Air Force will host Nevada in a Mountain West men’s basketball matchup on Saturday, January 17 at Clune Arena on the United States Air Force Academy campus. The game is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. MT.
Spectators without Department of Defense identification cards who are over 18 years old must obtain a visitor’s pass for base access. Details and the application process can be found via the base access link provided by the academy.
The game will be broadcast on Altitude and the Mountain West Network, with Tyler Maun providing play-by-play commentary and Brian Jerman serving as analyst. Radio coverage will be available on AM 740 KVOR with Jim Arthur calling the action. Live statistics will be accessible through Statbroadcast.
Air Force enters the contest with a record of 3-14 overall and 0-6 in conference play, while Nevada holds a 12-5 overall record and is 4-2 in the Mountain West. Air Force has lost its last ten games, most recently falling to San Jose State by a score of 70-62. Nevada comes off a loss as well, dropping its last game to Utah State, 71-62.
Joe Scott leads Air Force in his tenth season as head coach, holding a school record of 97 wins and 183 losses. His career coaching record stands at 281-360 over twenty-two seasons. Steve Alford coaches Nevada in his seventh season with a school record of 126-77 and an overall career mark of 712-376 across thirty-five seasons.
Nevada leads the all-time series against Air Force, having won twenty out of twenty-three meetings. The teams first met on January 10, 1981 at USAFA, where Air Force secured a narrow victory (51-50). In their most recent meeting on February 4, 2025 at USAFA, Nevada won by a score of 74-60. Nevada currently holds a six-game winning streak in this matchup.
Notable statistics ahead of Saturday’s game include Air Force’s roster combining for a total of 301 games played compared to Nevada’s combined experience in 662 games. This season began with Air Force players having participated in just 132 total games and making only forty-eight starts collectively.
Freshmen have contributed significantly to Air Force’s offense this year, accounting for nearly half—48.1 percent—of the team’s scoring output. Caleb Walker has been effective from the field, shooting seventy-three percent overall and seventy-five point eight percent during conference play; he also made sixteen consecutive baskets across three games—the fourth-longest such streak nationally.
Kam Sanders set an Air Force school record for most consecutive free throws made in one game when he converted fifteen straight against South Dakota; this broke a mark that had stood since nineteen fifty-eight.
Additionally, Air Force has made at least one three-point shot in each of its last five hundred six games—a streak dating back to two thousand nine.
Following Saturday’s matchup against Nevada, Air Force is scheduled to travel to Colorado State for another conference game on Tuesday, January twentieth at seven p.m., which will be streamed live on the Mountain West Network.
