Friday, December 20
Portland, OR
2:00 PM MT
Air Force Academy
at
Portland State
Falcons Close Non-Conference with Friday Matinee at Portland State
12/19/2024 10:25:00 AM | Women's Basketball
One challenge lies ahead of the 2024-25 Mountain West regular season for Air Force Women's Basketball, as its final non-conference stop pits the Falcons against Portland State on Friday at 2 p.m. MT at Viking Pavilion.
Follow Along:
Friday's road tilt will be available for subscription viewing via ESPN+. Colorado Springs' XtraSports AM 1300 will carry Friday's radio broadcast, with Ryan Kaufman behind the mic; Live stats/scoring will be provided via Statbroadcast; Links to each can be located on the women's basketball schedule page on goairforcefalcons.com.
Falcons at a Glance:
Junior Milahnie Perry and senior Madison Smith both lead Falcon scoring, averaging 15.8 and 14.5 points, ranking fifth and sixth against the Mountain West, respectively.
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 29 steals on the season, leads the Mountain West and ranks 31st nationally in the category.
Sophomore Jayda McNabb, while also averaging 8.7 points per game, leads Air Force in rebounding, averaging 8.4 (4.6 OFF/G, 3.7 DEF/G), the fourth-highest mark in the Mountain West. McNabb's 4.7 offensive boards per game currently ranks 11th nationally and first 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 games to date and in four of the last six.
Senior point guard Jo Huntimer's 3.9 assists per game and 2.26 assist/turnover ratio are both second league wide.
Defensively, the Falcons top the Mountain West in turnovers forced per game (23.55, 23rd nationally) and steals per game (13.1, 17th nationally) while falling second in turnover margin (6.36, 33rd nationally) and steals per game (13.8, 8th nationally), while also sporting the second-highest scoring defense in the league (55.80).
A Local Connection:
Keelie O'Hollaren, a Lake Oswego, Ore. native, is daughter to Karen Healea, former Oregon Duck from 1991-95.
An Historic Start:
Starting 9-1 on the season with just an overtime loss at Army (Nov. 15), Air Force got off to its best ten-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 940 and 915 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);
- 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 bench points are higher (5-0);
- 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 than opponents (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.
Restricted Airspace:
Air Force has at least 12 steals in nine of its first 11 games to start the season. The Falcons' streak of six-straight games with 12 or more steals to open 2024-25 was the longest active streak in Division I at the time.
Follow Along:
Friday's road tilt will be available for subscription viewing via ESPN+. Colorado Springs' XtraSports AM 1300 will carry Friday's radio broadcast, with Ryan Kaufman behind the mic; Live stats/scoring will be provided via Statbroadcast; Links to each can be located on the women's basketball schedule page on goairforcefalcons.com.
Falcons at a Glance:
Junior Milahnie Perry and senior Madison Smith both lead Falcon scoring, averaging 15.8 and 14.5 points, ranking fifth and sixth against the Mountain West, respectively.
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 29 steals on the season, leads the Mountain West and ranks 31st nationally in the category.
Sophomore Jayda McNabb, while also averaging 8.7 points per game, leads Air Force in rebounding, averaging 8.4 (4.6 OFF/G, 3.7 DEF/G), the fourth-highest mark in the Mountain West. McNabb's 4.7 offensive boards per game currently ranks 11th nationally and first 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 games to date and in four of the last six.
Senior point guard Jo Huntimer's 3.9 assists per game and 2.26 assist/turnover ratio are both second league wide.
Defensively, the Falcons top the Mountain West in turnovers forced per game (23.55, 23rd nationally) and steals per game (13.1, 17th nationally) while falling second in turnover margin (6.36, 33rd nationally) and steals per game (13.8, 8th nationally), while also sporting the second-highest scoring defense in the league (55.80).
A Local Connection:
Keelie O'Hollaren, a Lake Oswego, Ore. native, is daughter to Karen Healea, former Oregon Duck from 1991-95.
An Historic Start:
Starting 9-1 on the season with just an overtime loss at Army (Nov. 15), Air Force got off to its best ten-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 940 and 915 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);
- 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 bench points are higher (5-0);
- 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 than opponents (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.
Restricted Airspace:
Air Force has at least 12 steals in nine of its first 11 games to start the season. The Falcons' streak of six-straight games with 12 or more steals to open 2024-25 was the longest active streak in Division I at the time.
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