Air Force on Wednesday

San Jose State University heads into Colorado Springs to face Air Force ( 8-7, 2-2) Wednesday evening.

The Falcons are coming off a 79-72 home loss to San Diego State in which 6-foot-2 guard Tre' Coggins scored 29 points (five treys) against a topnotch defense. As Aztec Coach Steve Fisher said, "He can beat you off the bounce and if you back off him he can beat you shooting from a distance." Coggins is averaging 17.8 point in 36 minutes per game in the 2013-14 season, shooting 50%, 46% and 81% while also leading with 16 steals.

Coach Dave Pilipovich's guys led 31-27 after the initial 20 minutes and won the battle of the boards 39-30 despite a size disadvantage.

Two other Falcons are also averaging in double figures: 6-foot-4 guard Max Yon at 13.9 points per outing (33 minutes a game) and 6-foot-9 Marik Olesinski with 11.9 (30 minutes a game). The latter is also grabbing a third-on-the-team 5.4 rebounds per contest.

At 28 minutes  a contest, Justin Hammonds brings a nightly 9.4 points plus 5.5 boards at 6-foot-6 with 6-foot-4 Kamryn Williams tops in rebounding at 6.8 each time out alongside 9.0 points (also 28 minutes a game).

A total of ten Falcon players average double figures in playing time.

Air Force plays the so-called Princeton style of offense, with a lot of movement away from the ball, multiple backdoor cuts as well as great patience in waiting for and seizing advantage of any defensive lapse. Opponents gets antsy playing 30 or so seconds of defense each possession -- all it takes is one player unable to simultaneously watch the ball and his opponent or a futile gamble for a steal.

As a team, AF is shooting 47% on the season while allowing opponents to connect at a 43% rate, 37% to 33% from long distance. Team rebounding is about even with opponents but the Falcons have committed 24 more turnovers on the season.

This is a team that lost at UC Davis 80-74 and also fell at home to Jackson State. In Mountain West Conference action, Air Force owns a 73-72 win at home versus Utah State plus a 75-68 victory over host UNLV versus the loss to San Diego State and a 71-65 defeat at Fresno State.

Inside power won't be a factor here because there is none (it also surprisingly wasn't versus New Mexico either but that's a different story).