• While Air Force is holding its own on the boards in MW play, ranking second in defensive rebounds and tied for third in rebounding offense, the Falcons clearly have been undone by shooting woes. Though Air Force shot a season-best 51.1 percent in putting a scare into league-leader San Diego State last week, its shooting percentage of 33.6 against MW competition has resulted in a scoring differential of minus -28.8 points per game. Meanwhile, junior Dymond James registered her third double-double of the season, and second in the past three games, against San Diego State, finishing with a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds. James now has nine double-doubles in her career. But it is early in the Conference season and head coach Andrea Williams is looking for a turnaround in her team.

• Something's gotta give when Boise State visits UNLV on Wednesday. The Broncos enter the contest tied with Colorado State for No. 2 in the league in scoring offense at 66.5 points per game. UNLV, meanwhile, is allowing an average of 56.0, ranking third in the MW. While Boise State is trying to snap a two-game skid, it has won its last two road games. The Lady Rebels, who are receiving votes in this week's coaches' poll, are 3-0 on the road but have yet to win a home league game.

• Three Colorado State players are currently ranked in the top 50 of the Mountain West record book. Sophomore forward Sam Martin currently has the fifth-best field-goal percentage (.550) in MW history and ranks first among active players. Junior forward Meghan Heimstra ranks 24th with 73 career blocks, while standout senior guard Kim Mestdagh appears in the record book no fewer than five times. Mestdagh leads all active players in points per game (20th), field goals made (20th), three-point field goals made (second) and free throws made (46th).

• Beset by a raft of injuries this season, New Mexico coach Yvonne Sanchez had only two scholarship players available in Saturday's 64-50 loss to UNLV. "All year long we've tried not to make excuses out of it," said Sanchez, whose team is 0-4 in MW play. "We have to use what we have on the bench and we have to get them better. You can get frustrated with it, but it's not going to change. The people that we have now are it. Maybe aside from Jourdan Erskine (knee), the other players aren't coming back. It sounds like a horror movie, 'She's never coming back,' but that's the reality of it. We have to do whatever we can as a staff to work as hard as we can to continue to teach these players. If we can do that, then I think we're successful. "

• MW leader San Diego State, which is receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 25, puts its 10-game win streak on the line in Tuesday's home game against Wyoming. The Aztecs' run ties them for the sixth-longest active streak in the nation and accounts for more victories than five of the other seven Mountain West teams have for the entire season. The streak is also the longest by an MW squad this year by four victories. SDSU has already exceeded its win total from all of last season when it finished 12-17 overall.

• TCU's Delisa Gross had a breakout game on Saturday against Boise State, scoring a season-high 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting. With her 18-point showing, Gross has now scored in double-figures three times this season. During her three years on campus, the Horned Frogs are an impressive 13-5 when Gross scores in double-figures. Meanwhile, Natalie Ventress has led TCU in scoring eight out of the last 10 games, including an 18-point showing against Boise State. The freshman has led the Frogs in scoring 10 times this season, the first TCU freshman to lead the team in scoring in 10 games since former Horned Frog and current professional Helena Sverrisdottir carried TCU in eight games during the 2007-08 season.

• If Wyoming freshman forward Kayla Woodward hasn't exactly been awed by her transition to the collegiate level, there's ample reason why. Woodward, a three-time Wyoming All-State selection at Sheridan High, earned the Milward L. Simpson award, given to the top female athlete in the state of Wyoming, as a senior. Woodward, the current MW Player of the Week, averaged 25.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 3.0 assists in games against Air Force and Colorado State. For the week, she shot 76.9 percent (20-26) from the field, including 87.5 percent (7-8) from three-point range, and was a perfect 4-4 from the free throw line.