2001-02 Arizona State Women's Basketball
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2001-02 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2-1 OVERALL, 0-0 PAC-10 2001 Paradise Jam NOVEMBER Nov. 24-26, 2001 • University of the Virgin Islands (host) 4 TEAM CONCEPT# W, 67-53 U.V.I. Sports & Fitness Center • St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 9 DELTA KOSICE # W, 77-48 17 ST. PETER'S W, 72-67 19 DELAWARE STATE W, 62-42 With a 2-1 record in a brutal stretch that has seen ASU play three games in five days, the 21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT L, 63-70 No. 21/25 Arizona State Sun Devils head the tropics for the 2001 Paradise Jam, being held 24-26 Paradise Jam Nov. 24-26 at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas. Arizona State will play (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) three games at the Paradise Jam, taking on Western Michigan, Kansas State and 24 Western Michigan 6:30 p.m.^ Richmond in the three-day event. The Sun Devils are 2-1 record on the young season after 25 Kansas State 4:15 p.m.^ 26 Richmond 10 a.m.^ wins over St. Peter’s and Delaware State and, most recently, a 70-63 loss to Loyola Marymount Wednesday night. Counting the three games in the Paradise Jam, ASU will DECEMBER play a total of six games in 10 days. 1-2 ASU HOLIDAY CLASSIC 1 FORDHAM 5 p.m. ’01-02 Northwestern State 7 p.m. Probable Starters vs. Rutgers Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG NOTES 2 Consolation Game 1 p.m. #23 Betsy Boardman G/F 6-1 So. 6.0 6.0 2001 Pac-10 All-Freshman selection Championship Game 3 p.m. #52 Cian Carvalho F 5-11 Sr. 7.3 6.0 First career double-double vs. LMU 5 KANSAS 7 p.m. #35 Melody Johnson C 6-2 Sr. 8.7 5.7 2001 First-team All-Pac-10 selection 13 at Chicago State 7 p.m. CST #4 Amanda Levens G 5-9 Jr. 23.0 4.3 2001 First-team All-Pac-10 selection 15 at Northern Illinois 1:05 p.m. CST #10 Kylan Loney G 5-7 Fr. 3.7 3.0* HM All-American from Ames, Iowa 21 STANFORD* 7 p.m. 23 CALIFORNIA* 11 a.m. (Fox) Off the Bench ’01-02 30 ARIZONA* 2 p.m. Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG NOTES JANUARY #00 Alexis Tate F 6-4 Fr. 0.5 4.5 2000 Nike All-America Camp attendee 4 at Oregon State* 7:05 p.m. PST #5 Lauren Stagg G 5-10 Fr. 2.0 1.3* 2001 Alberta 3APlayer of the Year 6 at Oregon* 1 p.m. PST #13 Leah Combs F 6-2 Sr. 6.7 7.3 Leading rebounder in two games 10 WASHINGTON* 7 p.m. #30 Carrie Buckner G 5-9 Fr. 4.0 4.3 3-time all-league pick from Corvallis 12 WASHINGTON STATE* 7 p.m. #31 Jen Albert F 6-2 So. 1.7 2.3 Winner of Coach’sAward last year 17 at UCLA* 7 p.m. PST #32 Rainy Crisp G 5-6 Sr. 2.3 1.3 Attended NCAALeadership Conf. 19 at USC* 4 p.m. PST * assists per game 24 at California* 7 p.m. PST 26 at Stanford* 1 p.m. PST (Fox) 31 OREGON* 7 p.m. MST In the Polls Arizona State moved up a spot to 21st in the Nov. 19 Associated Press poll and entered FEBRUARY the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll for the first time of the season at 25th this week. The 2 OREGON STATE* 2 p.m. MST (Fox) highest ASU was ranked last year was 22nd on Feb. 26, while the No. 22 ranking is the 7 at Washington State* 7 p.m. PST highest since the Sun Devils were ranked 16th in the preseason AP poll in 1983-84. 9 at Washington* 1 p.m. PST 14 USC* 7 p.m. ASU was 22nd in the preseason AP poll, marking the first time in 18 years that the 16 UCLA* 2 p.m. Sun Devils were ranked in the preseason, while the team had shown up in several of the 23 at Arizona* 2 p.m. MST other preseason polls, ranking as high as 17th. MARCH 1-4 Pac-10 Conference Tournament Leaving the Country McArthur Court (Eugene, Ore.) The trip to the Virgin Islands will mark ASU’s first outside the 50 states since traveling to the San Juan Shootout in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1996-97, Charli Turner Thorne’s first 15-18 NCAA First & Second Rounds season at Arizona State. Last year, ASU left the contiguous United States for a success- (On-campus sites) ful trip to the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, where the team finished second after 23-25 NCAA Regionals falling to 22nd-ranked North Carolina State 54-51 in the championship game. 29 & NCAA Final Four 31 Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) The 3,076-mile trip from Tempe to St. Thomas is the longest for the Sun Devils since the team toured Australia in May of 1999. # - Exhibition game Last Time Out * - Pacific-10 Conference game Fox - Fox Sports Net Senior Cian Carvalho turned in her first career double-double, but it wasn't enough as the Home games in bold & Mountain Time Sun Devils lost to Loyola Marymount 70-63 Monday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Game times are local to the site. Loyola Marymount senior Bryn Britton led all scorers with 22 points, while ASU senior Rankings are listed Associated Press/USA Amanda Levens turned in her second 20-point outing of the year with 20 points and six Today ESPN Coaches at time of game. assists. Carvalho finished the game with 13 points and tied her career high with 10 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 rebounds. The LMU Lions made their move midway through the first half, going on a 9-0 that started when sophomore Raelen Self drilled a three-pointer with 8:41 to ASU QUICK FACTS play in the half to tie the game at 19. LMU took a 30-25 lead into the locker room at halftime and outshot the Sun Devils 45.2 to 25.0 percent from the field. University Information In the second half, Loyola Marymount went ahead by as many as 16 points, but Location............................................Tempe, Ariz. the Sun Devils mounted a comeback midway through the half and got as close as Founded........................................................1885 one when Levens hit a pair of free throws to make it 56-55 with 5:37 to play. The Enrollment..................................................45,693 Conference ..........................................Pacific-10 Lions, however, scored the next four points and ASU never got closer than five for Nickname ............................................Sun Devils the rest of the game. Colors ......................................Maroon and Gold Arena........................Wells Fargo Arena (14,198) About the Paradise Jam Year Built......................................................1974 The 2001 Paradise Jam is an eight-team tournament held Nov. 24-26 on the cam- President ..................................Dr. Lattie F. Coor pus of the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas. In the “St. John” Division Alma Mater..........................Northern Arizona ’58 of the tournament, Arizona State will take on Western Michigan, Kansas State and Faculty Rep..........................Dr. Jerry L. Kingston Alma Mater ......................................Wayne State Richmond. USC, Florida, Wisconsin and Texas make up the other half of the Athletics Director ..............................Gene Smith bracket. Alma Mater..................................Notre Dame ’77 Senior Assoc. AD/SWA ..................Betsy Mosher Tournament Schedule Alma Mater..................................Illinois State ’72 Saturday, Nov. 24 Athletics Dept. Phone..................(480) 965-3482 Arizona State vs. Western Michigan, 6:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. MST) Ticket Office ................................(480) 965-2381 Richmond vs. Kansas State, 8:45 p.m. (5:45 p.m. MST) Sunday, Nov. 25 Basketball Information Head Coach........................Charli Turner Thorne Kansas State vs. Western Michigan, 2 p.m. (11 a.m. MST) Alma Mater........................................Stanford ’88 Arizona State vs. Kansas State, 4:15 p.m. (1:15 p.m. MST) Record at ASU..........................67-78 (sixth year) Career Record......................107-118 (ninth year) Monday, Nov. 26 Assistant Coaches........................Joseph Anders Arizona State vs. Richmond, 10 a.m. (7 a.m. MST) ....................................(Arkansas-Monticello ’80) Kansas State vs. Western Michigan, 12:15 p.m. (9:15 a.m. MST) ................Kim Gervasoni (Cal State Fresno ’88) (Times are for the Atlantic Region, Eastern plus one hour) ..........................Laura Hughes (Santa Clara ’92) Basketball Operations....................Carrie Greene About ASU’s Paradise Jam Opponents Trainer..............................................Jennifer Chu With a 1-2 record including a win over Eastern Washington and losses to Arkansas Basketball Office Phone ..............(480) 965-6086 State and Tulsa, Western Michigan returns eight letterwinners and four starters from 2000-01 Record ..........................................20-11 last year’s 9-19 team, including its leading scorer and rebounder from one year ago 2000-01 Pac-10 Record................................12-6 in senior forward Karen Deurloo (170 ppg, 7.4 rpg in 2000-01). Through the Broncos’ 2000-01 Pac-10 Finish ......................Tied for 1st Inaugural Season....................................1975-76 first three games this year, sophomore forward Kristin Koetsier is team’s leading All-time Record........................................307-359 scorer at 17.3 ppg, while Deurloo is averaging 13.7 points and 9.3 rebounds. Last NCAAAppearance................................2001 Kansas State brings a 2-0 record to the Virgin Islands with wins over Georgia Letterwinners Ret./Lost....................................7/5 Tech and IUPUI to its credit so far this year.