FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Wes Eikmeier scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half to lead Colorado State past cold-shooting Air Force 79-40 Wednesday night.
Colton Iverson added 15 points and seven rebounds for Colorado State (14-3, 1-1 Mountain West). Pierce Hornung had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Rams, who extended their home winning streak to a school-record 23 games.
Colorado State had a commanding 40-19 rebounding edge. The Rams have outrebounded every opponent this season.
Todd Fletcher and Michael Lyons led Air Force (9-6, 1-2) with eight points apiece. Marek Olesinski scored six and Mike Fitzgerald, who averaged 26 in his first two conference games, was limited to four points on 2-of-3 shooting. The Falcons shot 37 percent and made just 3 of 19 from 3-point range.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Air Force (9-6) | 19 | 21 | 40 |
| Colorado State (14-3) « | 34 | 45 | 79 |
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| Air Force Falcons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Fitzgerald, F | 24 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Earls, F | 14 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| T. Broekhuis, C | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Fletcher, G | 30 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| M. Lyons, G | 23 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Williams | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| M. Olesinski | 16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| M. Yon | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Green | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Coggins | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Michael | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Hammonds | 8 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Kammerer | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Moer | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-46 | 3-4 | 19 | 10 | 26 | 40 | |
| 37% | 75% | ||||||
| Colorado State Rams | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Hornung, F | 27 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| C. Iverson, C | 25 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| D. Green, G | 29 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| G. Smith, G | 28 | 3-7 | 2-7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| W. Eikmeier, G | 24 | 5-9 | 4-4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Octeus | 24 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Bejarano | 13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| G. Santo | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. De Ciman | 9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Mason | 6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Morgan | 2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 28-55 | 17-23 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 79 | |
| 50.9% | 73.9% | ||||||
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