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Bloch leads Northern Colorado against Air Force after 32-point outing

Northern Colorado Bears (5-1) at Air Force Falcons (3-4)

Colorado Springs, Colorado; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Colorado visits Air Force after Zack Bloch scored 32 points in Northern Colorado’s 97-93 win against the CSU Fullerton Titans.

The Falcons are 3-3 in home games. Air Force averages 14.0 turnovers per game and is 2-1 when it wins the turnover battle.

The Bears have gone 2-0 away from home. Northern Colorado is seventh in the Big Sky with 9.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Brock Wisne averaging 2.5.

Air Force makes 46.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.1 percentage points higher than Northern Colorado has allowed to its opponents (43.2%). Northern Colorado scores 15.3 more points per game (89.2) than Air Force allows to opponents (73.9).

TOP PERFORMERS: Lucas Hobin is shooting 39.1% and averaging 13.1 points for the Falcons. Ethan Greenberg is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers.

Quinn Denker is scoring 18.0 points per game and averaging 4.7 rebounds for the Bears. Bloch is averaging 15.0 points.

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