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Stevens scores 29, Colorado State downs Air Force 82-73

AP
Mar 09, 2024

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Isaiah Stevens' 29 points helped Colorado State defeat Air Force 82-73 in the Mountain West Conference finale on Saturday night.

Both the Rams and Falcons advance to the conference tournament and will be seeded into first-round games Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack center in Las Vegas.

Stevens shot 10 of 14 from the field, including 3 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 7 from the line for the Rams (22-9, 10-8). Joel Scott scored 16 points while going 4 of 6 and 8 of 16 from the free-throw line. Nique Clifford shot 4 of 5 from the field, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 5 for 8 from the line to finish with 15 points.

Rytis Petraitis led the Falcons (9-21, 2-16) in scoring, finishing with 27 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. Beau Becker added 14 points for Air Force. Luke Kearney also had 11 points.

Colorado State took the lead for good with 16:40 remaining in the second half on a 3-pointer from Patrick Cartier to make it a 48-47 game.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
COLST
Rams
42
AF
Falcons
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Rams gains possession)
19:33		Isaiah Stevens turnover (lost ball) (Rytis Petraitis steals)
19:07	+3	Beau Becker makes three point jump shot (Kellan Boylan assists)	0-3
18:46		Isaiah Stevens misses three point jump shot
18:44		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
18:27		Josiah Strong personal foul
17:51		Rytis Petraitis misses two point layup
17:49		Joel Scott defensive rebound
17:39		Joel Scott turnover (lost ball) (Rytis Petraitis steals)
17:34		Patrick Cartier shooting foul (Ethan Taylor draws the foul)
17:34	+1	Ethan Taylor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	0-4
17:34	+1	Ethan Taylor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-5
17:09		Beau Becker shooting foul (Nique Clifford draws the foul)
17:09		Nique Clifford misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:09	+1	Nique Clifford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	1-5
16:47		Patrick Cartier shooting foul (Beau Becker draws the foul)
16:47	+1	Beau Becker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-6
16:47	+1	Beau Becker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	1-7
16:37		Josiah Strong misses three point jump shot
16:35		Kellan Boylan defensive rebound
16:27		Rytis Petraitis turnover (bad pass) (Josiah Strong steals)
16:21	+2	Joel Scott makes two point layup (Josiah Strong assists)	3-7
16:21		Beau Becker shooting foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
16:21	+1	Joel Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 1	4-7
15:58		Joel Scott blocks Ethan Taylor's two point layup
15:56		Josiah Strong defensive rebound
15:47		Byron Brown shooting foul (Nique Clifford draws the foul)
15:47		TV timeout
15:47	+1	Nique Clifford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-7
15:47		Nique Clifford misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:47		Beau Becker defensive rebound
15:22		Joe Palmer personal foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul)
15:07	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup (Byron Brown assists)	5-9
14:50	+2	Joe Palmer makes two point layup (Isaiah Stevens assists)	7-9
14:21	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup	7-11
14:11	+3	Isaiah Stevens makes three point jump shot (Jalen Lake assists)	10-11
13:44	+3	Beau Becker makes three point jump shot (Ethan Taylor assists)	10-14
13:20	+2	Nique Clifford makes two point jump shot	12-14
12:52	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point jump shot	12-16
12:31		Ethan Taylor shooting foul (Joe Palmer draws the foul)
12:31	+1	Joe Palmer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-16
12:31	+1	Joe Palmer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-16
12:09		Beau Becker misses three point jump shot
12:07		Joe Palmer defensive rebound
11:51		Isaiah Stevens turnover (bad pass)
11:51		TV timeout
11:26	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup	14-18
11:06	+2	Isaiah Stevens makes two point jump shot	16-18
10:56	+3	Beau Becker makes three point jump shot (Rytis Petraitis assists)	16-21
10:24	+2	Jalen Lake makes two point jump shot	18-21
10:07		Luke Kearney misses three point jump shot
10:05		Isaiah Stevens defensive rebound
9:57		Joe Palmer misses three point jump shot
9:55		Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound
9:27	+2	Luke Kearney makes two point jump shot	18-23
9:11	+2	Isaiah Stevens makes two point jump shot	20-23
8:41	+3	Luke Kearney makes three point jump shot (Ethan Taylor assists)	20-26
8:20		Jeffrey Mills personal foul (Rashaan Mbemba draws the foul)
8:17		Rytis Petraitis shooting foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
8:17		Joel Scott misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:17	+1	Joel Scott makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-26
8:08	+3	Kellan Boylan makes three point jump shot (Jeffrey Mills assists)	21-29
7:42		Joel Scott misses three point jump shot
7:40		Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound
7:11		Kellan Boylan misses two point jump shot
7:09		Kellan Boylan offensive rebound
7:08		Falcons turnover (shot clock violation)
7:08		TV timeout
6:42		Josiah Strong misses three point jump shot
6:40		Falcons defensive rebound
6:25		Byron Brown turnover (traveling)
6:12		Kellan Boylan shooting foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
6:12		Joel Scott misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:12		Joel Scott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:12		Kellan Boylan defensive rebound
6:10		Nique Clifford personal foul (Kellan Boylan draws the foul)
5:53	+2	Luke Kearney makes two point layup	21-31
5:45	+3	Isaiah Stevens makes three point jump shot	24-31
5:13		Joel Scott blocks Luke Kearney's two point jump shot
5:11		Josiah Strong defensive rebound
5:06	+3	Isaiah Stevens makes three point jump shot	27-31
4:35		Jeffrey Mills turnover (bad pass)
4:05		Isaiah Stevens misses three point jump shot
4:03		Joel Scott offensive rebound
3:54	+3	Nique Clifford makes three point jump shot	30-31
3:54		TV timeout
3:38		Joel Scott personal foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul)
3:33		Ethan Taylor misses two point jump shot
3:31		Kellan Boylan offensive rebound
3:28		Joe Palmer personal foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul)
3:28		Niko Medved technical foul
3:28	+1	Ethan Taylor makes technical free throw 1 of 2	30-32
3:28		Ethan Taylor misses technical free throw 2 of 2
3:28		Falcons offensive rebound
3:28	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-33
3:28		Rytis Petraitis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:28		Joe Palmer defensive rebound
3:03	+2	Isaiah Stevens makes two point layup	32-33
3:03		Kellan Boylan shooting foul (Isaiah Stevens draws the foul)
3:03	+1	Isaiah Stevens makes regular free throw 1 of 1	33-33
2:44		Isaiah Stevens shooting foul (Luke Kearney draws the foul)
2:44	+1	Luke Kearney makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-34
2:44	+1	Luke Kearney makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-35
2:25	+2	Joel Scott makes two point layup (Isaiah Stevens assists)	35-35
1:58		Nique Clifford blocks Rytis Petraitis's two point layup
1:56		Ethan Taylor offensive rebound
1:48	+3	Jeffrey Mills makes three point jump shot (Ethan Taylor assists)	35-38
1:35		Jalen Lake misses three point jump shot
1:33		Nique Clifford offensive rebound
1:32		Beau Becker personal foul (Nique Clifford draws the foul)
1:32		Beau Becker technical foul
1:32		Joe Scott technical foul
1:32	+1	Isaiah Stevens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-38
1:32	+1	Isaiah Stevens makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-38
1:32	+1	Isaiah Stevens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-38
1:32	+1	Isaiah Stevens makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-38
1:32	+1	Nique Clifford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-38
1:32		Nique Clifford misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:32		Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound
1:15		Isaiah Stevens shooting foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul)
1:15	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-39
1:15	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-40
1:00		Wesley Celichowski blocks Isaiah Stevens's two point layup
0:58		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
0:49		Joe Palmer blocks Luke Kearney's two point layup
0:47		Rytis Petraitis offensive rebound
0:33	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup	40-42
0:27		Nique Clifford misses three point jump shot
0:25		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
0:10		Ethan Taylor turnover (lost ball)
0:10		Rams 30 second timeout
0:02	+2	Isaiah Stevens makes two point jump shot	42-42
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
COLST
Rams
40
AF
Falcons
31

Time		Play	Score
19:28		Falcons turnover (shot clock violation)
19:01		Nique Clifford turnover (out of bounds)
18:36	+2	Wesley Celichowski makes two point layup (Rytis Petraitis assists)	42-44
18:21		Josiah Strong misses two point jump shot
18:19		Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound
17:57	+3	Jeffrey Mills makes three point jump shot (Rytis Petraitis assists)	42-47
17:35	+2	Joel Scott makes two point layup	44-47
17:35		Kellan Boylan shooting foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
17:35	+1	Joel Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 1	45-47
17:16		Jeffrey Mills misses three point jump shot
17:14		Patrick Cartier defensive rebound
17:00		Joel Scott misses three point jump shot
16:58		Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound
16:52		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
16:50		Patrick Cartier defensive rebound
16:40	+3	Patrick Cartier makes three point jump shot (Nique Clifford assists)	48-47
16:15		Rytis Petraitis misses three point jump shot
16:13		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
16:04	+2	Josiah Strong makes two point layup	50-47
15:46		Nique Clifford shooting foul (Kellan Boylan draws the foul)
15:46		TV timeout
15:25		Beau Becker misses three point jump shot
15:23		Kellan Boylan offensive rebound
15:06	+2	Kellan Boylan makes two point layup	50-49
15:06		Jeffrey Mills misses three point jump shot
15:06		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
15:06	+2	Patrick Cartier makes two point layup (Isaiah Stevens assists)	52-47
15:06		Kellan Boylan misses three point jump shot
15:06		Kellan Boylan offensive rebound
15:06	+2	Kellan Boylan makes two point layup	52-49
14:10		Josiah Strong misses three point jump shot
14:08		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
13:37		Beau Becker misses two point jump shot
13:35		Rams defensive rebound
13:23		Byron Brown shooting foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
13:23	+1	Joel Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-49
13:23		Joel Scott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:23		Kellan Boylan defensive rebound
13:16		Isaiah Stevens personal foul
13:16		Joe Palmer blocks Byron Brown's two point layup
13:14		Isaiah Stevens defensive rebound
13:11		Jalen Lake misses three point jump shot
13:09		Byron Brown defensive rebound
12:42		Beau Becker misses three point jump shot
12:40		Rytis Petraitis offensive rebound
12:34	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup	53-51
12:11		Byron Brown shooting foul (Nique Clifford draws the foul)
12:11	+1	Nique Clifford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-51
12:11	+1	Nique Clifford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-51
11:59		Kellan Boylan misses two point layup
11:59		Beau Becker offensive rebound
11:59		Rashaan Mbemba personal foul (Beau Becker draws the foul)
11:59		TV timeout
11:57		Joe Palmer shooting foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul)
11:57	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-52
11:57	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-53
11:30		Isaiah Stevens misses two point jump shot
11:28		Rashaan Mbemba offensive rebound
11:25	+2	Isaiah Stevens makes two point jump shot (Jalen Lake assists)	57-53
11:11		Taviontae Jackson personal foul
10:53		Ethan Taylor misses two point jump shot
10:51		Taviontae Jackson defensive rebound
10:43		Luke Kearney personal foul
10:21	+2	Jalen Lake makes two point jump shot	59-53
9:57	+3	Beau Becker makes three point jump shot (Rytis Petraitis assists)	59-56
9:33	+2	Joe Palmer makes two point layup	61-56
9:33		Luke Kearney shooting foul (Joe Palmer draws the foul)
9:33	+1	Joe Palmer makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-56
9:19		Kellan Boylan turnover (bad pass) (Nique Clifford steals)
8:58		Nique Clifford turnover (bad pass) (Kellan Boylan steals)
8:44		Jalen Lake personal foul
8:44		Kyan Evans personal foul (Kellan Boylan draws the foul)
8:44		Kellan Boylan misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:44		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
8:25		Luke Kearney personal foul
8:21	+3	Nique Clifford makes three point jump shot	65-56
8:02		Rytis Petraitis misses two point jump shot
8:00		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
7:43		Jeffrey Mills personal foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
7:43		TV timeout
7:43	+1	Joel Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-56
7:43		Joel Scott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:43		Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound
7:22	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup	66-58
7:22		Joel Scott shooting foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul)
7:22		Rytis Petraitis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:22		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
7:07		Nique Clifford turnover (bad pass)
6:48		Luke Kearney misses three point jump shot
6:46		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
6:37		Isaiah Stevens offensive foul
6:37		Isaiah Stevens turnover (offensive foul)
6:21		Beau Becker misses three point jump shot
6:19		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
6:06		Rytis Petraitis personal foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
6:06	+1	Joel Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-58
6:06		Joel Scott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:06		Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound
5:52	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup	67-60
5:36	+2	Josiah Strong makes two point jump shot	69-60
5:21		Nique Clifford personal foul (Luke Kearney draws the foul)
5:21	+1	Luke Kearney makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-61
5:21	+1	Luke Kearney makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-62
4:51	+2	Nique Clifford makes two point dunk	71-62
4:33		Jeffrey Mills misses two point layup
4:31		Joel Scott defensive rebound
4:27		Jeffrey Mills personal foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
4:27	+1	Joel Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-62
4:27	+1	Joel Scott makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-62
4:13		Luke Kearney misses three point jump shot
4:11		Josiah Strong defensive rebound
3:53		Luke Kearney personal foul (Joel Scott draws the foul)
3:53		TV timeout
3:53		Joel Scott misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:53		Joel Scott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:53		Luke Kearney defensive rebound
3:25	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup	73-64
2:59		Jalen Lake turnover (lost ball) (Rytis Petraitis steals)
2:49	+3	Ethan Taylor makes three point jump shot (Kellan Boylan assists)	73-67
2:27	+2	Isaiah Stevens makes two point layup (Nique Clifford assists)	75-67
2:27		Rams 30 second timeout
2:27		TV timeout
1:57		Ethan Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Lake steals)
1:38	+2	Isaiah Stevens makes two point jump shot	77-67
1:26		Jalen Lake personal foul (Rytis Petraitis draws the foul)
1:26	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-68
1:26		Falcons 30 second timeout
1:26	+1	Rytis Petraitis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-69
1:23	+2	Joel Scott makes two point layup (Nique Clifford assists)	79-69
1:03		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
1:01		Jeffrey Mills offensive rebound
0:52		Rytis Petraitis misses two point layup
0:50		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
0:45	+2	Jalen Lake makes two point layup (Nique Clifford assists)	81-69
0:28	+2	Rytis Petraitis makes two point layup (Ethan Taylor assists)	81-71
0:26		Falcons 30 second timeout
0:22		Rytis Petraitis personal foul (Isaiah Stevens draws the foul)
0:22	+1	Isaiah Stevens makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-71
0:22		Isaiah Stevens misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:22		Rytis Petraitis defensive rebound
0:07	+2	Kellan Boylan makes two point jump shot	82-73
0:00		End of period

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Kellan Boylan makes two point jump shot