Women's Basketball

Aztecs Host Air Force Saturday

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Need to Know
• The Aztecs return home to host Air Force Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
• The game will be streamed on the Mountain West Network as well on Stadium Channel 1 (check your local listings).
• After starting 4-1, the Aztecs have lost seven of their last eight games.
• The Aztecs are coming off a tough loss at Wyoming which saw them give up a season-high 87 points.
• The Aztecs have the second best rebound margin in the conference (+2.1).
• SDSU has the third best three-point field goal percentage (.330) in the Mountain West.
• Sophia Ramos leads all Mountain West freshmen in points, assists, assist/turnover ratio and minutes played. Overall, she is sixth in the conference in scoring and fifth in assists per game. She is also top ten in field goal, three-point and free throw percentage.
• Mallory Adams leads all Mountain West freshmen in rebounding. After scoring a career-high 17 points against UC Santa Barbara, she topped that with 20 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against Boise State last Saturday. Adams has scored in double-digits in four of her last five games.
• Sophomore Najé Murray is second in the Mountain West in steals per game and is third in three-pointers made.
• After scoring eight points with a career-high eight rebounds against Boise State, Zayn Dornstauder was inserted in to the starting lineup at Wyoming.
• The Aztecs lead the conference in made free throws and are third in free throw attempts. However, they are sixth in free throw percentage (.698).

Noting the Wyoming Game (L, 45-87)
• The Aztecs had three assists, a season-low.
• The 87 points allowed were a season-high for the Aztecs. This was also the first time a SDSU opponent shot over 50 percent from the field.
• SDSU is now 0-4 when being outrebounded and 5-4 when they have the same or more rebounds than their opponent.
• Wyoming had 14 steals Wednesday, tied for the most the Aztecs have given up (UC Irvine).
• SDSU attempted just 48 field goals, tying their lowest total of the year (UC Irvine).
• The Cowgirls committed just six turnovers in the game. They entered the game with the fewest turnovers in the nation.
• The Cowgirls had 23 points off turnovers to the Aztecs' four.
• Junior Baylee Vanderdoes made her first career three-pointer.
• Freshman Mallory Adams did not attempt a free throw, the first time that has happened since the season opener against Hawai'i.
• Zayn Dornstauder earned her second career start.

Scouting the Falcons
•  Wyoming is 5-9 overall and 1-2 in conference.
•  They earned their first conference win on Wednesday, beating Colorado State 63-48 at home.
•  Prior to their win Wednesday, they had lost six games in a row.
•  They are 1-6 on the road.
•  The Falcons are first in the conference in free throws made and attempted but last in free throw percentage (.605).
•  They have committed the most turnovers in the league and are last in field goal percentage (.347) and second to last in three point field goal percentage (.275).
•  Air Force has four players averaging between 9.4 and 11.2 points per game. Kaelin Immel leads the team with 11.2 ppg.
•  Head Coach Chris Gobrecht is in her fourth year at Air Force and her 39th year overall. She has been a head coach since 1979 and has previous stops at Cal State Fullerton (1979-85), Washington (1985-96), Florida State (1996-97), USC (1997-2005), and Yale (2005-15).

All-Time Series vs. Falcons
•  The Aztecs lead the all-time series 34-9.
•  The Falcons won both meetings last year, which was the first time they had done that since the 2005-06 season.
•  SDSU is 16-4 all-time at home against the Falcons.
•  SDSU has won 13 of the past 16 and 19 of the last 23 meetings with Air Force.
•  They first met January 11, 1997, a 70-41 SDSU win.