2001-02 Arizona State Women's Basketball
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2001-02 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 9-3 OVERALL, 0-1 PAC-10 Arizona State Sun Devils (9-3, 0-1) vs. California Golden Bears (4-4, 0-1) NOVEMBER Dec. 23, 2001 • Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, Ariz. • 11 a.m. MST 4 TEAM CONCEPT# W, 67-53 Fox Sports Net/XTRA 910 AM 9 DELTA KOSICE# W, 77-48 17 ST. PETER'S W, 72-67 19 DELAWARE STATE W, 62-42 Winners of seven of their last eight games, the Arizona State Sun Devils complete their 21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT L, 63-70 Pac-10 opening weekend with a rare morning tilt with California at 11 a.m. on Sunday, 24-26 Paradise Jam Dec. 23 at Wells Fargo Arena. On Friday, ASU opened up the conference slate with a 75- (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) 66 loss to sixth-ranked Stanford which snapped the Sun Devils’ seven-game winning 24 Western Michigan L, 63-77 streak, which was the longest winning streak of last year’s team and is the team’s most 25 Kansas State W, 76-58 26 Richmond W, 68-57 consecutive victories since 1991-92. The Sun Devils take on Cal looking for their first Pac- 10 win of the year, while the team is 9-3 overall. California is 4-4 on the year, falling at DECEMBER Arizona 66-61 on Friday night in the team’s Pac-10 opener. 1-2 ASU HOLIDAY CLASSIC 1 FORDHAM W, 64-40 ’01-02 Northwestern St. RU, 68-67 (ot) Probable Starters vs. Rutgers Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG NOTES 2 Northwestern State FU, 62-51 #23 Betsy Boardman G/F 6-1 So. 6.6 4.3 Season-high 11 pts vs. Stanford vs. Fordham (Conso.) #30 Carrie Buckner G 5-9 Fr. 4.8 3.8 Made first career start vs. Stanford RUTGERS(Champ.) W, 59-56 #35 Melody Johnson C 6-2 Sr. 11.3 6.0 7-of-7 from the field vs. Chicago St. 5 KANSAS W, 73-52 #4 Amanda Levens G 5-9 Jr. 20.5 4.3* Avging. 25.8 ppg over last 4 games 13 at Chicago State W, 83-43 #10 Kylan Loney G 5-7 Fr. 4.3 3.6* 6-for-6 from free throw line vs. NIU 15 at Northern Illinois W, 61-50 21 #6/6 STANFORD* L, 66-75 Off the Bench ’01-02 23 CALIFORNIA* 11 a.m. (Fox) Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG NOTES 30 ARIZONA* 2 p.m. #00 Alexis Tate F 6-4 Fr. 1.0 2.1 2 rb, 1 ast, 1 blk, 1 stl in 4 min. vs. KU #5 Lauren Stagg G 5-10 Fr. 2.2 1.4* Career-high 17 min. at Chicago St. JANUARY 4 at Oregon State* 7:05 p.m. PST #13 Leah Combs F 6-2 Sr. 4.7 4.0 Has started 5 this yr, 31 career games 6 at Oregon* 1 p.m. PST #31 Jen Albert F 6-2 So. 2.4 2.0 Tied career high with 4 rbs at CSU 10 WASHINGTON* 7 p.m. #32 Rainy Crisp G 5-6 Sr. 3.8 2.3 4 pts, 3 rbs, 4 asts, 2 stls vs Stanford 12 WASHINGTON STATE* 7 p.m. #52 Cian Carvalho F 5-11 Sr. 6.4 5.3 10 points in 13 minutes vs. Stanford 17 at UCLA* 7 p.m. PST * assists per game 19 at USC* 4 p.m. PST 24 at California* 7 p.m. PST 26 at #6/6 Stanford* 1 p.m. PST (Fox) Exposure 31 OREGON* 7 p.m. ASU’s flagship station XTRA 910 AM will broadcast the Cal game to the Valley of the Sun with Vince Marotta calling the action. The broadcast is also available via the ASU official FEBRUARY athletics web site (www.thesundevils.com). 2 OREGON STATE* 2 p.m.(Fox) Fox Sports Net will televise the California game to a national cable audience with 7 at Washington State* 7 p.m. PST Barry Tompkins and Tammie Blackburn calling the action. It marks the first television 9 at Washington* 1 p.m. PST 14 USC* 7 p.m. appearance of the year for the Sun Devils who were 9-4 when playing on live TV last year. 16 UCLA* 2 p.m. 23 at Arizona* 2 p.m. MST Up Next Following the Cal game, ASU will take a week off for the holidays before returning to action MARCH 1-4 Pac-10 Conference Tournament on Sunday, Dec. 30, playing host to intrastate rival Arizona at 2 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena. McArthur Court (Eugene, Ore.) Turner Thorne Third in All-Time Wins at ASU 15-18 NCAA First & Second Rounds With a 74-79 record at ASU, head coach Charli Turner Thorne is already third in all-time (On-campus sites) 23-25 NCAA Regionals wins by a Sun Devil women’s basketball coach. Last year’s Pac-10 Coach of the Year, she 29 & NCAA Final Four needs just two wins to move into second on that list and pass Maura McHugh who turned 31 Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) in a 75-65 record in her six seasons at the helm from 1987-93. Juliene Simpson is the all- time winningest coach in ASU women’s basketball history, notching a 134-92 record in eight seasons (1979-87). HOME GAMES ARE MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME Game times are local to the site. Levens Repeats as Pac-10 Player of the Week Senior guard Amanda Levens has been named the Pac-10 Women's Basketball Player of # - Exhibition game the Week for the second consecutive week, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced * - Pacific-10 Conference game Monday. Levens, who hails from Belvidere, Ill., averaged 23.5 points in a pair of wins in Fox - Fox Sports Net Rankings are listed Associated Press/USA Today ESPN Coaches at time of game. Rhonda Lundin, Women’s Basketball Contact ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 All ASU regular-season games will be (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 broadcast on XTRA 910 AM. [email protected] • www.TheSunDevils.com 2001-02 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • PAGE 2 her native state as ASU defeated Chicago State Dec. 13 and Northern Illinois Dec. 15. Levens led the Sun Devils in scoring in both games, notching 21 points against ASU QUICK FACTS the Cougars and 26 points against the Huskies. She shot a combined 57.7 percent (15-of-26) from the field and connected on 44.4 percent of her three-point shots (4- University Information for-9). Levens also averaged 5.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in the wins. Location............................................Tempe, Ariz. The Player-of-the-Week honor is the third of Levens' career and the 20th all- Founded........................................................1885 time selection for Arizona State. She becomes the first Sun Devil to ever earn back- Enrollment..................................................45,693 Conference ..........................................Pacific-10 to-back selections and is the first ASU player to earn two conference player-of-the- Nickname............................................Sun Devils week honors in a season since Ryneldi Becenti in 1992-93. Colors ......................................Maroon and Gold Arena........................Wells Fargo Arena (14,198) Last Time Out Year Built ......................................................1974 Senior guard Amanda Levens scored a game-high 28 points, but it was not enough President ..................................Dr. Lattie F. Coor as Arizona State fell to sixth-ranked Stanford 75-66 Friday night in the team's Pac- Alma Mater..........................Northern Arizona ’58 Faculty Rep..........................Dr. Jerry L. Kingston 10 season opener at Wells Fargo Arena. Alma Mater ......................................Wayne State Stanford sophomore Nicole Powell was 10-of-15 from the field for 25 points, Athletics Director ..............................Gene Smith while senior Lindsey Yamasaki had 22 for the Cardinal. Alma Mater..................................Notre Dame ’77 In the first half, ASU took control early with a 15-2 run that gave it a 34-21 Senior Assoc. AD/SWA ..................Betsy Mosher advantage with 5:02 remaining before the half. Levens scored nine of the 15 points, Alma Mater..................................Illinois State ’72 and finished with 16 in the first half. Stanford got back into the game with a 12-2 run Athletics Dept. Phone..................(480) 965-3482 over the final four minutes, and ASU led just 36-33 at intermission. The three-point Ticket Office ................................(480) 965-2381 deficit marked the first time Stanford has trailed at halftime this season. Stanford took its first lead of the game on the strength of a 17-5 run to open the Basketball Information second half. The Cardinal took the lead at 39-37 on a Powell lay-up at 18:22 and Head Coach........................Charli Turner Thorne Alma Mater........................................Stanford ’88 built the lead to 50-41 just 3:27 later. Record at ASU..........................74-80 (sixth year) The Sun Devils cut the lead to five at 52-47 with 11:17 remaining, but Stanford Career Record......................114-120 (ninth year) went on a 10-2 run behind six points from Yamasaki to push the lead to 62-49 at the Assistant Coaches........................Joseph Anders 7:58 mark. The Sun Devils, who tied for the Pac-10 title with Stanford and ....................................(Arkansas-Monticello ’80) Washington last season, got no closer than seven points the rest of the way. ................Kim Gervasoni (Cal State Fresno ’88) For ASU, Levens led the team in scoring for the ninth time this year and turned ..........................Laura Hughes (Santa Clara ’92) in her seventh 20-point effort of the season with 28 points, while sophomore Betsy Basketball Operations....................Carrie Greene Boardman had a season-high 11 points and senior Cian Carvalho chipped in with 10.