Air Force Academy

Dec. 20, 2011

Air Force Game Notes

The Air Force women's basketball team closes out its two-game trip to California on Wednesday, Dec. 21, as it visits Pacific in a 2:00 p.m. (PT) contest.

GAME INFORMATION
Live Stats/Video/Audio: pacifictigers.com
Series History: First Meeting

LAST TIME OUT...
Playing with an injury-depleted squad, the Falcons dropped a 68-53 road contest to San Jose State on Monday evening. Junior Danielle Sorrera led Air Force with a career-best 11 points and four assists.

SCOUTING THE FALCONS...
Air Force enters this week's game with a 4-7 overall record, including a 3-4 mark in road contests.

Junior Alicia Leipprandt is the Falcons' leading scorer on the season, averaging 16.8 points per game, while classmate Dymond James is also averaging in double figures scoring with 11.3 points per contest. James is also the team's leading rebounder with 7.1 boards per game.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS...
Pacific currently holds a 5-5 overall record on the season, including a 3-1 mark at home, after defeating Eastern Washington, 69-60, on Monday evening.

Erica McKenzie leads the Tigers with 13.2 points per game, while Ashley Wakefield (12.1 ppg) and Kendall Rodriguez (11.8 ppg) are also averaging in double figures scoring. Meanwhile, Rodriguez is the team's leading rebounder, averaging 8.2 rebounds per contest.

HOW WE RATE...
In the latest conference statistics, Air Force leads the Mountain West in steals per game (9.6) and defensive rebounds per game (27.1) and ranks third in three-point field goal percentage defense (.284), rebounding offense (41.5) and offensive rebounds (14.4).

DOUBLE-DIGITS FOR DANIELLE...
Junior Danielle Sorrera led Air Force with 11 points against San Jose State on Monday, marking the first double-digit scoring output of her career. Sorrera also had a career-best four assists and three steals, leading the Falcons in both categories in the game.

KAMI'S CAREER DAY...
Sophomore Kami Bohannon also had a career day against San Jose State, finishing with a personal-best eight points and five rebounds.

SEASON-LOW REBOUNDS...
Against San Jose State on Monday, Air Force grabbed just 28 rebounds, marking its lowest rebound total of the season. However, senior captain Jamela Satterfield posted a season-high mark, grabbing a team-best eight rebounds against the Spartans.

SEASON-HIGH STEALS...
Air Force was able to grab a season-best 15 steals against San Jose State, while also forcing 34 turnovers by the Spartans. The 34 turnovers by San Jose State were the most for an Air Force opponent this season.

INJURY BUG...
After losing starting point guard Cherae Medina early in the season due to a knee injury, the Falcons are now playing without starting forwards Dymond James and Katie Hilbig. Hilbig was injured in the Falcons' loss at Minnesota, while James was hurt in a practice prior to the San Jose State game.

Without James and Hilbig in the lineup, the Falcons are playing without two of their top three scorers and rebounders. However, both players are expected to return in January, while Medina is anticipating a January return as well.

ROAD WARRIORS...
The Falcons are spending much of their non-conference slate on the road, with nine contests away from home in the first two months of the season and just four games in Clune Arena.

Air Force will play in a total of seven states (Tennessee, Colorado, Texas, Maryland, Minnesota, California and Alabama) and four time zones in the months of November and December before wrapping up their non-conference slate with a pair of home games Jan. 5 and Jan. 7.

NEXT UP...
After the holiday break, the Falcons play their final non-conference road game of the season, as they visit Alabama on Friday, Dec. 30, in a 6:30 p.m. (ET) contest.