Air Force Takes on South Dakota At The Monument in Rapid City

Air Force vs. South Dakota
Saturday, Nov. 29 - 2 pm MT
Summit Arena at The Monument (10,000) - Rapid City, SD

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV/Stream:   Midco Sports (Fee required)
Radio Stream:   Varsity Sports App/AM 740 KVOR (PxP - Jim Arthur)
Live Stats:   Statbroadcast

THE BREAKDOWN

Quick Facts	Air Force	South Dakota
Record	3-5	4-3
Streak	L1	W1
Last Game	L, 71-53 vs. Northern Colo.	W, 82-81 vs. South Carolina St.
Next Game	12/3 vs. Pacific	12/3 vs. Portland State
Nickname	Falcons	Coyotes
Location/Enrollment	Colorado Springs, CO/4,000	Vermillion, SD/10,405
Website	GoAirForceFalcons.com	goYotes.com

THE COACHES

Head Coach	Joe Scott	Eric Peterson
Alma Mater	Princeton, 1987	UW-La Crosse, 2006
School Record	97-174 (10th season)	47-56 (4th season)
Career Record	281-351 (22nd season)	98-71 (7th season)
Record vs. Opponent	4-5	1-2

THE SERIES
Overall - Home/Away/N:   Air Force leads 9-1 - 6-0/2-0/1-1
First Meeting:   Feb. 7, 1959 (AF, 75-57)
Last Meeting:   Nov. 26, 2023 at South Dakota (AF, 58-57)
Streak:   AF, 2

NOTABLE:
- Air Force takes on South Dakota for the fourth time in the last five seasons.
- Air Force is in its 70th season of basketball.
- Head coach Joe Scott enters year six of his second stint as head coach at Air Force and 10th overall.
- Air Force returns seven players and welcomes nine freshmen to the 2025-26 team.
- Air Force enters the season with 132 total games played and 48 starts made by its roster.
- 46.1 percent of the team scoring has come from freshmen through the first seven games.
- 2025 graduate Ethan Taylor was a first-round selection in the recent NBA G-League Draft (9th overall). He was drafted by the Greensboro Swarm and then traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors, the G-League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors.

UP NEXT:
Air Force hots Pacific on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Tipoff is 7 pm MT.

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