Air Force men’s basketball will host New Mexico at Clune Arena on Saturday, January 10, with tip-off set for 1 p.m. Mountain Time. The game will be broadcast on the MW Network and can also be heard on AM 740 KVOR radio. Live statistics will be available through Statbroadcast.
A throwback trading card giveaway is planned as a promotion for fans attending the game, while supplies last. Those without Department of Defense identification who are over 18 must obtain a visitor pass for base access.
The Falcons currently hold a 3-12 overall record and are winless in Mountain West play at 0-4, entering this matchup with an eight-game losing streak. In contrast, New Mexico arrives with a 12-3 record, including 3-1 in conference games, and is on a two-game winning streak. Air Force lost its most recent contest to Utah State by a score of 99-62, while New Mexico defeated Colorado State 80-70.
Joe Scott leads Air Force in his tenth season as head coach and has compiled a school record of 97-181. His career coaching record stands at 281-358 over 22 seasons. Eric Olen is in his first season as head coach for New Mexico but has accumulated a career record of 252-122 across thirteen seasons.
New Mexico leads the all-time series against Air Force, holding a 69-27 advantage. The teams first met in December of 1957, when Air Force won 68-50 in Albuquerque. Their most recent meeting took place on March 1, 2025, where New Mexico won by a score of 92-71.
Notable facts include that Air Force’s roster has played in a combined total of 279 collegiate games compared to New Mexico’s combined experience of 662 games. Nearly half (46.9 percent) of Air Force’s scoring comes from freshmen players this season. Caleb Walker has been efficient from the field, shooting over seventy-three percent overall and more than seventy-eight percent in conference games; he made sixteen consecutive baskets over three games, which ranks as the fourth-longest such streak nationally.
Freshman guard Kam Sanders set an Air Force school record for most consecutive free throws made in a single game with fifteen against South Dakota—a mark that surpassed the previous school best established sixty-seven years ago.
Air Force has connected on at least one three-point shot in each of its last five hundred and four games since the streak began in 2009.
After Saturday’s game, Air Force will travel to face San Jose State on Tuesday, January 13; that contest will be televised by NBC Sports Bay Area and streamed via the MW Network.
