2017-18 Sun Devil Wbb Game Notes
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2017-18 SUN DEVIL WBB GAME NOTES Game No. 17 2017-18 Schedule/Results (13-3, 4-0 Pac-12) DAY & DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT No. 18 Arizona State SUN, NOV. 12 UTSA W, 74-42 (13-3, 4-0 Pac-12) at Wed., Nov. 15 @Fresno State W, 81-49 No. 22 Oregon State SAT., NOV. 18 SACRAMENTO STATE W, 106-58 (11-4, 2-2 Pac-12) SUN., NOV. 19 COLGATE W, 65-54 Friday January 12, 2018 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT • Gill Coliseum • Corvallis, Ore. @Cancun Challenge (Puerto Aventuras, Mexico) Pac-12 Network/Arizona/Oregon • NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 Thurs., Nov. 23 No. 7/3 Mississippi State L, 57-65 Fri., Nov. 24 Green Bay L, 48-61 Sat., Nov. 25 Columbia W, 72-48 UP NEXT Currently on a season-best, six-game winning streak, the No. 18 Arizona State women’s basketball team (13-3, 4-0 Pac-12) faces its third of four consecutive Top ASU CLASSIC - DEC. 2-3 (ASU, Buffalo, UC Riverside, UNLV) 25 teams on Friday (6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT) when it plays at No. 22 Oregon State SAT., DEC. 2 BUFFALO W, 76-57 (11-4, 2-2). The Sun Devils will then conclude the weekend at No. 8 Oregon (15-2, SUN., DEC. 3 UC RIVERSIDE W, 73-48 4-0) on Sunday (5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT). The Sun Devils and Ducks come into the weekend as the only two unbeaten Sun., Dec. 10 at No. 13/10 Florida State (ACC Network Extra) L, 66-77 teams in Pac-12 play. Right behind them are Stanford (9-7, 3-1)/Utah (11-4, 3-1). ASU’s current winning streak represents the 25th time since 2001 that it has had MON., DEC. 18 IDAHO W, 77-33 a winning streak of five or more games. A win on Friday would match the longest winning streak of last season (seven). THURS., DEC. 21 ARKANSAS (Pac-12 Networks) W, 89-43 ASU is coming off home wins last week over then-No. 23 Cal (80-71) and then-No. 24 Stanford (73-66). Kianna Ibis (17.5 ppg), Jamie Ruden (11.0 ppg) and Fri., Dec. 29 at Colorado* (Pac-12 Networks) W, 72-47 Robbi Ryan (11.0 ppg) all averaged double figures in the two wins. Against Cal, Sun., Dec. 31 at Utah* W, 83-81 Ibis followed her career-high, 30-point effort at Utah (Dec. 31) with a game-high 26 points while Reili Richardson had a career-high 11 assists. Charnea Johnson- FRI., JAN. 5 No. 23 CALIFORNIA* (Pac-12 Networks) W, 80-71 Chapman led ASU in the win over Stanford, tying her career high in scoring with SUN., JAN. 7 No. 24 STANFORD* (ESPN2) W, 73-66 16 points to go with nine rebounds while Richardson added 11 points. Fri., Jan. 12 at No. 22 Oregon State* (Pac-12 Networks) 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT COVERAGE Both of this weekend’s games can be seen on Pac-12 Network/Arizona/Or- Sun., Jan. 14 at No. 8 Oregon* (Pac-12 Networks) 5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT egon. They can also be heard on NBC Sports Radio AM 1060/Sun Devils Athletics Tune-In Channel. Pregame coverage will start at 6:30 p.m. MT on Friday/5:30 FRI., JAN. 19 UTAH* 11 a.m. MT p.m. MT on Sunday. Veteran broadcaster and the state of Arizona’s 2010 Broad- SUN., JAN. 21 COLORADO* (Pac-12 Networks) 2 p.m. MT caster of the Year Jeff Munn is in his 14th season as the voice of ASU women’s basketball. Fri., Jan. 26 at Stanford* (Pac-12 Networks) 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT Sun., Jan. 28 at California* (Pac-12 Networks) 3 p.m. PT/4 p.m. MT WHAT TO LOOK FOR • During its current six-game winning streak ASU is... outscoring the opposition FRI., FEB 2 WASHINGTON* (Pac-12 Networks) 8 p.m. MT 79.0-56.8... shooting 47.7 percent (39.5 percent 3FGs)... +10.8 on the boards SUN., FEB 4 WASHINGTON STATE* 2 p.m. MT (41.8-32.0)... averaged 19.6 assists and only 10.8 turnovers. • ASU has not won both games in Oregon since the 2010-11 season. Fri., Feb. 9 at USC* 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT • ASU is currently among the nation’s top 35 teams in turnovers per game Sun., Feb. 11 at UCLA* (Pac-12 Networks) 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT (7th/11.7), assist-to-turnover ratio (7th), assists per game (23rd/17.8), FG per- centage (31st/45.7) and turnover margin (31st/+5.25). FRI., FEB 16 ARIZONA* (Pac-12 Networks) 7 p.m. MT • Oregon State is among the nation’s top 35 teams in 3-point FG percentage Sun., Feb. 18 at Arizona* (Pac-12 Networks) 4 p.m. MT (2nd/41.7), FG pct. (3rd/50.2), FG pct. defense (5th/33.3), rebound margin (5th/+12.2), assists per game (6th/21.4), blocks per game (10th/6.3), assist- FRI., FEB 23 OREGON* (Pac-12 Networks) 6 p.m. MT to-turnover ratio (15th), 3-point FGs per game (23rd/9.1), scoring defense (32nd/56.5 ppg), SUN., FEB 25 OREGON STATE* (Pac-12 Networks) 2 p.m. PT • Sophomore guard Reili Richardson is No. 7 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio. In last Friday’s win vs. Cal, Richardson, who has 61 assists and only 11 Thurs., Mar. 1 - Pac-12 Tournament TBD turnovers in ASU’s last 11 games, dished out a career-high 11 assists (with zero Sun., Mar. 4 turnovers), her third double-digit assist performance of the season. • Through two weekends of conference action, ASU is No. 1 in the Pac-12 in field Home games (listed in BOLD CAPS) played at Wells Fargo Arena. goal percentage (47.3) and No. 3 in scoring offense (77.0 ppg). The 83 points at * - Pac-12 Game Utah and 80 vs. Cal represented the first time it scored 80 or more points in con- secutive conference games since 2007 when it defeated Oregon 80-70 (1/13/07) and UCLA 92-52 (1/18/07). In the win at Utah, ASU scored 34 points in the first quarter, its most points ever scored in a quarter. SUN DEVIL 2017-18 SUN DEVIL WBB GAME NOTES SERIES NOTES VERSUS OREGON STATE SUN DEVIL WBB 2017-18 QUICK FACTS The Sun Devils have won 22 of their last 29 meetings against Oregon State, but School Information the Beavers have gotten the better of it recently with wins in the last five meet- Location ........................................................................Tempe, Ariz. ings, including the lone meeting each of the last two seasons: 54-45 in Tempe in Founded .................................................................................. 1885 2017 and 67-44 in Corvallis in 2016. OSU swept the season series in 2015, winning Enrollment ............................................................................. 73,000 68-57 in Tempe and 70-64 in Corvallis. The two teams split the season series in Nickname ......................................................................... Sun Devils 2013-14 with each team winning on its home floor. In the first meeting the Sun Colors ................................................................... Maroon and Gold Conference .............................................................................Pac-12 Devils used a furious comeback to erase a seven-point deficit in the final 95 sec- Arena (Capacity) ....................................Wells Fargo Arena (10,734) onds to come out on top 64-62. President .............................................................. Dr. Michael Crow Vice President for University Athletics/Athletics Director...... Ray Anderson BALANCED OFFENSE Sr. Associate AD (SWA) .....................................Deana Garner-Smith ASU has had eight players lead or tie for the team lead in scoring this season. Sr. Associate AD (WBB Administrator) ..................... Ken Landphere Kianna Ibis leads the way (6x). Sabrina Haines led/tied for the team lead 3x before her season-ending injury vs. UC Riverside on Dec. 3. Others who have led/tied for Staff team lead in scoring include Robbi Ryan (2x), Jamie Ruden (2x), Courtney Ekmark Head Coach ...............................Charli Turner Thorne (21st season) Record at ASU (seasons) ..............................................413-236 (21) (2x), Charnea Johnson-Chapman (2x), Reili Richardson (1x) and Sophia Elenga (1x). Career record (seasons) ...............................................453-276 (24) In ASU’s contest at Utah (Dec. 31), Ibis scored a career-high 30 points, the most Associate Head Coach ............................ Jackie Moore (6th season) points scored by a Sun Devil this season. Most recently, Johnson-Chapman scored Assistant Coach ...........................................Angie Nelp (1st season) 12 of her game-high 16 points in the second half of ASU’s win over Stanford. Assistant Coach ..................................... Briann January (1st season Assistant to the Head Coach ...................Terri Mitchell (1st season) IBIS LEADS THE WAY In ASU’s 83-81 win at Utah on Dec. 31 Kianna Ibis had one of the best offensive Team Information days turned in by a Sun Devil in recent memory as the junior forward scored 2016-17 Record ....................................................................... 20-13 2016-17 Pac-12 Conference Record (Finish) ...................... 9-9 (5th) a career-high 30 points, eclipsing her previous career high of 20 by 10 points. 2017 Postseason.............................................. NCAA Second Round Included in that flurry of offense were a career-high three 3-pointers. Ibis became Letterwinners Returning/Lost .....................................................7/5 the first Sun Devils to score 30 or more points since Kylan Loney accomplished the Starters Returning/Lost .............................................................. 2/3 feat vs. Arizona on January 31, 2004. She followed that extraordinary performance with a game-high 26 points in ASU’s win over No. 23 Cal (Jan. 5). Media Relations Associate SID/Women’s Basketball Contact ............Steve Rodriguez DOMINANT DEVIL DEFENSE Office .........................................................................