BYU women's basketball: BYU hoping not to take Air Force for granted

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Brigham Young University women's basketball team heads to Air Force to take on the Falcons at 2 p.m. today at Clune Arena.

The Cougars are currently in a three-way tie for second place in the Mountain West Conference with their 6-3 record and have a solid chance of improving to 7-3 in MWC play if they don't take a victory over Air Force for granted.

The Falcons are still winless in the MWC with an 0-10 record and were soundly defeated by the Cougars in Provo earlier this season 77-46. The last time the Falcons defeated the Cougars was in 2008. BYU has compiled a near-perfect 23-1 record overall against Air Force and the Cougars are 10-1 in Clune Arena.

Kristen Riley scored a season-high 17 points against the Falcons in their first meeting of the season, including nine of the Cougars' first 11 points. Jazmine Foreman got her long-distance shot flowing in the game against Air Force with a pair of back-to-back treys.

The Cougars now rank 10th in the NCAA in assists per game with an average of 17.2.

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