Utah State (47) vs Air Force (49) · Dec 29, 2021 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Dec 29, 2021

Game Recap

Walker scores 16 to lead Air Force over Utah State 49-47. A.J. Walker scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half and Air Force narrowly beat Utah State 49-47 on Wednesday in a Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.

Box Score

	1	2	T
USU	22	25	47
AFA	22	27	49

UTAH STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Brandon Horvath	33	2-6	0-1	5-10	10	2	0	0	2	4	9
34Justin Bean	37	8-13	0-1	2-2	10	1	0	0	0	0	18
15Rylan Jones	26	1-3	0-2	0-0	4	0	2	0	2	5	2
5RJ Eytle-Rock	24	3-8	1-2	1-2	2	1	0	0	1	1	8
22Brock Miller	23	0-8	0-7	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0
12Szymon Zapala	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
32Trevin Dorius	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Max Shulga	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
3Steven Ashworth	24	0-6	0-5	4-4	2	4	1	0	0	2	4
2Sean Bairstow	17	3-7	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1	6
TOTAL		17-5232.7%	1-195.3%	12-1866.7%	36	11	4	1	7	16	47

AIR FORCE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
22Nikc Jackson	35	3-10	1-5	2-3	12	5	1	1	2	3	9
5Ethan Taylor	26	0-5	0-2	0-0	4	3	1	1	1	4	0
3Jake Heidbreder	40	5-9	3-5	1-2	5	2	0	1	0	1	14
30Camden Vander Zwaag	40	3-6	2-5	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	1	8
10A.J. Walker	37	6-15	2-7	2-2	1	2	0	0	2	1	16
50Ryan Corner	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
4Carter Murphy	17	1-5	0-3	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	5	2



TOTAL		18-5036.0%	8-2729.6%	5-771.4%	29	15	3	3	6	16	49

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halfusuafa

+2 (19:41) Rylan Jones made Jumper.
20
+3 (19:27) Jake Heidbreder made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nikc Jackson.
23
(19:02) Foul on Nikc Jackson.
(19:02) RJ Eytle-Rock missed Free Throw.
(19:02) Utah State Offensive Rebound.
+1 (19:02) RJ Eytle-Rock made Free Throw.
33
+3 (18:45) Camden Vander Zwaag made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jake Heidbreder.
36
(18:24) RJ Eytle-Rock Turnover.
(18:01) A.J. Walker missed Jumper.
(17:58) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
(17:53) Rylan Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:48) Nikc Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(17:40) Foul on Rylan Jones.
(17:32) Ethan Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:28) Rylan Jones Defensive Rebound.
(17:23) Brandon Horvath missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:19) Nikc Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(17:02) Nikc Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:00) Utah State Defensive Rebound.
(16:50) Justin Bean missed Jumper.
(16:47) Brandon Horvath Offensive Rebound.
(16:47) Foul on Ethan Taylor.
(16:47) Brandon Horvath missed Free Throw.
(16:47) Utah State Offensive Rebound.
+1 (16:47) Brandon Horvath made Free Throw.
46
+3 (16:34) Jake Heidbreder made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Corner.
49
(16:25) Justin Bean missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:21) Camden Vander Zwaag Defensive Rebound.
(15:58) Jake Heidbreder missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:55) Brandon Horvath Defensive Rebound.
(15:46) Rylan Jones Turnover.
(15:46) Ethan Taylor Steal.
(15:26) A.J. Walker Turnover.
(15:26) Rylan Jones Steal.
(15:18) Foul on Jake Heidbreder.
(15:18) Official TV Timeout
+1 (15:18) Brandon Horvath made Free Throw.
59
+1 (15:18) Brandon Horvath made Free Throw.
69
(14:45) A.J. Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:42) Brandon Horvath Defensive Rebound.
(14:24) Brock Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:21) Ethan Taylor Defensive Rebound.
(13:55) Foul on Brandon Horvath.
(13:37) Ethan Taylor missed Layup.
(13:34) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
(13:30) Rylan Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:25) Ethan Taylor Defensive Rebound.
(13:00) Nikc Jackson missed Layup.
(12:57) Rylan Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:51) Justin Bean made Layup. Assisted by Sean Bairstow.
89
(12:18) Nikc Jackson missed Jumper.
(12:15) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
(12:09) Steven Ashworth missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:06) Nikc Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(11:38) A.J. Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:35) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
(11:31) Official TV Timeout
+2 (11:20) Brandon Horvath made Dunk. Assisted by Steven Ashworth.
109
(11:10) Foul on Steven Ashworth.
(10:47) Carter Murphy missed Jumper.
(10:45) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
(10:23) Trevin Dorius missed Layup.
(10:20) Carter Murphy Defensive Rebound.
(10:00) Jake Heidbreder missed Jumper.
(9:57) Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:42) Justin Bean made Layup.
129
(9:15) A.J. Walker missed Jumper.
(9:11) Trevin Dorius Defensive Rebound.
(9:05) Justin Bean missed Jumper.
(9:02) Camden Vander Zwaag Defensive Rebound.
(8:56) Foul on Ryan Corner.
(8:56) Ryan Corner Turnover.
(8:40) Sean Bairstow Turnover.
+2 (8:25) Nikc Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Ethan Taylor.
1211
(8:15) Max Shulga Turnover.
(8:01) Jake Heidbreder missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:01) Steven Ashworth Defensive Rebound.
(8:01) Foul on Carter Murphy.
(7:52) Foul on Carter Murphy.
(7:52) Official TV Timeout
(7:43) Brandon Horvath missed Layup.
(7:37) Carter Murphy Defensive Rebound.
(7:13) Air Force Turnover.
(6:52) Steven Ashworth missed Layup.
(6:49) Nikc Jackson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:31) Camden Vander Zwaag made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jake Heidbreder.
1214
(6:19) Foul on Carter Murphy.
(6:19) Brandon Horvath missed Free Throw.
(6:19) Utah State Offensive Rebound.
+1 (6:19) Brandon Horvath made Free Throw.
1314
+2 (6:01) Jake Heidbreder made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Walker.
1316
(5:46) RJ Eytle-Rock missed Jumper.
(5:42) RJ Eytle-Rock Offensive Rebound.
(5:41) RJ Eytle-Rock missed Jumper.
(5:41) Nikc Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(5:41) Foul on Brandon Horvath.
(5:19) Camden Vander Zwaag missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:16) Jake Heidbreder Offensive Rebound.
(5:16) Foul on Rylan Jones.
(5:06) Nikc Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:03) Sean Bairstow Defensive Rebound.
(4:41) RJ Eytle-Rock missed Layup.
(4:41) Ethan Taylor Block.
(4:36) Nikc Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(4:10) Ethan Taylor missed Jumper.
(4:10) Szymon Zapala Block.
(4:05) Steven Ashworth Defensive Rebound.
(4:03) RJ Eytle-Rock missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:00) Nikc Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(3:48) Camden Vander Zwaag missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:47) Air Force Offensive Rebound.
(3:47) Foul on Szymon Zapala.
(3:47) Official TV Timeout
(3:26) A.J. Walker missed Jumper.
(3:23) Szymon Zapala Defensive Rebound.
(3:03) Sean Bairstow missed Layup.
(3:03) Air Force Defensive Rebound.
(3:03) Foul on Szymon Zapala.
(3:03) Nikc Jackson missed Free Throw.
(3:03) Max Shulga Defensive Rebound.
(2:53) Sean Bairstow missed Jumper.
(2:50) Nikc Jackson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:40) A.J. Walker made Layup. Assisted by Camden Vander Zwaag.
1318
+3 (2:26) RJ Eytle-Rock made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steven Ashworth.
1618
+2 (2:09) A.J. Walker made Jumper.
1620
(1:51) Foul on Ethan Taylor.
+1 (1:51) Justin Bean made Free Throw.
1720
+1 (1:51) Justin Bean made Free Throw.
1820
(1:28) A.J. Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:25) Brandon Horvath Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:17) Brandon Horvath made Layup.
2020
(0:53) Foul on RJ Eytle-Rock.
+1 (0:53) Nikc Jackson made Free Throw.
2021
+1 (0:53) Nikc Jackson made Free Throw.
2022
(0:46) Foul on Ethan Taylor.
+1 (0:46) Steven Ashworth made Free Throw.
2122
+1 (0:46) Steven Ashworth made Free Throw.
2222
(0:39) Air Force Timeout
(0:25) A.J. Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:22) RJ Eytle-Rock Defensive Rebound.
(0:01) RJ Eytle-Rock missed Layup.
(0:01) Jake Heidbreder Block.
(0:01) Air Force Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Team Stats

USU

AFA

47Points49

17-52(32.7%)Field Goal(%)18-50(36%)

1-19(5.3%)3-Point(%)8-27(29.6%)

12-18(66.7%)Free Throw(%)5-7(71.4%)

38(7)Rebounds(Offensive)33(3)

11Assists15

4Steals3

1Blocks3

7Turnovers10

16(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

3Largest Lead7

Game Details

Wednesday, December 29, 2021 · 3:00 PM

Clune Arena · Colorado Springs, CO

attendance: 1,123 (19.2%)

spread: USU -13.5

over/under: 131.5