Saturday, February 22
Fresno, Calif.
3:00 PM MT
Air Force Academy
at
Fresno State
Women’s Basketball Heads to Fresno State for Series Finale with Bulldogs
2/21/2025 9:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Air Force Women's Basketball, jockeying for position in the Mountain West race, heads to Fresno State for a Saturday in search of a sweep over the Bulldogs on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno.
Follow Along:
Saturday's game at Fresno State will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network and available for viewership free of charge; XtraSports AM 1300 will be broadcast live from Clune Arena with Ryan Kaufman on the courtside call; Live stats/scoring will be provided via StatBroadcast; Links to each can be found 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 14.3 points per game.
Sophomore Jayda McNabb, while also averaging 8.2 points per game, leads Air Force in rebounding, averaging 7.1 (3.7 OFF/G, 3.4 DEF/G). McNabb's 3.7 offensive rebounds per game currently ranks 27th nationally.
Senior point guard Jo Huntimer's 4.5 assists per game and 2.90 assist/turnover ratio (11th in the nation) both rank second in the Mountain West.
Defensively, Air Force tops the Mountain West in turnovers forced per game (20.54, 29th nationally), turnover margin (+6.08, 26th nationally) and steals per game (11.0, 36th nationally). Madison Smith, sporting 64 steals on the season and averaging 2.46 per contest, leads the Mountain West in both categories. Three of Air Force's starting five (Smith, Huntimer, McNabb) rank top seven in steals against the Mountain West with no other program in the league sporting more than one in side of the top ten.
In Mountain West games, McNabb's 1.07 blocks per game ranks seventh among conference competitors.
A Historic Start...
Air Force opened Mountain West play in 2024-25 at 10-2, marking its first ever 10-win non-conference in Air Force's Division I history and the first such occurrence since the 1991-92 season. Starting 9-1 on the year with just an overtime loss at Army (Nov. 15), Air Force got off to its best ten-game start since Maj. Danny Fowler's 1982-83 Falcons went 12-1. The Falcons opened 6-0 in Clune Arena for the first time since 1985-86, when Air Force started at home with seven-straight wins.
And Historic Finish?
At 15-11, Air Force is battling toward its best finish in the program's Division I history (19-14); Head coach Stacy McIntyre is two wins short of tying the most by a head coach in their first season at Air Force (17), a title currently shared by then-Capt. Chuck Holt (1979-80) and then-Capt. Danny Fowler (1981-82).
A Cool Grand:
Combining for 53 points at San Jose State (Jan. 11), Smith and Perry both eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for their respective careers, becoming the 19th and 20th players to do so in Air Force history, and the fourth-such duo to collectively claim the honor in the same season.
Service Before Self:
Jo Huntimer leads Air Force in total assists (107), while currently sporting the second-best assist average in Mountain West play this season (4.3). 378 career assists currently ranks second in Air Force DI history and sixth all-time (451, Briana Autrey-Thompson, 2018-22) - a spot in the record books secured in the Falcons' win over Milwaukee on Nov. 28 in Puerto Rico.
Rounding into Form:
Through the Falcons' last seven games, sophomore guard Keelie O'Hollaren is averaging .459 (34-74) shooting from the field and .469 (23-49) from three-point range.
Winning Trends:
Air Force has ...
- In winning games, has held 13 of 15 opponents to less than 70 points;
- In winning games, forced more turnovers than 13 of 15 opponents;
- Scored more points off of turnovers than opponents in all 15 wins this season;
- Led in the game with five minutes to go in all 15 wins this season (62 consecutive wins in regulation).
Air Force is Undefeated When...
- Leading home opponents at halftime (7-0);
- Scoring 70 or more in Clune (7-0);
- Out-shooting home opponents from the field (5-0) and from three-point range (6-0).
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 double overtime at 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 61 consecutive contests ending in regulation after holding a lead at the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter.
An Even Dozen:
Air Force has at least 12 steals in 14 of 26 games in 2024-25. The Falcons' streak of six-straight contests with 12 or more takeaways to open 2024-25 was the longest active streak in Division I at the time.
Last Time Out:
Air Force Women's Basketball went four quarters with Utah State on Wednesday morning, escaping Logan with an 82-77 win over the Aggies.
In a white-knuckle affair at the Aggies' Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, Air Force (15-11, 5-9 MW) traded 15 lead changes with Utah State and tried to pull away from the Aggies on multiple occasions before finding its way to a 10-point advantage in the fourth quarter and holding on the remainder of the way.
Senior Madison Smith led all scoring for the game, earning a season-high 29 points (10-18 FG, 4-9 3FG, 5-6 FT, 4 AST) and 10 rebounds to notch her first double-double of the 2024-25 season. 29 points comes two short of matching a career high, earned at Colorado State last season.
Sophomore Keelie O'Hollaren, starting in her seventh game this season, earned a season-best 23 points (7-15 FG, 5-10 3FG, 4-4 FT, 3 REB), including a critical 16-point showing in the second half.
Though scoreless for the game, senior point guard Jo Huntimer finished with a game-high nine assists, creating 23 Air Force points on the game.
A slow shooting start for the Falcons allowed Utah State to gain an early 11-2 advantage on the scoreboard. Smith landed the Falcons' first five points and an Air Force timeout set the Falcons straight, as an 11-4 scoring brought the Falcons back within a basket at 15-13. At the two-minute mark, Smith's second three-pointer of the game gave Air Force its first lead and Devaughn, carving a path to the Aggie basket, pushed an 18-15 lead. Smith's dominant 12-point first quarter on 5-10 shooting got the Falcons out to a 20-17 lead at the end of the period.
At the start of the second quarter, a 10-0 Utah State run in the first three minutes including a pair of three-pointers for Aggie Cheyenne Stubbs (20 PTS) put the Aggies back up 27-20.
Air Force responded with a 9-0 streak of its own, including ack-to-back buckets for sophomore Jayda McNabb and capped off by another open-look three-pointer for Smith to get the Falcons back in front. Both teams exchanged leads four times down the remainder of the half before Air Force managed a five-point lead off an O'Hollaren three from the right corner with nine seconds remaining, but Stubbs answered at the buzzer, banking a three-pointer of her own in to leave the Falcons with just a 44-42 lead at half.
In the third quarter, the Falcons held onto a tenuous lead up through the under-five media timeout. From there, Utah State dialed up its full-court press, forcing the Falcons into turnovers on six of seven possessions from the 4:40 mark on, tying the Falcons and eventually claiming a 54-53 lead after an 8-0 run and a two-minute scoring drought. The Falcons were pulled from their slump from an O'Hollaren three-pointer, and another with 31 seconds remaining in the quarter gave Air Force a 64-63 lead to enter the final quarter.
Air Force led by as much as 10 in the fourth quarter but Utah State managed to cut their deficit down to a single basket in the final minute. Forced turnover and a jump ball earned by Alexis Cortez stalled the Aggies on consecutive drives, effectively extending the game into foul territory for Utah State. Stubbs, inside of 30 seconds, drew an and-one shooting foul off of Smith. Making her first and intentionally missing the second, Aggie Taliyah Longwood got the tip-in to finish a four-point play and stay within two baskets. O'Hollaren, fouled on the resulting possession, made both free throws to effectively ice the game.
Follow Along:
Saturday's game at Fresno State will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network and available for viewership free of charge; XtraSports AM 1300 will be broadcast live from Clune Arena with Ryan Kaufman on the courtside call; Live stats/scoring will be provided via StatBroadcast; Links to each can be found 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 14.3 points per game.
Sophomore Jayda McNabb, while also averaging 8.2 points per game, leads Air Force in rebounding, averaging 7.1 (3.7 OFF/G, 3.4 DEF/G). McNabb's 3.7 offensive rebounds per game currently ranks 27th nationally.
Senior point guard Jo Huntimer's 4.5 assists per game and 2.90 assist/turnover ratio (11th in the nation) both rank second in the Mountain West.
Defensively, Air Force tops the Mountain West in turnovers forced per game (20.54, 29th nationally), turnover margin (+6.08, 26th nationally) and steals per game (11.0, 36th nationally). Madison Smith, sporting 64 steals on the season and averaging 2.46 per contest, leads the Mountain West in both categories. Three of Air Force's starting five (Smith, Huntimer, McNabb) rank top seven in steals against the Mountain West with no other program in the league sporting more than one in side of the top ten.
In Mountain West games, McNabb's 1.07 blocks per game ranks seventh among conference competitors.
A Historic Start...
Air Force opened Mountain West play in 2024-25 at 10-2, marking its first ever 10-win non-conference in Air Force's Division I history and the first such occurrence since the 1991-92 season. Starting 9-1 on the year with just an overtime loss at Army (Nov. 15), Air Force got off to its best ten-game start since Maj. Danny Fowler's 1982-83 Falcons went 12-1. The Falcons opened 6-0 in Clune Arena for the first time since 1985-86, when Air Force started at home with seven-straight wins.
And Historic Finish?
At 15-11, Air Force is battling toward its best finish in the program's Division I history (19-14); Head coach Stacy McIntyre is two wins short of tying the most by a head coach in their first season at Air Force (17), a title currently shared by then-Capt. Chuck Holt (1979-80) and then-Capt. Danny Fowler (1981-82).
A Cool Grand:
Combining for 53 points at San Jose State (Jan. 11), Smith and Perry both eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for their respective careers, becoming the 19th and 20th players to do so in Air Force history, and the fourth-such duo to collectively claim the honor in the same season.
Service Before Self:
Jo Huntimer leads Air Force in total assists (107), while currently sporting the second-best assist average in Mountain West play this season (4.3). 378 career assists currently ranks second in Air Force DI history and sixth all-time (451, Briana Autrey-Thompson, 2018-22) - a spot in the record books secured in the Falcons' win over Milwaukee on Nov. 28 in Puerto Rico.
Rounding into Form:
Through the Falcons' last seven games, sophomore guard Keelie O'Hollaren is averaging .459 (34-74) shooting from the field and .469 (23-49) from three-point range.
Winning Trends:
Air Force has ...
- In winning games, has held 13 of 15 opponents to less than 70 points;
- In winning games, forced more turnovers than 13 of 15 opponents;
- Scored more points off of turnovers than opponents in all 15 wins this season;
- Led in the game with five minutes to go in all 15 wins this season (62 consecutive wins in regulation).
Air Force is Undefeated When...
- Leading home opponents at halftime (7-0);
- Scoring 70 or more in Clune (7-0);
- Out-shooting home opponents from the field (5-0) and from three-point range (6-0).
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 double overtime at 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 61 consecutive contests ending in regulation after holding a lead at the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter.
An Even Dozen:
Air Force has at least 12 steals in 14 of 26 games in 2024-25. The Falcons' streak of six-straight contests with 12 or more takeaways to open 2024-25 was the longest active streak in Division I at the time.
Last Time Out:
Air Force Women's Basketball went four quarters with Utah State on Wednesday morning, escaping Logan with an 82-77 win over the Aggies.
In a white-knuckle affair at the Aggies' Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, Air Force (15-11, 5-9 MW) traded 15 lead changes with Utah State and tried to pull away from the Aggies on multiple occasions before finding its way to a 10-point advantage in the fourth quarter and holding on the remainder of the way.
Senior Madison Smith led all scoring for the game, earning a season-high 29 points (10-18 FG, 4-9 3FG, 5-6 FT, 4 AST) and 10 rebounds to notch her first double-double of the 2024-25 season. 29 points comes two short of matching a career high, earned at Colorado State last season.
Sophomore Keelie O'Hollaren, starting in her seventh game this season, earned a season-best 23 points (7-15 FG, 5-10 3FG, 4-4 FT, 3 REB), including a critical 16-point showing in the second half.
Though scoreless for the game, senior point guard Jo Huntimer finished with a game-high nine assists, creating 23 Air Force points on the game.
A slow shooting start for the Falcons allowed Utah State to gain an early 11-2 advantage on the scoreboard. Smith landed the Falcons' first five points and an Air Force timeout set the Falcons straight, as an 11-4 scoring brought the Falcons back within a basket at 15-13. At the two-minute mark, Smith's second three-pointer of the game gave Air Force its first lead and Devaughn, carving a path to the Aggie basket, pushed an 18-15 lead. Smith's dominant 12-point first quarter on 5-10 shooting got the Falcons out to a 20-17 lead at the end of the period.
At the start of the second quarter, a 10-0 Utah State run in the first three minutes including a pair of three-pointers for Aggie Cheyenne Stubbs (20 PTS) put the Aggies back up 27-20.
Air Force responded with a 9-0 streak of its own, including ack-to-back buckets for sophomore Jayda McNabb and capped off by another open-look three-pointer for Smith to get the Falcons back in front. Both teams exchanged leads four times down the remainder of the half before Air Force managed a five-point lead off an O'Hollaren three from the right corner with nine seconds remaining, but Stubbs answered at the buzzer, banking a three-pointer of her own in to leave the Falcons with just a 44-42 lead at half.
In the third quarter, the Falcons held onto a tenuous lead up through the under-five media timeout. From there, Utah State dialed up its full-court press, forcing the Falcons into turnovers on six of seven possessions from the 4:40 mark on, tying the Falcons and eventually claiming a 54-53 lead after an 8-0 run and a two-minute scoring drought. The Falcons were pulled from their slump from an O'Hollaren three-pointer, and another with 31 seconds remaining in the quarter gave Air Force a 64-63 lead to enter the final quarter.
Air Force led by as much as 10 in the fourth quarter but Utah State managed to cut their deficit down to a single basket in the final minute. Forced turnover and a jump ball earned by Alexis Cortez stalled the Aggies on consecutive drives, effectively extending the game into foul territory for Utah State. Stubbs, inside of 30 seconds, drew an and-one shooting foul off of Smith. Making her first and intentionally missing the second, Aggie Taliyah Longwood got the tip-in to finish a four-point play and stay within two baskets. O'Hollaren, fouled on the resulting possession, made both free throws to effectively ice the game.
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