2001-02 Arizona State Women's Basketball
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2001-02 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 4-2 OVERALL, 0-0 PAC-10 ASU Holiday Women’s Basketball Classic NOVEMBER Dec. 1 & 2, 2001 • Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, Ariz. 4 TEAM CONCEPT# W, 67-53 9 DELTA KOSICE # W, 77-48 Arizona State Sun Devils (4-2) vs. Fordham Rams (1-3) • 5 p.m. MST 17 ST. PETER'S W, 72-67 Northwestern State (1-1) vs. Rutgers (1-1) • 7 p.m. MST 19 DELAWARE STATE W, 62-42 21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT L, 63-70 (All of ASU’s games on XTRA 910 AM) 24-26 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Coming off winning the Paradise Jam last week in St. Thomas, the Arizona State Sun 24 Western Michigan L, 63-77 Devils return home to play host to the 22nd annual ASU Holiday Classic this weekend at 25 Kansas State W, 76-58 Wells Fargo Arena. The host Sun Devils will be looking to reclaim the title in their own 26 Richmond W, 68-57 event after falling to UCSB in the championship game last year. ASU, now 4-2 on the year DECEMBER and on a two-game winning streak, will take on Fordham (1-3) in the first game of the tour- 1-2 ASU HOLIDAY CLASSIC nament at 5 p.m. on Saturday, while Northwestern State (1-1) will face Rutgers (1-1 with 1 FORDHAM 5 p.m. a game at Pacific on Thursday) in the nightcap at 7 p.m. On Sunday, the consolation game Northwestern State 7 p.m. will tip off at 1 p.m. and the championship game starts at 3 p.m. vs. Rutgers 2 Consolation Game 1 p.m. Championship Game 3 p.m. Probable Starters ’01-02 5 KANSAS 7 p.m. Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG NOTES 13 at Chicago State 7 p.m. CST #23 Betsy Boardman G/F 6-1 So. 6.2 4.5 Season-high 9 pts vs. Richmond 15 at Northern Illinois 1:05 p.m. CST #13 Leah Combs F 6-2 Sr. 7.0 6.0 Has started last two, 28 career games 21 STANFORD* 7 p.m. #35 Melody Johnson C 6-2 Sr. 11.8 6.7 Won MVP honors at Paradise Jam 23 CALIFORNIA* 11 a.m. (Fox) #4 Amanda Levens G 5-9 Jr. 19.0 4.2* 5th at ASU in career treys (70) 30 ARIZONA* 2 p.m. #10 Kylan Loney G 5-7 Fr. 4.7 3.8* Career-best 6 assists vs. Richmond JANUARY 4 at Oregon State* 7:05 p.m. PST Off the Bench ’01-02 6 at Oregon* 1 p.m. PST Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG NOTES 10 WASHINGTON* 7 p.m. #00 Alexis Tate F 6-4 Fr. 1.3 2.8 2 points in each of last two games 12 WASHINGTON STATE* 7 p.m. #5 Lauren Stagg G 5-10 Fr. 3.2 1.5* Career-high 7 pts, 3 rbs vs. Richmond 17 at UCLA* 7 p.m. PST #30 Carrie Buckner G 5-9 Fr. 4.3 3.5 Led Paradise Jam with 2.3 spg 19 at USC* 4 p.m. PST #31 Jen Albert F 6-2 So. 1.7 2.0 Career-high 5 pts vs. WMU 24 at California* 7 p.m. PST #32 Rainy Crisp G 5-6 Sr. 2.5 1.8 Season-best 6 pts vs. the Spiders 26 at Stanford* 1 p.m. PST (Fox) #52 Cian Carvalho F 5-11 Sr. 6.2 5.8 First career double-double vs. LMU 31 OREGON* 7 p.m. MST * assists per game FEBRUARY 2 OREGON STATE* 2 p.m. MST (Fox) ASU Tournament History 7 at Washington State* 7 p.m. PST The Sun Devils have compiled a 31-12 record in their own tournament, reaching the cham- 9 at Washington* 1 p.m. PST pionship game in 20 of 21 tournaments. Last year, ASU opened the ASU Holiday Classic 14 USC* 7 p.m. with a 73-56 victory over La Salle but fell to UCSB 76-66 in the championship game, snap- 16 UCLA* 2 p.m. 23 at Arizona* 2 p.m. MST ping a streak of two straight titles in its own tournaments. ASU has captured the title in its own tournament 10 times, most recently in 1999. Last year, UCSB senior guard Rachelle MARCH Rogers was named tournament MVP, while a Sun Devil has earned the tournament’s high- 1-4 Pac-10 Conference Tournament est honor 12 times (most recently Theresa Jantzen in 1999). Last year, Melody Johnson McArthur Court (Eugene, Ore.) and Amanda Levens each earned ASU Holiday Classic all-tournament honors. 15-18 NCAA First & Second Rounds (On-campus sites) In the Polls 23-25 NCAA Regionals After losing two straight games, Arizona State dropped out of the polls this week after 29 & NCAA Final Four being ranked 21st and 25th in the Nov. 19 Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN 31 Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) Coaches polls, respectively. The team is still receiving votes in each poll (34th in AP, 37th USA Today), while Rutgers is also receiving votes in both polls and is ranked as high as # - Exhibition game 29th in the coaches’ rankings. * - Pacific-10 Conference game The highest ASU was ranked last year was 22nd on Feb. 26, while the No. 22 rank- Fox - Fox Sports Net ing is the highest since the Sun Devils were ranked 16th in the preseason AP poll in 1983- Home games in bold & Mountain Time Game times are local to the site. 84. ASU was 22nd in the preseason AP poll, marking the first time in 18 years that the Sun Rankings are listed Associated Press/USA Devils were ranked in the preseason, while the team had shown up in several of the other Today ESPN Coaches at time of game. preseason polls, ranking as high as 17th. All ASU regular-season games will be broadcast on XTRA 910 AM. Rhonda Lundin, Women’s Basketball Contact ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 [email protected] • www.TheSunDevils.com 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • PAGE 2 Last Time Out Senior center Melody Johnson turned in her first double-double of the season to lead ASU QUICK FACTS the Sun Devils to a 68-57 victory over Richmond and the 2001 Paradise Jam Championship Monday morning in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. University Information Johnson finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds to record the sixth double-dou- Location............................................Tempe, Ariz. ble of her Arizona State career and earn Paradise Jam Tournament MVP honors. Founded........................................................1885 Enrollment..................................................45,693 Senior guard Amanda Levens, who averaged 15 points and four assists in the three- Conference ..........................................Pacific-10 game event, was also named to the all-tournament team. Nickname ............................................Sun Devils The Sun Devils fell behind early in the game, trailing the Spiders by as many 12 Colors ......................................Maroon and Gold points when Richmond took a 19-7 lead with 11:48 to play in the first half. ASU, how- Arena........................Wells Fargo Arena (14,198) ever, went on an 11-0 run to cut the lead to one. ASU took over for good with an 8- Year Built......................................................1974 0 run that put the team up 30-24 with 4:40 to play and was capped off by a pair of President ..................................Dr. Lattie F. Coor fast break layups by senior Rainy Crisp. Alma Mater..........................Northern Arizona ’58 Faculty Rep..........................Dr. Jerry L. Kingston ASU led 35-28 at halftime and went up by as many as 14 points in the second Alma Mater ......................................Wayne State half en route to the victory. The Sun Devils tied with Kansas State with a 2-1 record Athletics Director ..............................Gene Smith in the Paradise Jam but held the tiebreaker with the Wildcats after downing them 76- Alma Mater..................................Notre Dame ’77 58 on Sunday evening. Senior Assoc. AD/SWA ..................Betsy Mosher For the Sun Devils, Johnson led the team in scoring and rebounding, while Alma Mater..................................Illinois State ’72 freshmen Kylan Loney and Lauren Stagg each turned in career highs with nine and Athletics Dept. Phone..................(480) 965-3482 seven points, respectively. Levens and Loney led the team with a season-high six Ticket Office ................................(480) 965-2381 assists each. Three Spiders scored in double figures led by Krystn Gull with 12. Basketball Information About Fordham Head Coach........................Charli Turner Thorne Alma Mater........................................Stanford ’88 Fordham brings a 1-3 record to Tempe, mostly recently downing St. John’s and Record at ASU..........................69-79 (sixth year) falling to San Diego in the St. John’s Holiday Tournament last weekend. Coached by Career Record......................109-119 (ninth year) Jim Lewis, the Rams returns three starters and eight letterwinners from last year’s Assistant Coaches........................Joseph Anders 5-23 team. A pair of Rams are averaging in double figures in scoring, led by junior ....................................(Arkansas-Monticello ’80) forward Mobolaji Akiode who has scored 11.5 points per game this year. Akiode is ................Kim Gervasoni (Cal State Fresno ’88) also the team’s leading rebounder at 6.3 boards per contest. ..........................Laura Hughes (Santa Clara ’92) Basketball Operations....................Carrie Greene Trainer..............................................Jennifer Chu In the Series Basketball Office Phone ..............(480) 965-6086 Saturday’s game will mark the first meeting between Arizona State and Fordham, 2000-01 Record ..........................................20-11 while the Sun Devils hold a 6-0 advantage vs. teams from the Atlantic 10 2000-01 Pac-10 Record................................12-6 Conference, including last week’s 68-57 victory over Richmond in their final game at 2000-01 Pac-10 Finish ......................Tied for 1st the Paradise Jam.