2018-19 SUN DEVIL WBB GAME NOTES Game No. 10 2018-19 Schedule/Results (7-2, 0-0 Pac-12) DAY & DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT No. 17/19 Arizona State TUES., NOV. 6 INCARNATE WORD W, 81-43 (7-2) vs. Showdown on the Rez (Fort Defiance, Ariz) Sun., Nov. 11 vs. #4/5 Baylor (ESPN2) L, 59-65 Kansas State Sun., Nov. 18 at Arkansas (SEC Network) W, 88-85 (7-2) Sunday, December 16, 2018 @South Point Thanksgiving Shootout (Las Vegas, Nev.) - Nov. 23-24 4 p.m. CT/3 p.m. MT • Mitchell Hall • La Crosse, Wisc. Fri., Nov. 23 vs. #5/4 Louisville L, 56-58 BoxCast Live Stream • NBC Sports Radio AM 1060/TuneIn Radio Sat., Nov. 24 vs. SIU W, 82-38 UP NEXT ASU CLASSIC (DEC. 1-2) Winners of its last five games, the No. 17 Arizona State women’s basketball SAT., DEC. 1 LOUISIANA TECH (PAC-12 NETWORK) W, 80-44 team (7-2) will play its penultimate non-conference game on Sunday (4 p.m. CT/3 SUN., DEC. 2 TULSA W, 70-52 p.m. MT) when it travels to La Crosse, Wisc., to face Kansas State (7-2) in Battle by the Bluff. Sunday’s game will be a homecoming for five Sun Devils who hail FRI., DEC. 7 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY W, 69-47 from the Midwest: Kianna Ibis (Omaha, Neb.), Jamie Ruden (Rochester, Minn.), Sun., Dec. 9 at Colorado State W, 70-39 Kiara Russell (Minneapolis, Minn.), Eva Rubin (Flossmoor, Ill.) and Jayde Van Hyfte (Annawan, Ill.). Sun., Dec. 16 vs. Kansas State @La Crosse, Wisc. 4 p.m. CT/3 p.m. MT Since splitting their first four games – two losses came to No. 3 Baylor (65-59) and No. 4 Louisville (58-56) by a combined eight points – the Sun Devils have THURS., DEC. 20 FRESNO STATE 2 p.m. MT won their last five games in convincing fashion with the average margin of victory being more than 30 points. Sun., Dec. 30 at Arizona (Pac-12 Network) 5 p.m. MT ASU is currently in the midst of a stretch in which it is playing five of six games on the road. After Sunday’s game the Sun Devils return home for their final non- Fri., Jan. 4 at Utah (Pac-12 Network) 7 p.m. MT conference game against Fresno State on Dec. 20. Ten days later (Dec. 30), ASU Sun., Jan. 6 at Colorado (Pac-12 Network) 2 p.m. MT will open Pac-12 play at Arizona and will follow that with games at Utah (Jan. 4) FRI., JAN 11 STANFORD (PAC-12 NETWORK) 7 P.M. MT and at Colorado (Jan. 6). SUN., JAN 13 CAL (PAC-12 NETWORK) 5 P.M. MT LAST GAME Fri., Jan. 18 at Oregon (Pac-12 Network) 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT Courtney Ekmark came within one 3-pointer of tying the single-game school Sun., Jan. 20 at Oregon State (Pac-12 Network) 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT record she already shares and went on to score a game-high 21 points to help lead the No. 17 Arizona State women’s basketball team to a 70-39 win at Colo- FRI., JAN. 25 UCLA (PAC-12 NETWORK) 11 A.M. MT rado State last Sunday... Ekmark, who knocked down seven 3-pointers against SUN., JAN. 27 USC (PAC-12 NETWORK) 1 P.M. MT Arkansas last season to tie the school record, hit six against Colorado State. Jamie Ruden (14) and Kianna Ibis (10) also posted double-digit scoring totals for the Sun FRI., FEB 1 ARIZONA (PAC-12 NETWORK) 6 P.M. MT Devils...ASU piled up a season-high 26 assists on 28 made field goals and shot Thurs., Feb. 7 at Washington State 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT 48 percent for the game while committing just 10 turnovers. Reili Richardson’s Sat., Feb. 9 at Washington 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT precision passing enabled the junior point guard to achieve a career-high-tying 11 assists with only a single turnover... The Sun Devils shot 56 percent in the first FRI., FEB. 15 COLORADO 6 P.M. MT quarter and doubled up the Rams, 24-12, after 10 minutes. A 3-pointer by Robbi SUN., FEB. 17 UTAH (PAC-12 NETWORK) 2 P.M. MT Ryan and a layup by Ibis was soon followed by a trio of triples by Ekmark that put the Devils up 14-5 a little more than four minutes into the game...ASU more than Fri., Feb. 22 at Cal (Pac-12 Network) 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT doubled CSU’s point production in the second and third quarters, outscoring the Sun., Feb. 24 at Stanford (Pac-12 Network) 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT Rams a combined 34-15 to take a 58-27 lead into the final period. FRI., MAR. 1 OREGON STATE (PAC-12 NETWORK) 6 P.M. MT SUN., MAR. 3 OREGON (PAC-12 NETWORK) 1 P.M. MT COVERAGE For a $4 fee, Sunday’s game can be seen via livestream on BoxCast. The game Thurs., Mar. 7- Pac-12 Tournament TBD can also be heard on NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 and TuneIn. Pregame cover- Sun., Mar. 10 age will begin at 2:45 p.m. MT. Veteran broadcaster and the state of Arizona’s 2010 Broadcaster of the Year Jeff Munn is in his 15th season as the voice of ASU Home games (listed in BOLD CAPS) played at Wells Fargo Arena. women’s basketball. * - Pac-12 Game RANKINGS After moving up one week earlier the Sun Devils maintained their spots in both the AP (No. 17) and USA Today Coaches (No. 19) polls. ASU was ranked 23rd in the preseason AP poll, one of five Pac-12 teams – No. 3 Oregon, No. 7 Stanford, No. 8 Oregon State, No. 24 Cal – that were ranked, marking the third- straight year the conference has had five teams in the preseason poll. SUN DEVIL 2018-19 SUN DEVIL WBB GAME NOTES WHAT TO LOOK FOR SUN DEVIL WBB 2018-19 QUICK FACTS • During its current five-game winning streak ASU is... Outscoring the opposition School Information by an average of 30.2 points (74.2-44.0)... Shooting 48.1 percent, including 41.3 Location ........................................................................Tempe, Ariz. percent from long range... Averaging 19.6 assists and only 12.4 turnovers... Al- Founded .................................................................................. 1885 Enrollment ........................................................................... 103,410 lowing its opponents to shoot only 33.3 percent... Is +17.0 on the boards. Nickname ......................................................................... Sun Devils • ASU’s current five-game winning streak represents the 24th time since 2004 Colors ................................................................... Maroon and Gold that it has had a winning streak of five or more games. Last season the Sun Devils Conference .............................................................................Pac-12 won a season-high six straight games. ASU’s last double-digit winning streak Arena (Capacity) ....................................Wells Fargo Arena (14,100) came in 2015-16 when it tied the school record with 15 straight wins. President .............................................................. Dr. Michael Crow • ASU is currently ranked among the nation’s top 25 in... assist-to-turnover ratio Vice President for University Athletics/Athletics Director...... Ray Anderson Sr. Associate AD (SWA, WBB Administrator) ....Deana Garner-Smith (seventh/1.43), scoring defense (12th/52.3 ppg), fewest turnovers per game Sr. Associate AD (WBB Administrator) ..................... Ken Landphere (16/12.9), rebounding margin (19th/+11.0) and assists per game (22nd/18.4). • ASU has held the opposition to 12 or fewer points in a quarter 16x this season Staff (single digits 11x) and has outrebounded the opposition in all but one game. Head Coach ............................. Charli Turner Thorne (22nd season) • Guards Reili Richardson (29 assists/five assists) and Kiara Russell (14 assists/ Record at ASU (years) ...................................429-248 (22nd season) Career record (years) .................................... 469-288 (25th season) two turnovers) have combined for 43 assists and only seven turnovers in the Associate Head Coach ............................ Jackie Moore (7th season) last five games. The duo has also combined to shoot 62 percent during the same Assistant Coach ......................................... Angie Nelp (2nd season) stretch. Richardson is No. 4 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio and No. 39 in Assistant Coach ...................................Briann January (2nd season) assists per game (5.6). • In the last two games, Courtney Ekmark has averaged 20.0 ppg and knocked Team Information 2017-18 Record ....................................................................... 22-13 down 53 percent (12-22) of her attempts from downtown. Ekmark made a 2017-18 Pac-12 Conference Record (Finish) .................... 10-8 (6th) season-high six triples at Colorado State (Dec. 9), one short of tying the single- 2018 Postseason.............................................. NCAA Second Round game school record she already shares. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................................................10/0 • Kianna Ibis has scored in double figures in all but one game this season. • ASU has knocked down nine or more 3-pointers five times this season, some- Media Relations thing it accomplished twice all last season. Associate SID/Women’s Basketball Contact ............Steve Rodriguez Office .......................................................................... 480-965-9780 • On average, ASU’s bench has more than doubled the production of the opposi- Cell .............................................................................. 480-254-2489 tion, 32.7-13.6. E-Mail .......................................................steve.rodriguez@asu.edu Fax .............................................................................. 480-965-5408 SO CLOSE Press Row Phone ........................................................ 480-965-7274 ASU nearly upset top five teams on two different occasions during the first Website. ..................................................... www.TheSunDevils.com month of the season. The Sun Devils had fourth-ranked Baylor on the ropes on Top Statistical Returners (2017-18 stats) Nov. 11, but in the end the Bears were able to outlast the Sun Devils, 65-59.