Air Force men place second in basketball championship Published June 3, 2004 SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- The Air Force men's basketball team finished second in the 2004 Armed Forces Men's Basketball Championship, held May 22 to 31 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.The team opened the tournament with an 81-77 victory over the Navy team. Edward Simpson, from Randolph AFB, Texas, led the team with 14 points.In the second day of competition, Air Force won a hard fought 69-65 victory over the Marine Corps. Tyron Wright, from Whiteman AFB, Mo., led the team in scoring with 19 points.The last game of the first round of the double round-robin tournament pitted Air Force against Army. Wright and Travis Cantrell, from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, led the team in scoring with 21 and 10 respectively. Army pulled out a close 80-77 win.Cantrell got the Air Force off to a strong start in its second game against the Marine Corps, scoring 24 points, going 6 of 7 in 3-point shots. Air Force won 88-74.Wright and Simpson led the Air Force 73-62 victory against the Navy on May 30, scoring 18 and 13 points.During the last day of the tournament Air Force had to beat the Army by four points to win the championship.With five minutes left in the game, Air Force led by 6 points. The teams changed lead for the next two minutes, before the Army squeaked the win, 95-89. Simpson and Wright led Air For with 17 points each.Wright was chosen for the five-person all-tournament team.