Wednesday, February 19
USAFA, CO
6:30 PM MT
Air Force Academy
vs
Fresno State
Photo by: Trevor Cokley
Women's Hoops Hosts Fresno State Wednesday for the Pink Game
2/18/2020 3:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Air Force women's basketball will tip off against the Mountain West regular season champions at 6:30 p.m.
GAME 26: AIR FORCE (6-19, 4-10 MW) vs. FRESNO STATE (22-4, 15-0 MW)
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. MT. Wednesday, February 19
WHERE: Clune Arena - USAF Academy, Colo.
WHAT: Pink Game
THE SERIES
Air Force and Fresno State will be meeting for the 16th time. The Bulldogs are undefeated in the all-time series, 15-0.
- The Falcons are looking to make even on a 61-52 loss to the league's only undefeated team on January 29.
-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 against Mountain West Conference front-runner Fresno State, 61-52, Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 29) in the Save Mart Center. The Bulldogs remain undefeated in the league.
Riley Snyder, who sparked Air Force rallies on multiple occasions, led the Falcons with 16 points by way of three three-pointers, a trio of buckets and a free throw. She shot 46-percent on the night and added two assists and a rebound to her stat line.
Air Force guards Kaelin Immel and Briana Autrey-Thompson tallied 11 points each, both shooting roughly 37-percent on the night. Autrey-Thompson registered a game-high four assists and collected four rebounds. Immel snagged two boards and registered two blocks to round out her stat line.
Freshmen Kamri Heath, Allyah Marlett and Nikki McDonald combined for 10 points and eight rebounds, led by Heath's six points off the bench and McDonald's five rebounds.
The Bulldogs were led by Aly Gamez who scored 16 points and snagged a game-high nine rebounds. Hanna Cavinder tallied 13 points and five rebounds while Wytalla Motta scored 11 and collected six boards. Fresno State out-rebounded Air Force, 47-33, and scored 42-of-61 points in the paint.
NEXT UP
Air Force hits the road to take on Wyoming in the first of a two-game road stint, Saturday (Feb. 22). The Falcons and Cowgirls will tip off at 2 p.m. in Arena-Auditorium, Laramie, Wyoming. Air Force looks to make even on the narrow 65-63 loss to Wyoming earlier this season (Dec. 4), at USAFA.
LAST GAME
Air Force battled San Jose State to a 67-66 win, knocking off the Mountain West's number two team in their home gym, Saturday afternoon (Feb. 15). The Falcons improved to 6-19 overall with their fourth win in the league in league play. San Jose State dropped to 9-5 in the MW with a 15-10 overall record.
Sophomore forward Riley Snyder was superb for the Falcons as she led the squad to victory with a career-high 32 points, setting a new high-scoring standard for Air Force this season. The native of Fruita, Colorado, shot 52-percent from the field (11-21), 63-percent from deep (5-8) and perfect from the free throw line (5-5). Her five three-pointers marked a career-best and the most by any Falcon this season. Snyder rounded out her stat line with eight rebounds, three assists and a steal. The performance marked the first 30-point showing of her career and fifth game with 20 or more points this season.
Air Force's co-team captains, Kaelin Immel and Emily Conroe, led from the front, combining for 28 points, 17 rebounds and six assists. Immel tallied 22 points, four assists, three rebounds and sunk a career-best nine free throws. Conroe snagged a career-best 14 rebounds while scoring six points and dishing a pair of assists. The duo also swiped two steals apiece.
Sophomore point guard Briana Autrey-Thompson facilitated the offense with a game-high eight assists and registered three points, three boards and two steals. Freshman teammate Allyah Marlett came off the bench for four assists while Haley Jones was the only Falcon to score a bucket off the bench.
Air Force out-rebounded the Spartans, 46-39, and outshot them from the field, 38-percent to 35-percent. Both teams turned the ball over 14 times.
San Jose State had a trio of players with double-figure scoring marks, led by Tyra Whitehead's double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Ayzhiana Basallo scored 13 points and dished out a team-high five assists.
IMMEL SETS THE STANDARD
Junior co-team captain Kaelin Immel is the Falcons' leading scorer, averaging 15.5 ppg. The native of Beaverton, Oregon, has 21 double-figure scoring marks and five 20+ point performances on the season, highlighted by a season-high 28 points against defending Mountain West champs, Boise State. She is the fifth-leading scorer and has the 10th-best field goal percentage (.402) in the MW.
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME LADDER
Immel became the 16th all-time Falcon to achieve 1,000 career points at Air Force. Immel, who now has 1,235 career points, is the 10th all-time leading scorer in program history and fourth leading scorer in the Division I era. The next rung up on the all-time and Div. I scoring ladder is Alecia Steele with 1,237 career points.
CONROE ON THE CAREER STATS LADDER
Junior teammate Emily Conroe is following Immel's lead in the all-time points pursuit with 880 career points, a mark that ranks her 12th in the Div. I era, recently surpassing Elycia Hall (1995-99) who had 854 career points.
Emily Conroe picked up her 500th career rebound at San Diego State (Feb. 8). She now has 526 career rebounds, 371 are defensive, and 155 are offensive. Conroe is the sixth Falcon in Div. I history to achieve the feat. She is currently sixth in the Div. I career-rebounding record book while former teammate, Cortney Porter, is fourth with 571 from 2015-18.
SNYDER SCORES
Sophomore forward Riley Snyder has 18 double-figure performances this season, five of which were 20-point performances.
Snyder was spectacular for the Falcons for the week of Feb. 9-15, amassing 57 points and 12 rebounds against the Mountain West's second and third-ranked teams, San Jose State (Feb. 12) and Boise State (Feb. 15). She averaged 28.5 points and six rebounds between the two games and shot 56-percent from the field (20-26), 73-percent from deep (8-11), and was perfect from the free throw line (9-9).
On February 15, Snyder was superb for the Falcons as she led the squad to victory with a career-high 32 points, setting a new high-scoring standard for Air Force this season. The native of Fruita, Colorado, shot 52-percent from the field (11-21), 63-percent from beyond the arc (5-8) and was perfect from the free throw line (5-5). Her five three-pointers marked a career-best and the most by any Falcon this season. Snyder rounded out her stat line with eight rebounds, tying her career-high mark, while also adding three assists and a steal. The performance marked the first 30-point showing of her career and first 30-point game by a Falcon this season. It was her fifth game with 20 or more points this season.
On February 12, Snyder scored a game-high and then-career-high 25 points, shooting perfect from be-yond the arc (3-3) and from the free throw line (4-4). Snyder shot 60-percent on the night (9-15) while adding four boards, three assists and two steals to her final stat line. Here efforts helped Air Force rally from an 18-point deficit, tying defending MW champs Boise State at 61 in the fourth quarter. Air Force ultimately came up shy of the comeback win.
She hit a career-high 14.5 scoring average on Dec. 18. Her game-high scoring performance against the abundantly tall Lady Vols garnered her Air Force Cadet Athlete of the Week honors for the week of Nov.23. She is currently the 13th leading scorer in the conference, averaging 13.5 ppg, and has had six-straight double-figure scoring marks in the last six games and two 20-point performances in the last two games.
Snyder was the Falcons' leading scorer for the first five games of the season. Through said five games, she averaged a career-high 14.0 PPG.
ACROSS THE NATION
Air Force is 23rd in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (15.1 orpg), 17th in steals with 267 and 21st in steals per game (10.7).
20-20 VISION
Four Falcons combine for 12 20-point performances this season; Immel and Snyder lead the squad with five apiece, while Briana Autrey-Thompson and Emily Conroe have one each.
Air Force now has two games with a pair of 20-point scorers as Kaelin Immel and Briana Autrey-Thompson scored in 26 and 21 points, respectively, at Cal State Fullerton (Dec. 21), then Snyder and Immel scored 32 and 22, respectively, at San Jose State (Feb. 15)
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. MT. Wednesday, February 19
WHERE: Clune Arena - USAF Academy, Colo.
WHAT: Pink Game
THE SERIES
Air Force and Fresno State will be meeting for the 16th time. The Bulldogs are undefeated in the all-time series, 15-0.
- The Falcons are looking to make even on a 61-52 loss to the league's only undefeated team on January 29.
-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 against Mountain West Conference front-runner Fresno State, 61-52, Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 29) in the Save Mart Center. The Bulldogs remain undefeated in the league.
Riley Snyder, who sparked Air Force rallies on multiple occasions, led the Falcons with 16 points by way of three three-pointers, a trio of buckets and a free throw. She shot 46-percent on the night and added two assists and a rebound to her stat line.
Air Force guards Kaelin Immel and Briana Autrey-Thompson tallied 11 points each, both shooting roughly 37-percent on the night. Autrey-Thompson registered a game-high four assists and collected four rebounds. Immel snagged two boards and registered two blocks to round out her stat line.
Freshmen Kamri Heath, Allyah Marlett and Nikki McDonald combined for 10 points and eight rebounds, led by Heath's six points off the bench and McDonald's five rebounds.
The Bulldogs were led by Aly Gamez who scored 16 points and snagged a game-high nine rebounds. Hanna Cavinder tallied 13 points and five rebounds while Wytalla Motta scored 11 and collected six boards. Fresno State out-rebounded Air Force, 47-33, and scored 42-of-61 points in the paint.
NEXT UP
Air Force hits the road to take on Wyoming in the first of a two-game road stint, Saturday (Feb. 22). The Falcons and Cowgirls will tip off at 2 p.m. in Arena-Auditorium, Laramie, Wyoming. Air Force looks to make even on the narrow 65-63 loss to Wyoming earlier this season (Dec. 4), at USAFA.
LAST GAME
Air Force battled San Jose State to a 67-66 win, knocking off the Mountain West's number two team in their home gym, Saturday afternoon (Feb. 15). The Falcons improved to 6-19 overall with their fourth win in the league in league play. San Jose State dropped to 9-5 in the MW with a 15-10 overall record.
Sophomore forward Riley Snyder was superb for the Falcons as she led the squad to victory with a career-high 32 points, setting a new high-scoring standard for Air Force this season. The native of Fruita, Colorado, shot 52-percent from the field (11-21), 63-percent from deep (5-8) and perfect from the free throw line (5-5). Her five three-pointers marked a career-best and the most by any Falcon this season. Snyder rounded out her stat line with eight rebounds, three assists and a steal. The performance marked the first 30-point showing of her career and fifth game with 20 or more points this season.
Air Force's co-team captains, Kaelin Immel and Emily Conroe, led from the front, combining for 28 points, 17 rebounds and six assists. Immel tallied 22 points, four assists, three rebounds and sunk a career-best nine free throws. Conroe snagged a career-best 14 rebounds while scoring six points and dishing a pair of assists. The duo also swiped two steals apiece.
Sophomore point guard Briana Autrey-Thompson facilitated the offense with a game-high eight assists and registered three points, three boards and two steals. Freshman teammate Allyah Marlett came off the bench for four assists while Haley Jones was the only Falcon to score a bucket off the bench.
Air Force out-rebounded the Spartans, 46-39, and outshot them from the field, 38-percent to 35-percent. Both teams turned the ball over 14 times.
San Jose State had a trio of players with double-figure scoring marks, led by Tyra Whitehead's double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Ayzhiana Basallo scored 13 points and dished out a team-high five assists.
IMMEL SETS THE STANDARD
Junior co-team captain Kaelin Immel is the Falcons' leading scorer, averaging 15.5 ppg. The native of Beaverton, Oregon, has 21 double-figure scoring marks and five 20+ point performances on the season, highlighted by a season-high 28 points against defending Mountain West champs, Boise State. She is the fifth-leading scorer and has the 10th-best field goal percentage (.402) in the MW.
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME LADDER
Immel became the 16th all-time Falcon to achieve 1,000 career points at Air Force. Immel, who now has 1,235 career points, is the 10th all-time leading scorer in program history and fourth leading scorer in the Division I era. The next rung up on the all-time and Div. I scoring ladder is Alecia Steele with 1,237 career points.
CONROE ON THE CAREER STATS LADDER
Junior teammate Emily Conroe is following Immel's lead in the all-time points pursuit with 880 career points, a mark that ranks her 12th in the Div. I era, recently surpassing Elycia Hall (1995-99) who had 854 career points.
Emily Conroe picked up her 500th career rebound at San Diego State (Feb. 8). She now has 526 career rebounds, 371 are defensive, and 155 are offensive. Conroe is the sixth Falcon in Div. I history to achieve the feat. She is currently sixth in the Div. I career-rebounding record book while former teammate, Cortney Porter, is fourth with 571 from 2015-18.
SNYDER SCORES
Sophomore forward Riley Snyder has 18 double-figure performances this season, five of which were 20-point performances.
Snyder was spectacular for the Falcons for the week of Feb. 9-15, amassing 57 points and 12 rebounds against the Mountain West's second and third-ranked teams, San Jose State (Feb. 12) and Boise State (Feb. 15). She averaged 28.5 points and six rebounds between the two games and shot 56-percent from the field (20-26), 73-percent from deep (8-11), and was perfect from the free throw line (9-9).
On February 15, Snyder was superb for the Falcons as she led the squad to victory with a career-high 32 points, setting a new high-scoring standard for Air Force this season. The native of Fruita, Colorado, shot 52-percent from the field (11-21), 63-percent from beyond the arc (5-8) and was perfect from the free throw line (5-5). Her five three-pointers marked a career-best and the most by any Falcon this season. Snyder rounded out her stat line with eight rebounds, tying her career-high mark, while also adding three assists and a steal. The performance marked the first 30-point showing of her career and first 30-point game by a Falcon this season. It was her fifth game with 20 or more points this season.
On February 12, Snyder scored a game-high and then-career-high 25 points, shooting perfect from be-yond the arc (3-3) and from the free throw line (4-4). Snyder shot 60-percent on the night (9-15) while adding four boards, three assists and two steals to her final stat line. Here efforts helped Air Force rally from an 18-point deficit, tying defending MW champs Boise State at 61 in the fourth quarter. Air Force ultimately came up shy of the comeback win.
She hit a career-high 14.5 scoring average on Dec. 18. Her game-high scoring performance against the abundantly tall Lady Vols garnered her Air Force Cadet Athlete of the Week honors for the week of Nov.23. She is currently the 13th leading scorer in the conference, averaging 13.5 ppg, and has had six-straight double-figure scoring marks in the last six games and two 20-point performances in the last two games.
Snyder was the Falcons' leading scorer for the first five games of the season. Through said five games, she averaged a career-high 14.0 PPG.
ACROSS THE NATION
Air Force is 23rd in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (15.1 orpg), 17th in steals with 267 and 21st in steals per game (10.7).
20-20 VISION
Four Falcons combine for 12 20-point performances this season; Immel and Snyder lead the squad with five apiece, while Briana Autrey-Thompson and Emily Conroe have one each.
Air Force now has two games with a pair of 20-point scorers as Kaelin Immel and Briana Autrey-Thompson scored in 26 and 21 points, respectively, at Cal State Fullerton (Dec. 21), then Snyder and Immel scored 32 and 22, respectively, at San Jose State (Feb. 15)
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