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Mensah carries San Diego St. over Air Force 76-64

AP
Feb 12, 2022

SAN DIEGO (AP) Nathan Mensah had 14 points and three blocks as San Diego State Aztecs got past Air Force Falcons 76-64 on Saturday.

Matt Bradley had 13 points for San Diego State (15-6, 7-3 Mountain West Conference), which earned its fourth consecutive home victory. Keshad Johnson added 11 points.

A.J. Walker tied a season high with 27 points for the Falcons (10-13, 3-9), who have now lost five games in a row. Nikc Jackson added 13 points. Jake Heidbreder had 10 points.

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1st Half
AF
Falcons
33
SDSU
Aztecs
37

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Aztecs gains possession)
19:35	+2	Nathan Mensah makes two point layup (Matt Bradley assists)	0-2
19:06		Jake Heidbreder turnover (out of bounds)
18:53		Matt Bradley turnover (out of bounds)
18:33		Camden Vander Zwaag turnover (lost ball) (Matt Bradley steals)
18:20		Matt Bradley misses three point jump shot
18:18		Falcons defensive rebound
18:00	+2	Camden Vander Zwaag makes two point layup (Nikc Jackson assists)	2-2
17:43		Jake Heidbreder personal foul
17:30	+2	Keshad Johnson makes two point dunk (Nathan Mensah assists)	2-4
17:08	+2	Jake Heidbreder makes two point layup (Ethan Taylor assists)	4-4
16:52		Ethan Taylor blocks Trey Pulliam's two point jump shot
16:50		Matt Bradley offensive rebound
16:23	+2	Nathan Mensah makes two point dunk (Matt Bradley assists)	4-6
16:10	+2	Nikc Jackson makes two point layup	6-6
15:50		Nikc Jackson personal foul
15:50		TV timeout
15:50	+1	Keshad Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-7
15:50	+1	Keshad Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-8
15:30		Ethan Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Lamont Butler steals)
15:08		Camden Vander Zwaag shooting foul (Nathan Mensah draws the foul)
15:08	+1	Nathan Mensah makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-9
15:08	+1	Nathan Mensah makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-10
14:50		Matt Bradley personal foul
14:32	+2	A.J. Walker makes two point jump shot	8-10
14:01		Lamont Butler misses three point jump shot
13:59		Nathan Mensah offensive rebound
14:00		Jake Heidbreder personal foul
13:54	+2	Keshad Johnson makes two point dunk (Trey Pulliam assists)	8-12
13:33	+3	A.J. Walker makes three point jump shot (Nikc Jackson assists)	11-12
13:11		Nathan Mensah misses two point jump shot
13:09		A.J. Walker defensive rebound
12:56		Trey Pulliam personal foul
12:45	+2	A.J. Walker makes two point jump shot	13-12
12:16	+3	Adam Seiko makes three point jump shot (Nathan Mensah assists)	13-15
11:53		Joshua Tomaic personal foul
11:53		TV timeout
11:40	+2	A.J. Walker makes two point layup (Nikc Jackson assists)	15-15
11:24		Chad Baker-Mazara turnover (bad pass) (Carter Murphy steals)
11:01		Carter Murphy misses three point jump shot
10:59		Joshua Tomaic defensive rebound
10:44	+2	Joshua Tomaic makes two point layup (Lamont Butler assists)	15-17
10:17		Aguek Arop blocks Carter Murphy's three point jump shot
10:15		Aztecs defensive rebound
10:01		Carter Murphy personal foul
9:54		Chad Baker-Mazara misses two point jump shot
9:52		A.J. Walker defensive rebound
9:40		Lamont Butler shooting foul (Camden Vander Zwaag draws the foul)
9:40	+1	Camden Vander Zwaag makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-17
9:40	+1	Camden Vander Zwaag makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-17
9:29		Joshua Tomaic turnover (bad pass) (Lucas Moerman steals)
9:17		Carter Murphy misses two point layup
9:15		Aztecs defensive rebound
9:05	+2	Tahirou Diabate makes two point layup (Lamont Butler assists)	17-19
8:42		Carter Murphy misses three point jump shot
8:40		Matt Bradley defensive rebound
8:26		Lucas Moerman personal foul
8:15		Matt Bradley turnover (traveling)
7:51	+3	A.J. Walker makes three point jump shot (Jake Heidbreder assists)	20-19
7:19		Lamont Butler misses two point layup
7:17		Tahirou Diabate offensive rebound
7:13	+2	Tahirou Diabate makes two point layup	20-21
7:13		TV timeout
6:44		Jeffrey Mills misses two point jump shot
6:42		Tahirou Diabate defensive rebound
6:36		Ethan Taylor personal foul
6:36		Trey Pulliam misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:36		Jake Heidbreder defensive rebound
6:12		Jeffrey Mills misses two point jump shot
6:10		Aguek Arop defensive rebound
6:10		Lucas Moerman personal foul
6:10	+1	Tahirou Diabate makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-22
6:10	+1	Tahirou Diabate makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-23
5:59	+2	Jake Heidbreder makes two point layup (Jeffrey Mills assists)	22-23
5:40	+2	Trey Pulliam makes two point layup (Matt Bradley assists)	22-25
5:25		Tahirou Diabate shooting foul (Nikc Jackson draws the foul)
5:25	+1	Nikc Jackson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-25
5:25	+1	Nikc Jackson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-25
5:15	+2	Matt Bradley makes two point layup	24-27
4:40	+2	A.J. Walker makes two point jump shot	26-27
4:40		Nathan Mensah shooting foul (A.J. Walker draws the foul)
4:40	+1	A.J. Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 1	27-27
4:28		Matt Bradley turnover (bad pass)
4:14		Jake Heidbreder turnover (lost ball)
4:04		Keshad Johnson turnover (bad pass)
3:56		Ethan Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Trey Pulliam steals)
3:55		Ethan Taylor shooting foul
3:55		TV timeout
3:55	+1	Trey Pulliam makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-28
3:55		Trey Pulliam misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:55		Nathan Mensah offensive rebound
3:29		Lamont Butler misses three point jump shot
3:27		Nathan Mensah offensive rebound
3:18	+2	Nathan Mensah makes two point layup	27-30
3:07	+2	A.J. Walker makes two point layup	29-30
3:00		Lamont Butler offensive foul
3:00		Lamont Butler turnover
2:30	+2	Nikc Jackson makes two point jump shot	31-30
2:15	+2	Keshad Johnson makes two point dunk (Trey Pulliam assists)	31-32
2:01		Matt Bradley personal foul
2:01	+1	Nikc Jackson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-32
2:01	+1	Nikc Jackson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-32
1:45		Trey Pulliam misses two point jump shot
1:43		Ethan Taylor defensive rebound
1:32		A.J. Walker turnover (bad pass)
1:13	+3	Chad Baker-Mazara makes three point jump shot (Keshad Johnson assists)	33-35
0:54		Trey Pulliam personal foul
0:54		Carter Murphy misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:54		Nathan Mensah defensive rebound
0:42		Aguek Arop offensive foul
0:42		Aguek Arop turnover
0:24		Jeffrey Mills misses three point jump shot
0:22		Trey Pulliam defensive rebound
0:00	+2	Trey Pulliam makes two point jump shot	33-37
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
AF
Falcons
31
SDSU
Aztecs
39

Time		Play	Score
19:40	+2	A.J. Walker makes two point layup	35-37
19:22	+2	Keshad Johnson makes two point layup (Matt Bradley assists)	35-39
18:49		Nathan Mensah shooting foul
18:49	+1	Nikc Jackson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-39
18:49		Nikc Jackson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:49		Matt Bradley defensive rebound
18:19		Lamont Butler misses two point layup
18:17		Falcons defensive rebound
18:00		A.J. Walker turnover (out of bounds)
17:37	+2	Nathan Mensah makes two point dunk (Keshad Johnson assists)	36-41
16:56		Nathan Mensah blocks A.J. Walker's two point jump shot
16:56		Keshad Johnson defensive rebound
16:56	+2	Lamont Butler makes two point layup	36-43
16:56		Ethan Taylor shooting foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
16:56	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-44
16:48		Jake Heidbreder turnover (bad pass)
16:16		Matt Bradley misses two point jump shot
16:16		Nathan Mensah offensive rebound
16:16		Jake Heidbreder shooting foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
16:16	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-45
16:16		Lamont Butler misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:16		Jake Heidbreder defensive rebound
15:54		Nikc Jackson turnover (bad pass) (Nathan Mensah steals)
15:33	+2	Matt Bradley makes two point layup	36-47
15:14		A.J. Walker misses three point jump shot
15:12		Matt Bradley defensive rebound
15:05		TV timeout
14:50		Matt Bradley misses two point jump shot
14:48		Nikc Jackson defensive rebound
14:34		Camden Vander Zwaag misses three point jump shot
14:32		Aztecs defensive rebound
14:17		Lamont Butler offensive foul
14:17		Lamont Butler turnover
13:55		Jake Heidbreder misses three point jump shot
13:53		Nathan Mensah defensive rebound
13:42	+2	Nathan Mensah makes two point dunk (Matt Bradley assists)	36-49
13:27		Ethan Taylor turnover (bad pass) (Adam Seiko steals)
13:05	+2	Nathan Mensah makes two point layup (Trey Pulliam assists)	36-51
12:43	+2	Nikc Jackson makes two point layup	38-51
12:28		Matt Bradley misses three point jump shot
12:26		Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound
12:12		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
12:10		Trey Pulliam defensive rebound
12:02		Jeffrey Mills personal foul
12:02		Jeffrey Mills personal foul
11:39		Adam Seiko shooting foul
11:39		Trey Pulliam turnover (bad pass) (Ethan Taylor steals)
11:39	+1	A.J. Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-51
11:39	+1	A.J. Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-51
11:23	+3	Matt Bradley makes three point jump shot (Keshad Johnson assists)	40-54
10:52		Nikc Jackson misses three point jump shot
10:50		Keshad Johnson defensive rebound
10:43		Nikc Jackson shooting foul (Matt Bradley draws the foul)
10:43	+1	Matt Bradley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-55
10:43	+1	Matt Bradley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-56
10:23		Nikc Jackson misses two point layup
10:21		Falcons offensive rebound
10:04	+2	Nikc Jackson makes two point layup	42-56
9:32		Adam Seiko turnover (bad pass) (Ethan Taylor steals)
9:26	+2	Jeffrey Mills makes two point layup (Ethan Taylor assists)	44-56
9:20		Lucas Moerman shooting foul (Keshad Johnson draws the foul)
9:20	+1	Keshad Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-57
9:20		Keshad Johnson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:20		Jake Heidbreder defensive rebound
8:56	+2	A.J. Walker makes two point jump shot	46-57
8:33	+3	Chad Baker-Mazara makes three point jump shot (Lamont Butler assists)	46-60
8:32		Lucas Moerman shooting foul (Chad Baker-Mazara draws the foul)
8:32	+1	Chad Baker-Mazara makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-61
8:18	+2	Jake Heidbreder makes two point layup (Jeffrey Mills assists)	48-61
8:06		Joshua Tomaic turnover (lost ball) (Ethan Taylor steals)
7:53		Jake Heidbreder misses three point jump shot
7:51		Tahirou Diabate defensive rebound
7:30		Chad Baker-Mazara misses three point jump shot
7:28		Lucas Moerman defensive rebound
7:19		Chad Baker-Mazara personal foul
7:03		A.J. Walker misses two point jump shot
7:01		Matt Bradley defensive rebound
6:50	+2	Tahirou Diabate makes two point layup	48-63
6:24		Tahirou Diabate blocks Jake Heidbreder's two point jump shot
6:22		Tahirou Diabate defensive rebound
6:01	+2	Joshua Tomaic makes two point dunk	48-65
5:30		Tahirou Diabate turnover
5:52		TV timeout
5:45		A.J. Walker misses three point jump shot
5:43		Tahirou Diabate defensive rebound
5:30		Tahirou Diabate offensive foul
5:30		Tahirou Diabate turnover
5:10	+2	Jeffrey Mills makes two point layup (Jake Heidbreder assists)	50-65
4:52		A.J. Walker personal foul (Tahirou Diabate draws the foul)
4:52	+1	Tahirou Diabate makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-66
4:52		Tahirou Diabate misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:43		A.J. Walker defensive rebound
4:43		Jeffrey Mills turnover (lost ball)
4:31		A.J. Walker shooting foul (Chad Baker-Mazara draws the foul)
4:31	+1	Chad Baker-Mazara makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-67
4:31	+1	Chad Baker-Mazara makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-68
4:19	+2	A.J. Walker makes two point layup (Ethan Taylor assists)	52-68
4:19		Lamont Butler shooting foul
4:19		A.J. Walker misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:19		Joshua Tomaic defensive rebound
4:02		Nikc Jackson blocks Joshua Tomaic's two point dunk
4:00		Nikc Jackson defensive rebound
3:49	+3	Ethan Taylor makes three point jump shot	55-68
2:52		Matt Bradley turnover (bad pass)
3:49		TV timeout
3:29		Keshad Johnson offensive foul
3:29		Keshad Johnson turnover
3:05		Keshad Johnson personal foul (A.J. Walker draws the foul)
3:05	+1	A.J. Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-68
3:05	+1	A.J. Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-68
2:52		Matt Bradley turnover (bad pass)
2:30		Ethan Taylor misses two point layup
2:28		Trey Pulliam defensive rebound
2:18		Trey Pulliam turnover (lost ball) (Ethan Taylor steals)
2:02		Nathan Mensah blocks Ethan Taylor's two point layup
2:00		Jake Heidbreder offensive rebound
2:00	+2	Jake Heidbreder makes two point layup	59-68
2:00		Jake Heidbreder shooting foul (Matt Bradley draws the foul)
2:00	+1	Matt Bradley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-69
2:00		Matt Bradley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:00		Jake Heidbreder defensive rebound
1:47		Nathan Mensah blocks Ethan Taylor's three point jump shot
1:45		Jeffrey Mills offensive rebound
1:33		A.J. Walker misses two point jump shot
1:32		Keshad Johnson defensive rebound
1:32	+3	Matt Bradley makes three point jump shot (Trey Pulliam assists)	59-72
1:30		Jake Heidbreder misses two point layup
1:28		Trey Pulliam defensive rebound
1:18		Nikc Jackson personal foul (Trey Pulliam draws the foul)
1:18	+1	Trey Pulliam makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-73
1:18	+1	Trey Pulliam makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-74
1:10	+2	Jake Heidbreder makes two point layup (Jeffrey Mills assists)	61-74
1:06		Ethan Taylor personal foul (Trey Pulliam draws the foul)
1:06	+1	Trey Pulliam makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-75
1:06	+1	Trey Pulliam makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-76
0:33		A.J. Walker misses three point jump shot
0:31		Keshad Johnson defensive rebound
0:18		Chad Baker-Mazara misses two point jump shot
0:16		Jeffrey Mills defensive rebound
0:08		Ethan Taylor misses three point jump shot
0:06		Ethan Taylor offensive rebound
0:01	+3	Ethan Taylor makes three point jump shot	64-76

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Ethan Taylor makes three point jump shot