Plomb Reaches Milestone in Win at Air Force

Saturday, December 12

Colorado Springs, Colo

4 PM ET

Army West Point

8-2

Air Force

6-4

Team	1	2	F
Army West Point	43	47	90
Air Force	32	48	80

Plomb Reaches Milestone in Win at Air Force

December 12, 2015 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

COLORADO SPRINGS – Senior Tanner Plomb became the 30th player in Academy history to score 1,000 points as the Army West Point men's basketball team topped Air Force, 90-80, on Saturday afternoon at Clune Arena.

Plomb was one of four Black Knights to score in double figures with 18 points, including 15 in the second half, and classmate Kyle Wilson netted 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field with four three-pointers. Larry Toomey and Adam Roe each had 10 points in the victory.

Army secured its fifth straight win and improved to 8-2 for the second season in a row. The Black Knights also defeated Air Force for the second straight year.

"It was a total team effort tonight," head coach Zach Spiker said. "We had a number of key contributions from several players, including Scott Mammel and Cayne Edwards, and this is a really good win for our program."

With Dylan Cox in foul trouble, Mammel scored seven points off the bench, including a critical three-pointer, and Jordan Fox handed out five assists. Edwards scored five points, and hit one of Army's 12 three-pointers. The Black Knights were 12-for-28 from downtown (42.9 percent).

Hayden Graham posted a double-double, scoring 21 points with 12 rebounds for the Falcons (6-4). Zach Kocur added 15 points, six rebounds and three steals.

Army trailed 20-15 midway through the first half but Wilson hit a 3-pointer and Fox sank a jumper to tie it, 20-20, and the Black Knights never trailed after that. They led 43-32 at the break.
Air Force closed to within five points, 81-76, with 1:19 left but a Wilson 3-pointer with 56 seconds to go helped keep Army on top.

After a break for term end exams, Army hosts Marist on Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast online on the Patriot League Network.

Game Notes: The all-time series between Army and Air Force is tied at 4-4 … the victory was the first for Army against Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colo. (1-1) ... the Black Knights closed their three-game road trip with a 3-0 mark … Army moved to 5-2 on the road in 2015 ... Army has made at least 10 three-pointers in nine consecutive games ... Plomb now has 1,011 points in his career ... Wilson and Plomb are the third teammates from the same graduating class to reach the 1,000-point mark … 1981 graduates Bob Brown (1,282) and Marty Coyne (1,126) and 1990 graduates Todd Mattson (1,122) and Steve Rothert (1,054) are the others who have accomplished the feat ... Cayne Edwards and John Emezie each made their first-career three-point field goals ... Adam Roe scored 10 points for the first time in his career and blocked the first two shots of his career.