ASU Men's Basketball SID Doug Tammaro Can Be Reached Directly at 480-734- 7795 Or Via E-Mail at [email protected]
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ASU 2020-2021 SCHEDULE Date Opp. (TV/Radio) ........FINAL/TIP 11/25 URI (ESPN) ....................W, 94-88 11/26 #3 Villanova (ESPN)....... L, 74-83 11/29 Houston Baptist (P12) .W, 100-72 ************************************************************************************************************************* 12/3 at Cal (P12) ....................W, 70-62 @SUNDEVILHOOPS (4-5; 1-2) HITS ROAD TO FACE OREGON STATE (JUST ONE GAME) 12/10 #24 San Diego St. (FS1) L, 68-80 Sat., Jan. 16- at Oregon State (5-5; 1-3) 4 p.m. PT/Pac-12 ASU has won 3 of past 4 in Corvallis 12/13 at GCU (FOX10Xtra) ....W, 71-70 ************************************************************************************************************************* 12/16 UTEP (P12) ..................... L, 63-76 NEXT UP: The Sun Devil men's basketball team (4-5; 1-2) hits the road for a Saturday (Jan. 16) 4 p.m. PT 12/18 Incarnate Word ........CANCELED tip on Pac-12 Network at the Oregon State Beavers, with Guy Haberman and Mike Montgomery on the call. 12/22 Utah (P12) ............................. PPD ASU has played nine games, but has yet to have its full team in uniform for any game and it won't happen 12/31 at Washington State (P12) .. PPD Saturday. It has had five games missed due to COVID protocols (three of them due to opponent issues). At 1/2 at Washington (FS1) ............ PPD tip off on Saturday ASU will have played two games in past 30 days. ASU is 10-5 in its past 15 road games. 1/7 UCLA (ESPN) ...........L, 75-81 OT 1/9 USC (P12) ....................... L, 64-73 OSU SERIES: ASU has won three of the past four in Corvallis and is 8-2 in five seasons vs. the Beavers 1/14 at #22 Oregon (ESPN)......... PPD under Coach Hurley...ASU is 6-1 vs. the Beavers in past four years...ASU is 18-5 vs. OSU in past dozen sea- 1/16 at Oregon State (P12) .......... 4 PT sons...ASU swept the Beavers in 2018-19 for the first time since 2009-10 and then did the same last season. 1/21 Arizona (ESPN/2/U) ....................7 1/28 California (FS1) ......................TBD PEOPLE ASK, SO HERE ARE THE DETAILS: Arizona State has not had its full roster for any game this 1/30 Stanford (ESPN/2/U) ...................8 year. Kimani Lawrence missed the first two games after having knee surgery in the fall. Alonzo Verge Jr. 2/4 at Colorado (ESPN/2/U) .......TBD missed the next two games (COVID-19 protocol). In that second game, a win at Cal on Dec. 3, Marcus 2/6 at Utah (P12) ..........................TBD Bagley inured his lower leg and then missed the next four games, returning to action -- after four other games 2/11 Oregon (ESPN/2/U) ..............TBD were canceled/postponed -- on Jan. 7 vs. UCLA. Against UCLA and USC, Jalen Graham was out for mono- 2/14 Oregon State (ESPN/2/U) ....TBD nucleosis, and Jaelen House and Taeshon Cherry (COVID-19 protocols) and Remy Martin (grandfather 2/17 at USC (ESPN/2/U) ...............TBD funeral and then COVID-19 protocols) would also miss those tilts. 2/20 at UCLA (ESPN/2/U) .............TBD 2/25 Washington (FS1) ..................TBD WHY THE 21-DAY LAYOFF?: ASU already knew its Dec. 18 game with Incarnate Word was off but then had 2/27 Washington State (P12) ........TBD Utah postpone a Tempe game (Dec. 22) and the road trip to WSU (12/31) and UW (1/2) was called off due 3/6 at Arizona (ESPN/2/U) ..........TBD to ASU COVID reasons before hosting UCLA and USC last weekend. No one is keeping score, but to simply get the facts correct the first two games were because of opponent reasons and the UW/WSU games were TURNED IT AROUND FAST Sun Devil reasons. Then this week Oregon paused its program so the Jan. 14 game vs. ASU was postponed. Buffalo was 285-369 (.436) in 22 seasons after going Division THROUGH NINE: Freshman Josh Christopher is averaging 16.8 ppg. and is shooting 33-of-38 (.868) from I (1991-2013). The Bulls were the free throw line...Remy Martin is shooting 39-of-77 (.506) from the field...Marcus Bagley leads the team 42-20 (.677) in Coach Hurley's in rebounding at 7.8 per game in his six games...Jaelen House has made five three-pointers after hitting 16 two seasons. all last year...ASU is +6.0 in turnover margin this year after leading the league at +3.19 last season...Jalen Graham has 42 blocks in 35 career games. BOBBY HURLEY YEAR-BY-YEAR GAME 9 (JAN. 9, 2021) -- USC 73, ASU 64: USC topped ASU 73-64 in a game that saw ASU trail by 18 8 YEARS: 139-94 (.599) and come back to the take the lead. In a second straight game without Jaelen House, Taeshon Cherry, Jalen Graham and Remy Martin, the Sun Devils fell into a deep hole against the 8-2 Trojans, trailing 36-18 with 2:08 ASU: 97-74 (.567) remaining. Holland Woods and the Sun Devils came roaring back, closing the half on a 14-0 run and eventu- (6 SEASONS) ally taking a two-point lead at the 8:52 mark after a pair of Marcus Bagley free throws. Woods and Alonzo 2020-21: 4-5 Verge Jr. led the way in scoring for the Sun Devils with 18 and 17 points. Marcus Bagley had 13 rebounds. 2019-20: 20-11 2018-19: 23-11 GAME 8 (JAN. 7, 2021) -- UCLA 81, ASU 75 (OT): After a 21-day layoff ASU lost a tough 81-75 overtime 2017-18: 20-12 game to UCLA without Jalen Graham (mononucleosis), Jaelen House and Taeshon Cherry (COVID-19 pro- 2016-17: 15-18 tocols) and Remy Martin (grandfather funeral). Alonzo Verge Jr. led ASU with 25 points and seven rebounds, 2015-16: 15-17 while Josh Christopher added 22 points and 11 rebounds and Marcus Bagley 11 points and 11 rebounds in his first action since Dec. 3. There were 19 ties and six lead changes, but the lack of ASU depth was too BUFFALO (42-20/.677) much to overcome as two Sun Devils fouled out (only one Bruin had four fouls) and UCLA's bench outscored 2014-15: 23-10 ASU's 25-4. ASU had four players notch at least 41 minutes. 2013-14: 19-10 ASU MEDIA RELATIONS: ASU men's basketball SID Doug Tammaro can be reached directly at 480-734- 7795 or via e-mail at [email protected]. The ASU website is: www.TheSunDevils.com. Page 2, @SUNDEVILHOOPS...ASU has 27 halftime deficit comebacks under CBH, including a dozen on the road. Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. 2020-21 SUN DEVIL ROSTER NOTES G 0 Holland Woods Jr. 6-1/180 Transfer from Portland State/ 2017-18 Big Sky Freshman of Year, 2019-20 first-team pick G 1 Remy Martin Sr. 6-0/175 One of the most exciting players in the nation who takes and makes the 15-foot jumper G 2 Luther Muhammad Jr. 6-3/185 Ohio State transfer who will sit the 2020-21 season G 3 Caleb Christopher So. 6-1/180 Carson (Calif.) product from Mayfair High School G 4 Kimani Lawrence Sr. 6-8/220 Can guard 5 positions and play 4 of them/ASU is 9-1 in his career when he scores 13 G 10 Jaelen House So. 6-1/160 Combo guard is lightning fast from Shadow Mountain High School/dad is Eddie G 11 Alonzo Verge Jr. Sr. 6-3/170 Nation's best sixth man last year averaged more than 16 ppg G 12 Micah Burno So. 6-0/200 Chaparral High School product G 13 Josh Christopher Fr. 6-5/215 McDonald's All-American/Highest ranked recruit in school history during recruiting era G 14 Austin Ronzone Fr. 6-2/180 Walkon freshman from Oakland (twin is Cade) F 15 John Olmsted So. 6-10/215 Walkon with skills and height from Morenci, Ariz./second year in program G 20 Cade Ronzone Fr. 6-2/180 Walkon freshman from Oakland (twin is Austin) F 23 Marcus Bagley Fr. 6-8/215 Phoenix product is one of the most underrated freshman in the nation/brother of Marvin F 24 Jalen Graham So 6-9/220 Long and skilled sophomore from Phoenix's Mountain Pointe High School F 30 Kyle Feit So. 6-4/190 IMG Academy (Fla.) walkon F 35 Taeshon Cherry Jr. 6-9/220 Sun Devils are 9-1 when he scores in double digits F 41 Imran Takhar Sr. 6-3/195 Walkon from Southern California F 51 Pavlo Dziuba Fr. 6-8/225 From Kirichkova (Ukraine)/solid build & great skills around hoop Head Coach: Bobby Hurley/42-20 at Buffalo (2013-15); 1992 Final Four MOP Coaching Staff: Rashon Burno (Associate HC), Anthony Coleman, Ben Wood, Eric Brown Sports Performance: Daniel Marshall Trainer: John Anderson NCAAS: ASU had been to four NCAA Tournaments (1995, 2003, 2009 THIS IS US: ASU has 27 wins (12 on the road) when trailing at the half and 2014) in 26 seasons (1992-2017) and had not been back-to-back under Bobby Hurley in six seasons, after going 12-64 (.157) the previous since 1980-81. Remy Martin and Kimani Lawrence went to the Dance five seasons. In the Remy Martin-era it did it seven times in 2017-18 in each of their first two seasons and were on way to a third last year. six times in 2018-19 and five times last year.