AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - Michael Lyons scored 29 points and Air Force pulled away in the second half to defeat Montana State 86-72 Wednesday night.
Lyons scored seven points during a 9-0 run early in the second half that put the Falcons (5-0) ahead 53-43. Air Force led by as many as 21 when Todd Fletcher hit a jumper with 4:51 remaining to make it 83-62.
Lyons hit 11 of 15 shots, including 3 of 4 3-pointers, and also had seven rebounds. Taylor Broekhuis added 13 points, seven rebounds and four blocks, while Fletcher had 10 points and six assists.
Montana State (1-2) got 17 points from Flavien Davis, 13 from Xavier Blount and 12 each from Antonio Biglow and Calen Coleman.
Air Force, which is 5-0 for just the fourth time in program history, hit 10 of 22 3-point attempts, shot 59 percent overall from the floor and outrebounded the Bobcats 39-28.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Montana State (1-2) | 39 | 33 | 72 |
| Air Force (5-0) « | 40 | 46 | 86 |
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| Montana State Bobcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Davis, F | 22 | 7-12 | 3-5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| P. Egwuonwu, C | 28 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Biglow, G | 29 | 4-12 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Colbert, G | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Stewart, G | 19 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| X. Blount | 25 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| C. Coleman | 18 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| E. Norman | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Dison | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Brumwell | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Robison | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Budinich | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 27-62 | 10-17 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 72 | |
| 43.5% | 58.8% | ||||||
| Air Force Falcons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Fitzgerald, F | 27 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| T. Broekhuis, C | 32 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| M. Lyons, G | 37 | 11-15 | 4-7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| T. Fletcher, G | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| K. Green, G | 17 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Michael | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Yon | 15 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Coggins | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| K. Williams | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Earls | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Kammerer | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| E. Michael | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Olesinski | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35-59 | 6-11 | 39 | 25 | 18 | 86 | |
| 59.3% | 54.5% | ||||||
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