No. 13 Air Force soars over San Diego State

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01/21/2007 - Colorado Springs, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jacob Burtschi scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead 13th-ranked Air Force over San Diego State, 56-51, at Clune Arena.

Dan Nwaelele added 11 points for the Falcons (18-2, 5-1 Mountain West), who rebounded from only their second loss of the season to win for the 14th time in 15 outings.

Air Force has now won 50 of its last 51 at home, including 26 in a row, which is tied for the second-longest active streak in the country.

Brandon Heath and Jerome Habel each had 15 points to lead the Aztecs (13-6, 2-3), who had a two-game win streak halted and lost for the third time in five contests.

After Habel converted a layup with 1:06 left to cap a 6-0 burst that gave San Diego State a 51-50 lead, the Aztecs didn't score again.

Nwaelele answered with a jumper with 46 seconds remaining to put the Falcons back ahead.

Then, after Habel missed a jumper that could have put the Aztecs in the lead with 18 seconds left, Nwaelele hit a pair of free throws two seconds later for a three-point edge.

Heath then missed a potential game-tying three-pointer with seven seconds remaining and Burtschi hit two free throws to ice the game.

Lorenzo Wade ended with 11 points and seven boards for San Diego State, which shot 40 percent from the field but only hit 3-of-20 three-pointers.

Nick Welch had 10 points for the Falcons, who led 23-17 at halftime.

Game Notes

Air Force hit 39 percent of its shots, draining 9-of-26 from three...SDSU outboarded Air Force 32-31...Heath had seven boards...Brigham Young has also won 26 straight at home, while Gonzaga leads the nation with 47 straight.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.