Guard Evan Washington scored two points on 1-of-5 shooting on Wednesday night, and his approach certainly wasn’t what mom and dad taught him way back when.

“I can remember when I first started playing, my parents would tell me to shoot it and be aggressive,” Washington said. “Naturally, me, I’m trying to put guys in position to score. I enjoy helping other people score.

Washington distrubuted the ball against Utah like no other Air Force player has for almost seven years. His 11 assists are the most for a Falcons player since A.J. Kuhle had 11 against San Diego State on March 1, 2004. On Air Force’s most important plays down the stretch of its 77-69 win, almost all of them came off a Washington assist. Washington also had eight rebounds, two blocks and two steals.

“If we gave game balls, we’d give it to Evan,” coach Jeff Reynolds said.

Washington hasn’t always had the luxury of being a distributor, but Air Force has a better team around him. Four players finished in double digits against Utah, and none of them were Washington. Of course, those players might not have gotten into double digits without Washington setting them up.

“Evan’s got great court awareness, it’s unbelievable,” forward Tom Fow said. “He was on fire tonight.”

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