Air Force men’s basketball will travel to face San José State on Tuesday, January 13 at the Provident Credit Union Event Center in San Jose, California. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. PT tip-off and will be broadcast on NBC Sports California and the Mountain West Network, with Dave Benz providing play-by-play and Marc Spears as analyst. Fans can also listen to the radio stream on AM 740 KVOR with Jim Arthur or follow live stats via Statbroadcast.
The Falcons enter the matchup with a record of 3-13 overall and 0-5 in Mountain West Conference play, currently on a nine-game losing streak. Their most recent game was a 91-49 loss against New Mexico. San José State holds a 5-11 record (0-5 MW) and has lost its last six games, including a 76-58 defeat by Grand Canyon.
Joe Scott leads Air Force in his tenth season as head coach, holding a school record of 97-182 and an overall career mark of 281-359 over 22 seasons. Tim Miles coaches San José State in his fifth season with the Spartans, where he has accumulated a school record of 58-91 and an overall career total of 457-429 across 29 seasons.
San José State leads the all-time series between the two teams, holding a slight edge at 15-13. The first meeting took place on January 10, 1981, when Air Force won by one point. In their most recent contest on February 1, 2025, San José State secured a victory with a score of 75-64. The Spartans have won the last six matchups between these programs.
Air Force’s roster has played in a combined total of 292 games this season compared to San José State’s more experienced lineup with players having participated in a total of 529 games. Notably, nearly half (46.9 percent) of Air Force’s scoring comes from freshmen.
Caleb Walker stands out for Air Force with impressive shooting percentages—73.3 percent from the field overall and even higher at 78.3 percent during conference games. Walker also achieved the fourth-longest streak in the nation by making sixteen consecutive baskets across three games.
Freshman guard Kam Sanders recently set an Air Force school record by making fifteen consecutive free throws in one game against South Dakota—a mark that broke a previous record set back in 1958.
Additionally, Air Force has maintained consistency beyond the arc by making at least one three-point shot in each of its last five hundred five games since the streak began in 2009.
After facing San José State, Air Force will return home to host Nevada on Saturday, January 17 at Clune Arena; that game is scheduled for a tip-off at 2 p.m. MT and will be televised by Altitude while also streaming live via the MW Network.
