NCAA Tournament 1982 • 1983 • 1992 • 2001 • 2002 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Pac-10 Champions Women’s Basketball 2001 • 2002 (Tournament) 2009-10 Schedule Results (18-13, 9-9 Pac-10) Game No. 32 Sun., Nov. 15 South Dakota State W, 73-64 2010 Women’s National Invitation Tournament Second Round Arizona State Thurs., Nov. 19 at Yale W, 82-46 (18-13, 9-9 Pac-10) Sat., Nov. 21 at #9/14 Xavier L, 46-59 vs. Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii BYU Fri., Nov. 27 at Hawaii W, 65-53 (21-9, 11-5 Mountain West) Sat., Nov. 28 vs. East Tennessee State W, 80-67 Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:30 p.m. PT • Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, Ariz. ASU Classic, Tempe, Ariz. (Dec. 4-5) Fri., Dec. 4 Idaho St. W, 65-56 UP NEXT Sat., Dec. 5 Pepperdine W, 62-52 After an impressive 23-point win over New Mexico State last Wednes- Wed., Dec. 9 North Dakota (SKTC Field Trip Day) W, 67-43 day, the Arizona State women’s basketball team continues play in the 2010 Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Tuesday night when it hosts BYU Holiday Hoops Classic, Las Vegas, Nev. (6:30 p.m. PT) at Wells Fargo Arena. Sat., Dec. 19 vs. No. #13/11 Texas A&M L, 62-72 The Sun Devils (18-13, 9-9 Pac-10) had one of their top offensive perfor- Sun., Dec. 20 vs. No. #6/5 Baylor L, 66-70 mance of the season in their 84-61 win over the Aggies last week. In the end, the Sun Devils ended up accounting for season highs in points (84), steals Mon., Dec. 28 Furman W, 74-37 (17) and made free throws (28). In addition, ASU held commanding advan- Fri., Jan. 1 USC L, 56-60 tages in rebounding (49-33), bench points (46-16) and second-chance points Sun., Jan. 3 UCLA L, 56-74 (17-5). Redshirt freshman forward Janae Fulcher (18 points, 7-11 FGs) and fresh- Thurs., Jan. 7 at Washington L, 56-62 man center Joy Burke (14 points, 5-6 FGs) combined for 32 points to lead the Sat., Jan. 9 at Washington State W, 64-59 Sun Devils. Fulcher and Burke were both part of an ASU starting lineup that featured five freshman, including four players - Burke, Fulcher, (redshirt fresh- Thurs., Jan. 14 Oregon W, 73-68 man) G Deja Mann and (redshirt freshman) G Haley Parsons - who were Sat., Jan. 16 Oregon State (FSN) W, 56-47 making their first career start. BYU (21-9, 11-5 Mountain West) is making its fifth all-time appearance in Sun., Jan. 24 at Arizona (FSN) W, 73-67 the WNIT. The Cougars advanced to the second round following a hard- Thurs., Jan. 28 at #2/2 Stanford L, 48-71 fought 62-58 home win over Pepperdine last Thursday. Junior guards Mindy Sat., Jan. 30 at California (FSN) W, 63-61 Bonham (13 points) and Haley Hall (11 points) combined for 24 points to pace the Cougars Thurs., Feb. 4 Washington (FSAZ) W, 67-61 (OT) The winner of Tuesday’s game will face either Texas Tech or Wyoming in Sat., Feb. 6 Washington State (FSN) L, 62-66 the second round (date and site to be determined). The Red Raiders and Cowboys also play on Tuesday night in Laramie, Wyo. Thurs., Feb. 11 at Oregon State W, 62-49 Sat., Feb. 13 at Oregon L, 81-82 RADIO Sat., Feb. 20 Arizona W, 57-49 Tuesday’s game can be heard live on The Fan AM 1060. Pre-game cover- Thurs., Feb. 25 #2/2 Stanford (FSN) L, 43-62 age will begin at 6 p.m. Veteran broadcaster Jeff Munn is in his sixth season Sat., Feb. 27 California W, 57-50 as the voice of ASU women’s basketball. He will be joined on the broadcast by former Arizona State women’s basketball coach Maura McHugh. Thurs., Mar. 4 at #25 UCLA L, 59-63 Sat., March 6 at USC L, 52-62 Pac-10 Tournament (Galen Center, Los Angeles, Calif.) Mar. 12 Quarterfinals - vs. Cal L, 50-60 Women’s National Invitation Tournament Mar. 17 First Round - vs. New Mexico State W, 84-61 Mar. 23 Second Round - vs. BYU 6:30 p.m. PT Home games are listed in bold * - Pacific-10 Conference Game PAGE 2 WNIT Second Round - Arizona State vs. BYU • March 23, 2010 Arizona State Head Coach Charli Turner Thorne • The winningest coach in Sun Devil history (269-167) and No. 4 in the Pac-10 in most career wins, Charli Turner Thorne has led the Arizona State women’s basketball team to the NCAA Tournament seven times in the last 10 seasons, a recent school record five consecutive appearances (2005- 2009). The seven NCAA appearances are four more than what ASU had in the 15 years prior to Turner Thorne’s arrival in Tempe. • In 2009 Turner Thorne guided the Sun Devils to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the last three seasons. • With 26 wins in 2008-09, Turner Thorne joined former Washington head coach Chris Gobrecht and current Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer as the only other coaches in Pac-10 history (since the 1986-87 season) to have led their respective schools to five (or more) consecutive 20-win seasons. • In 2006-07 Turner Thorne guided the Sun Devils to a school record 31 wins, including a school record 16 Pac-10 wins, and led them to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. The Sun Devils concluded the 2006-07 season ranked No. 8 in the final USA Today/ESPN coaches poll and No. 10 in the final Associated Press poll, their highest FINAL rankings in each of the respective polls in school history. • In 2005-06 Turner Thorne guided ASU to a 25-7 record and also led the Sun Devils to their seventh consecutive postseason berth. During the second half of that season Turner Thorne led ASU on a school record 10-game winning streak after leading the Sun Devils to a school record-tying nine-game winning streak earlier in the season (also led ASU to its first Top 10 ranking in 22 years). • In 2004-05 directed ASU to a 24-10 overall record and its first NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance in 22 years. • Led her 2001-02 team to a 25-9 record, which at the time had tied the single-season school record for most wins. • Guided ASU to a share of the Pac-10 title in 2001 and the inaugural Pac-10 Tournament title in 2002, the first league championships in school history. • Led Northern Arizona University to consecutive winning seasons in 1994-95 and 1995-96, the first coach in school history to accomplish that feat. • As a player, lettered four years at Stanford where she played under Tara VanDerveer. • During the summer of 2009 Turner Thorne served as the head coach of the USA Women’s World University Games Team which went undefeated (7-0) and captured the gold medal at the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia. It was Turner Thorne’s second time working with USA Basketball. In the summer of 2007 Turner Thorne served as an assistant coach on USA Basketball’s U21 World Championship Team which won the gold medal at the FIBA U21 World Championship in Moscow, Russia. • Is currently vice president of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) Executive Committee. • Graduated from Stanford in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and later earned her master’s degree in education from Washington in 1990. Career Record: 309-207 StatisticaL Comparison Category Arizona State BYU Category Arizona State BYU Points Per Game 63.3 65.0 Opp. Points Per Game 59.8 57.3 FG Pct. .417 .425 Opp. FG Pct. .414 .375 3-point FG Pct. .295 .356 Opp. 3-point FG Pct. .307 .294 Free Throw Pct. .688 .660 Opp. Rebs Per Game 34.3 40.2 Rebounds Per Game 37.5 37.9 Rebounding Margin +5.0 +3.6 Assists Per Game 13.3 16.6 Steals Per Game 9.3 9.1 Turnovers Per Game 19.3 17.2 Turnover Margin +0.6 +0.6 PROBABLE ASU STARTERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Year/Exp Hometown GP-GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG/BPG 35 Tenaya Watson G 5-9 Jr./TR Long Beach, Calif. 28-24 22.3 7.9 3.0 2.6 1.5/0.4 13 Danielle Orsillo G 5-9 RS-Sr./3V Oroville, Calif. 31-30 26.9 14.2 2.1 2.3 1.7/0.0 25 Kimberly Brandon G/F 6-2 So./1V Chatsworth, Calif. 31-25 20.1 4.1 3.3 1.2 1.1/0.2 21 Kayli Murphy F/C 6-2 Sr./3V Mesa, Ariz. 31-30 24.9 7.3 6.0 1.0 1.2/0.6 32 Becca Tobin F 6-5 Jr./2V Glendale, Ariz. 31-28 23.6 9.8 6.3 0.8 1.0/1.2 OFF THE BENCH No. Name Pos. Ht. Year/Exp Hometown GP-GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG/BPG 11 Kali Bennett F/C 6-5 RS-So./TR Ventura, Calif. 30-3 14.8 5.5 5.2 0.6 0.7/1.3 12 Alex Earl G 5-10 S0./1V Beaverton, Ore. 30-4 17.3 4.3 1.1 1.3 0.7/0.1 22 Janae Fulcher F 6-3 RS-Fr./RS La Jolla, Calif.