Women’s Basketball Caps 2025-26 with Historic Postseason Run
4/30/2026 10:15:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Air Force completes 2025-26 season with 16-19 record, MW Tournament runner-up and first-round WNIT loss.
Tackling the 2025-26 campaign minus two key starters from the season prior, Air Force Women's Basketball proved it was still capable of big things under second-year head coach Stacy McIntyre.
The Falcons ended the regular season tied for eighth place among Mountain West teams, with a 16-19 record and 7-13 mark in conference play. Despite their place in the standings, the Falcons surged late in the season, ending the year as MW Tournament runners up and making the program's third WNIT appearance.
Air Force scoring was led by seniors Milahnie Perry (17.5 ppg) and Emily Adams (9.2). The Falcons closed the season ranked first in the Mountain West in turnover margin (4.06), are second in the league in turnovers forced per game (16.94) and fall at third in both steals per game (8.6) and offensive rebounding (12.0 rpg).
Perry closed her final season becoming Air Force's all-time leading scorer with 1,838 points. Her 578 points for the season also marks an all-time high, besting previous record totals from the 2023-24 (519) and 2024-25 (535) seasons.
Circling the Wagons:
Winning a trio of postseason games in the MW Championships, Air Force:
Earned its first-ever championship bid in the Mountain West Tournament.
Accomplished its first-ever three-win postseason.
As the nine-seed in the MW Championships, is now the lowest-ever seed to advance into the championship round. The seven-seed made it five times prior to 2025-26.
Named both Milahnie Perry and Emily Adams to the MW All-Tournament team, marking Air force's first two selections to the list in the program's history. Perry, earning tournament MVP honors, also earned Air Force's first ever.
An All-Time Tournament Resume:
Scoring 92 points in the 2026 Mountain West Championships, All-Mountain West selection Milahnie Perry now holds the all-time Mountain West record for points scored by a single player in the conference tournament. Through the Falcons' championship run, Perry averaged 23.0 points per postseason contest.
The Falcons ended the regular season tied for eighth place among Mountain West teams, with a 16-19 record and 7-13 mark in conference play. Despite their place in the standings, the Falcons surged late in the season, ending the year as MW Tournament runners up and making the program's third WNIT appearance.
Air Force scoring was led by seniors Milahnie Perry (17.5 ppg) and Emily Adams (9.2). The Falcons closed the season ranked first in the Mountain West in turnover margin (4.06), are second in the league in turnovers forced per game (16.94) and fall at third in both steals per game (8.6) and offensive rebounding (12.0 rpg).
Perry closed her final season becoming Air Force's all-time leading scorer with 1,838 points. Her 578 points for the season also marks an all-time high, besting previous record totals from the 2023-24 (519) and 2024-25 (535) seasons.
Circling the Wagons:
Winning a trio of postseason games in the MW Championships, Air Force:
Earned its first-ever championship bid in the Mountain West Tournament.
Accomplished its first-ever three-win postseason.
As the nine-seed in the MW Championships, is now the lowest-ever seed to advance into the championship round. The seven-seed made it five times prior to 2025-26.
Named both Milahnie Perry and Emily Adams to the MW All-Tournament team, marking Air force's first two selections to the list in the program's history. Perry, earning tournament MVP honors, also earned Air Force's first ever.
An All-Time Tournament Resume:
Scoring 92 points in the 2026 Mountain West Championships, All-Mountain West selection Milahnie Perry now holds the all-time Mountain West record for points scored by a single player in the conference tournament. Through the Falcons' championship run, Perry averaged 23.0 points per postseason contest.
Adams' Senior Surge:
In her last 17 career games, senior Emily Adams averaged 13.3 points, marking the most productive stretch of her Air Force career. Adams' 14 double-digit games in 2025-26 marks the most in a single season for the soon-to-be Falcon graduate.
On Feb. 4 in Air Force's win against Utah State, Adams finished with a 23-point, 12 rebound double-double. The senior's marquis finish against the Aggies represented her first career double-double, first 20-point finish and also career highs both in rebounds (12) and field goals made in a single game (eight).
Adams proved key in Air Force's upset over No. 1 San Diego State in the Mountain West semifinals, scoring 20 points behind a 10- 11 outing from the free throw line.
The Key Difference:
In eight of its last 12 wins this season, Air Force has led its respective opponents in rebounding.
2025-26 All-MW Honors:
Three Falcons were recognized on the 2025-26 All-Mountain West postseason awards list. Air Force's haul of postseason honors was highlighted by junior Jayda McNabb's selection as Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year – Air Force's first nod to the award since Cierra Winters earned the distinction at the close of the 2021-22 season and just the program's second-ever.
Jayda McNabb – MW Defensive Player of the Year | MW All-Defensive Selection
McNabb finished the Mountain West regular season ranked second in steals per game (2.20) and led Air Force in takeaways throughout the 2025-26 campaign. McNabb, who had multiple steals in 11 MW games and three or more in eight games this season, paced an Air Force regiment which closed its regular season leading the league in turnover margin (+3.97) and third in the conference in steals per game (8.93).
McNabb consistently proved elite on the offensive glass this season, leading the MW and ranking as high as second in the nation in offensive rebounding. McNabb ended the regular season at 10th nationally in offensive rebounds per game and is the first player in Mountain West history (men's or women's) to have at least 120 offensive boards and 60 steals in the same season. McNabb also closed out Mountain West play fifth in the league in blocked shots per game (0.87).
Sporting 674 career rebounds, McNabb now sits at 9th all time and fourth in Air Force's Division I history in the category.
Milahnie Perry – All-Mountain West Selection
Senior Falcon Milahnie Perry was named an All-Mountain West honoree, marking Air Force's third selection in the last four seasons and ninth All-MW award in program history. Perry becomes the second Falcon ever to secure multiple career All-MW honors after being previously named to the award in her sophomore season.
Ending conference play scoring a league-best 17.14 ppg, Perry posted double-digit scoring in 13 conference games this season, scoring 20 or more in 10 games total and in six of Air Force's last 10.
At home versus Colorado State, Perry posted 31 points against the Rams – the most scored by a Mountain West player this season. The senior went 8-8 from the free throw line in a 76-57 win at San Jose State (Jan. 10), earning the second-highest perfect finish from the line in Mountain West play this season. In the game, Perry additionally led Air Force to posting team-high marks in both categories across the Mountain West in 2025-26. In a 77-61 home win over the Spartans on Feb. 14, Perry went 14-16 from the free throw line, marking a single-game best in the conference in both made free throws and attempts this year.
Currently sitting at 1,832 career points, Perry stands as the highest career scorer in Air Force's history – A record obtained in her final regular season home game in Clune Arena against San Diego State on March 3.
Bhret Clay – MW All-Freshman Selection
Freshman Bhret Clay was named to the MW All-Freshman team, representing the third Falcon all-freshman picked in the last four seasons and seventh total since the inception of the award in 2013-14.
Playing in all 30 regular season games for the Falcons this year and earning a start in 14, Clay totaled .352 from three-point range. Clay shot .400 or better from three-point range in six Mountain West Conference games, in which Air Force won three. Additionally, the Falcon newcomer totaled 93 regular-season rebounds (3.1 rpg), earning five or more in three games.
Home Successes:
The Falcons opened 2025-26 with a 4-0 record inside of Clune Arena, marking the program's third-straight season with a 3-0-or-better home start. Five straight seasons with a winning record in Clune Arena extends on the longest streak in the program's Division I era.
Air Force is 325-331 (.495) all time in home games at Clune Arena, six wins shy of tying the .500 mark. In Air Force's Division II history (1976-96), the Falcons totaled a 188-83 (.694) record and earned consecutive winning home finishes in each of their first 20 seasons. As a result of early successes, the program boasted an all-time winning home record from its 1976 inception until 2014. Having now secured a winning record at home in five-straight seasons (the program's longest such streak since joining Division I), Air Force aims for 2026-27 to reclaim an above .500 figure inside Clune Arena for the first time in 12 years.
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