Wednesday, January 29
Fresno, CA
7:00 PM MT
Air Force Academy
at
Fresno State
Photo by: U.S. Air Force photo / Trang Le
Women's Hoops Takes on MW Front-Runner, Fresno State, Wednesday Evening
1/28/2020 11:25:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Air Force women's basketball takes on Fresno State at 6 p.m. PT, in Save Mart Center
GAME 21: AIR FORCE (4-14, 2-5 MW) at FRESNO STATE (16-4, 9-0 MW)
WHEN: 6 p.m. PT/7 MT, Wednesday (Jan. 29), 2020
WHERE: Save Mart Center - Fresno, Calif.
THE SERIES
Air Force and Fresno State will be meeting for the 15th time. The Bulldogs are undefeated in the all-time series, 14-0.
-The series began in 1997
-Fresno State averages a 17-point margin of victory over Air Force
-The closest Air Force has come to a win was Dec. 30, 2017, at USAFA --the Falcons lost by six, 64-58
-In 2014, the Bulldogs beat Air Force by 34 points for the largest margin of the series, 77-43
LAST TIME THEY PLAYED
Air Force came up short in a fourth quarter rally, falling to Fresno State, 77-70, in Clune Arena, USAFA.
Air Force was led by Kaelin Immel who scored 22 points with three rebounds and a block. Emily Conroe, the Falcons' leading rebounder, recorded 17 points, eight rebounds, three assist, two steals and a block on the night.
Haley Jones dropped 10 points and collected eight rebounds while classmate Riley Snyder scored eight points and picked off three steals. Snyder also added a pair of assists and three rebounds to her stat line.
Briana Autrey-Thompson scored 11 points while shooting 50.0-percent from the field. She tied a personal-best mark of five assists while only turning the ball over twice on the game. She added four rebounds and a steal to her stat line while also shooting perfect (2-2) from the free-throw line.
NEXT UP
Air Force will take Saturday off and return to the home court against Nevada, Wednesday (Feb. 5), at 6:30 p.m.
LAST GAME
Air Force fell the Mountain West's second-ranked team, San Jose State, 68-60, Saturday afternoon in Clune Arena.
Air Force's team captains led from the front, highlighted by Emily Conroe's 17 points, 11 rebound performance for her fourth double-double of the season. Co-team captain Kaelin Immel put up a team-high 18 points in her sixth-straight double-figure scoring performance. The pair each added two assists and a steal to their stat lines.
Sophomore forward Riley Snyder came off the bench to put up a season-high four three-pointers, scoring all 12 of her points from beyond the arc, shooting 60-percent from deep (4-6). The Air Force bench outscored San Jose's bench, 20-9. Sophomore teammate Briana Autrey-Thompson picked off a game-high five steals and dished out a team-high three assists on the day.
San Jose State also had three players with double-figure scoring marks, led by MWC scoring leader Ayzhiana Basallo, who scored 20 on the game. Tyra Whitehead, a transfer out of Wake Forest, was the force multiplier, scoring 11 points and collecting 16 rebounds.
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME LADDER
Following her 14-point performance at LBSU (Dec. 18), Immel became the 16th all-time Falcon to achieve 1,000 career points at Air Force. Immel, who now has 1,161 career points, is the 11th all-time leading scorer in program history and fifth leading scorer in the Division I era. The next rung up on the all-time and Div. I scoring ladder is former teammate Cortney Porter with 1,162 career points.
Junior teammate Emily Conroe is following Immel's lead in the all-time points pursuit with 838 career points, a mark that ranks her 13th in the Div. I era, recently surpassing Jimi Blagowsky (810 points, 2011-15).
ACROSS THE NATION
Air Force is 15th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (15.84 orpg) and 15th in steals with 218.
SNAGGIN' BOARDS
Air Force leads the MWC in offensive rebounds per game (15.84). Emily Conroe is the eighth-leading overall rebounder in the MWC while Jones is ninth in overall rebounds (6.4 rpg) and third in offensive rebounds (3.4 orpg). Conroe is 11 boards shy of 500 career rebounds.
WHEN: 6 p.m. PT/7 MT, Wednesday (Jan. 29), 2020
WHERE: Save Mart Center - Fresno, Calif.
THE SERIES
Air Force and Fresno State will be meeting for the 15th time. The Bulldogs are undefeated in the all-time series, 14-0.
-The series began in 1997
-Fresno State averages a 17-point margin of victory over Air Force
-The closest Air Force has come to a win was Dec. 30, 2017, at USAFA --the Falcons lost by six, 64-58
-In 2014, the Bulldogs beat Air Force by 34 points for the largest margin of the series, 77-43
LAST TIME THEY PLAYED
Air Force came up short in a fourth quarter rally, falling to Fresno State, 77-70, in Clune Arena, USAFA.
Air Force was led by Kaelin Immel who scored 22 points with three rebounds and a block. Emily Conroe, the Falcons' leading rebounder, recorded 17 points, eight rebounds, three assist, two steals and a block on the night.
Haley Jones dropped 10 points and collected eight rebounds while classmate Riley Snyder scored eight points and picked off three steals. Snyder also added a pair of assists and three rebounds to her stat line.
Briana Autrey-Thompson scored 11 points while shooting 50.0-percent from the field. She tied a personal-best mark of five assists while only turning the ball over twice on the game. She added four rebounds and a steal to her stat line while also shooting perfect (2-2) from the free-throw line.
NEXT UP
Air Force will take Saturday off and return to the home court against Nevada, Wednesday (Feb. 5), at 6:30 p.m.
LAST GAME
Air Force fell the Mountain West's second-ranked team, San Jose State, 68-60, Saturday afternoon in Clune Arena.
Air Force's team captains led from the front, highlighted by Emily Conroe's 17 points, 11 rebound performance for her fourth double-double of the season. Co-team captain Kaelin Immel put up a team-high 18 points in her sixth-straight double-figure scoring performance. The pair each added two assists and a steal to their stat lines.
Sophomore forward Riley Snyder came off the bench to put up a season-high four three-pointers, scoring all 12 of her points from beyond the arc, shooting 60-percent from deep (4-6). The Air Force bench outscored San Jose's bench, 20-9. Sophomore teammate Briana Autrey-Thompson picked off a game-high five steals and dished out a team-high three assists on the day.
San Jose State also had three players with double-figure scoring marks, led by MWC scoring leader Ayzhiana Basallo, who scored 20 on the game. Tyra Whitehead, a transfer out of Wake Forest, was the force multiplier, scoring 11 points and collecting 16 rebounds.
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME LADDER
Following her 14-point performance at LBSU (Dec. 18), Immel became the 16th all-time Falcon to achieve 1,000 career points at Air Force. Immel, who now has 1,161 career points, is the 11th all-time leading scorer in program history and fifth leading scorer in the Division I era. The next rung up on the all-time and Div. I scoring ladder is former teammate Cortney Porter with 1,162 career points.
Junior teammate Emily Conroe is following Immel's lead in the all-time points pursuit with 838 career points, a mark that ranks her 13th in the Div. I era, recently surpassing Jimi Blagowsky (810 points, 2011-15).
ACROSS THE NATION
Air Force is 15th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (15.84 orpg) and 15th in steals with 218.
SNAGGIN' BOARDS
Air Force leads the MWC in offensive rebounds per game (15.84). Emily Conroe is the eighth-leading overall rebounder in the MWC while Jones is ninth in overall rebounds (6.4 rpg) and third in offensive rebounds (3.4 orpg). Conroe is 11 boards shy of 500 career rebounds.
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