Air Force Academy

Jan. 21, 2011

The Air Force women's basketball team returns to action this weekend, Jan. 22, when they travel to Laramie, Wyo., to take on Wyoming in an MWC match-up. The game is slated to begin at 2:00 p.m. in Arena Auditorium.

Game Information

Live Stats/Audio/Video: wyomingathletics.com
Series History: Wyoming leads, 35-2

Head Coaches:

        Air Force: Andrea Williams (6-11/First Season; 18-46/Third Season overall)

        Wyoming: Joe Legerski (149-85/Eighth Season)

Last Time Out...

The Falcons snapped a 40-game conference losing streak with a 61-58 victory over San Diego State Wednesday in Clune Arena.

Senior captain Raimee Beck led the Falcons with 14 points, while sophomores Alicia Leipprandt and Dymond James added 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Scouting the Falcons...

Air Force enters this week's game with a 6-11 overall record and 1-3 mark in the Mountain West Conference after its win over San Diego State on Wednesday evening.

Senior Raimee Beck is the Falcons' leading scorer with 12.4 points per game, while sophomore Dymond James leads Air Force with 7.6 rebounds per contest. In addition, sophomore Megan Muniz has a team-best 4.0 assists per game.

Scouting the Cowgirls...

Wyoming currently holds a 13-4 overall record and 3-1 mark in the MWC and are coming off a 70-51 non-conference victory against Seattle.

Seniors Aubrey Vandiver and Hillary Carlson lead the Cowgirls with 17.7 and 17.4 points per game, respectively. In addition, Vandiver is averaging a conference-best 9.4 rebounds per game, while Jade Kennedy leads the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2).

How We Rate...

In the latest conference statistics, Air Force ranks third in the MWC in steals (8.8).

Meanwhile, several Falcons rank among the conference's top-10 individual leaders in various categories:

                                   Rank     Stat

Rebounds

Dymond James          7           7.6

Assists

Megan Muniz             9           4.0

Steals

Jamela Satterfield     4           2.1

3PT FG Made

Raimee Beck              8           1.9

Blocked Shots

Megan O'Neil            9           0.9

Assist/Turnover Ratio

Megan Muniz             5           1.8

Defensive Rebounds

Dymond James          4           5.5

How They Rate...

In the latest conference statistics, Wyoming leads the MWC in scoring defense (54.9), field goal percentage (.427), three-point field goal percentage (.355), rebounding defense (32.9), defensive rebound percentage (.718) and three points field goals made (7.5). The Cowgirls also rank second in rebounding margin (+6.4), blocked shots (4.4), assists (16.8), assist/turnover ratio (1.3) and defensive rebounds (27.3), while rating third in four other statistical categories.

Meanwhile, several Cowgirls rank among the conference's top-10 individual leaders in various categories:

                                   Rank     Stat

Scoring

Aubrey Vandiver        2           17.7

Hillary Carlson           3           17.4

Rebounds

Aubrey Vandiver        1           9.4

Hillary Carlson           8           7.3

FG Pct.

Hillary Carlson           3           .529

Chaundra Sewell        T7         .472

Aubrey Vandiver        9           .462

Assists

Jade Kennedy             5           4.5

FT Pct.

Chaundra Sewell        10         .760

3PT FG Pct.

Jade Kennedy             3           .407

Aubrey Vandiver        6           .379

3PT FG Made

Jade Kennedy             4           2.2

Aubrey Vandiver        5           2.1

Blocked Shots

Hillary Carlson           T1         2.5

Jade Kennedy             10         0.8

Assist/Turnover Ratio

Jade Kennedy             1           2.2

Offensive Rebounds

Aubrey Vandiver        6           2.6

Chaundra Sewell        7           2.5

Defensive Rebounds

Aubrey Vandiver        1           6.7

Hillary Carlson           5           5.4

The Streak Ends...

With its win against San Diego State on Wednesday, Air Force brought its 40-game conference losing streak to an end. Prior to the win over the Aztecs, the Falcons' last conference victory came against BYU, as Air Force defeated the Cougars, 54-40, at the Academy on March 3, 2008.

With the losing streak spanning more than two full seasons, just one current Falcon--senior Raimee Beck--had ever won a game against a Mountain West Conference opponent.

Breaking the Record...

In addition to snapping its conference losing streak against San Diego State on Wednesday, Air Force witnessed another historical achievement in its game against the Aztecs. Senior captain Raimee Beck moved into first place on the Falcons' Division I career scoring list. Beck now has 1,242 career points, moving past 2008 graduate Alecia Steele, who ended her career with 1,237 career points.

Jamela On the Boards...

Junior Jamela Satterfield matched a career high with nine rebounds against San Diego State on Wednesday, after pulling down seven rebounds against UNLV last Saturday. Satterfield is now averaging 5.8 rebounds per game in MWC contests, a mark which ranks second on the team.

Don't Turn It over...

After averaging 24.0 turnovers in its first three conference games of the season, Air Force committed just 13 turnovers in its win over San Diego State. The Falcons are 5-1 this season when recording 15 or fewer turnovers.

Next Up...

The Falcons play their next two games at home, starting on Tuesday, Jan. 25, as they host in-state rival Colorado State at 6:00 p.m. The contest will be televised live on The Mtn., as Air Force invites fans to "Pack the House" in a nationwide attendance challenge.

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