Rams fall in Wednesday night contest at Air Force, 63-48

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USAF ACADEMY, Colo. – The Colorado State women's basketball team fell to the Air Force Falcons, 63-48, in a Mountain West contest on Wednesday night from Clune Arena.

Colorado State (7-7, 1-2 MW) was led offensively by sophomore guard Lore Devos, who tallied 16 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the floor and 4-for-5 shooting from the free throw line. Sophomore forward Lena Svanholm joined her in double-digit scoring with 10 points and led the Rams with five rebounds. Seven players scored for CSU overall.

Colorado State outshot Air Force (5-9, 1-2 MW) from the floor overall, 36 to 32.3 percent; however, CSU turnovers and an 11-offensive board advantage for Air Force led to 15 extra shots for the Falcons. That advantage for Air Force was most apparent in the first half, when the Falcons corralled seven more offensive boards (12 to five) and committed four fewer turnovers (10 to six). CSU had an eight-percent lead in field goal shooting (36 to 28 percent) in that first half, but those two advantages for Air Force led to 14 extra shots en route to a 28-20 Falcon lead at halftime.

While Colorado State won the turnover battle in the second half, Air Force compensated with edges in field goal percentage (37.9 to 35.7 percent) and defensive rebounds (15 to 11) in addition to its already-established upper hand in offensive boards (seven to three in the second half). While CSU had moments where it had cut the deficit down to as few as six in the third quarter, the Falcons reestablished a double-digit lead heading to the fourth and never led by fewer than 10 before the final 63-48 result.

IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams
"We had decent-enough looks throughout that basketball game where we could have made it more competitive and probably give ourselves a chance. We just have a really poor inability to score the ball on the road. It's pretty obvious. The road's tough. You've got to be really strong-minded and you've got to have a really high level of compete. We just have some kids that when they face that pressure, when somebody comes at them and kind of punches them a little bit…we just kind of don't want a lot to do with that. We've got to grow up in that area…we've got to keep plugging and find a way to help this group move forward a little bit."

NOTES

Colorado State's loss at Air Force on Wednesday snapped streaks of 13-consecutive wins over Air Force and 19-straight in the regular season, dating back to 2009.
Sophomore guard Lore Devos was the team scoring leader for eighth time this season.
Devos has led the Rams in scoring in two of three Mountain West games this season.
Devos has scored in double digits in 10 games this season.
Devos tallied 10 points or more in two of CSU's three conference games in 2018-19.
Devos finished Wednesday as the team's assists leader, marking the fourth game in which she has done so in 2018-19.
Sophomore forward Lena Svanholm posted her sixth outing with 10 or more points this season.
Svanholm has scored in double figures in two of the Rams' three Mountain West games this season.
Svanholm finished with a team-high five rebounds, marking the second game in which she has led the team in boards this season.

UP NEXT
The Colorado State women's basketball team bookends its week on the road with a game at New Mexico on Saturday. The Rams and Lobos tip off at 2 p.m. MT from The Pit at Dreamstyle Arena.

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