Women's Hoops Hosts UNLV

GAME 14 & 15: AIR FORCE (4-9, 2-6 MW) vs. UNLV (8-7, 6-4 MW)
6 p.m. PT, Friday, Feb. 5 // 1 p.m. PT, Sunday, Feb. 7 // Clune Arena, USAFA

After a short break in action, Air Force continues league play with a two-game series at home against UNLV, Friday (Feb. 5) and Sunday (Feb. 7). Tip times are slated for 6 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.

THE SERIES AGAINST UNLV
UNLV leads Air Force in the all-time series, 43-5.
-The series began in 1997
-UNLV is on a 13-game win streak against Air Force dating back to February of 2013
-The last time AF beat UNLV was 2013 at USAFA (1/12/13 H W, 81-69)
-Most AF points scored against UNLV: 91 (2/16/11 H W, 91-87)
-Least AF points scored against UNLV: 42 (two times)
-Largest margin of victory against UNLV: 12 (1/12/13 H W, 81-69)
-Largest margin of defeat against UNLV: 44 (3/1/14 A L, 43-8)

LAST TIME THEY MET
Air Force came up short of a comeback against UNLV, falling to the Lady Rebels, 67-60, Saturday afternoon (Jan. 4, 2020) in Clune Arena.

Haley Jones led the Falcons with a career-high 17 points on the night. The native of Torrance, California, also snagged six rebounds and a game-high four steals on the day.

Emily Conroe posted 10 points with six rebounds and three steals to her stat line. Allyah Marlett collected a team-high nine rebounds while adding four points and a steal to her stat line.

Air Force scoring leaders Kaelin Immel, Riley Snyder and Briana Autrey-Thompson were uncharacteristically off the mark, combining for 32 field goal attempts in which they collectively knocked down four, for a 13-percent field goal accuracy between the three.

UNLV's Leticia Smith led the Lady Rebels with 20 points, three assists, three steals and three boards. Smith shot 77-percent from the field on the game. Teammate Rodjanae Wade dropped 14 points and collected a game-high 12 rebounds for the only double-double performance of the day.

UP NEXT
Air Force hits the road for its last two road games of the regular season campaign, taking on Fresno State on February 10 and 11, in Fresno, California. Tip times for both games are slated for 6 p.m. PT.

LAST TIME OUT
Air Force spilt the Mountain West series with San Diego State, dropping the first contest (Jan. 22), 59-54, and equalizing the series with a 58-55 win (Jan. 26). Conroe, Immel, Snyder and Autrey-Thompson put up double-figure scoring marks over the weekend. Emily Conroe scored her 1000^th career point in the second game.

REJECTED
Air Force senior Kassady Huffman leads the Mountain West (44th in the nation) in blocks with 25 blocks this season, averaging 1.92 blocks per game.

SWIPED
Air Force is averaging 11.8 steals per game, leading the MW and ranking 11th in the NCAA. The Falcons have picked off 153 steals this season, the most in the MW and seventh most in Division I women's basketball. Air Force's staunch defense ranks them first in the league and 41st in the nation in forced turnovers (19.62 per game).

Autrey-Thompson and Emily Conroe are first and second in the MW, respectively, in steals (38/30) and steals per game (2.92/2.50). Autrey-Thompson's 38 steals this season is good for 21st in the nation while Conroe's 30 ranks her 77th in the NCAA. Across the NCAA, Autrey-Thompson is 20th in steals per game while Conroe is 51st.

AROUND THE MW
• The Mountain West is one of just three conference's with at least three teams ranked in the top 25 of scoring offenses, joining the Big Ten and Big East.
• The MW is one of 12 Division I conference's with at least three teams ranked inside the top 100 of the most recent NET Rankings. Colorado State leads the league at No. 65, followed by New Mexico (79) and Fresno State (83).
• Colorado State is on a historic scoring pace, having poured in at least 70 points in all 14 games this season, a feat that the program has not accomplished since 2001-02. CSU ranks 11^th nationally in scoring offense, averaging 83.6 points per game.
• The Rams are one of just 27 Division I programs with at least 12 victories this season.
• Fresno State sophomore twins Haley and Hanna Cavinder rank first and second, respectively, in points per game in the Mountain West. Haley is pouring in 19.5 ppg, while Hanna is at 17.3, they are one of 12 sets of teammates nationally who average more than 17.0 ppg.
• New Mexico ranks in the top-5 nationally in 3-pointers made per game (3rd; 10.2) and scoring offense (5th; 85.4).
• UNLV's Nia Johnson, who led the Lady Rebels to a 3-1 record last week, is the first MW player

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Players Mentioned

Briana Autrey-Thompson

Emily Conroe

Kassady Huffman

Kaelin Immel

Haley Jones

Allyah Marlett

Riley Snyder

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