ARIZONA STATE 2003-2004 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opp. ..................... Score/Time 11/22 Ark.-Little Rock (FSAZ) ... W, 89-72 11/24 Cal St. Fullerton ........W, 83-76 2004 ARIZONA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL March 2, 2004 11/29 UC Riverside (FSAZ) .. W, 77-68 ********************************************************************************************************************** 12/3 @Nebraska................. L, 60-66 SUN DEVILS (10-16; 4-13) CONCLUDE SEASON IN TUCSON 12/9 Temple (FSN)............W, 70-66 Ike Diogu leading Pac-10 in points (22.9) and minutes (36.9) per game @Phoenix/America West Arena 12/17 @Northwestern (FSAZ)... L, 61-63 Sun., Mar. 7-@ #22 Arizona (18-8; 10-7) 2 p.m. MST Tucson, Ariz./CBS (KPHO-5) 12/22 McNeese State .........W, 81-61 All games on radio in Phoenix on ESPN 860 AM. 12/29 San Diego (AZTV) ********************************************************************************************************************** ASU Holiday Trn............ W, 89-70 SUN DEVILS FINISH IN TUCSON: The Arizona State men's basketball team (10-16 and 4-13 in the Pac- 12/30 Western Michigan (AZTV) 10), finishes its season on Sunday, March 7, with a 2 p.m. contest against Arizona which will be broadcast ASU Holiday Trn.........L, 76-81 by CBS (KPHO-5 in Phoenix), with Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel calling the action. UA leads the series 1/3 #4 Arizona (FSN)........L, 74-93 against ASU 131-73, with ASU's last win an 88-72 victory over the 10th-ranked Wildcats on Jan. 23, 2002, its 1/8 #4 Stanford (FSN)......L, 62-63 biggest margin of victory vs. UA since 1982. Only two current Sun Devils (Jason Braxton and Kenny Crandall) 1/10 California (FSN) .........L, 62-74 played in that game. The Sun Devils, with seven first-year players in the rotation, have been led all season by 1/15 @UCLA....................... L, 58-66 preseason All-American Ike Diogu, who is averaging a Pac-10 best 22.9 points and 36.9 minutes per game and 1/17 @USC (FSAZ) ........W, 100-85 is grabbing 8.7 rebounds per game (tied for second in the Pac-10). The sophomore has scored in double digits 1/22 Oregon (FSN) ............L, 76-83 in all 58 career games, the best active streak in the nation. Diogu is averaging 11.3 free throw attempts per 1/24 Oregon St. (FSAZ) ....W, 83-79 game on the year and already has broken the 40 year-old Pac-10 season record for free throws made with 1/29 @Washington St........L, 56-63 240. He has 29 career 20-point games, 14 career double-doubles (seven this year) and 10 other games with 1/31 @Washington (FSAZ).......L, 81-90 nine rebounds. This season, he has five 30-point games, 17 20-point games and 45 blocks. The Garland, 2/5 @#2 Stanford.............L, 51-81 Texas, native is fourth in the league in offensive boards (3.19 per game), second in blocks (1.73) and fifth in 2/7 @California (FSN).............L, 83-85 free throw percentage at .816. He is averaging 37.6 minutes in the past 16 games and has led ASU in 2/12 UCLA (FSN)..... W, 74-62 (OT) scoring in 12 of the past 13 contests. 2/14 USC (FSAZ).......L, 84-93 (OT) 2/19 @Oregon St...............L, 61-68 DEVIL DATA: ASU enters this week fifth in the nation in free throw attempts at 28.1 per game...ASU's top 2/21 @Oregon (FSN)........W, 86-75 three scorers (sophomore Ike Diogu, junior Stevie Moore and senior Jamal Hill) are shooting 378-of-464 2/26 Washington St.............L, 70-83 (.815) from the free throw line...ASU shot 71.4 percent from three at USC (10-of-14) on Jan. 17, the fourth- 2/28 Washington (FSAZ)....L, 72-96 best mark in school history...the Sun Devils have used 13 starting lineups this year...ASU is shooting 73.7 3/7 @#22 Arizona (CBS).........2 p.m. percent from the free throw line, currently the fifth-best mark in school history and fourth in the Pac-10...ASU FSN: Fox Sports Net went 19-of-20 (.950) from the free throw line against UCLA on Feb. 12, which set the school single-game FSAZ: Fox Sports Arizona mark for 20 attempts...redshirt freshman Kevin Kruger has provided a spark in the past eight games, averag- Rankings are AP week of game ing 28.4 minutes, 11.3 points and shooting 21-of-49 (.429) from the three-point stripe in that time. He is the team's third-leading scorer in those eight games...ASU played back-to-back overtimes games against UCLA NED: ASU is wearing "NED" in black on (Feb. 12) and USC (Feb. 14) for the first time since the 1985-86 season...redshirt freshman Serge Angounou its uniforms in honor of former Sun Devil played his best game since his knee injury last year against Oregon on Feb. 21 with 12 points (5-of-11 coach Ned Wulk, who passed away on shooting) and five boards in 32 minutes. Nov. 15 at the age of 83. Ned won 406 games as ASU's coach from 1957-82 and A MIXED BUNCH: Thirteen players getting a starting nod, 13 starting lineups, seven newcomers playing is the school's 2003 Pac-10 Hall of Honor significant minutes, a player who has not played in 15 months notches 50 minutes in his first two games in inductee. Ned's 1980-81 team, which in- early January and a starting freshman guard who was averaging 21.6 minutes per game breaking his nose cluded Byron Scott, Alton Lister and Fat and missing nine games has contributed to ASU's struggles. ASU lost 477 games of experience from last Lever, posted a 20-point victory (87-67) year when its six seniors graduated, as those players accounted for 117 minutes per game and Ike Diogu is at top-ranked and unbeaten Oregon the only returning starter from the NCAA win over Memphis. Tron Smith had started six of the first seven State on March 7, 1981, in the final game games but broke his nose in practice over the holiday break and had surgery on Jan. 6 and missed nine of the regular season. The 20-point win games recovering from surgery and then pneumonia. Serge Angounou, who missed all of last season with a is tied for the second-largest road win knee injury, returned for his first game action on Jan. 8 vs. Stanford after rehabbing since his injury on Nov. over the top-ranked team in AP poll his- 13, 2002, in an exhibition game. tory. 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 and includes all men's basketball information. Page 2, ASU 2004 Hoops...ASU has used 13 starting lineups on the year. ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS 2004 NUMERICAL ROSTER Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Notes F 0 Allen Morill So. 6-7/233 2.7 2.2 9 points vs. OSU on 1-24/23 minutes, 8 pts. and 8 rebs. vs. Temple on 12-3 G 1 Jason Braxton Jr. 6-2/190 7.2 4.8a Has started 69 games in 3-year career and played in all 87/125 assists-59 TOs F 2 Keith Wooden Fr. 6-8/220 3.2 2.0 12 points and 7 boards vs. OSU on 1-24/13 points in 25 minutes at USC on 1-17 F 4 Chris Low Fr. 6-8/220 0.9 1.2 #37 power forward in Basketball Times/10 games played/5 minutes at USC F 5 Ike Diogu So. 6-8/250 22.9 8.7 5 30-point games on the year/1,203 career points in 58 games (20.7 ppg.) G 12 Kenny Crandall Sr. 6-3/200 0.8 0.3 99 games in 3-year career/averaged 28.4 minutes in frosh yr. (98-99) G 13 Kevin Kruger RS-Fr. 6-2/186 4.6 2.0a 21-of-49 (.429) from three-point stripe in past 8 games/33-42 FTs (.786) on year G 20 Robby Alridge RS-Fr. 6-1/197 -- -- Walkon who has been injured much of the year/native of Katy, Texas G 21 Stevie Moore Jr. 6-4/190 12.5 3.7 Southpaw/66-79 FTs (.835) past 21 games/45 3-pters on year G-F 22 Jamal Hill Sr. 6-5/180 9.7 2.2 24 games scoring in double-digits in career/12.6 ppg. in past 13 games G 23 Tron Smith Fr. 6-2/195 4.0 1.6 Missed 9 games with broken nose/#27 on ESPN.com final rankings last year F 24 Justin Allen Sr. 6-8/250 2.1 2.2 11 pts., 5 rebs., 24 mins. vs. UCLA on Feb. 12/2003 Jimmy V Comeback POY F 25 Jamie Andrisevic Jr. 6-9/215 0.0 0.0 Played at Johnson Community College from 2000-2002/10 career games G 32 Brandon Goldman Sr. 5-9/180 0.0 0.3 Walkon who has played in 17 games in his career F 34 Wilfried Fameni Fr. 6-7/231 4.3 3.7 A native of Cameroon, along with Serge Angounou/has started 11 games F 45 Serge Angounou RS-Fr. 6-8/235 3.9 2.6 Played first game since Nov. 13, 2002, against #4 Stanford on Jan.