ASU 2008-2009 SCHEDULE Date Opp. ..............................Score/Time 11/14 Miss. Valley St.(FSAZ) ......W, 80-64 11/18 @SDSU (CBS CSTV) ......W, 59-52 11/23 Pepperdine (FSAZ) ...........W, 61-40 ************************************************************************************************************************ 11/27 Charlotte @Anaheim (ESPNU) W, 84-56 #20 SUN DEVILS (7-1) PLAYS IUPUI AND BYU AT NEUTRAL SITES 11/28 Baylor@Anaheim (ESPN2) ... L, 78-87 Sun., Dec. 14 - vs. IUPUI (5-3) 1:15 MT/No TV/ESPN 860 AM Phoenix, Ariz./U.S. Airways Arena 11/30 UTEP@Anaheim (ESPNU) .W, 88-58 Sat., Dec. 20 - vs. BYU (9-0) 2:30 MT/FSN/KTAR 620 AM Glendale, Ariz./Univ. Phoenix Stadium 12/4 Jackson State ....................W, 81-60 ************************************************************************************************************************ 12/7 Nebraska (FSN).................W, 64-44 #20 SUN DEVILS PLAY IUPUI: The No. 20 (Associated Press) Arizona State's men's hoops team, 21-13 12/14 IUPUI@Phoenix ........................1:15 and 9-9 in the Pac-10 last year and 7-1 this season under third-year head coach Herb Sendek, takes on the 12/20 BYU@Glendale, Ariz. (FSAZ) .2:30 IUPUI Jaguars (26-7 last season; 5-3 this year) on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 1:15 p.m. MT in the Desert Classic 12/23 Idaho State (FSAZ) ................. Noon at U.S. Airways Arena in downtown Phoenix. Gonzaga and Arizona tip at 4 p.m. in the nightcap. ASU will 12/29 Central Conn. State .........................7 then travel across Phoenix to Glendale to take on undefeated BYU (27-8 last year/9-0 this year) on Sat. Dec. 1/2 @Stanford ...........................7:30 PT 20, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in the Stadium Shootout, the fi rst basketball games played at the 1/4 @California (FSAZ) ..................5 PT Arizona Cardinal facility that hosted the Super Bowl last season. Louisville and Minnesota tip that twinbill at 1/8 Oregon St. (FSN).......................8:30 noon with ASU and BYU following. The Sun Devils are 7-1 for just the second time in 18 seasons and will try 1/10 Oregon (FSN) ..........................Noon and go 8-1 for just the fourth time in 34 seasons vs. IUPUI. ASU was 11-1 in 2004-05, 9-1 in 1990-91 and 1/15 @USC ..................................7:30 PT 8-1 in 1980-81. The 1974-75 Sun Devil squad started 15-1 35 seasons ago. Senior Jeff Pendergraph will 1/17 @UCLA (CBS) ..................12:45 PT play his 100th career game for the Sun Devils on Sunday. Four Sun Devils are averaging in double digits: 1/21 @Arizona (FSAZ) .........................7:30 James Harden (25.5), Jeff Pendergraph (12.0), Ty Abbott (11.0) and Rihards Kuksiks (10.0). 1/29 Washington State ............................7 1/31 Washington (FSN AZ) ...................3:30 QUICK UPDATE: After going 8-22 (.267) in Coach Sendek's fi rst year, the Sun Devils are 28-14 (.667) since... 2/5 @Oregon (FSN) ..................7:30 PT in Sunday's 64-44 victory over previously undefeated Nebraska (6-1), ASU held the Huskers to 18 fi rst-half 2/7 @Oregon St. (FS AZ) .........5:30 PT points, ASU's second-best fi rst-half defensive effort in the past six years (186 games)...the Sun Devils are 2/12 UCLA (ESPN) ..................................7 giving up 61.4 points per game in Coach Sendek's 72 games...ASU is shooting .771 (138-of-179) from the 2/15 USC (FSN) .......................................8 free throw line, the best mark in the league entering play this week. Last year ASU shot .739, the fi fth-best 2/22 Arizona (FSN )......................................8 mark in ASU history and second-best in past 21 seasons...after losing its fi rst 10 away from home (neutral 2/26 @Washington (FSN AZ).......... 8 PT or road games) in the Herb Sendek era, ASU is 10-10 since...Ty Abbott three eight-rebound games this year, 2/28 @Washington State ......................TBD he grabbed eight rebounds in two games all of last year...ASU is 8-5 in the past two seasons in 10 points or 3/5 Stanford ......................................TBD less games under Herb Sendek after going 4-17 in his fi rst year...Derek Glasser is 110-of-134 (.821) from 3/7 California .....................................TBD the free throw line in his career. 3/11-14 @Pac-10 Trn. (FSN/CBS) ........TBD BIG GAME JAMES: After starting the season 2-of-14 (.143) from the three-point stripe in the fi rst four games, *James Harden had 24 points in the fi nal James Harden is 16-of-22 (.727) from the three-point stripe in the past four games...he has 106 points in his nine minutes of the Baylor game, 40 past 105 minutes played... is averaging 27.0 points and 8.3 rebounds in the past six games, while shooting points in 34 minutes vs. UTEP, 22 points 57.5 percent from the fi eld (50-of-87), 56.7 percent from the three-point stripe (17-of-30) and 83.3 percent in 25 minutes against Jackson State and from the free throw line in that time...became the fi rst player to earn Pac-10 Player of the Week in back-to- 20 points in 37 minutes vs. Nebraska. back weeks since Washington's Brandon Roy notched the feat in February of 2006 in three straight weeks So in his past 105 minutes, Harden has last week...became the fi rst Sun Devil to score 40 points in a game with 40 against UTEP on Sunday (Nov. 106 points. ASU is 18-4 when Harden 30) since Eddie House had 40 vs. UCLA on Feb. 17, 2000, and just the third Sun Devil to notch 40 points notches at least 20 points. (six occasions). Through 42 career games, Harden has led ASU in scoring 32 times, led it in rebounding 15 times and led it in assists in 16 games…has 22 career 20-point games (ASU is 18-4)...has three 30 +point *The Sun Devils are 7-1 for just the games this year (33 vs. Pepperdine, 32 vs. Baylor and 40 vs. UTEP)…11-of-11 from the foul line vs. Charlotte second time in 18 seasons (1991-92 to and is 60-of-74 (.811) from the free throw line on the year and 229-of-298 (.768) in his career. present). ASU was 11-1 in 2004-05. TOP SUN DEVIL SCORING GAMES 61-Eddie House at California (2 OT), Jan. 8, 2000 *ASU's fi rst 10 games this year include 46-Eddie House at San Diego State, Dec. 18, 1999 seven contests against teams that won 45-Paul Williams at USC, March 10, 1983 at least 19 games last year. ASU beat 42-Eddie House vs. Penn State, Dec. 29, 1999 San Diego State (20-13), Charlotte 40-James Harden vs. UTEP (@Anaheim), Nov. 30, 2008 (20-14), UTEP (19-14) and Nebraska 40-Eddie House vs. UCLA, Feb. 17, 2000 (20-13), fell to Baylor (21-11) plays IU- PUI (26-7) and BYU (27-8) in the next ASU MEDIA RELATIONS: ASU men's basketball SID Doug Tammaro can be reached directly at 480-965- two weeks. 5799 or via e-mail at [email protected]. The ASU website is: www.TheSunDevils.com. Page 2, ASU Hoops vs. IUPUI...ASU is 8-5 in games decided by 10 points or less the past two seasons after going 4-17 in 2006-07. 2008-2009 SUN DEVIL MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Notes C 2 Eric Boateng Jr. 6-10/245 1.3 1.3 12 points at Oregon State on March 8/61-101 (.604) FGs in ASU career G 3 Ty Abbott So. 6-3/215 11.0 5.9 87 career three-pointers and 47 career steals in 42 games F 4 Jeff Pendergraph Sr. 6-9/240 12.0 6.6 20 career double-doubles/.667 from the fi eld this year and .800 from FT line G 10 Jamelle McMillan So. 6-2/180 3.5 1.5a Son of Portland Trail Blazer coach Nate McMillan/12 points at OSU on March 12 G 12 Derek Glasser Jr. 6-1/190 4.6 4.8a 270 career assists/69 assists and 32 TO's in 511 Pac-10 minutes in 2007-08 G 13 James Harden So. 6-5/218 25.5 7.3 ASU 18-4 when he scores 20/Pac-10 leader in steals last year with 73 G 14 Brenton Thomas Fr. 6-3/175 -- -- Walk-on from Danville, Calif. G 20 Virgil Sanders Fr. 6-2/205 -- -- Walk-on from Los Angeles, Calif. F 22 Kraidon Woods So. 6-8/199 0.2 0.0 Pennsylvania product who originally signed with Villanova out of high school G 23 Nico Fricchione Fr. 6-1/175 0.0 0.0 Walk-on from Scranton, Pa./played one minute vs. UTEP on Nov. 30 F 24 Trent Anderson RS-Fr. 6-7/210 -- -- Tucson walk-on who did not play last year due to summer knee injury F 30 Rihards Kuksiks So. 6-6/205 10.0 2.9 Has 45 3-pointers and 11 double-fi gure scoring games in past 20 games F 32 Taylor Rohde Fr. 6-8/220 -- -- Arizona prep product/ 1,034 prep rebounds and 2,226 prep points/3.5 mpg this year G 33 Johnny Coy Fr. 6-7/205 -- -- Missouri prep product/27.1 ppg., 12.2 rpg., 4.3 apg., and 5.8 bkpg in senior year F 40 Stephen Rogers Fr.