{"id":156420,"date":"2026-01-30T10:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/156420\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:51:26","slug":"womens-basketball-heads-to-fresno-for-one-off-with-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/156420\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball Heads to Fresno for One-Off with Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air Force (8-12, 2-8 MW) at Fresno State (10-12, 4-7 MW)
\nSaturday, Jan. 31 | 4:00 p.m. MT
\nSave Mart Center | Fresno, Calif.
\nWatch: Mountain West Network
\nListen: XtraSports AM 1300 (Ryan Kaufman)
\nLive Stats\/Scoring: StatBroadcast
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\n\t\t\tAir Force:
\n\t\t\tFresno State:
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\n\t\t\tRecord:
\n\t\t\t8-12 (2-8 MW)
\n\t\t\t10-12 (4-7 MW)
\n\t\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tLast Game:
\n\t\t\tvs. New Mexico (L, 74-57)
\n\t\t\tat Wyoming (L, 47-42)
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\n\t\t\tNext Game:
\n\t\t\tvs. Utah State (Feb. 4)
\n\t\t\tat San Jose State (Feb. 4)
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\n\t\t\tHead Coach:
\n\t\t\tStacy McIntyre<\/a>
\n\t\t\tRyan McCarthy
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\n\t\t\tLocation\/Enrollment:
\n\t\t\tUSAFA, Colo.\/4,000
\n\t\t\tFresno, Calif.\/24,300
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\n\t\t\tWebsite:
\n\t\t\tgoairforcefalcons.com
\n\t\t\tgobulldogs.com
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\n\t <\/p>\n

\nAir Force Women’s Basketball opens the second leg of Mountain West play in Fresno, taking on Fresno State in the Bulldogs’ Save Mart Center on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 4 p.m. MT.
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\nFollow Along:
\nCatch the Saturday evening action on both the Mountain West Network and XtraSports AM 1300 (Ryan Kaufman). Live scoring\/statistics will be available via StatBroadcast. Links to each can be found on the women’s basketball schedule page at goairforcefalcons.com.
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\nFalcons at a Glance:
\nAir Force scoring is led by senior Milahnie Perry<\/a> (16.2 ppg) and junior Keelie O’Hollaren<\/a> (9.5). The Falcons are second in the Mountain West in turnover margin (2.90) and rank third in turnovers forced per game (18.00), steals per game (9.6) and offensive rebounding (12.4 rpg).
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\nPerry’s 16.2 scoring average currently ranks second in the Mountain West.
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\nLast Time Out:
\nA shorthanded Air Force women’s basketball team was relentless in its pursuit of a win on Saturday afternoon and trailed by a single point at halftime against New Mexico but saw its chances at victory slip away in the second half, falling to the Lobos, 74-57.
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\nJunior Keelie O’Hollaren<\/a> led Falcon scoring with 14 points (5-11 FG, 2-5 3FG, 2-2 FT, 5 REB); Senior Emily Adams<\/a> followed up scoring a ca\u00adreer-high 13 points (6-13 FG, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL). Juniors Jayda McNabb<\/a> and Alexis Cortez<\/a> each contributed seven points, with McNabb adding nine rebounds (game high) and four assists.
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\nAir Force (8-12 (2-8 MW) led UNM in rebounding (35), free throw per\u00adcentage (.778), second-chance points (11) and fast-break points (five).
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\nGetting at the Glass:
\nIn its last five wins, Air Force has won the rebounding game, scoring victories over Wright State (Nov. 29), Utah Valley (Dec. 6), New Mexico Highlands (Dec. 13), Nevada (Dec. 21) and San Jose State (Jan. 10). In 13 games this season and five of its last six, the Falcons have led or tied opponents in second-chance points.
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\nThe Falcons’ Foundation:
\nJayda McNabb<\/a> has been a steadying force for the Falcons throughout her years at the Academy. As a sophomore, McNabb averaged 7.9 points per game in 2024-25 and earned six double doubles, leading the Fal\u00adcons in rebounding while finishing ranked second in the Mountain West on the offensive glass.
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\nThis season, McNabb leads the MW and currently ranks third in the na\u00adtion in offensive rebounding (4.4 rpg) and third in the league in total boards (7.9). The junior additionally leads all Falcons and is third among Mountain West players in steals per game (2.20).<\/p>\n

All-Time Tracker:

\nSporting 1,551 career points, Perry is 64 points removed from claiming fourth all time and first in Air Force’s Division I history,\u00a0surpassing Riley Snyder (2018-22). Perry’s 291 points for the\u00a0season has the senior just 188 points shy of the all-time career\u00a0scoring record with 10 regular season games remaining.

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\n\t\t\tRank:
\n\t\t\tPlayer:
\n\t\t\tCareer Points:
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\n\t\t\t1.
\n\t\t\tMelissa Standley (1986-90)
\n\t\t\t1,738
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\n\t\t\t2.
\n\t\t\tMichelle Johnson (1977-81)
\n\t\t\t1,706
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\n\t\t\t3.
\n\t\t\tStacey Goss (1982-86)
\n\t\t\t1,655
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\n\t\t\t4.
\n\t\t\tRiley Snyder (2018-22)
\n\t\t\t1,614*
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\n\t\t\t5.
\n\t\t\tMilahnie Perry<\/a> (2022-26)
\n\t\t\t1,551
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\n\t\t\t6.
\n\t\t\tKaelin Immel (2017-21)
\n\t\t\t1,531
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\n\t\t\t7.
\n\t\t\tPat Swanke (1977-81)
\n\t\t\t1,433
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\n\t\t\t8.
\n\t\t\tRaimee Beck (2007-11)
\n\t\t\t1,386
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\n\t\t\t9.
\n\t\t\tAmanda Williams (1984-88)
\n\t\t\t1,314
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\n\t\t\t10.
\n\t\t\tMadison Smith<\/a> (2021-25)
\n\t\t\t1,285
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*Represents Division I record.<\/p>\n

In consecutive seasons, Perry scored the third and fourth most\u00a0points ever by a Falcon in a single season \u2013 figures which rank\u00a0first and second in Air Force’s Division I history (1996-current).\u00a0

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\nLooking Ahead:

\nAir Force is back in Clune Arena next week, hosting Utah State (Feb. 4) and Grand Canyon (Feb. 7).<\/p>\n

Mile-High Trends:

\nAir Force is currently:

\n5-1 when sporting a halftime lead;

\n7-2 when holding opponents to 60 points or less (3-0 at home);

\n6-2 when landing more three-point baskets (3-1 at home).<\/p>\n

Through the last four seasons, Air Force is:

\n33-20 at home;

\n37-5 when scoring 70 or more points (24-1 at home);

\n8-1 when scoring 80 or more points (7-0 at home);

\n8-1 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field (4-0 at

\nhome);

\n27-8 when holding opponents to 60 points or less (16-2 at home);

\n22-9 when out-rebounding opponents (13-4 at home);

\n21-5 when outscoring opponents in the paint (15-2 at home).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Air Force (8-12, 2-8 MW) at Fresno State (10-12, 4-7 MW) Saturday, Jan. 31 | 4:00 p.m. MT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-156420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}