Air Force is set to host Long Island University (LIU) in a men’s basketball game on Tuesday, November 11 at Clune Arena on the U.S. Air Force Academy campus. The game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Mountain Time.
Due to a government shutdown, there will be no video stream available for the matchup. Fans can listen to the radio broadcast through the Varsity Sports App or XTRA Sports 1300 AM, with Jim Arthur providing play-by-play coverage. Live statistics will be accessible via Statbroadcast.
Non-Department of Defense ID card holders who wish to attend must obtain a visitor’s pass for base access.
Both teams enter the contest with different records this season. Air Force has started with two losses and carries a seven-game losing streak into this matchup, while LIU stands at one win and one loss, having won its last game against IU Indy by a score of 94-90.
Joe Scott leads Air Force as head coach in his tenth overall season at the school and sixth since returning for his second stint. Rod Strickland is in his fourth season as LIU’s head coach. Both coaches have split their previous meetings, each holding a 1-1 record against the other.
The series between Air Force and LIU is tied at one win apiece. Their first meeting took place on November 10, 2023, when Air Force won 82-67 in Brooklyn, New York. In their most recent meeting on November 11, 2024, LIU claimed victory with a score of 63-54 at USAFA.
This marks the beginning of Air Force’s 70th basketball season. The Falcons return eight players from last year’s team and have added nine freshmen for the current campaign. So far this season, freshmen have contributed more than half—54 percent—of the team’s scoring across two games.
Ethan Taylor, who graduated from Air Force in 2025, was recently selected ninth overall in the NBA G-League Draft by the Greensboro Swarm before being traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors—the G-League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors.
After facing LIU, Air Force will host Miami (Ohio) on Saturday, November 15 at noon Mountain Time.
