ASU 2020-2021 SCHEDULE Date Opp. (TV/Radio) ........FINAL/TIP 11/25 URI (ESPN) ....................W, 94-88 11/26 #3 Villanova (ESPN)....... L, 74-83 11/29 Houston Baptist (P12) .W, 100-72 ************************************************************************************************************************* 12/3 at Cal (P12) ....................W, 70-62 @SUNDEVILHOOPS MEETS OREGON IN PAC-12 TOURNAMENT 12/10 #24 San Diego St. (FS1) L, 68-80 Thur., Mar. 11-vs. Oregon 11:30 a.m. PT/Pac-12 Net UO won only meeting 75-64 12/13 at GCU (FOX10Xtra) ....W, 71-70 ************************************************************************************************************************ 12/16 UTEP (P12) ..................... L, 63-76 ASU VS. UO: The No. 8 seeded Sun Devil men's basketball team (11-13; 7-10) topped No. 9 Washington 12/18 Incarnate Word ........CANCELED State 64-59 Wednesday in the first game of the 2021 Pac-12 Tournament at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, 12/22 Utah (P12) ............................. DNP and now takes on top-seeded Oregon at 11:30 a.m. PT Thurdsay on Pac-12 Network, with Roxy Bernstein 12/31 at Washington State (P12) .. DNP and Don MacLean on the call. This year marks the 24th Pac-12 Tournament and the fifth year at T-Mobile 1/7 UCLA (ESPN) ...........L, 75-81 OT Arena. Arizona State is now 16-7 (.708) in two possesion games the past two seasons, third-best in the 1/9 USC (P12) ....................... L, 64-73 leauge behind UCLA (16-4/.800) and Oregon (14-4/.778). 1/14 at #22 Oregon (ESPN)......... DNP 1/16 at Oregon State (P12) .... L, 79-80 GAME 24 (FEB. 27, 2021) -- ASU 64, WASHINGTON STATE 59: Alonzo Verge Jr. had a season-high 26 1/21 Arizona (ESPN) .............. L, 82-84 points -- including the game-winner with 11 seconds left -- and Jaelen House was everywhere off the bench 1/25 at Arizona (ESPN2) ........ L, 67-80 in leading ASU to the solid win. House had eight points, six rebounds, five assists, three steals and was +13 1/28 California (FS1) ..............W, 72-68 in his 26 minutes, and his steal late sealed the win. Kimani Lawrence had 13 points in a game that had 17 1/30 Stanford (ESPN2) ..........W, 79-75 lead changes as ASU led for 18:47 and WSU led for 18:43. ASU outscored WSU 22-6 in points off turnovers, 2/11 Oregon (ESPN) ............. L, 75-64 as the Sun Devils forced 20 and had a season-high 13 steals. 2/14 Oregon St. (ESPN2) .....W, 75-73 2/17 at #17 USC (ESPN2) ..... L, 71-89 IT IS WHAT IT IS: ASU had two of the top scorers in the Pac-12 returning in Remy Martin and Alonzo Verge 2/20 at UCLA (ESPN2) ........... L, 79-80 and signed top-30 players (Josh Christopher and Marcus Bagley), but those four players have played in just 2/23 Washington (P12) ..........W, 97-64 seven games together and in just five since Nov. 27. 2/25 Washington (FS1) ..........W, 80-72 2/27 Wash. St. (P12) ....... W, 77-74 OT ONE YEAR AGO THIS WAS THE NOTE: ASU had been to four NCAA Tournaments (1995, 2003, 2009 and 3/1 Wash. State (P12) ...CANCELED 2014) in 26 seasons (1992-2017) and had not been back-to-back since 1980-81. Remy Martin and Kimani 3/4 at Colorado (ESPN2) ..... L, 61-75 Lawrence went to the Dance in each of their first two seasons (2018 and 2019) and were on way to a third 3/6 at Utah (FS1) ................... L, 59-98 last year, which would have been ASU's first three-year NCAA streak since the early 1960s. 3/10 vs. WSU (P12) Pac-12 Tournament W, 64-59 RANDOM: ASU can get some points in a hurry. One of its best halves of hoops was at USC, when it was down 46-44 at the half. How good is that? ASU's 44 first-half points at USC was more than Stanford (42) TURNED IT AROUND FAST and Utah (46) scored the whole game. Buffalo was 285-369 (.436) in 22 seasons after going Division GAME 15 (FEB. 11, 2021) -- OREGON 75, ASU 64: Oregon never trailed, the game was only tied twice and I (1991-2013). The Bulls were it led ASU by 17 with just 8:12 left, but ASU cut it to seven with the ball under four minutes but couldn't get 42-20 (.677) in Coach Hurley's any closer. Remy Martin had 30 points, but Oregon forced 14 turnovers and committed only 12 and led in two seasons. points of turnovers 21-12 and points in the paint 30-20. ASU outrebounded Oregon 43-42 as Kimani Lawrence had 12. Marcus Bagley and Chris Osten both missed the game due to ankle injuries, while Josh Christopher BOBBY HURLEY played through a leg bruise and then hurt his back on a block in the first half and played only 17 minutes. YEAR-BY-YEAR 8 YEARS: 146-102 (.589) PAC-12 REGULAR SEASON: ASU averaged 73.59 in Pac-12 games this year, second in the league only to ASU: 104-82 (.559) Arizona (74.85) and shot .747 from the free throw line (fourth in league)...ASU led the league in turnover margin (6 SEASONS) (+3.88) and was second in steals (6.71) and A/TO ratio (1.25)...Remy led the league with 21.47 points per 2020-21: 11-13 game...Remy led the league in 30-point games in conference tilts with 31 vs. Washington, 30 at USC and 30 2019-20: 20-11/COVID vs. Oregon...Remy had 10 20-point games in Pac-12 play out of 17, which is two better than a trio of players. 2018-19: 23-11/NCAA 2017-18: 20-12/NCAA REMY: Remy Martin has earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for the second straight season, after earning 2016-17: 15-18 second-team honors in his sophomore year and co-Sixth Man of the Year in 2017-18. He joins Ike Diogu as 2015-16: 15-17 the only Sun Devil to earn All-Pac-12 honors three times. He entered the Pac-12 Tournament leading the lead in scoring (19.9 ppg.), 30-point games (four) and 20-point games (12). BUFFALO (42-20/.677) 2014-15: 23-10 ASU MEDIA RELATIONS: ASU men's basketball SID Doug Tammaro can be reached directly at 480-734- 2013-14: 19-10 7795 or via e-mail at [email protected]. The ASU website is: www.TheSunDevils.com. Page 2, @SUNDEVILHOOPS...ASU has 28 halftime deficit comebacks under CBH, best in the Pac-12 in that time (dozen on the road). Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. 2020-21 SUN DEVIL ROSTER NOTES G 0 Holland Woods Jr. 6-1/180 Transfer from Portland State/ 2017-18 Big Sky Freshman of Year, 2019-20 first-team pick G 1 Remy Martin Sr. 6-0/175 One of the most exciting players in the nation who takes and makes the 15-foot jumper G 2 Luther Muhammad Jr. 6-3/185 Ohio State transfer who will sit the 2020-21 season G 3 Caleb Christopher So. 6-1/180 Carson (Calif.) product from Mayfair High School G 4 Kimani Lawrence Sr. 6-8/220 Can guard 5 positions and play 4 of them/21 and 20 vs. Washington Feb. 23 G 10 Jaelen House So. 6-1/160 Combo guard is lightning fast from Shadow Mountain High School/dad is Eddie G 11 Alonzo Verge Jr. Sr. 6-3/170 Nation's best sixth man last year averaged more than 16 ppg G 12 Micah Burno So. 6-0/200 Chaparral High School product G 13 Josh Christopher Fr. 6-5/215 McDonald's All-American/Highest ranked recruit in school history during recruiting era G 14 Austin Ronzone Fr. 6-2/180 Walkon freshman from Oakland (twin is Cade) F 15 John Olmsted So. 6-10/215 Walkon with skills and height from Morenci, Ariz./second year in program G 20 Cade Ronzone Fr. 6-2/180 Walkon freshman from Oakland (twin is Austin) F 21 Chris Osten Jr. 6-9/210 Junior college transfer (say the last name like Austin, Texas) F 23 Marcus Bagley Fr. 6-8/215 Phoenix product is one of the most underrated freshman in the nation/brother of Marvin F 24 Jalen Graham So 6-9/220 Long sophomore from Phoenix's Mountain Pointe HS F 30 Kyle Feit So. 6-4/190 IMG Academy (Fla.) walkon F 35 Taeshon Cherry Jr. 6-9/220 Sun Devils are 9-1 when he scores in double digits F 41 Imran Takhar Sr. 6-3/195 Walkon from Southern California F 51 Pavlo Dziuba Fr. 6-8/225 Kirichkova (Ukraine)/solid build & great skills around hoop Head Coach: Bobby Hurley/42-20 at Buffalo (2013-15); 1992 Final Four MOP Coaching Staff: Rashon Burno (Associate HC), Anthony Coleman, Ben Wood, Eric Brown KIMANI NOTES: Kimani Lawrence's 21 points and 20 rebounds Feb. postponed -- on Jan. 7 vs. UCLA. Against UCLA and USC, Jalen Gra- 25 vs. Washington is the first 20/20 outing by a Sun Devil since Nov. 19, ham was out for mononucleosis, Jaelen House and Taeshon Cherry 1997 (Mike Batiste gave Wagner 36/20)...only 20/20 by a Sun Devil in a (COVID-19 protocols) and Remy Martin (grandfather funeral and then Pac-12 game...21 rebounds is second most by a Sun Devil in a Pac-12 COVID-19 protocols) would also miss those tilts. Up in Corvallis on Jan.