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Women’s Basketball Takes 3-0 Start to Boulder for Saturday Showdown Against Colorado
11/18/2022 11:06:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Air Force (3-0, 0-0 MWC) at Colorado (3-1, 0-0 Pac 12)
CU Events Center | Boulder, Colo.
Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 – 2:00 p.m. MT
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – With the program's best start in nearly two decades in hand, the Air Force women's basketball team sets its sights on Boulder for a Saturday 2 p.m. tip against Colorado at the CU Events Center.
Scouting Air Force
Air Force, out to a 3-0 start – the Falcon's best season start since 2005- currently ranks fourth nationally and first in the Mountain West in steals per-game (16.7) and seventh in free throw percentage (84.0). The Falcons rank 12th in the nation and lead conference opponents in turnover margin (12.00), rank 32nd in turnovers forced per game (24.33), and 34th in assist/turnover ratio (1.41)- second only in the Mountain West to Colorado State, who leads nationally in the category.
Tip of the Spear
Senior guard Kamri Heath is 28th in the nation and leads the Mountain West in points per game (20.3) and field goals (27), while sporting a .643 field goal percentage through three games which is good for 47th nationally. Heath has led the field in total points scored in two of the Falcons' first three games, totaling 27 and 22 versus Navy and Adams State, respectively.
Madison Smith, in her first two games of the 2022-23 season, has scored 17 and 12 points and bagged six steals along the way.
With ten assists in three games and only one turnover committed, sophomore Taylor Britt's 10.00 turnover/assist ratio ranks fourth nationally and leads the Mountain West.
Sophomore Jo Huntimer- with a team-high 20 assists, files in at 18th nationally in assists per-game (6.7) and 25th nationally in total assists.
C4C Pack
Air Force women's basketball rosters 13 players in 2022-23, including the addition of six C4C (Cadet, Fourth-Class - freshman) newcomers - Mackenzie Le, Milahnie Perry, Faith Shelton, Griffin Greenwood, Parker Brown, Emily Adams.
Scouting Colorado
The Buffs are out to a 3-1 start, with wins over NMSU (85-55), Jackson State (77-53), and Louisiana (73-43). Colorado fell in overtime at Texas Tech on Wednesday to close out its bid in the preseason WNIT in Lubbock.
Senior Quay Miller leads Colorado's offense, averaging 19.0 points through the Buffs' first four games. Miller's .818 three-point percentage on 9-11 shooting from beyond the arc to open the season is second in the nation.
Coach G Gaining Ground
Gobrecht is currently serving her 43rd season as Air Force head coach - the second-longest tenure in Division I women's hoops behind Stanford's Tara VanDerveer (44). Gobrecht's coaching resume boasts 601 career wins, a figure good for 16th among active division I women's basketball head coaches.
Into her eighth season at the head of the Falcons' program, coach Gobrecht currently has 58 career Air Force wins to her name, making her the all-time winningest coach at three separate institutions- Air Force, Yale and Washington.
Gobrecht was named 2021-22 Mountain West Coach of the Year following Air Force's successful 19-14 season – A year punctuated by Gobrecht's fourth career WNIT appearance as a head coach, and Air Force's first postseason appearance and subsequent win in program history – a 64-60 victory over WCC opponent San Francisco on March 17.
Last Time Out
The Air Force women's basketball team moved to 3-0 on the season for the first time since 2005-06, defeating Adams State 74-66 in Clune Arena on Wednesday night.
Head coach Chris Gobrecht's 58th career Air Force victory reset the program record for all-time wins by a head coach. Gobrecht now boasts all-time win records at three separate institutions, having already earned the honor on two previous stints at Yale and Washington, respectively.
The Falcons' (3-0, 0-0 MWC) offensive effort was headed up once again by senior Kamri Heath, who posted 22 points on 11-18 (.611) shooting, six rebounds and four steals on the night. Heath has led the Falcons in scoring for three-consecutive games, and ties three other Falcons (Kayla Pilson, Jo Huntimer, Taylor Britt) in steals with seven on the season.
Sophomore Madison Smith made her first career start on Wednesday, logging 12 points, four steals, an assist and one block, marking her second double-digit scoring contest in the Falcons' first three games.
Seven Falcons accounted for 21 steals on the night, with Heath, Smith and freshman Milahnie Perry each gathering four apiece. 14 of those steals were converted into 27 points on the other side. Smith led the pack with six points created on three steals; Perry trailed closely behind, with five points created on three steals.
