North Alabama at Air Force

A long road trip for North Alabama to Colorado Springs. North Alabama had a losing record last season, including 5-13 on the road. The defense was seventh in the 12-team Atlantic Sun in points given up (76.1 per game), 10th in field goal shooting allowed (.461), and eighth in assist-to-turnover ratio. Opponents shot 33.7% from beyond the arc, making the Lions 315th in the country in 3-point defense. Air Force returns 10 players, including three starters in senior forward Beau Becker (13 ppg), plus senior guards Jeffrey Mills and Ethan Taylor (13 ppg). Air Force won seven of its first nine non-conference games to start last season, including an 80-58 rout of Portland as a +6 underdog. Play Air Force.