Derek Brooks chuckled a bit at the question.
“I don’t know if it was the best game of my career,” Air Force’s senior forward said.
Humility aside, the numbers say Brooks was never better. He had a career best 18 points, a career best five assists, and hit big shot after big shot for the Falcons in their first road win in more than three years.
“He hit some really big shots,” Air Force guard/forward Taylor Stewart said. “He was composed when he we needed a big shot, and he came up big in the clutch.”
Brooks had two sequences that saved the Falcons. When TCU took an eight-point lead with less than nine minutes left, Brooks hit a 3, then banked in a shot while being fouled. His six consecutive points cut the Horned Frogs’ lead to 47-45.
Then, after Stewart missed two free throws in overtime with the Falcons trailing by four, TCU fumbled the rebound out of bounds, and Brooks hit a 3 from the corner to keep Air Force in the game.
“We just had that never-say-die attitude,” Brooks said.
Frank, when is the last time both our men’s and women’s basketball teams won MWC games on the same day? Had it EVER happened? Given the woeful status of our women’s program the last 10 years, this may be a first.
Wow, great question – I’m going to ask about that right now. It has to have been a while – I’m going to ask about this now.
It was the same date as the last men’s road win at csu in 2008, I know WBB swept CSU that year
It was, I’m going to write a post on this as soon as I get a chance from a ton of football signing day reporting/writing.