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ASU 2011-2012 SCHEDULE Date Opp. (TV) ........................ Score/Time 11/5 @Grand Canyon (EXH) ......W, 89-69 11/11 Montana State (FSAZweb) . W, 78-72 11/15 Pepperdine (FSAZweb) ....... L, 60-66 ************************************************************************************************************************ 11/18 New Mexico (FSAZ) ............. L, 71-76 SUN DEVIL HOOPS (10-20/6-12) COMING OFF BEST GAME OF SEASON OFF TO PAC-12 TOURNEY 11/24 Fairfield (Orlando/ESPN2) ... L, 44-55 Wed., Mar. 7 - vs. Stanford 6:10 p.m. PT/FOX SPORTS NET/860 AM Los Angeles, Calif. 11/25 Wake Forest (Orl./ESPNU) W., 84-56 ************************************************************************************************************************ 11/27 DePaul (Orlando/ESPNU) ... L, 68-64 SUN DEVILS OFF TO LOS ANGELES: Sixth-year Sun Devil coach Herb Sendek and the Arizona State 12/3 @Tulsa (CBS SNet) ............W, 67-64 men's hoops team (10-20; 6-12 in Pac-12) hopes to take the lightning in a bottle it had on Sunday and pack 12/7 Nevada (FSAZweb).............. L, 61-69 it on its Southwest Flight for its Pac-12 Tournament game at Staples Center. No. 10 seed ASU takes on 12/10 N. Dakota St. (FSAZweb) ...W, 60-57 No. 7 Stanford on Wednesday, Mar. 7 at 6:10 p.m. PT on FOX Sports Net. The Sun Devil Network (860 12/17 NAU (FSAZ) .......................... L, 68-69 AM) provides the audio with Tim Healey and former ASU point guard Kyle Dodd on the call. After posting 12/19 Southern MIss (FSN)............ L, 61-64 just three 20-win seasons in the previous 25 seasons, ASU posted three 20-win seasons under 2009-10 12/21 Fresno State (FSAZweb) ..... L, 65-68 Pac-10 Coach of the Year Herb Sendek in his first five years. ASU was 8-22 in Coach Sendek's first year 12/31 @Arizona (FSAZ) ................. L, 51-68 (2006-2007), but is 90-73 (.552) in past five and giving up just 62.3 ppg. in his 193 games as Sun Devil head 1/5 @USC ...................................W, 62-53 coach. The past seven games has marked the return of 2010-11 All-Pac-10 second-team and first-team 1/7 @UCLA (FSAZ) .................... L, 58-75 Pac-10 All-Academic performer Trent Lockett, who battled an ankle injury suffered in the 76-66 win against 1/12 Oregon (FSN) ........................ L, 58-67 Oregon State on Jan. 14 and missed six straight games and four full weeks of practice. ASU was glad to 1/14 Oregon State (FSAZ) ..........W, 76-66 get the services back of second-leading scorer Carrick Felix against Arizona, who missed previous week's 1/19 @Colorado (ROOT RM) ...... L, 54-69 UCLA/USC tilts with an illness. Stanford handled ASU 68-44 back on Feb. 2 in Maples, as ASU was without 1/21 @Utah .................................... L, 43-64 Trent Lockett for the fifth straight game. 1/26 Washington (FSAZ) .............. L, 54-60 1/28 Wash. St. (FSAZ) .................W, 71-67 NO SENIORS: Of the 338 D-I schools, ASU is one of just nine without a senior. The others: Albany, Bing- 2/2 @Stanford.............................. L, 44-68 hamton, UC Irvine, Illinois St., St. John’s, St. Joseph’s, Savannah St. and Toledo. 2/4 @Cal ...................................... L, 47-68 2/9 Utah (FSAZweb) ..................W, 57-52 LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE ON SUNDAY: Simply put, ASU's 87-80 win over Arizona (its seventh over the 2/11 Colorado (FSAZ) ................... L, 49-63 Wildcats in the past 11 meetings) was just one of those days for Sparky where everything went right...Sun 2/16 @Washington (FSN) ............ L, 68-77 Devils had season-highs in points (87), three-point percentage (.583/7-of-12), free throw percentage (.917/22- 2.18 @Wash. St. (ROOT NW) .... L, 50-72 of-24), points in any half (49 in the second half) and matched a season-high with nine blocks...ASU also 2/23 UCLA (FSAZweb) ................. L, 57-66 matched a season-low with 10 turnovers (also vs. Fresno State on Dec. 21)...sophomore Jordan Bachynski 2/25 USC (FSAZ) .........................W, 56-52 had a career-high six blocks and matched a career-high with 30 minutes...junior Chris Colvin notched a 3/4 Arizona (FSN) .......................W, 87-80 season-high with nine assists (and had just two turnovers)...junior Carrick Felix had a career-high 23 points 3/7 P12 Tournament @Staples Center and eight free throws made (on nine attempts)...freshman Jonathan Gilling had a career-high 21 points, made vs. Stanford (FSN) .................6:10 PT a career-high seven field goals (on just eight attempts) and matched season-high with five three-pointers made (on just six attempts)...junior Trent Lockett notched his ninth 20-point game of his career and was perfect in CLOSE: ASU is 28-22 (.560) in eight free-thow attempts...the Sun Devils made their final 15 free throws, including 10 in the final 5:11...ASU games decided by six points or scored on its final seven possessions, or every time it touched the ball in the final 5:20 of the game. less/OT in past five seasons. ASU is 6-5 (.545) in games of three KNOCKING DOWN FREE THROWS: ASU's 22-of-24 (.917) free throw mark against Arizona on March 4 is points /less in past two seasons. the third-best mark in ASU history for a minimum of 20 attempts. ASU made its final 15 free throws (16-of-17 in the second half) and was led by Trent Lockett, who made all eight of his attempts. MIX AND MATCH: With an odd TOP FREE THROW SHOOTING GAMES IN SUN DEVIL HISTORY (MIN. 20 ATTEMPTS) amount of injuries/illnesses the .950/19-of-20 vs. UCLA, Feb. 12, 2004 past two seasons, ASU has used .923/24-of-26 vs. CS -L.A., Dec 19, 1981 23 starting lineups and 14 Sun .917/22-of-24 vs. Arizona, Mar. 4, 2012 Devils have made starts since the start of last season. ASU has used MORE PROOF: It has been said that this year's turnovers for ASU is an anomaly based on its ranking in the 12 starting lineups this season, Pac-10 and nationally the past few years with Derek Glasser and Jamelle McMillan handling the ball. Here most since 2003-04. is a nugget to back that fact up...in the previous two seasons combined, ASU averaged 12.05 turnovers in 64 games, the best mark in the league. Oregon was second at 12.47. NATIONAL RADIO THIS WEEK Mar. 4 vs. Stanford/6:10 PT SIRIUS xx/XM xx ASU MEDIA RELATIONS: ASU men's basketball SID Doug Tammaro can be reached directly at 480-965- 5799 or via e-mail at [email protected]. The ASU website is: www.TheSunDevils.com. Page 2, ASU 2011-12 MEN'S HOOPS...Freshman Jon Gilling had a career-high 23 points vs. UA on March 4 and was 5-6 from 3PT range. 2011-2012 SUN DEVIL MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Notes G/F 0 Carrick Felix Jr. 6-6/197 10.6 4.2 23 vs. UA/22 points at USC/20 points vs. New Mexico and Washington State G 1 Jahii Carson & Fr. 5-10/160 -- -- Top-50 recruit from nearby Mesa, Ariz./has to sit this year but ready for 2012-13 G 2 Chris Colvin Jr. 6-2/200 7.0 3.9a Transfer from Palm Beach St./18 points at WSU on Feb. 18/15 at CU on Jan. 19 G 4 Bo Barnes & So. 6-4/200 -- -- Transfer from Hawaii who made 57 3s last season, will play in 2012-13 F 5 Kyle Cain So. 6-7/213 7.6 5.5 Only Sun Devil to play all 31 games in '10-11/career-high 18 off bench at Cal 2/4 G 10 Evan Gordon & Jr. 6-1/187 -- -- Liberty transfer will sit the 2011-12 season due but will shoot it well in 2012-13 G 12 Max Heller Fr. 5-9/150 0.1 0.6 Walkon from Torrey Pines HS in San Diego/15 games and 75 minutes this year C 13 Jordan Bachynski So. 7-2/257 5.8 4.0 10.0 points per game and 42-64 (.656) from the field in the past 12 games G-F 15 Chanse Creekmur So. 6-5/211 4.4 2.3 Iowa scoring machine had 24 points vs. OSU on Jan. 14 and 15 vs. NAU Dec. 21 G 22 Pierre Newton Fr. 6-4/185 0.6 0.4 Walk-on from Laveen, Ariz. and Fairfax High School/5 games played C 23 Ruslan Pateev Jr. 7-0/250 4.6 3.1 Moscow native is 3rd 7-footer @ASU/28 blocks on the year G 24 Trent Lockett Jr. 6-4/210 13.3 5.9 Earned Pac-10 All-Freshman honors in '09-10/2nd team All-Pac-10 in '10-11 F 31 Jonathan Gilling Fr. 6-7/219 7.0 1.7a Denmark native who can flat out shoot/23 points vs. UA Mar. 4/20 vs. UW Jan. 26 F 33 David Whitmore So. 6-6/215 0.6 0.3 Local walkon from Corona del Sol in Tempe/member of Honors College Head Coach: Herb Sendek /352-253 (.581)/19th season/19 wins per season/7 NCAA appearances/8 NIT appearances Coach Sendek at ASU: 98-95 (.505) Coach Sendek at NC State: 191-132 (.591) Coach Sendek at Miami (Ohio): 63-26 (.708) Conference Coach of Year: Pac-10 (2009-10); ACC (2003-04); MAC (1994-95) Associate Head Coach: Dedrique Taylor Assistant Coaches: Scott Pera, Lamont Smith Operations: Robert Spence Trainer: Jarrod Spanjer Strength Coach: Rich Wenner & - Carson, Barnes and Gordon all must sit this year and will be eligible in 2012-13.