Air Force Hosts Nevada on Saturday

Nevada vs. Air Force
Saturday, Dec. 31 - 12:05 pm MT
Clune Arena (5,843) - USAFA, CO

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV/Stream: Altitude2/MWN (Talent: Vic Lombardi and Katy Winge)
Radio: Xtra Sports 1300 AM (PxP - Jim Arthur)
Live Stats: Statbroadcast (AirForceStats.com)

THE BREAKDOWN
Quick Facts: Air Force/Nevada
Record: 9-5, 0-1 MW/11-3, 1-0 MW
2021-22 Record: 11-18, 4-13, 9th MW/23-9, 13-4, 3rd MW
Streak: L1/W3
Last Game: L, 71-55, at RV/RV San Diego State/W, 73-72 vs. Boise State
Next Game: 1/3 vs. Utah State/1/4 vs. Colorado State
Nickname: Falcons/Wolf Pack
Location/Enrollment: Colorado Springs, CO/4,000/Reno, NV/21,657
Website: GoAirForceFalcons.com/NevadaWolfpack.com

THE COACHES
Head Coach: Joe Scott/Steve Alford
Alma Mater: Princeton, 1987/Indiana, 1987
School Record: 76-106 (7th season)/58-41 (4th season)
Career Record: 260-283 (19th season)/654-340 (32nd season)
Record vs. Opponent: 6-14/17-2

THE SERIES
Overall - Home/Away/N: Air Force trails 3-15 - 2-7/1-8
First Meeting: Jan. 10, 1981 at USAFA (AF 51-50)
Last Meeting: Jan. 15, 2022 at USAFA (Nevada 75-68)
Streak: Nevada, 1

NOTABLE:
- Air Force enters tonight with a seven-game home win streak, its best since 2010-11.
- Air Force's nine non-conference wins over Div. I opponents is most since 2006-07 and third-most ever.
- Air Force has won eight of its last 10.
- Air Force enters season 24 as a charter member of Mountain West (more info page 11).
- Air Force went 4-0 vs. non-conference opponents they played last year (0-4 last year).
- Freshman Rytis Petraitis earned his third-consecutive MW Freshman of the Week honor on 12/26.
- Air Force ranks 10th in nation in 3 pt field goal defense (26.8%) and 40th in scoring defense (62.1).
- 17 of 20 on the Air Force roster are freshmen and sophomores. Air Force has just three upperclassmen.

UP NEXT:
Air Force hosts Utah State on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Tip time is 7 pm MT and the game will be broadcast by CBS Sports Network.

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