Tuesday, December 17
Eugene, OR
7:00 PM MT
Air Force Academy
at
Oregon
Women’s Basketball Puts All-Time Start on the Line at Oregon
12/16/2024 9:53:00 AM | Women's Basketball
In its toughest test to date this season, Air Force Women's Basketball opens a two-stop Oregon trip in Eugene, taking on the Oregon Ducks in Matthew Knight Arena on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. MT.
Follow Along:
Tuesday's game will be available for viewership on B1G+ for a fee; XtraSports AM 1300 will carry the radio broadcast, with Ryan Kaufman on the call.
Falcons at a Glance:
Junior Milahnie Perry and senior Madison Smith both lead Falcon scoring, averaging 17.2 and 15.6 points, ranking fifth and sixth against the Mountain West, respectively. 32.8 combined points per game for Perry/Smith currently stands as the highest scoring duo in the league.
As a team, the Falcons' scoring offense (70.50) currently ranks fifth among the Mountain West, while sporting a scoring margin of +14.70 (third in the MW).
Smith, sporting 27 steals on the season, ranks 12th nationally in the category.
Sophomore Jayda McNabb, while also averaging 8.0 points per game, leads Air Force in rebounding, averaging 8.5 (4.7 OFF/G, 3.8 DEF/G), the fourth-highest mark in the Mountain West. McNabb's 4.7 offensive boards per game currently ranks 10th nationally and second among Mountain West competitors.
McNabb was one of 13 players across Division I to log a double-double in the opening week of competition, earning 16 points and 10 boards in Air Force's 73-66 win over South Dakota (Nov. 8). Since then, she has added another (17 PTS, 10 REB vs. UCCS, Nov. 19) and recorded double-digit rebounds in six of Air Force's 10 games to date and in four of the last five.
Senior point guard Jo Huntimer's 4.20 assists per game and 3.23 assist/turnover ratio are both second league-wide, with the latter ranking 17th in the nation.
Defensively, the Falcons top the Mountain West in turnover margin (8.50, 24th nationally), turnovers forced per game (24.50, 11th nationally) and steals per game (13.8, 8th nationally), while also sporting the second-highest scoring defense in the league (55.80).
An Historic Start:
At 9-1, Air Force is off to its best nine-game record since Maj. Danny Fowler's 1982-83 Falcons went 12-1. The Falcons are to 6.-0 in Clune Arena for the first time since 1985- 86, when Air Force started at home with seven-straight wins.
1,000 Point Watch:
Sporting 936 and 913 points for their respective careers, Smith and Perry are both on track to become Air Force's 19th and 20th 1,000-point career scorers, and the first two since Riley Snyder capped a 1,614-point career from 2018- 22.
If both Perry and Smith cap 1,000 points in the 2024-25 season, they will be the fourth such pair to do so in the same season in program history.
Service Before Self:
Jo Huntimer leads Air Force in total assists (42), while currently sporting the second-best assist average in the Mountain West (4.20). 313 career assists currently ranks second in Air Force DI history and seventh all-time (Briana Autrey-Thompson, 2018-22), a record secured in the Falcons' win over Milwaukee on Nov. 28 in Puerto Rico.
Winning Trends:
In all nine wins to start the season, Air Force has:
- Held opponents to less than 70 points (28 consecutive wins);
- Forced more turnovers than opponents (14 consecutive wins);
- Led in the game with five minutes to go (56 consecutive wins in regulation).
Air Force is Undefeated...
- In Clune Arena (6-0);
- When leading at the end of the first quarter (4-0);
- When leading at halftime in Clune (5-0);
- When scoring 70 or more points (8-0);
- In games with a scoring margin of 10 or more points (6-0);
- When getting up 15 or more free throw attempts (6-0);
- Forcing home opponents into more turnovers (6-0);
- When creating more steals at home (6-0);
- When creating more points off turnovers at home (6-0);
- When bench points are higher (4-0);
- Outshooting opponents at home (3-0);
- Shooting 50 percent or better from the field at home (5- 0);
- When second-chance points are greater (7-0);
- When bench points are greater (5-0);
- When landing more three-pointers (7-0).
The Magic Number...
Air Force has won 27 consecutive games in which they have scored 70 or more points, a streak which extends back to Dec. 29, 2022.
The Falcons have held opponents to 70 points or less in all nine games this season and 13 straight.
Completing the Mission:
Since Dec. 21, 2021, Air Force has only lost two games after holding a lead with five minutes to go in the fourth quarter. Both losses took place in overtime, falling that day in 2OT to UTEP, and dropping a 57-51 contest to Army at West Point on Nov. 15 of this season.
Not including overtime games, Air Force has won 56 consecutive contests ending in regulation after holding a lead at the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter.
The Series:
Air Force is 0-1 against the Oregon Ducks, falling in Eugene to Sabrina Ionescu and the No. 7 Ducks on Dec. 20, 2018.
Last Time Out:
Air Force Women's Basketball, riding an unprecedented wave of success to open its 2024-25 season, extended its historic run, downing Seattle U, 82-44, on Saturday afternoon in Clune Arena.
The Falcons, earning their sixth-straight win, is the program's longest win streak in its Division I history and the longest since the 1993-94 season; At 9-1, Air Force builds on its best season start since the 1982-83 Falcons started 11-1; An unblemished 6-0 record in Clune Arena extends the Falcons' best home start since 1985.
Sophomore Keelie O'Hollaren led scoring for the game, earning a season high 18 points on a 4-8 showing from three and 6-12 shooting from the field. O'Hollaren closed the first quarter with 12, including going 4-4 from distance.
Senior Madison Smith ended the afternoon with 14 points, going 5-9 and 2-3 from three-point range; Sophomore Alexis Cortez earned a season-best 13 points; Sophomore Jayda McNabb ended with seven points and season-high 13 rebounds, marking her sixth game this season with double-digit boards.
As a team, Air Force tied a season-high in three-pointers (10) and three-point field goal percentage (.417); 21 steals in the game also marks a season high, as the Falcons forced Seattle U into 38 turnovers on the way to a season-best 44 Falcon points scored off turnovers.
O'Hollaren's massive first-quarter performance from three was the foundation of a 12-0 run which left Seattle U in a double-digit deficit from which the Redhawks were unable to recover. Cortez got her jumper going, scoring along the baseline on back-to-back possessions to start the run. Steals for McNabb and senior Jo Huntimer (3 PTS, 7 AST, 4 STL) on the proceeding two Redhawk possessions turned into three O'Hollaren three-pointers in the space of 40 seconds, and a fourth with just over a minute remaining to push a 12-point Air Force lead.
The Falcons outscored Seattle 21-14 in the second quarter to lead 43-24 at halftime. Returning from the locker room, the Air Force defense continued to frustrate the Redhawks, forcing 10 steals in the second half and holding Seattle U to just 20 points for the remainder of the game. Air Force led by as much as 35 points in the third quarter and 39 in the fourth.
Follow Along:
Tuesday's game will be available for viewership on B1G+ for a fee; XtraSports AM 1300 will carry the radio broadcast, with Ryan Kaufman on the call.
Falcons at a Glance:
Junior Milahnie Perry and senior Madison Smith both lead Falcon scoring, averaging 17.2 and 15.6 points, ranking fifth and sixth against the Mountain West, respectively. 32.8 combined points per game for Perry/Smith currently stands as the highest scoring duo in the league.
As a team, the Falcons' scoring offense (70.50) currently ranks fifth among the Mountain West, while sporting a scoring margin of +14.70 (third in the MW).
Smith, sporting 27 steals on the season, ranks 12th nationally in the category.
Sophomore Jayda McNabb, while also averaging 8.0 points per game, leads Air Force in rebounding, averaging 8.5 (4.7 OFF/G, 3.8 DEF/G), the fourth-highest mark in the Mountain West. McNabb's 4.7 offensive boards per game currently ranks 10th nationally and second among Mountain West competitors.
McNabb was one of 13 players across Division I to log a double-double in the opening week of competition, earning 16 points and 10 boards in Air Force's 73-66 win over South Dakota (Nov. 8). Since then, she has added another (17 PTS, 10 REB vs. UCCS, Nov. 19) and recorded double-digit rebounds in six of Air Force's 10 games to date and in four of the last five.
Senior point guard Jo Huntimer's 4.20 assists per game and 3.23 assist/turnover ratio are both second league-wide, with the latter ranking 17th in the nation.
Defensively, the Falcons top the Mountain West in turnover margin (8.50, 24th nationally), turnovers forced per game (24.50, 11th nationally) and steals per game (13.8, 8th nationally), while also sporting the second-highest scoring defense in the league (55.80).
An Historic Start:
At 9-1, Air Force is off to its best nine-game record since Maj. Danny Fowler's 1982-83 Falcons went 12-1. The Falcons are to 6.-0 in Clune Arena for the first time since 1985- 86, when Air Force started at home with seven-straight wins.
1,000 Point Watch:
Sporting 936 and 913 points for their respective careers, Smith and Perry are both on track to become Air Force's 19th and 20th 1,000-point career scorers, and the first two since Riley Snyder capped a 1,614-point career from 2018- 22.
If both Perry and Smith cap 1,000 points in the 2024-25 season, they will be the fourth such pair to do so in the same season in program history.
Service Before Self:
Jo Huntimer leads Air Force in total assists (42), while currently sporting the second-best assist average in the Mountain West (4.20). 313 career assists currently ranks second in Air Force DI history and seventh all-time (Briana Autrey-Thompson, 2018-22), a record secured in the Falcons' win over Milwaukee on Nov. 28 in Puerto Rico.
Winning Trends:
In all nine wins to start the season, Air Force has:
- Held opponents to less than 70 points (28 consecutive wins);
- Forced more turnovers than opponents (14 consecutive wins);
- Led in the game with five minutes to go (56 consecutive wins in regulation).
Air Force is Undefeated...
- In Clune Arena (6-0);
- When leading at the end of the first quarter (4-0);
- When leading at halftime in Clune (5-0);
- When scoring 70 or more points (8-0);
- In games with a scoring margin of 10 or more points (6-0);
- When getting up 15 or more free throw attempts (6-0);
- Forcing home opponents into more turnovers (6-0);
- When creating more steals at home (6-0);
- When creating more points off turnovers at home (6-0);
- When bench points are higher (4-0);
- Outshooting opponents at home (3-0);
- Shooting 50 percent or better from the field at home (5- 0);
- When second-chance points are greater (7-0);
- When bench points are greater (5-0);
- When landing more three-pointers (7-0).
The Magic Number...
Air Force has won 27 consecutive games in which they have scored 70 or more points, a streak which extends back to Dec. 29, 2022.
The Falcons have held opponents to 70 points or less in all nine games this season and 13 straight.
Completing the Mission:
Since Dec. 21, 2021, Air Force has only lost two games after holding a lead with five minutes to go in the fourth quarter. Both losses took place in overtime, falling that day in 2OT to UTEP, and dropping a 57-51 contest to Army at West Point on Nov. 15 of this season.
Not including overtime games, Air Force has won 56 consecutive contests ending in regulation after holding a lead at the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter.
The Series:
Air Force is 0-1 against the Oregon Ducks, falling in Eugene to Sabrina Ionescu and the No. 7 Ducks on Dec. 20, 2018.
Last Time Out:
Air Force Women's Basketball, riding an unprecedented wave of success to open its 2024-25 season, extended its historic run, downing Seattle U, 82-44, on Saturday afternoon in Clune Arena.
The Falcons, earning their sixth-straight win, is the program's longest win streak in its Division I history and the longest since the 1993-94 season; At 9-1, Air Force builds on its best season start since the 1982-83 Falcons started 11-1; An unblemished 6-0 record in Clune Arena extends the Falcons' best home start since 1985.
Sophomore Keelie O'Hollaren led scoring for the game, earning a season high 18 points on a 4-8 showing from three and 6-12 shooting from the field. O'Hollaren closed the first quarter with 12, including going 4-4 from distance.
Senior Madison Smith ended the afternoon with 14 points, going 5-9 and 2-3 from three-point range; Sophomore Alexis Cortez earned a season-best 13 points; Sophomore Jayda McNabb ended with seven points and season-high 13 rebounds, marking her sixth game this season with double-digit boards.
As a team, Air Force tied a season-high in three-pointers (10) and three-point field goal percentage (.417); 21 steals in the game also marks a season high, as the Falcons forced Seattle U into 38 turnovers on the way to a season-best 44 Falcon points scored off turnovers.
O'Hollaren's massive first-quarter performance from three was the foundation of a 12-0 run which left Seattle U in a double-digit deficit from which the Redhawks were unable to recover. Cortez got her jumper going, scoring along the baseline on back-to-back possessions to start the run. Steals for McNabb and senior Jo Huntimer (3 PTS, 7 AST, 4 STL) on the proceeding two Redhawk possessions turned into three O'Hollaren three-pointers in the space of 40 seconds, and a fourth with just over a minute remaining to push a 12-point Air Force lead.
The Falcons outscored Seattle 21-14 in the second quarter to lead 43-24 at halftime. Returning from the locker room, the Air Force defense continued to frustrate the Redhawks, forcing 10 steals in the second half and holding Seattle U to just 20 points for the remainder of the game. Air Force led by as much as 35 points in the third quarter and 39 in the fourth.
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