 46.7-percent in the second quarter, including a 1-1 mark from deep
-BS shooting from the field improved to 58.8-percent on the quarter
-Snyder led the Falcons with 10 points in the first half while Hermida led BS with nine points
-BS bench combined for 17 first-half points while AF bench tallied seven
Third Quarter: BS 62, AF 42
-BS outscored AF 13-7 heading into the media timeout (4:54)
-BS shot 5-5 while AF was on a four-minute scoring drought, building a 23-point lead, 56-34 (3:06)
-Autrey ended the field-goal drought with a hard take to the rack (2:17)
-AF went on a 7-0 run over 1:17, 56-41
-AF shot 42.9-percent from the field, BS shot 55.6-percent from the field, Hermida and Christopher lead BS with 13 and 14 points, respectively
-BS turned on the three-ball, knocking down 3-5 from deep, AF shot 0-2 from the arc
Fourth Quarter: BS 80, AF 60
-AF knocked down four unanswered points out of the break
-The Falcons began heating up, hitting five of the first six attempts in the fourth quarter
-AF was shooting 6-7 from the field, 1-1 from deep, at the media timeout (6:28), knocking the Broncos' lead down to 12 points
-Immel took the reins as the leading scorer (13) on the receiving end of a shooting foul
-AF shooting from the field improved significantly in the fourth quarter but BS was still holding the lead at the second media timeout, 73-57 (4:36)
-AF cooled down to a three-minute scoring drought, ended by Snyder at the free-throw line
-AF did not make a three-ball in the second half
Air Force was led by Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel who scored 13 points apiece. Snyder added five rebounds and two assists to her stat line while Immel added an assist and a steal.
Freshman forward Haley Jones had another strong showing, snagging a game-high 11 rebounds while adding nine points, two blocks and two steals to her stat line. Emily Conroe, who leads the squad in rebounds, picked up seven boards and added six points and an assist to the final tally. She was perfect from the free-throw line as well (2-2).
Marta Hermida led the Broncos with 16 points while teammates Jayde Christopher and Rachel Bowers added 14 and 11, respectively. Bowers snagged up a team-high eight rebounds.
The Falcons and Broncos were knotted with 36 rebounds each, but the Boise State bench added 31 points to the score sheet while the Air Force bench was good for 11. Noelle Tomes, who shot 4-7 from the field, scored eight points and collected two rebounds of the Falcons' bench. Air Force shot over its season average, knocking down 24-60 shots from the field (40.0%).
Up next, 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. The Falcons will play in game two as the No. 10-seed against No. 7-seed San Diego State who downed Nevada to take the seed earlier Thursday night. Game two is slated for a 4:30 PT start in the Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown
First Quarter: BS 13, AF 8
Air Force starters: Haley Jones, Briana Autrey, Emily Conroe, Riley Snyder and Kaelin Immel
-Scoreless for the opening three minutes
-Snyder of AF breaks the ice with a jumper in the paint (7:03)
-AF led BS, 6-5, at the first media timeout (4:33), BS hit just 2-of-10 attempts while Air Force knocked down three-of-nine
-BS took the lead with a 6-0 run during a two-minute AF scoring drought (1:54)
-AF shot 23.5-percent from the field while BS shot 33.3-percent
Second Quarter: BS 38, AF 25
-Snyder knocked down a three-ball out of the break to bring AF within two, 13-11
-Immel knots the game at 15 with a layup off the steal (8:31)
-BS went on a 6-0 run over 90-seconds to build a 21-15 lead (6:50)
-BS was 5-6 in six field goals heading into the media timeout (5:38), building a nine-point lead, 26-17
-Snyder hit her double-figure scoring mark off a shooting foul with a connection at the free throw line (3:18)
-AF closed the half on a two-minute scoring drought while BS built a 13-point lead
-AF shooting improved to 46.7-percent in the second quarter, including a 1-1 mark from deep
-BS shooting from the field improved to 58.8-percent on the quarter
-Snyder led the Falcons with 10 points in the first half while Hermida led BS with nine points
-BS bench combined for 17 first-half points while AF bench tallied seven
Third Quarter: BS 62, AF 42
-BS outscored AF 13-7 heading into the media timeout (4:54)
-BS shot 5-5 while AF was on a four-minute scoring drought, building a 23-point lead, 56-34 (3:06)
-Autrey ended the field-goal drought with a hard take to the rack (2:17)
-AF went on a 7-0 run over 1:17, 56-41
-AF shot 42.9-percent from the field, BS shot 55.6-percent from the field, Hermida and Christopher lead BS with 13 and 14 points, respectively
-BS turned on the three-ball, knocking down 3-5 from deep, AF shot 0-2 from the arc
Fourth Quarter: BS 80, AF 60
-AF knocked down four unanswered points out of the break
-The Falcons began heating up, hitting five of the first six attempts in the fourth quarter
-AF was shooting 6-7 from the field, 1-1 from deep, at the media timeout (6:28), knocking the Broncos' lead down to 12 points
-Immel took the reins as the leading scorer (13) on the receiving end of a shooting foul
-AF shooting from the field improved significantly in the fourth quarter but BS was still holding the lead at the second media timeout, 73-57 (4:36)
-AF cooled down to a three-minute scoring drought, ended by Snyder at the free-throw line
-AF did not make a three-ball in the second half
Team Stats
BSU
AF
FG%
.492
.400
3FG%
.333
.143
FT%
.700
.688
RB
36
36
TO
19
24
STL
10
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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