2001-02 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S 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, ) 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. Inaugural Season...... 1975-76 Arizona State will play either Northwestern State or Rutgers in the second All-time Record...... 309-360 Last NCAAAppearance...... 2001 round of the ASU Holiday Classic. The Sun Devils have never faced Northwestern Letterwinners Ret./Lost...... 7/5 State but hold a 6-1 all-time record against teams from the Southland Conference. Starters Ret./Lost ...... 4/1 The series with Rutgers is tied at 1-1 with the then No. 22 Scarlet Knights downing Newcomers ...... 4 the Sun Devils 67-48 in the championship game of their tournament in Piscataway, N.J., on Nov. 29, 1998. ASU’s win in the series came in 1984-85 with a 76-75 road Media Relations victory over then 14th-ranked Rutgers on Dec. 1, while ASU is 5-2 all time vs. teams Asst. AD/Media Relations...... Mark Brand from the Big East Conference. Associates ...... Doug Tammaro, Rhonda Lundin Assistants...... Jason Bellamy, Jeff Evans, ...... Will Phillips, Erin Rowley A Look Ahead at Northwestern State and Rutgers WBB Contact...... Rhonda Lundin Northwestern State is 1-1 on the season, falling to Virginia Tech in its season open- General Office Phone...... (480) 965-6592 er but rebounding with a victory over 59-58 victory over Tennessee-Martin on Nov. Lundin’s Home Phone...... (480) 752-3236 25. The Demons and head coach James Smith return nine letterwinners and two Email...... [email protected] starters from last year’s 23-7 squad. Junior forward Angela Davidson is the team’s Office Fax ...... (480) 965-5408 leading scorer at 17.5 points per game, while Davidson and sophomore forward Press Row...... (480) 965-7274 Katrina Swanigan pace the Demons in rebounding with 7.0 boards per game. Sun Devil Sports Hotline...... (480) 965-4200 Rutgers visits Tempe on a three-game western swing that begins with a game Web Site...... www.TheSunDevils.com at Pacific on Nov. 29. The Scarlet Knights are also 1-1 on the season (prior to their game at Pacific), falling at St. Joseph’s in their season opener but rebounding with a 53-48 victory over Virginia on Nov. 24. Junior guard Mauri Horton and senior for- ward Davalyn Cunningham lead the team in scoring, averaging 15.5 and 13.5 points per game, respectively. Cunningham leads the team and is second in the Big East in rebounding with 11.5 rebounds per game. The Scarlet Knights, who return five let- terwinners and one starter from last year’s 23-8 NCAA Second Round team, are coached by C. Vivian Stringer, who is the only coach in men’s or women’s NCAA his- tory to lead three different schools to the Final Four (Cheyney State-1982, Iowa- 1993, Rutgers-2000). 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • PAGE 3

Not Shying Away From Anyone ASU’S RECORD WHEN... Including a possible meeting with Rutgers and head coach C. Vivian Stringer in the second round of the ASU Holiday Classic, ASU has played all five of the all-time win- Scoring first ...... 2-0 ning women’s basketball coaches in NCAA history in the last three years. Stringer, Leading at halftime ...... 4-0 Trailing at halftime...... 0-2 who was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame last June, is third in all- Tied at halftime ...... 0-0 time wins. In the last five years, ASU has played teams coached by 12 of the 25 all- In overtime...... 0-0 time winningest women’s basketball coaches. In ASU’s season-opener, the Sun Scoring 70 points or more...... 2-0 Devils defeated St. Peter’s, which was coached by Mike Granelli who is 10th on the Scoring 60-69 points ...... 2-2 all-time wins list. Here is a list of the top five winningest coaches in NCAA history Scoring 50-59 points ...... 0-0 Scoring less than 50 points...... 0-0 and when the Sun Devils have played them: Holding opponent under 50 points ...... 1-0 Holding opponent to 50-59 points...... 2-0 Coach, School ASU Meeting Holding opponent to 60-69 points...... 1-0 1. , Texas 12/2/98 & 12/21/99 Allowing 70 points or more ...... 0-2 2. , Tennessee 12/27/00 (AstraZeneca Hoops for the Cure Classic) Games decided by five pts. or less...... 1-0 3. C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers 11/29/98 & Possible Meeting Shooting 50 percent or better ...... 0-0 in ASUHoliday Classic on Sunday Shooting better than opponent ...... 2-0 4. , LSU 3/17/01 (NCAA Tournament) Being outshot...... 2-2 5. , NC State 11/26/00 (Rainbow Wahine Classic) Outrebounding opponent...... 4-2 Being outrebounded ...... 0-0 Tied in rebounding...... 0-0 Turner Thorne Third in All-Time Wins at ASU Outscoring opponent bench ...... 3-1 With a 69-79 record at ASU, head coach Charli Turner Thorne is already third in all- Being outscored by opponent bench...... 1-1 time wins by a Sun Devil women’s basketball coach. Last year’s Pac-10 Coach of Tying opponent bench...... 0-0 the Year, she needs just seven wins to move into second on that list and pass Maura Playing at home...... 2-1 Playing on the road...... 0-0 McHugh who turned in a 75-65 record in her six seasons at the helm from 1987-93. Playing at a neutral site...... 2-1 is the all-time winningest coach in ASU women’s basketball histo- Non-conference games...... 2-1 ry, notching a 134-92 record in eight seasons (1979-1987). Pac-10 games...... 0-0 Playing on Sunday...... 1-0 Playing on Monday ...... 1-0 Finding Their Touch Playing on Tuesday...... 0-0 After shooting just 35.5 percent from the field (61-172) in their first three games, Playing on Wednesday ...... 0-1 including a season-low 29.5 percent vs. Delaware State on Nov. 19, the Sun Devils Playing on Thursday ...... 0-0 have started to find their touch. ASU has shot 42.9 percent (78-182) in the team’s Playing on Friday...... 0-0 Playing on Saturday ...... 1-1 last three games and has climbed to 39.3 percent on the year (139-354). ASU has Playing during the day...... 3-0 also stepped it from three-point land, knocking down 31.6 percent of its three-point Playing at night ...... 1-2 attempts (12-38), compared to just 22.2 percent (6-27) in its first three games. Playing on live television...... 1-0 Getting It Done on the Glass ROSTER BREAKDOWN The Sun Devils have outrebounded all six of their opponents this season, averaging 41.5 rebounds per game to just 32.2 for their opponents. In the last three games, BY CLASS (Eligibility) ASU has held its opponent to just 30.0 boards, including a season-low 29 by both Seniors ...... 5 Western Michigan and Kansas State. Last season, ASU led the Pac-10 in - Sophomores...... 2 Freshmen ...... 4 ing defense, holding its opponents to just 33.5 boards per contest. Even more impressive is the fact that the Sun Devils have held their opponents BY POSITION to just 41 offensive rebounds this year, an average of 6.8 per game. In the last three Guards ...... 5 games, ASU’s opponents have had just 16 offensive boards (5.3 orpg) and scored Guard/Forwards...... 1 just 10 second-chance points (3.3 ppg). Forwards...... 4 Centers...... 1

BY STATE/COUNTRY ARIZONA STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER California ...... 2 Canada ...... 1 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL Colorado...... 2 00 Alexis Tate F 6-4 Fr./HS Escondido, Calif./Rancho Bernardo HS Hawaii ...... 1 4 Amanda Levens^* G 5-9 Sr./1V Belvidere, Ill./Old Dominion Illinois...... 1 5 Lauren Stagg G 5-10 Fr./HS Airdrie, Alberta/George McDougall HS Iowa...... 1 10 Kylan Loney G 5-7 Fr./HS Ames, Iowa/Ames Senior HS New Mexico...... 1 13 Leah Combs*** F 6-2 Sr./3V Yorba Linda, Calif./Esperanza HS Oregon...... 2 23 Betsy Boardman* G/F 6-1 So./1V Portland, Ore./Beaverton HS 30 Carrie Buckner G 5-9 Fr./HS Corvallis, Ore./Crescent Valley HS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 31 Jen Albert* F 6-2 So./1V Longmont, Colo./Niwot HS Cian Carvalho...... SEE-on car-VAL-e-o 32 Rainy Crisp^** G 5-6 Sr./2V Shiprock, N.M./New Mexico State Kylan Loney ...... KAI-Lynn LOW-knee 35 Melody Johnson^* C 6-2 Sr./1V Colorado Springs, Colo./Colorado Kim Gervasoni ...... JUR-va-sony 52 Cian Carvalho* F 5-11 Sr./1V Kapa'a, Hawaii/Hutchinson (Kan.) CC

* letters earned ^ has utilized redshirt year 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • PAGE 4

Lighting Up the Scoreboard CLIMBING THE CAREER CHARTS Senior guard Amanda Levens is averaging 19.0 points per game this season, includ- FIELDGOALPERCENTAGE ing two 20-point performances and one 30-point effort. The transfer from Old 1. .558 ..Melody Johnson (201-360), 2000-pres. Dominion University scored a career-high 30 points in ASU’s season-opening win 2. .545...... Kym Hampton (987-1808), 1981-84 over St. Peter’s and had a team-high 20 in the loss to Loyola Marymount, while in 3. .538...... Monique Ambers, 1989-93 the Paradise Jam, she just missed tying her career high with 29 points in ASU’s win 4. .534 ...... Olivia Jones (405-759), 1982-83 over Kansas State. Leven’s 30-point effort vs. St. Peter’s marked the most points for 5. .525 ...... Lisa Salsman (456-868), 1989-93 6. .522...... Rachel Holt (338-647), 1997-00 a Sun Devil since Molly Tuter scored 32 in a 70-66 victory over Southern Utah on 7. .512...... Theresa Jantzen (180-351), 1998-00 Nov. 8, 1997. In her short ASU career, Levens has led the Sun Devil squad in scor- 8. .505...... Shamona Mosley, 1985-88 ing in 17 games and has had 10 efforts with 20 points or more. 9. .497...... Sherry Poole (546-1099), 1984-87 10. .492...... Becky Smatana, 1984-85 Contributions from the Rookies 11. .488...... Karen O’Connor (432-885), 1988-91 Arizona State’s four newcomers have started to come on, turning in eight season 3-POINT FIELDGOALS highs in points, rebounds and steals in ASU’s three games in the Virgin Islands. 1. 134 ...... Crystal Cobb, 1989-94 Freshman Kylan Loney, who has started all six games at point guard, is second on 2. 116 ...... Molly Tuter, 1994-97 the team in minutes played (27.5) and assists (3.8) and turned in a pair of scoring 3. 91 ...... Kristine Sand, 1997-00 4. 90 ...... Ryneldi Becenti, 1991-93 highs in St. Thomas. She had six points vs. Western Michigan and then notched the 5. 70...... Amanda Levens, 2000-pres. best game of her young career with nine points and six assists vs. Richmond. 6. 69 ...... Stephanie Freeman, 1995-98 Freshman guard Lauren Stagg had six points and four assists vs. Western Michigan 7. 66 ...... Natalie Tucker, 1998-01 and followed that up with seven points and three rebounds vs. Richmond, which 8. 56 ...... Rosalind Senior, 1987-89 were all career highs. Freshman Carrie Buckner, who led the Paradise Jam with 2.3 9. 49...... Tiffany Krahenbuhl, 1992-95 10. 48 ...... Michelle Tom, 1998-99 steals per game, had a career-best nine points and five steals vs. Kansas State, while freshman forward Alexis Tate had two points and a rebound in each of ASU’s 3-POINT FIELDGOALS ATTEMPTS last two games in St. Thomas and played a career-high 10 minutes vs. Kansas 1. 392 ...... Crystal Cobb, 1990-94 State. 2. 370 ...... Molly Tuter, 1994-97 3. 288 ...... Ryneldi Becenti, 1992-93 4. 281 ...... Kristine Sand, 1997-00 Quick Hits 5. 215 ...... Stephanie Freeman, 1995-98 - While the Sun Devils have gotten to the line an astounding 175 times in 6. 200 ...... Natalie Tucker, 1999-01 six games (29.1 times per game), the team has struggled at the charity stripe, knock- 7. 172...... Amanda Levens, 2000-pres. ing down just 61.7 percent of its attempts (108-175). Senior Amanda Levens, who is 8. 151...... Leaf Newman, 1998-99 9. 147...... Tiffany Krahenbuhl, 1993-95 first on the ASU single-season charts for free throws and second in attempts, has 10. 136 ...... Rosalind Senior, 1989-90 already been to the line 62 times this year and has knocked down 77.4 percent of her attempts (48-62). 3-POINT FIELDGOAL PERCENTAGE 1. .466...... Liisa Kotilainen (27-58), 1994-95 - Senior center Melody Johnson has notched double figures in all but one game this 2. .419 ...... Rosalind Senior (57-136), 1989-90 3. .407...... Michelle Tom (48-118), 1998-99 year and all but three games in her ASU career. She turned in her first double-dou- .407...... Amanda Levens (70-172), 2000-pres. ble of the season and the sixth of her career with 16 points and 11 rebounds vs. 5. .392...... Liz Paulson (20-51), 1999-01 Richmond to earn Paradise Jam MVP honors. Johnson has averaged 14.3 points 6. .345 ....Betsy Boardman (40-116), 2000-pres. per game over the last four contests. 7. .343...... Tiffany Krahenbuhl (49-143), 1993-95 8. .342...... Crystal Cobb (134-392), 1990-94 9. .325 ...... Natalie Tucker (65-200), 1999-01 - After leading the Pac-10 in scoring defense last year (61.5 ppg), ASU has contin- 10. .324 ...... Kristine Sand (91-281), 1997-00 ued its stingy ways in 2001-02, allowing just 61.8 points per game this year. Delaware State scored just 42 points on Nov. 19, while ASU held Kansas State to a FREE THROW PERCENTAGE season-low 58 points, 27 points below the Wildcats’ season average of 85.7 ppg. 1. .830 ...... Patti Peppler, 1984-87 2. .824 ...... Kim Griffee (262-318), 1979-81 3. .818...... Theresa Jantzen (171-209), 1998-00 - ASU is averaging 9.5 steals per game, including a season-high 14 steals in the 4. .803...... Sherry Poole (278-346), 1984-87 team’s win over Delaware State Nov. 19. The 14 steals vs. the Hornets marked the 5. .792....Amanda Levens (194-245), 2000-pres. most since the team had 16 in a win over Cal State Northridge last year, while the 6. .786 ...... Olivia Jones (228-290), 1983-84 Sun Devils have reached double figures in the category in three games this year. 7. .781...... Karen O’Connor (336-430), 1988-91 Senior Cian Carvalho led the team in steals with 11, including a career-best six vs. 8. .774...... Robin Connolly (240-310), 1984-87 9t. .771 ...... Jodi Rathbun (410-532), 1983-86 Delaware State, while freshman Carrie Buckner is right behind her with 10 steals this .771 ...... Lisa Salsman (236-306), 1989-93 year, including a career-best five in ASU’s win over Kansas State. 11. .756 ...... Natalie Tucker (166-219), 1998-01

- Senior Amanda Levens has moved into sole possession of fifth place on ASU’s career list for three-pointers made with 70 in her career. She has knocked down a team-best 10 this season and is shooting 37.0 percent from beyond the arc this sea- son (10-27). Over the last three games, Levens has shot 42.9 percent from three- point land (6-14), including a season-best four-of-eight vs. Kansas State. She is now chasing Ryneldi Becenti (90 in 1991-93) for fourth place, while Crystal Cobb (1989- 94) holds the ASU school record with 134 three-pointers in her career. 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • PAGE 5

Tough Slate Head Coach Charli Turner Thorne This season, Arizona State will play 11 games against six teams Since Charli Turner Thorne took over the reins of the program in that advanced to the NCAA Tournament or the Women’s National 1996-97, the Sun Devils have begun a steady climb back to the Invitation Tournament last year. NCAA qualifiers on the 2001-02 national prominence that the team enjoyed in the early 1990s. That slate include Oregon, Stanford and Washington, while Loyola climb culminated in 2000-01 when Turner Thorne’s Sun Devils Marymount, Arizona and Oregon State advanced to the WNIT. The captured ASU’s first Pac-10 Championship, an NCAA berth, a Sun Devils also have a chance to take on NCAA qualifier and Big return to the national rankings and the team’s first 20-win season East powerhouse Rutgers in the second round of the ASU Holiday in nine years. The 2001 Pac-10 Coach of the Year and District 8 Classic. Regional Coach of the Year has improved the team’s wins total in each of her five seasons and guided ASU to five consecutive dou- ASU Picked Second, Fourth in Preseason Pac-10 Polls ble-digit win seasons in as many years. In 1999-00, Turner Thorne Arizona State has been picked to finish second in the Pac-10 led the Sun Devils to a 14-14 regular-season record and a 7-11 Conference by the media (with a pair of first-place votes) and mark in the Pac-10 Conference, both of which marked the school’s fourth by the league’s coaches. Last year, ASU was tabbed fifth by most victories since 1992-93. Turner Thorne’s Sun Devils also the coaches and sixth by the media in their preseason polls but earned the team’s first postseason appearance in eight seasons, surpassed all outside expectations by finishing in a tie for first with falling to Colorado State 66-54 in Fort Collins, Colo., in the first Stanford and Washington for ASU’s first ever Pac-10 basketball round of the 2000 Women’s National Invitation Tournament. title. Following are the complete Pac-10 Conference preseason polls (first-place votes in parentheses): First and Facts About The 2000-01 Season • The Sun Devils won their first Pac-10 Conference title, clinch- Media Coaches ing a three-way tie with Stanford and Washington, and earned the 1. Stanford (19) 1. Stanford (9) school’s first NCAA Tournament bid since 1992. The Sun Devils 2. Arizona State (2) 2. Washington had been picked to finish fifth and sixth in the preseason confer- 3. Washington 3. USC (1) 4. USC 4. Arizona State ence polls by the coaches and media, respectively. 5. Oregon 5. Arizona • Arizona State won 20 games for the first time since 1991-92, 6. Arizona Oregon including 12 at home which tied the school record. 7. Oregon State 7. Oregon State • Arizona State cracked the national top 25 for the first time since 8. UCLA 8. California 1991-92, was ranked in consecutive weeks for the first time since 9. California UCLA 1982-83 and finished in tie for 25th in the final Associated Press 10. Washington State 10. Washington State poll, the team’s first ranking in the final poll of the year in 18 years. • The Sun Devils won seven consecutive Pac-10 games (Jan. 11 Pac-10 Conference Honorees to Feb. 8) for the first time in school history and turned in their The Sun Devils return a trio of all-conference performers from one longest overall winning streak since the 1991-92 squad opened season ago, including senior center Melody Johnson and senior the season with a school-record nine wins. guard Amanda Levens who were named to the A l l - P a c - 1 0 • The Sun Devils upset three ranked opponents which they had Conference first team, marking the first time in school history that not done in a single season since the 1991-92 NCAA Tournament- ASU has had two players earn first-team accolades. Arizona was bound Sun Devils downed No. 17 Kansas, No. 21 Cal and No. 5 the only other school to have two first-team selections last year. Stanford. Freshman guard/forward Betsy Boardman was named to the five- player Freshman All-Pac-10 squad, marking the third consecutive season that the Sun Devils have had a player named to the all- rookie team. In addition, three Sun Devils earned Academic All- Pac-10 honors with junior Leah Combs becoming ASU’s first first- team selection since 1990. Head coach Charli Turner Thorne was named the 2001 Pac- 10 Conference Coach of the Year as selected by the league’s coaches, ASU’s first such honor, and was one of eight finalists for the 2001 Russell Athletic/WBCA Division I National Coach of the Year Award. As a finalist, Turner Thorne earned the distinction of WBCADistrict 8 Coach of the Year as selected by WBCAmember coaches from that geographical region.

Pac-10 Postseason Tournament A new era starts as the Pac-10 begins its first annual Women's Basketball Tournament on March 1-4, 2002, at McArthur Court on the campus of the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon. The league’s Directors of Athletics and the Pac-10 Council approved the postseason tournament last fall. The Pac-10 postseason tour- nament will be a 10-team event which will be hosted by one of the Pac-10 members on its campus each year. A total of nine games will be played with the champion earning the conference’s auto- matic berth to the NCAA Tournament. 2001-2002 ASU Women's Basketball Arizona State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 27, 2001) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (4-2) (2-1) (0-0) (2-1) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (4-2) (2-1) (0-0) (2-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------04 Levens, Amanda..... 6-6 169 28.2 28-77 .364 10-27 .370 48-62 .774 9 14 23 3.8 18 1 25 17 0 5 114 19.0 35 Johnson, Melody.... 6-6 142 23.7 29-56 .518 0-0 .000 13-32 .406 21 19 40 6.7 21 2 3 12 0 7 71 11.8 13 Combs, Leah...... 6-2 134 22.3 16-30 .533 0-0 .000 10-16 .625 12 24 36 6.0 5 0 7 4 0 6 42 7.0 23 Boardman, Betsy.... 6-6 133 22.2 12-42 .286 4-16 .250 9-21 .429 13 14 27 4.5 11 1 2 10 3 7 37 6.2 52 Carvalho, Cian..... 6-4 128 21.3 12-37 .324 0-5 .000 13-16 .813 9 26 35 5.8 12 0 1 25 0 11 37 6.2 10 Loney, Kylan...... 6-6 165 27.5 10-27 .370 3-11 .273 5-5 1.000 1 7 8 1.3 11 0 23 12 1 4 28 4.7 30 Buckner, Carrie.... 6-0 107 17.8 12-34 .353 0-0 .000 2-7 .286 11 10 21 3.5 14 0 4 6 0 10 26 4.3 05 Stagg, Lauren...... 6-0 56 9.3 7-16 .438 0-2 .000 5-7 .714 0 6 6 1.0 10 0 9 10 1 3 19 3.2 32 Crisp, Rainy...... 6-0 101 16.8 7-16 .438 0-0 .000 1-5 .200 3 8 11 1.8 5 0 10 4 0 4 15 2.5 31 Albert, Jen...... 6-0 43 7.2 4-13 .308 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 6 6 12 2.0 5 0 1 4 0 0 10 1.7 00 Tate, Alexis...... 4-0 22 5.5 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 8 3 11 2.8 3 0 0 3 1 0 5 1.3 TEAM...... 9 10 19 3.2 0 2 ------Total...... 6 1200 139-354 .393 18-65 .277 108-175 .617 102 147 249 41.5 115 4 85 109 6 57 404 67.3 Opponents...... 6 1200 136-304 .447 20-51 .392 79-113 .699 41 152 193 32.2 140 - 78 133 18 45 371 61.8

TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 404 371 11-17-01 ST. PETER'S W 72-67 814 Points per game...... 67.3 61.8 11-19-01 DELAWARE STATE W 62-42 536 Scoring margin...... +5.5 - 11-21-01 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT L 63-70 1723 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 139-354 136-304 #11-24-01 vs Western Michigan L 63-77 - pct...... 393 .447 #11-25-01 vs Kansas State W 76-58 - 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 18-65 20-51 #11/26/01 vs Richmond W 68-57 - 3-point FG pct...... 277 .392 * - Pac-10 Conference game 3-pt FG made per game.. 3.0 3.3 # - 2001 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) FREE THROWS-ATT...... 108-175 79-113 Free throw pct...... 617 .699 REBOUNDS...... 249 193 Rebounds per game...... 41.5 32.2 Rebounding margin...... +9.3 - ASSISTS...... 85 78 Assists per game...... 14.2 13.0 TURNOVERS...... 109 133 Turnovers per game..... 18.2 22.2 Turnover margin...... +4.0 - /turnover ratio.. 0.8 0.6 STEALS...... 57 45 Steals per game...... 9.5 7.5 BLOCKS...... 6 18 Blocks per game...... 1.0 3.0 WINNING STREAK...... 2 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 3073 0 Home games-Avg/Game.... 3-1024 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 3-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Arizona State...... 197 207 - 404 Opponents...... 175 196 - 371 2001-2002 ASU Women's Basketball Arizona State Game-by-Game Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Nov 27, 2001) All games

00 04 05 10 13 23 30 31 32 Opponent Date Score WL TATE,ALEX LEVENS,AM STAGG,LAU LONEY,KYL COMBS,LEA BOARDMAN, BUCKNER,C ALBERT,JE CRISP,RAI ------ST. PETER'S 11-17-01 72-67 W 0- 3- 0 30- 4- 4 2- 1- 1 4- 2- 1 7-10- 1 7- 3- 0 4- 4- 0 2- 2- 1 4- 0- 0 DELAWARE STATE 11-19-01 62-42 W 1- 6- 0 19- 5- 3 1- 2- 3 5- 1- 3 7- 8- 3 8- 9- 1 6- 3- 1 1- 4- 0 3- 3- 0 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 11-21-01 63-70 L DNP 20- 4- 6 3- 0- 0 2- 0- 5 6- 4- 1 3- 6- 0 2- 6- 1 2- 1- 0 0- 1- 3 vs Western Michigan 11-24-01 63-77 L DNP 9- 3- 4 6- 0- 4 6- 1- 4 10- 3- 1 3- 3- 0 2- 4- 1 5- 3- 0 0- 2- 2 vs Kansas State 11-25-01 76-58 W 2- 1- 0 29- 3- 2 0- 0- 0 2- 3- 4 8- 6- 1 7- 3- 0 9- 2- 0 0- 1- 0 2- 1- 2 vs Richmond 11/26/01 68-57 W 2- 1- 0 7- 4- 6 7- 3- 1 9- 1- 6 4- 5- 0 9- 3- 1 3- 2- 1 0- 1- 0 6- 4- 3

35 52 Opponent Date Score WL JOHNSON,M CARVALHO, ------ST. PETER'S 11-17-01 72-67 W 12- 8- 2 0- 3- 0 DELAWARE STATE 11-19-01 62-42 W 2- 4- 0 9- 5- 0 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 11-21-01 63-70 L 12- 5- 0 13-10- 0 vs Western Michigan 11-24-01 63-77 L 18- 6- 0 4- 5- 0 vs Kansas State 11-25-01 76-58 W 11- 6- 0 6- 3- 0 vs Richmond 11/26/01 68-57 W 16-11- 1 5- 9- 1