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 (4-7; 1-4) FACES ARIZONA...AGAIN 12/10 #24 San Diego St. (FS1) L, 68-80 Mon., Jan. 25-at Arizona 9 p.m./ESPN2 ASU 10-6 on road past 16 12/13 at GCU (FOX10Xtra) ....W, 71-70 Thur., Jan. 28-vs. California 9 p.m./FS1 ASU 5 straight wins over Cal 12/16 UTEP (P12) ..................... L, 63-76 Sat., Jan. 30-vs. Stanford 8 p.m./ESPN or ESPN2 Only meeting this season 12/18 Incarnate Word ........CANCELED Tue., Feb. 2-vs. Utah 2 p.m./Pac-12 Dec. 22 make up game 12/22 Utah (P12) ...................PPD to 2/2 ************************************************************************************************************************* 12/31 at Washington State (P12) .. PPD UA AGAIN: The Sun Devil men's basketball team (4-7; 1-4) plays at the Arizona Wildcats on Monday, Jan. 1/2 at Washington (FS1) ............ PPD 25, in a 9 p.m. ESPN2 tip with Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on the call, after switching its March 6 game to 1/7 UCLA (ESPN) ...........L, 75-81 OT open up March 1-6 to play makeup games. The Sun Devils and Wildcats played a great game on Thursday 1/9 USC (P12) ....................... L, 64-73 (Jan. 21) with Arizona winning 84-82 despite ASU shooting a season-best .524 from three (11-of-21). 1/14 at #22 Oregon (ESPN)......... PPD 1/16 at Oregon State (P12) .... L, 79-80 JOSH CHRISTOPHER DIGITS: Josh Christopher -- the fourth-best freshman scorer in the nation entering 1/21 Arizona (ESPN) .............. L, 82-84 games over the weekend --- is the only Sun Devil to start in all 11 games and is averaging 16.6 ppg., the 1/25 at Arizona (ESPN2) .....................9 best freshman mark in the Pac-12...shooting .813 (39-of-48) from the free throw line (10th in the Pac-12)... 1/28 California (FS1) ............................9 team's top scorer in three games and top rebounder in four...had season highs of 28 points vs. No. 3 Villa- 1/30 Stanford (ESPN2) ........................8 nova and 11 rebounds vs. UCLA...6-of-9 (.667) from three the past three games...has three 20-point games 2/2 Utah (Pac-12) ...............................2 and one double-double. 2/4 at Colorado (ESPN/2/U) .......TBD SUN DEVIL FRESHMAN PPG 2/7 at Utah (P12) ........................ Noon 19.0, Ike Diogu, 2002-03 2/11 Oregon (ESPN/2/U) ..............TBD 18.5, Jahii Carson, 2012-13 2/14 Oregon State (ESPN/2/U) ....TBD 17.8, James Harden, 2007-08 2/17 at USC (ESPN/2/U) ...............TBD 16.6, Josh Christopher, 2020-21 2/20 at UCLA (ESPN/2/U) .............TBD 16.1, Luguentz Dort, 2018-19 2/25 Washington (FS1) ..................TBD 2/27 Washington State (P12) ........TBD THROUGH 11: Remy Martin is shooting 47-of-53 (.887) from the free throw line and has made his past 22... 3/1-6 TBD ...................................TBD Marcus Bagley leads the team in rebounding at 6.9 per game in his eight games...Jaelen House has made 3/10 P12 Tounament ...............TBD five three-pointers after hitting 16 all last year...ASU is +5.4 in turnover margin this year after leading the league at +3.19 last season...Jalen Graham has 45 blocks in 36 career games...junior Chris Osten averaged TURNED IT AROUND FAST 7.7 ppg., five boards and was 11-of-14 (.790) from the field in his three straight starts prior to the Arizona Buffalo was 285-369 (.436) in game Thursday, but played only 14 minutes in that game...Holland Woods has three double-figure scoring 22 seasons after going Division games, including a season-high 18 vs. USC on Jan. 9. I (1991-2013). The Bulls were 42-20 (.677) in Coach Hurley's REMY VS. UA: In ASU's three wins over Arizona in the past five games, the difference has been Remy two seasons. Martin as he is averaging 27.3 points in those victories and is 28-of-48 (.583) from the field and 19-of-25 (.760) from the free throw line. BOBBY HURLEY YEAR-BY-YEAR ROAD REMY: Remy Martin's 22.6 ppg. in the 11 road games last year was 13th-best in the nation, and he 8 YEARS: 139-96 (.591) is the fifth-highest road scorer returning in college hoops this season. He dropped 22 at Cal on Dec. 3 and then had 31 (23 in the second half) and the game-winning three pointer at Grand Canyon. In his past 14 road ASU: 97-76 (.560) games he is averaging 22.5 points per game and five of his top six scoring games have been true road games. (6 SEASONS) TOP RETURNING ROAD SCORERS IN 2019-20 2020-21: 4-7 26.9--Jhivan Jackson, UTSA 2019-20: 20-11 26.2--Luke Garza, Iowa 2018-19: 23-11 24.2--Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron 2017-18: 20-12 24.1--Antoine Davis, Detroit 2016-17: 15-18 22.6--Remy Martin, Arizona State 2015-16: 15-17 BUFFALO (42-20/.677) ASU MEDIA RELATIONS: ASU men's basketball SID Doug Tammaro can be reached directly at 480-734- 2014-15: 23-10 7795 or via e-mail at [email protected]. The ASU website is: www.TheSunDevils.com. Page 2, @SUNDEVILHOOPS...ASU has 27 halftime deficit comebacks under CBH, including a 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/ASU is 9-1 in his career when he scores 13 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 QUICK SERIES NOTES: ASU swept the series from Arizona in 2018-19 NCAAS: ASU had been to four NCAA Tournaments (1995, 2003, 2009 for the first time since 2008-09 and then the teams each won at home and 2014) in 26 seasons (1992-2017) and had not been back-to-back last season...the March of 2019 win in Tucson was ASU's first since since 1980-81. Remy Martin and Kimani Lawrence went to the Dance 2010...ASU is 12-16 vs. Arizona in past 14 seasons, only UCLA (17) in each of their first two seasons and were on way to a third last year. and Oregon (13) have more wins in that time. PEOPLE ASK, SO HERE ARE THE DETAILS: ASU has not had its full GAME 11 (JAN. 21, 2021) -- ARIZONA 84, AT ARIZONA STATE 82: A roster for any game this year. Kimani Lawrence missed the first two wild game that ended with an Arizona tip in off an airball three-pointer games after having knee surgery in the fall. Alonzo Verge Jr. missed game Arizona the win despite ASU shooting a season-best .524 from the next two games (COVID-19 protocol). In that second game, a win three (11-of-21) for the game, 18-of-21 (.857) from the free throw line in at Cal on Dec. 3, Marcus Bagley inured his lower leg and then missed the second half and scoring 52 second-half points. There were 13 lead the next four games, returning to action -- after four other games were changes and 10 ties as Arizona jumped out to an 11-point lead late in canceled/postponed -- on Jan.