Thursday, February 27
USAFA, CO
6:30 PM MT
Air Force Academy
vs
Colorado State
Women's Hoops Hosts Colorado State in Regular Season Finale
2/26/2020 12:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Air Force women's basketball tips off against Colorado State for Senior Night at 6:30 p.m. in Clune Arena
GAME 29: AIR FORCE (8-20, 6-11 MW) vs. COLORADO STATE (12-16, 6-11 MW)
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. MT, Thursday, February 27
WHERE: Clune Arena - USAF Academy
WHAT: Senior Night
THE SERIES
The Falcons and Rams will be tipping off for the 63rd time in program history. Air Force split last season's meetings with the Rams, winning a 63-48 contest at the Academy, and dropping the last meeting, 55-48, in Fort Collins. Last season's home win against CSU snapped a 13-game losing-steak to the Rams. Air Force is looking to make even the 60-40 loss earlier this season (Jan. 18).
-Air Force is 12-50 against Colorado State in the all-time series
-The series began in 1979, AF won the first meeting, 94-83, in overtime
-Last time they played in Fort Collins, the Falcons fell, 60-40
-Air Force's last win against CSU was 63-48 on Jan. 9, 2019, at USAFA
-The Falcons are 7-23 when playing the Rams at USAFA
LAST TIME THEY PLAYED
CSU 60, AF 40: Kaelin Immel led the Falcons in scoring with 17 points while collecting a then-season-high eight rebounds and picking off a game-high four steals. Briana Autrey-Thompson dished out seven assists while scoring three points and picking off three steals.
Air Force's bench combined for 16 points led by freshman Kamri Heath's eight point performance, the second-highest scoring mark for the Falcons.
Air Force's defense was visibly disruptive for the Rams as the Falcons picked off 14 steals on the game, but the offense struggled to sink shots, missing all 13 attempts from deep and shooting just 29-percent from the field.
The Rams were led by SMU transfer Makenzie Ellis who scored 19 and collected eight rebounds.
STARTERS LAST GAME (GP-GS)
#1, Briana Autrey-Thompson, 8.8 PPG, 4.4 APG (18-18)
#13, Emily Conroe, 8.5 PPG, 7.5 RPG (28-28)
#23, Riley Snyder, 14.4 PPG, 3.6 RPG (28-24)
#32, Kaelin Immel, 15.4 PPG, 4.1 RPG (28-28)
#33, Nikki McDonald, 2.5 PPG, 2.8 RPG (28-9)
NEXT UP
Air Force travels to Las Vegas to compete in the Mountain West Conference tournament. Round one action kicks off Sunday (Mar. 1) in UNLV's Thomas and Mack Center. Game one starts at 2 p.m. PT, game two at 4:30 p.m. PT and game three at 7 p.m. PT. Fresno State earned the regular season title and first-round bye. The championship will be played Wednesday, March 4.
LAST GAME
Air Force had a career night in the 79-66 win against New Mexico, Monday evening in Dreamstyle Arena. The Falcons secured their sixth Mountain West win for the most single-season league wins since joining Division I basketball in the 1996-97 season, improving to 8-20 overall with a 6-11 mark in the MWC. New Mexico drops to 14-16, 5-12 MW heading into their regular-season finale. Air Force held the lead from wire to wire, securing its first-ever victory in "The Pit".
Riley Snyder, who was said to be in her bag, scored a career-high 34 points for the most scored by a Mountain West player in league action this season. She knocked down a career-best six three-pointers (6-9 3fg) and shot 67-percent from the field (12-18 fg). She rounded out her stat line with four assists, two steals and two rebounds while shooting perfect from the free throw line (4-4). Snyder has two 30-point games this season, the second-most by any player in the Mountain West.
Air Force co-team captains Kaelin Immel and Emily Conroe led from the front, posting a double-double apiece to help guide the Falcons to victory. Immel scored 14 points while collecting a career-high 10 rebounds, posting a career-high four blocks and dishing out a game-high four assists. It was her first double-double of the season. Conroe, who scored 10 points and snagged a game-high 13 rebounds, notched her fifth double-double this season. Conroe recorded three assists and the duo snagged two steals each.
Sophomore point guard Briana Autrey-Thompson was the Falcons' second-leading scorer along with Immel, dropping 14 points with two assists and a rebound. She shot 55-percent from the floor (6-11 fg). Freshman duo Nikki McDonald and Allyah Marlett contributed with four steals and seven rebounds, respectively.
AIMING AT THE TOP
The Falcons knocked off two of the Mountain West's top teams in the second half February, thumping the Mountain West Conference regular season champions Fresno State, 88-65, and upending the number two team at the time, San Jose State, 67-66, in their home gym on February 15th. Air Force handed the Bulldogs their first conference loss of the season and snapped their 14-game win streak. It was the first time in program history that Air Force beat Fresno State.
SNYDER SCORES
Sophomore forward Riley Snyder has 20 double-figure performances this season, seven of which were 20-points or more and a pair of them were 30-points or more. In Air Force's three games against the MW's top teams (Boise State, San Jose State, Fresno State), Snyder averaged 26.3 ppg. In the last five games, she has averaged 24.4 ppg.
She scored a career-high 34 points for the most scored by a Mountain West player in league action this season against New Mexico. She knocked down a career-best six three-pointers (6-9 3fg) and shot 67-percent from the field (12-18 fg). She rounded out her stat line with four assists, two steals and two rebounds while shooting perfect from the free throw line (4-4). Snyder has two 30-point games this season, the second-most by any player in the Mountain West.
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 beyond 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 the eighth-leading leading scorer in the league in conference play, averaging 15.12 ppg, and has had eight double-figure scoring marks in the last seven games, three 20-point-plus performances in the last four games, and a pair of 30-point-plus performances in the last four games.
IMMEL SETS THE STANDARD
Junior co-team captain Kaelin Immel is the Falcons' leading scorer, averaging 15.4 ppg. The native of Beaverton, Oregon, has 22 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 10th-leading scorer in league play and has the 10th-best field goal percentage (.400) 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 1,278 career points, is the seventh all-time leading scorer in program history and second-leading scorer in the Division I era. The next rung up on the all-time ladder is Amanda Williams (1984-88) with 1,314 career points. Raimee Beck (2007-11) is top career scorer in the Division I era with 1,386 points.
In terms of single-season points, Kaelin Immel has racked up 430 this year, the second-most in the Division I era, second only to her own record set in her freshman campaign (464, 2017-18).
Junior teammate Emily Conroe is following Immel's lead in the all-time points pursuit with 903 career points, a mark that ranks her 10th in the Div. I era, recently surpassing Elycia Hall (1995-99) who had 854 career points.
Riley Snyder is trending upwards on the career points ladder with 691 to date, a mark that ranks her 17th in the Division I era. Her 402 points this season is the fourth most single-season points in the Division I era, behind two of Immel's single-season marks [(2017-18, 464, 1st) (2019-20, 430 pts, 2nd)] and Raime Beck's third-place ranking (396, 2008-09).
Emily Conroe picked up her 500th career rebound at San Diego State (Feb. 8). She now has 552 career rebounds, 390 are defensive, and 162 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.
38
Is Air Force's single-game scoring record in the Division I era, set by Latoya Howell against Minnesota on November 30, 2002. Snyder was four points shy of the mark in her career-best performance at New Mexico.
13
Is Air Force's single-game record for field goals made, set by Megan Thiedeman against Lafayette, on December 4th, 1999. Snyder made a career-best and team season-high 12 against New Mexico, February 24.
ACROSS THE NATION
Air Force is 15th in the nation in steals with 298, 21st in steals per game (10.6) and 30th in the country in offensive rebounds per game (14.8 orpg),
SEEING DOUBLES
Emily Conroe registered her fifth double-double of the season, eighth of her career, at New Mexico (Feb. 24). The junior guard is the Falcons' leading rebounder (7.5 rpg) and has the eighth-most overall boards per game, seventh-most offensive rebounds per game (2.57 orpg) and eighth-most defensive boards per game (4.71 drpg) in the league. She has eight 10+ rebounding performances this season, highlighted by a career-high 14 rebounds in the upset win over San Jose State (Feb. 15).
Conroe is equally productive on the offensive side of the ball, averaging 8.5 ppg with 10 double-figure scoring performances this season. She dropped a season-high 22 points in Air Force's first-ever win against Nevada in Reno where she had a stellar night collecting 11 rebounds and shooting 43-percent from the field.
20-20 VISION
Four Falcons combine for 15 20-point-or-more performances this season; Immel and Snyder lead the squad with seven and six, respectively, while Briana Autrey-Thompson and Emily Conroe have one each.
Air Force now has three 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). Snyder and Immel repeated with 22 points each in the upset win against Fresno State.
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. MT, Thursday, February 27
WHERE: Clune Arena - USAF Academy
WHAT: Senior Night
THE SERIES
The Falcons and Rams will be tipping off for the 63rd time in program history. Air Force split last season's meetings with the Rams, winning a 63-48 contest at the Academy, and dropping the last meeting, 55-48, in Fort Collins. Last season's home win against CSU snapped a 13-game losing-steak to the Rams. Air Force is looking to make even the 60-40 loss earlier this season (Jan. 18).
-Air Force is 12-50 against Colorado State in the all-time series
-The series began in 1979, AF won the first meeting, 94-83, in overtime
-Last time they played in Fort Collins, the Falcons fell, 60-40
-Air Force's last win against CSU was 63-48 on Jan. 9, 2019, at USAFA
-The Falcons are 7-23 when playing the Rams at USAFA
LAST TIME THEY PLAYED
CSU 60, AF 40: Kaelin Immel led the Falcons in scoring with 17 points while collecting a then-season-high eight rebounds and picking off a game-high four steals. Briana Autrey-Thompson dished out seven assists while scoring three points and picking off three steals.
Air Force's bench combined for 16 points led by freshman Kamri Heath's eight point performance, the second-highest scoring mark for the Falcons.
Air Force's defense was visibly disruptive for the Rams as the Falcons picked off 14 steals on the game, but the offense struggled to sink shots, missing all 13 attempts from deep and shooting just 29-percent from the field.
The Rams were led by SMU transfer Makenzie Ellis who scored 19 and collected eight rebounds.
STARTERS LAST GAME (GP-GS)
#1, Briana Autrey-Thompson, 8.8 PPG, 4.4 APG (18-18)
#13, Emily Conroe, 8.5 PPG, 7.5 RPG (28-28)
#23, Riley Snyder, 14.4 PPG, 3.6 RPG (28-24)
#32, Kaelin Immel, 15.4 PPG, 4.1 RPG (28-28)
#33, Nikki McDonald, 2.5 PPG, 2.8 RPG (28-9)
NEXT UP
Air Force travels to Las Vegas to compete in the Mountain West Conference tournament. Round one action kicks off Sunday (Mar. 1) in UNLV's Thomas and Mack Center. Game one starts at 2 p.m. PT, game two at 4:30 p.m. PT and game three at 7 p.m. PT. Fresno State earned the regular season title and first-round bye. The championship will be played Wednesday, March 4.
LAST GAME
Air Force had a career night in the 79-66 win against New Mexico, Monday evening in Dreamstyle Arena. The Falcons secured their sixth Mountain West win for the most single-season league wins since joining Division I basketball in the 1996-97 season, improving to 8-20 overall with a 6-11 mark in the MWC. New Mexico drops to 14-16, 5-12 MW heading into their regular-season finale. Air Force held the lead from wire to wire, securing its first-ever victory in "The Pit".
Riley Snyder, who was said to be in her bag, scored a career-high 34 points for the most scored by a Mountain West player in league action this season. She knocked down a career-best six three-pointers (6-9 3fg) and shot 67-percent from the field (12-18 fg). She rounded out her stat line with four assists, two steals and two rebounds while shooting perfect from the free throw line (4-4). Snyder has two 30-point games this season, the second-most by any player in the Mountain West.
Air Force co-team captains Kaelin Immel and Emily Conroe led from the front, posting a double-double apiece to help guide the Falcons to victory. Immel scored 14 points while collecting a career-high 10 rebounds, posting a career-high four blocks and dishing out a game-high four assists. It was her first double-double of the season. Conroe, who scored 10 points and snagged a game-high 13 rebounds, notched her fifth double-double this season. Conroe recorded three assists and the duo snagged two steals each.
Sophomore point guard Briana Autrey-Thompson was the Falcons' second-leading scorer along with Immel, dropping 14 points with two assists and a rebound. She shot 55-percent from the floor (6-11 fg). Freshman duo Nikki McDonald and Allyah Marlett contributed with four steals and seven rebounds, respectively.
AIMING AT THE TOP
The Falcons knocked off two of the Mountain West's top teams in the second half February, thumping the Mountain West Conference regular season champions Fresno State, 88-65, and upending the number two team at the time, San Jose State, 67-66, in their home gym on February 15th. Air Force handed the Bulldogs their first conference loss of the season and snapped their 14-game win streak. It was the first time in program history that Air Force beat Fresno State.
SNYDER SCORES
Sophomore forward Riley Snyder has 20 double-figure performances this season, seven of which were 20-points or more and a pair of them were 30-points or more. In Air Force's three games against the MW's top teams (Boise State, San Jose State, Fresno State), Snyder averaged 26.3 ppg. In the last five games, she has averaged 24.4 ppg.
She scored a career-high 34 points for the most scored by a Mountain West player in league action this season against New Mexico. She knocked down a career-best six three-pointers (6-9 3fg) and shot 67-percent from the field (12-18 fg). She rounded out her stat line with four assists, two steals and two rebounds while shooting perfect from the free throw line (4-4). Snyder has two 30-point games this season, the second-most by any player in the Mountain West.
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 beyond 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 the eighth-leading leading scorer in the league in conference play, averaging 15.12 ppg, and has had eight double-figure scoring marks in the last seven games, three 20-point-plus performances in the last four games, and a pair of 30-point-plus performances in the last four games.
IMMEL SETS THE STANDARD
Junior co-team captain Kaelin Immel is the Falcons' leading scorer, averaging 15.4 ppg. The native of Beaverton, Oregon, has 22 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 10th-leading scorer in league play and has the 10th-best field goal percentage (.400) 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 1,278 career points, is the seventh all-time leading scorer in program history and second-leading scorer in the Division I era. The next rung up on the all-time ladder is Amanda Williams (1984-88) with 1,314 career points. Raimee Beck (2007-11) is top career scorer in the Division I era with 1,386 points.
In terms of single-season points, Kaelin Immel has racked up 430 this year, the second-most in the Division I era, second only to her own record set in her freshman campaign (464, 2017-18).
Junior teammate Emily Conroe is following Immel's lead in the all-time points pursuit with 903 career points, a mark that ranks her 10th in the Div. I era, recently surpassing Elycia Hall (1995-99) who had 854 career points.
Riley Snyder is trending upwards on the career points ladder with 691 to date, a mark that ranks her 17th in the Division I era. Her 402 points this season is the fourth most single-season points in the Division I era, behind two of Immel's single-season marks [(2017-18, 464, 1st) (2019-20, 430 pts, 2nd)] and Raime Beck's third-place ranking (396, 2008-09).
Emily Conroe picked up her 500th career rebound at San Diego State (Feb. 8). She now has 552 career rebounds, 390 are defensive, and 162 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.
38
Is Air Force's single-game scoring record in the Division I era, set by Latoya Howell against Minnesota on November 30, 2002. Snyder was four points shy of the mark in her career-best performance at New Mexico.
13
Is Air Force's single-game record for field goals made, set by Megan Thiedeman against Lafayette, on December 4th, 1999. Snyder made a career-best and team season-high 12 against New Mexico, February 24.
ACROSS THE NATION
Air Force is 15th in the nation in steals with 298, 21st in steals per game (10.6) and 30th in the country in offensive rebounds per game (14.8 orpg),
SEEING DOUBLES
Emily Conroe registered her fifth double-double of the season, eighth of her career, at New Mexico (Feb. 24). The junior guard is the Falcons' leading rebounder (7.5 rpg) and has the eighth-most overall boards per game, seventh-most offensive rebounds per game (2.57 orpg) and eighth-most defensive boards per game (4.71 drpg) in the league. She has eight 10+ rebounding performances this season, highlighted by a career-high 14 rebounds in the upset win over San Jose State (Feb. 15).
Conroe is equally productive on the offensive side of the ball, averaging 8.5 ppg with 10 double-figure scoring performances this season. She dropped a season-high 22 points in Air Force's first-ever win against Nevada in Reno where she had a stellar night collecting 11 rebounds and shooting 43-percent from the field.
20-20 VISION
Four Falcons combine for 15 20-point-or-more performances this season; Immel and Snyder lead the squad with seven and six, respectively, while Briana Autrey-Thompson and Emily Conroe have one each.
Air Force now has three 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). Snyder and Immel repeated with 22 points each in the upset win against Fresno State.
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