Basketball Recap: Air Academy Takes Down Green Mountain in a Playoff Battle

Kadets

Previous Games

03/13/25 vs Green Mountain	68-63
03/07/25 vs Durango	55-25
03/05/25 vs Northridge	70-48
03/01/25 vs Grand Junction	76-19
02/19/25 vs Lutheran	64-36
+ 21 more games

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Air Academy had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They secured a 68-63 W over the Green Mountain Rams. The win was just business as usual for the Kadets, who after 26 games remain undefeated this season.

Green Mountain lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Addie Evans, who posted seven points and five steals. That's the most steals she has posted since back in January. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Coil, who went 6-for-8 to rack up 12 points.

Air Academy pushed their record up to 26-0 with the victory, which was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.4 points. As for Green Mountain, their loss ended a 13-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 24-3.

Coming up, Air Academy will challenge Mullen at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday. Mullen will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Air Academy surely won't give up without a fight. Green Mountain does not have any more games scheduled as of now.