AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - Taylor Broekhuis scored a career-high 23 points, Cameron Michael added 18 points off the bench and Air Force won its home opener Thursday, blowing out Western State 102-68.
Michael Lyons chipped in 15 points for the Falcons (3-0), who led almost the entire game. The 34-point final margin was Air Force's biggest lead of the night, and the Falcons shot 52 percent from the floor, made 11 3-pointers and scored 25 points off Western State turnovers. None of the starters played more than 25 minutes.
Terrence Boyd had 15 points off the bench for the Mountaineers (0-2), a Division II program. Joseph Charles added 14, also off the bench.
The Falcons improved to 13-0 at home against Western State and have won the last 18 meetings overall. Western State's only victory in the series was in the schools' first meeting, 57-41 in 1957.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western St. (Colo.) (0-1) | 37 | 31 | 68 |
| Air Force (3-0) « | 47 | 55 | 102 |
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| Western St. (Colo.) | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Joseph, C | 23 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| J. Adams, G | 25 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Shepherd, G | 25 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| S. Aldridge, G | 22 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Vandahl, G | 20 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Charles | 23 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| T. Boyd | 22 | 4-6 | 5-15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| G. Berling | 14 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Webb | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| J. Cooke | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Donnell | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Johnston | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 12-26 | 37 | 16 | 23 | 68 | |
| 43.4% | 46.2% | ||||||
| Air Force Falcons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Fitzgerald, F | 22 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| T. Broekhuis, C | 21 | 8-12 | 5-7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| T. Fletcher, G | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| M. Lyons, G | 25 | 5-10 | 4-9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| K. Green, G | 20 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Michael | 18 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| T. Coggins | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Earls | 14 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Yon | 12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Olesinski | 9 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Williams | 8 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| E. Michael | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Kammerer | 4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Z. Moer | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-65 | 23-37 | 41 | 26 | 19 | 102 | |
| 52.3% | 62.2% | ||||||
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