SCHEDULE UPDATE: The Stanford at Arizona State March 3 men's hoops tilt has been locked-in at 12:30 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Networks.
The No. 21 Arizona State Sun Devils (15-4; 3-4) -- who returned just three players from last year's squad -- get back to Tempe for just its third and fourth game home games in a 33-day span when it hosts Utah (Jan. 25) and Colorado (Jan. 27). ASU will have played seven road games in its first 37 days of Pac-12 play and then hits the road for just for two games in the final 27 days. ASU played at Arizona, at the Mountain Schools and in the Bay Area in the first seven games. Tim Healey and Kyle Dodd have the call on the Sun Devil Radio Network while JB Long and Bill Walton have the Pac-12 Network 7:30 tip on Thursday. Under third-year head coach Bobby Hurley (two-time NCAA champion, 1992 Final Four MOP and NCAA career assist leader) the Sun Devils are led by seniors Tra Holder, Shannon Evans II and Kodi Justice, who have made .780 of their free throws (952-of-1221). ASU is 11th in the nation in scoring (86.7 ppg.), its best mark since the 1974-75 team averaged 86.9. It has scored at least 72 points in every game and has posted at least 80 in 12 games.
DID YOU KNOW?: The Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year officially returns for the first time in 30+ seasons in 2017-18. To be eligible, players must not exceed more than 1/3 starts in league games (so no more than six starts in the 18-game loop schedule). The previous Pac-10 Sixth Man of the Year was awarded from 1984-87. Why is this important and in this release? Because Remy Martin – with zero starts -- is averaging 10.2 points, has 52 assists (just 28 turnovers), and is 71-of-142 (.500) from the field, 37-of-50 (.740) from the free throw line and 14-of-33 (.424) from the three-point stripe in 24.8 minutes per game (and again, with zero starts). In seven Pac-12 games he is averaging 10.1 points. He has 13 double-figure scoring games including eight of the past nine tilts, including his season-best 21 at No. 2 Kansas on Dec. 10.
ANOTHER BENCH GUY: Mickey Mitchell, after starting in the first six Pac-12 games, came off the bench at Cal on Jan. 20 and led ASU in rebounding for the fifth time in his 11 games. He missed the first eight games as a mid-year transfer, but is averaging 6.7 boards in just over 24 minutes per game.
ASU 80, @UTAH 77 (JAN. 7, 2018): ASU jumped out to an early 11-point lead, Utah led by three with just over six minutes left but some clutch shooting by ASU allowed it to escape with its first Pac-12 win at Utah in its third Pac-12 game of the year. The game had 18 ties and 11 lead changes (although ASU led for more than 32 minutes), as ASU held Utah to just three offensive boards and outrebounded the Utes 32-25. ASU's bench outscored Utah's bench 18-7, and Shannon Evans II led the way with 22 while Kodi Justice added 20. Tra Holder added 11 points and a team-best seven boards. ASU made 20-of-23 (.870) from the free throw line, but was whistled for 31 fouls, its second-most in the past 11 seasons (2007-08 to present) and tied for the most in regulation in that time frame.
BETTER BENCH PLAY: After getting just eight bench points in the Jan. 11 Oregon loss, ASU got 27 in the Jan. 13 win vs. Oregon State, 13 at Stanford and then 41 at California on Jan. 20, the second-most in the Bobby Hurley era at ASU. ASU's four-man 41-point bench at California was 16-of-28 (.571) from the field and had four three-pointers, 21 rebounds and four blocks in 73 minutes.
MOST BENCH POINTS UNDER BOBBY HURLEY
42 vs. Kennesaw State (11/18/15)
41 at Cal (1/20/18)
41 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
38 at Stanford (12/30/16)
FG DEFENSE NOTE: Stanford shot (.508) from the field against ASU on Jan. 17, the first ASU opponent to shoot 50 percent in 12 games and just the third opponent on the year, as only Kansas State (.576) and Xavier (.556) did the same. Fifteen teams shot 50 percent against ASU last year. The last time ASU held at least 11 straight opponents under 50 percent field goal shooting was the final 13 games of the 2012-13 season. ASU is holding opponents to .427 from the field this year after allowing .479 last year.
SHANNON NOTE: In the past five games -- which included a 22-point second-half effort in the Oregon State Jan. 13 comeback win -- Shannon Evans is shooting 16-of-30 (.533) from three and 22-of-27 (.15) from the free throw line and averaging 17.2 ppg.
KODI: In the final five games of 2016-17 Kodi Justice averaged 15.6 points including 22 in the Feb. 26 win over USC and was 17-of-35 (.486) from the three-point stripe. In his past 23 games, he is averaging 13.9 points, in the first 78 games of his career he averaged 7.2.
TRA: Tra Holder in six true road games is averaging 19.5 ppg including 29 at #10 Kansas and 31 at #17 Arizona. In the nine games away from home, he is averaging 19.6 ppg and is 55-of-65 (.846) from the foul line.
SOLID Ws: As of the Jan. 23 NCAA RPI, No. 30 ASU has wins over No. 3 Xavier (18-3) in Las Vegas, at No. 7 Kansas (16-3), vs. No. 53 Kansas State in Las Vegas (15-5), at No. 60 Utah (12-7), vs. No. 81 St. John's (10-10) in Los Angeles and vs. No. 120 San Diego State (11-7).
MORE TRA: How good of a week did Tra Holder have in earning his first Pac-12 Player of the Week on Nov. 20? He averaged 23.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists in three ASU wins and shot .548 (23-of-42) from the field, .571 (12-of-21) from three and .813 (13-of-16) from the free throw line. He is the 36th member of the Sun Devil 1,000-point club and also gets to the free throw line as he is 479-of-631 (.759) from the charity stripe in his 116 games, as both free throw marks are second in ASU history (Ike Diogu, 671-of-854).
SUN DEVIL CAREER POINTS
1. Eddie House, 1996-2000/2,044
5. Stevin Smith, 1990-94/1,673
6. Jeff Pendergraph, 2005-09/1,588
7. Byron Scott, 1979-83/1,576
7. Tra Holder, 2014-18/1,576
TRA'S YEAR-BY-YEAR IMPROVEMENTS
SEASON: FG% / FT% / PPG / RPG / 3P MADE
2014-15: .317 / .708 / 7.0 / 2.2 / 12
2015-16: .387 / .727 / 14.2 / 3.5 / 49
2016-17: .433 / .772 / 16.2 / 3.7 / 46
2017-18: .416 / .840 / 19.0 / 4.7 / 44
FREE THROWS: In ASU's top RPI wins, free throw shooting has been very good. ASU was 20-of-25 (.800) vs. San Diego State, 29-of-44 (.659) vs. Kansas State, 23-of-25 (.920) vs. #15 Xavier, 23-of-27 (.852) vs. Saint John's, 15-of-20 (.750) at #2 Kansas and 20-of-23 (.870) at Utah. It is 130-of-164 (.792) in those wins.
20-POINTS: ASU has six players who have notched a 20-point game this year led by Tra Holder and Shannon Evans II (eight each) and Kodi Justice (three). Romello White has done it twice, while Remy Martin and De'Quon Lake have done it once. As of Jan. 22, the only other schools in the nation to have six players notch a 20-point game are Buffalo, Georgia Southern, Gonzaga, Penn and Seattle.
DOWN AT HALF: ASU has come back from down at the half against Oregon State, Utah, Kansas, Xavier, Kansas State and San Diego State. ASU is outscoring its opponents by 6.5 points per second half this year, as it is averaging 45.6 points in the second half. ASU is 14-29 (.325) when it trails at half under Coach Hurley, after going 12-64 (.158) the previous five seasons.
PUMPED UP CROWDS: As a ranked team ASU will face its share of fired up crowds, but a good thing for ASU is they have done well under Coach Hurley in places that were large and loud outside of the Pac-12. In addition to this year's win over No. 2 Kansas on Dec. 10 in front of 16,300, ASU in the Coach Hurley era has won at Creighton (16,282), UNLV (13,014) and San Diego State (12,414) and hung tough with Kentucky (23,665) in his first season as it was a 32-31 Kentucky lead at the half and a four-point game with 13 minutes to play. Prior to Bobby Hurley, ASU was 8-22 in its previous 30 non-conference road games. It is 4-1 under Coach Hurley with wins at San Diego State, UNLV, Creighton and Kansas.
ASU OOC ROAD GAMES UNDER COACH HURLEY/CROWDS
#16 ASU 95, #2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)/16,300
ASU 74, San Diego State 63 (Dec. 10, 2016)/12,414
ASU 66, UNLV 56 (Dec. 16, 2015)/13,014
#5 Kentucky 72, ASU 58 (Dec. 5, 2015)/23,665
ASU 79, Creighton 77 (Dec. 2, 2015)/16,282
KU WIN: The Dec. 10 win over No. 2 Kansas marked the highest OOC ranked opponent the Sun Devils have defeated. Only the win over top-ranked and undefeated Oregon State on March 7, 1981, was higher. Kansas also marked ASU's first road win over a ranked team since James Harden led ASU to a win at Pauley Pavilion on Jan. 17, 2009.
SPURTABILITY: ASU has come back from deficits of at least nine points in six wins. A look at games where ASU has flipped the score and changed deficits.
DEFICIT (TIME/HALF)/FINAL SCORE
Nov. 14: -9 vs. San Diego State (19:22/2nd)/90-68, +31 final 19 minutes
Nov. 23: -9 vs. Kansas State (18:16/2nd)/92-90, +11 final 18 minutes
Nov. 24: -15 vs. #15 Xavier (3:16/first)/102-86, 73 points final 23 minutes
Dec. 10: -13 at #2 Kansas (16:39/first)/95-85, +23 after 15-2 deficit
Dec. 17: -13 vs. Vanderbilt (15:03/first)/76-64 ; +25 after 13-0 deficit
Jan. 13: -13 vs. Oregon State (11:32/second)/57-44; 33-18 final 11:30
12-GAME STREAK: Much has been made about the best start in school history that not much was said about the win streak as it stood alone. The Dec. 22 win over Pacific gave ASU the second-best winning streak in ASU history. Only four ASU teams have posted 11-game winning streaks.
ASU TOP WINNING STREAKS
18: 1961-62
12: 2017-18
11: 1980-81 and 1962-63
GIVE CREDIT TO FOLKS AT STATS INC. FOR THIS ONE: Since Stats Inc. started tracking this stuff in 1996-97, they unearthed that ASU was the first Pac-12 team to score 90 points in six straight games in more than two decades.
TRA NOTES: Tra's 40 points on Nov. 24 vs. Nov. 15 Xavier was the fourth 40-point effort in the NCAA this season and was the first 40-point performance by a Pac-12 player against a non-conference opponent since Sun Devil Jahii Carson dropped 40 on UNLV on Nov. 19, 2013. It is the most points scored by a Sun Devil against a ranked team.
DOUBLE NICKEL+: Six of the top 11 scoring halves in the past 15 seasons have taken place this year. Prior to dropping 60 vs. Longwood in the second half on Dec. 19, ASU dropped 58 at No. 2 Kansas and 58 on No. 15 Xavier in Las Vegas. On Dec. 22 it had 57 in the second half vs. Pacific. It also had 56 against San Diego State in the second half and vs. UC Irvine in the first half.
MOST POINTS IN HALF/2003-04 TO PRESENT
72 vs. Citadel (Nov. 23, 2016)*
60 vs. Longwood (Dec. 19, 2017)*
58 at #2 Kansas (Dec. 10, 2017)*
58 vs. #15 Xavier (Nov. 24, 2017)*
58 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
58 vs. Oregon (Feb. 11, 2006)*
57 vs. Pacific (Dec. 22, 2017)*
57 vs. Cal Poly (Nov. 13, 2016)*
56 vs. UC Irvine (Nov. 19, 2017)
56 vs. San Diego State (Nov. 14, 2017)*
56 vs. Kennesaw State (Nov. 18, 2015)
*notes second-half points
LAST TIME: ASU's 2017 Continental Tire Invitational title was its first exempt tournament title since Bill Frieder's gang won the 1994 Maui Invitational, which started the run to the Sweet Sixteen and a 24-9 record. ASU jumped into the polls at No. 12 after beating Texas A&M, No. 13 Michigan and No. 7 Maryland at No. 12 that year, never fell lower than No. 18 and finished No. 16 as it beat Ball State and Manhattan in Memphis in the 1995 NCAA Tournament before falling to second-ranked Kentucky in Birmingham.
GONNA' PLAY SOME FOLKS: Bobby Hurley is going to make an attempt to play some folks. In his first year after looking at a schedule he inherited that included tilts against NC State in Brooklyn, at Creighton, at UNLV and against eventual No. 18 Texas A&M, he put the wheels in motion to make it even better by agreeing to play at Kentucky and filled a holiday break hole that could have been a yawner with Stephen F. Austin. In 2016-17, the squad played No. 1 Kentucky in the Bahamas, Purdue in New York City, at San Diego State, in Orlando for three games, and finished a series with No. 9 Creighton. Kansas will return the trip to Wells Fargo next year after ASU's win on Dec. 10, and ASU already played No. 15 Xavier and hosted 2017 NCAA Tournament product Vanderbilt Dec. 20. Coach Hurley has played four top-10 non-conference opponents in his three years, after ASU faced one in the previous 17 seasons.
ASU REGULAR SEASON OOC GAMES VS. TOP-10 TEAMS (SINCE JOINING PAC-10)
ASU 95 @#2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
#9 Creighton 96, ASU 85 (Dec. 20, 2016)
#1 Kentucky 115, ASU 69 (Nov. 28, 2016 at Bahamas)
@#5 Kentucky 72, ASU 58 (Dec. 12, 2015)
#7 Duke 64, ASU 53 (Nov. 25, 2009 at MSG)
#2 Kansas 90, ASU 88, OT (Nov. 26, 1997 at MSG)
ASU 97, #7 Maryland 90 (November 23, 1994 at Maui)
@#8 Oklahoma St. 87, ASU 69 (December 2, 1993)
@#9 Kentucky 94, ASU 68 (December 14, 1991)
@#2 Kansas 90, ASU 67 (December 22, 1989)
#10 North Carolina 85, ASU 66 (December 23, 1984 at Tokyo)
#6 Missouri 48, ASU 47 (December 27, 1982 at Honolulu)
SPLASH GAMES: Shannon Evans II arrived at ASU after having spent two seasons under Coach Hurley at Buffalo. As a sophomore in 2014-15 he averaged 15.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists and led the Bulls to the NCAA Tournament as he earned second-team All-MAC honors. He made his first 20 free throws to start last season. Also, he had 50 points in an exhibition win this year against Arizona Christian.
SHANNON EVANS II 25-POINT SCORING GAMES (4 AT ASU)
33 vs. Cornell (1/3/15)
28 at #13 Oregon (2/2/17)
28 vs. UNLV (12/3/16)
25 vs. Idaho State (11/14/17)
25 vs. Washington (1/25/17)
25 at Ball State (2/4/15)
QUICK QUESTIONS WITH SHANNON EVANS
Most upset on the court: Losing the NCAA tournament
Happiest on the court: Winning the MAC championship
Past sporting event to go back and watch: Duke vs UNLV (March 30, 1991)
Past Sun Devil to go watch compete: Pat Tillman
BIG WEEK FOR SHANNON: The U.S. Basketball Writers Association selected Shannon Evans II as its Dec. 10 Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week. As the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week, Evans was chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors. The 6-1 guard had 18 points, six rebounds and six assists in 82-70 win over St. John's in Los Angeles on Friday night. Less than 48 hours later, the Suffolk, Va. native hit five 3-pointers en route to 22 points along with five assists and no turnovers as ASU won at No. 2 Kansas. He averaged 20.0 points on 52 percent field goal shooting (13-25), including 53 percent behind the arc (8-15), and 5.5 assists with an 11-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
JUSTICE SERVED: Kodi Justice has made 190 three pointers in 102 career games. He suffered a fractured navicular bone in his left foot on Jan. 25, 2015 (freshman year) and missed the remainder of that season, but bounced back with a solid sophomore season. His injury happened the game following a season-high 16 points at California, so he was just starting to get in the groove, and then adapted to a new coaching staff in the summer of 2015 while getting healthy.
FOUR QUESTIONS WITH KODI JUSTICE
You can pick the brain of any coach, who is it? John Wooden
You can go watch a past sporting event live...which one? Rumble in the Jungle
Past Sun Devil (any sport) you wish you could have watched compete: Pat Tillman
Biggest challenge in my life: Being dyslexic
KODI'S YEAR-BY-YEAR IMPROVEMENTS
SEASON: FG% / 3PM / PPG
2014-15: .424 / 17 / 4.6
2015-16: .394 / 60 / 7.9
2016-17: .421 / 63 / 9.2
2017-18: .461 / 50 / 13.5
#DUNK-KWON: Junior college transfer De'Quon Lake is 56-of-81 (.691) from the field. He has 40 offensive rebounds and posted five dunks against both Idaho State and San Diego State. He also had seven blocks vs. Pacific. ASU is 7-0 when he scores in double digits and 8-0 when he gets at least seven boards.
LENGTH: ASU has solid wing spans this year. De'Quon Lake has a 7-2 wingspan, while Vitaliy Shibel and Romello White are at 7-0. Kimani Lawrence stretched to 6-11 on his 6-7 frame.
SIX: ASU has six newcomers filling roles in 2017-18, led by three who were in the program last year. Romello White is a 6-8 forward from Suwanee, Ga. who practiced last season as an academic redshirt and was a top-100 player (No. 77 by ESPN, No. 81 by Scout) in the 2016 signing class. Texan Mickey Mitchell is a skilled 6-7 sophomore who started seven games and played in 23 for Ohio State in 2015-16, came to ASU in December of 2016 and became eligible on Dec. 10, while 6-9 redshirt freshman Vitaliy Shibel has a great southpaw shooting stroke but missed last year with an ACL injury. Junior college transfer De'Quon Lake has a 6-10 frame and a 7-2 wing span. ESPN 2017 top-100 players Kimani Lawrence (New Hampton School/Providence, RI), is a 6-7 swingman with 6-11 wingspan ranked No. 54, while Remy Martin (Sierra Canyon/Chatsworth, Calif.) is a 6-0 lead guard and was No. 82 in the rankings.
HALF: ASU is 14-29 (.326) when trailing at the half under Bobby Hurley, after going 12-64 (.157) the previous five seasons.
14 HALFTIME DEFICIT WINS UNDER COACH HURLEY
(-1) Oregon State 34, ASU 33/Jan. 13, 2018/ASU 77, OSU 75
(-1) @Utah 36, ASU 35/Jan. 7, 2018/ASU 80, @Utah 77
(-3) @#2 Kansas 40, ASU 37/Dec. 10, 2017/ASU 95, @KU 85
(-2) #15 Xavier 46, ASU 44/Nov. 24, 2017/ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86
(-2) Kansas State 44, ASU 42/Nov. 23, 2017/ASU 92, KSU 90
(-6) SDSU 40, ASU 34/Nov. 14, 2017/ASU 90, SDSU 68
(-1) USC 48, ASU 47/Feb. 26, 2017/ASU 83, USC 82
(-2) @UW 41, ASU 39/Feb. 16, 2017/ASU 83, @UW 81
(-1) Stanford 33, ASU 32/Feb. 11, 2017/ASU 75, Stanford 69
(-7) @SDSU 32, ASU 25/Dec. 10, 2016/ASU 74, @SDSU 63
(-3) #23 USC 30, ASU 27/Feb. 12, 2016/ASU 74, USC 67
(-12) @UNLV 37, ASU 25/Dec. 16, 2015/ASU 66, @UNLV 56
(-8) @Creighton 41, ASU 33/Dec. 2, 2015/ASU 79, @Creighton 77
(-2) UCSB 29, ASU 27/Nov. 29, 2015/ASU 70, UCSB 68
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#0 TRA HOLDER CAREER HIGHS
v Wears 0 because he says zero excuses (and likes Gilbert Arenas)
v Loves to cook and ate no meat and only fish for most of summer
POINTS: 40 vs #15 Xavier (11/24/17)
FG MADE: 14 vs #15 Xavier (11/24/17)
FG ATT: 22 vs #15 Xavier (11/24/17)
3PTM: 6 vs UC Irvine (11/19/17)
3PTA: 9 (2x) vs. C. Arkansas (12/22/16)
FT MADE: 15 at #17 Arizona (12/30/17)
FT ATTTEMPTED: 16 (3x) at #17 Arizona (12/30/17)
STEALS: 6 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
SEASON HIGH ASSISTS: 8 vs. Idaho St. (11/10/17)
CAREER HIGH ASSISTS: 9 vs. C. Arkansas (12/22/16)
REBOUNDS: 9 (2x) vs NAU (11/17/17)
SEASON HIGH MINUTES: 41 at Colorado (1/4/18)
CAREER HIGH MINUTES: 42 (3x) at UW (2/3/16)
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#1 REMY MARTIN SUN DEVIL HIGHS
POINTS: 21 at #2 Kansas (12/10/17)
REBOUNDS: 7 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
ASSISTS: 9 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
FG MADE: 8 at #2 Kansas (12/10/17))
FG ATT: 13 at #17 Arizona (12/30/17)
FT MADE: 5 (2x) vs Pacific (12/22/17)
FT ATT.: 6 vs Pacific (12/22/17)
MINUTES: 34 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
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#3 MICKEY MITCHELL SUN DEVIL HIGHS
POINTS: 12 (2x) at California (1/20/18)
REBOUNDS: 13 vs. Vanderbilt (12/17/17)
ASSISTS: 5 vs. Oregon (1/11/18)
MINUTES: 33 at Stanford (1/17/18)
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#10 VITALIY SHIBEL SUN DEVIL HIGHS
POINTS: 11 vs. St. John's (12/8/17)
REBOUNDS: 8 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
3PT MADE: 3 at Cal (1/20/18) and vs. St. John's (12/8/17)
ASSISTS: 4 vs. Idaho State (11/10/17)
MINUTES: 28 vs. St. John's (12/8/17)
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#11 SHANNON EVANS II ASU SEASON/ASU CAREER HIGHS
v Played for Coach Hurley at Buffalo and was part of 2015 NCAA Tournament team and MAC title team.
v USBWA Oscar Robertson Player of the Week (Dec. 11)
SEASON HIGH POINTS: 25 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
ASU HIGH POINTS: 28 (2x) at #13 UO (2//2/17)
ASU BEST REBOUNDS: 8 vs San Francisco (12/2/17)
ASU BEST ASSISTS: 8 (3x) vs NAU (11/17/17)
ASU HIGH MINUTES: 41 at Colorado (1/4/18)
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#23 ROMELLO WHITE SEASON HIGHS
v AAU coach was Jerry Stackhouse
POINTS: 25 vs Northern Arizona (11/17/17)
REBOUNDS: 15 vs San Diego State (11/14/17)
FG MADE: 10 vs Northern Arizona (11/17/17)
FG ATTEMPTED: 12 vs Northern Arizona (11/17/17)
FREE THROWS MADE: 11 at Stanford (1/17/18)
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED: 14 at Stanford (1/17/18)
BLOCKS: 3 vs Idaho State
MINUTES: 39 vs Kansas State (11/23/17)
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#35 DE'QUON LAKE SEASON HIGHS
v Made 8-10 FGs in season opener vs. Idaho State
v 7-8 FGs on 11/17 vs. NAU
POINTS: 24 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
REBOUNDS: 12 vs Northern Arizona (11/17/17)
FG MADE: 8 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
FG ATTEMPTED: 8 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
FREE THROWS MADE: 8 (2x) Longwood (12/19/17)
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED: 14 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
BLOCKS: 7 vs. Pacific (12/22/17)
MINUTES: 29 vs Kansas State (11/23/17)
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#44 KODI JUSTICE SEASON/CAREER HIGHS
POINTS: 28 vs Kansas State (11/23/17)
FG MADE: 9 (2x) at Utah (1/7/18)
SEASON HIGH ASSISTS: 4 vs UC Irvine (11/19/17)
CAREER HIGH ASSISTS: 6 (2x) vs Oregon (1/31/16)
REBOUND: 9 at #2 Kansas (12/10/167
SEASON HIGH MINUTES: 38 (2x) at Colorado (1/4/18)
CAREER HIGH MINUTES: 39 (3x) vs #5 UCLA
SUN DEVIL LEADERS (INCLUDES SHARED)
SCORING: Evans (3), Holder (9), White (3), Justice (2), Martin
REBOUNDING: Holder (2), White (7), Lake (4), Justice, Mitchell (5)
ASSISTS: Holder (6), Evans (9), Mitchell (3), Martin (4)
HOME: ASU won its first eight home games for the first time since the 2013-14 and 2008-09 seasons, also the last two times it made the NCAA Tournament. It also won the final eight home games in 2013-14, as it went 16-1 at home that season.
The No. 21 Arizona State Sun Devils (15-4; 3-4) -- who returned just three players from last year's squad -- get back to Tempe for just its third and fourth game home games in a 33-day span when it hosts Utah (Jan. 25) and Colorado (Jan. 27). ASU will have played seven road games in its first 37 days of Pac-12 play and then hits the road for just for two games in the final 27 days. ASU played at Arizona, at the Mountain Schools and in the Bay Area in the first seven games. Tim Healey and Kyle Dodd have the call on the Sun Devil Radio Network while JB Long and Bill Walton have the Pac-12 Network 7:30 tip on Thursday. Under third-year head coach Bobby Hurley (two-time NCAA champion, 1992 Final Four MOP and NCAA career assist leader) the Sun Devils are led by seniors Tra Holder, Shannon Evans II and Kodi Justice, who have made .780 of their free throws (952-of-1221). ASU is 11th in the nation in scoring (86.7 ppg.), its best mark since the 1974-75 team averaged 86.9. It has scored at least 72 points in every game and has posted at least 80 in 12 games.
DID YOU KNOW?: The Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year officially returns for the first time in 30+ seasons in 2017-18. To be eligible, players must not exceed more than 1/3 starts in league games (so no more than six starts in the 18-game loop schedule). The previous Pac-10 Sixth Man of the Year was awarded from 1984-87. Why is this important and in this release? Because Remy Martin – with zero starts -- is averaging 10.2 points, has 52 assists (just 28 turnovers), and is 71-of-142 (.500) from the field, 37-of-50 (.740) from the free throw line and 14-of-33 (.424) from the three-point stripe in 24.8 minutes per game (and again, with zero starts). In seven Pac-12 games he is averaging 10.1 points. He has 13 double-figure scoring games including eight of the past nine tilts, including his season-best 21 at No. 2 Kansas on Dec. 10.
ANOTHER BENCH GUY: Mickey Mitchell, after starting in the first six Pac-12 games, came off the bench at Cal on Jan. 20 and led ASU in rebounding for the fifth time in his 11 games. He missed the first eight games as a mid-year transfer, but is averaging 6.7 boards in just over 24 minutes per game.
ASU 80, @UTAH 77 (JAN. 7, 2018): ASU jumped out to an early 11-point lead, Utah led by three with just over six minutes left but some clutch shooting by ASU allowed it to escape with its first Pac-12 win at Utah in its third Pac-12 game of the year. The game had 18 ties and 11 lead changes (although ASU led for more than 32 minutes), as ASU held Utah to just three offensive boards and outrebounded the Utes 32-25. ASU's bench outscored Utah's bench 18-7, and Shannon Evans II led the way with 22 while Kodi Justice added 20. Tra Holder added 11 points and a team-best seven boards. ASU made 20-of-23 (.870) from the free throw line, but was whistled for 31 fouls, its second-most in the past 11 seasons (2007-08 to present) and tied for the most in regulation in that time frame.
BETTER BENCH PLAY: After getting just eight bench points in the Jan. 11 Oregon loss, ASU got 27 in the Jan. 13 win vs. Oregon State, 13 at Stanford and then 41 at California on Jan. 20, the second-most in the Bobby Hurley era at ASU. ASU's four-man 41-point bench at California was 16-of-28 (.571) from the field and had four three-pointers, 21 rebounds and four blocks in 73 minutes.
MOST BENCH POINTS UNDER BOBBY HURLEY
42 vs. Kennesaw State (11/18/15)
41 at Cal (1/20/18)
41 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
38 at Stanford (12/30/16)
FG DEFENSE NOTE: Stanford shot (.508) from the field against ASU on Jan. 17, the first ASU opponent to shoot 50 percent in 12 games and just the third opponent on the year, as only Kansas State (.576) and Xavier (.556) did the same. Fifteen teams shot 50 percent against ASU last year. The last time ASU held at least 11 straight opponents under 50 percent field goal shooting was the final 13 games of the 2012-13 season. ASU is holding opponents to .427 from the field this year after allowing .479 last year.
SHANNON NOTE: In the past five games -- which included a 22-point second-half effort in the Oregon State Jan. 13 comeback win -- Shannon Evans is shooting 16-of-30 (.533) from three and 22-of-27 (.15) from the free throw line and averaging 17.2 ppg.
KODI: In the final five games of 2016-17 Kodi Justice averaged 15.6 points including 22 in the Feb. 26 win over USC and was 17-of-35 (.486) from the three-point stripe. In his past 23 games, he is averaging 13.9 points, in the first 78 games of his career he averaged 7.2.
TRA: Tra Holder in six true road games is averaging 19.5 ppg including 29 at #10 Kansas and 31 at #17 Arizona. In the nine games away from home, he is averaging 19.6 ppg and is 55-of-65 (.846) from the foul line.
SOLID Ws: As of the Jan. 23 NCAA RPI, No. 30 ASU has wins over No. 3 Xavier (18-3) in Las Vegas, at No. 7 Kansas (16-3), vs. No. 53 Kansas State in Las Vegas (15-5), at No. 60 Utah (12-7), vs. No. 81 St. John's (10-10) in Los Angeles and vs. No. 120 San Diego State (11-7).
MORE TRA: How good of a week did Tra Holder have in earning his first Pac-12 Player of the Week on Nov. 20? He averaged 23.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists in three ASU wins and shot .548 (23-of-42) from the field, .571 (12-of-21) from three and .813 (13-of-16) from the free throw line. He is the 36th member of the Sun Devil 1,000-point club and also gets to the free throw line as he is 479-of-631 (.759) from the charity stripe in his 116 games, as both free throw marks are second in ASU history (Ike Diogu, 671-of-854).
SUN DEVIL CAREER POINTS
1. Eddie House, 1996-2000/2,044
5. Stevin Smith, 1990-94/1,673
6. Jeff Pendergraph, 2005-09/1,588
7. Byron Scott, 1979-83/1,576
7. Tra Holder, 2014-18/1,576
TRA'S YEAR-BY-YEAR IMPROVEMENTS
SEASON: FG% / FT% / PPG / RPG / 3P MADE
2014-15: .317 / .708 / 7.0 / 2.2 / 12
2015-16: .387 / .727 / 14.2 / 3.5 / 49
2016-17: .433 / .772 / 16.2 / 3.7 / 46
2017-18: .416 / .840 / 19.0 / 4.7 / 44
FREE THROWS: In ASU's top RPI wins, free throw shooting has been very good. ASU was 20-of-25 (.800) vs. San Diego State, 29-of-44 (.659) vs. Kansas State, 23-of-25 (.920) vs. #15 Xavier, 23-of-27 (.852) vs. Saint John's, 15-of-20 (.750) at #2 Kansas and 20-of-23 (.870) at Utah. It is 130-of-164 (.792) in those wins.
20-POINTS: ASU has six players who have notched a 20-point game this year led by Tra Holder and Shannon Evans II (eight each) and Kodi Justice (three). Romello White has done it twice, while Remy Martin and De'Quon Lake have done it once. As of Jan. 22, the only other schools in the nation to have six players notch a 20-point game are Buffalo, Georgia Southern, Gonzaga, Penn and Seattle.
DOWN AT HALF: ASU has come back from down at the half against Oregon State, Utah, Kansas, Xavier, Kansas State and San Diego State. ASU is outscoring its opponents by 6.5 points per second half this year, as it is averaging 45.6 points in the second half. ASU is 14-29 (.325) when it trails at half under Coach Hurley, after going 12-64 (.158) the previous five seasons.
PUMPED UP CROWDS: As a ranked team ASU will face its share of fired up crowds, but a good thing for ASU is they have done well under Coach Hurley in places that were large and loud outside of the Pac-12. In addition to this year's win over No. 2 Kansas on Dec. 10 in front of 16,300, ASU in the Coach Hurley era has won at Creighton (16,282), UNLV (13,014) and San Diego State (12,414) and hung tough with Kentucky (23,665) in his first season as it was a 32-31 Kentucky lead at the half and a four-point game with 13 minutes to play. Prior to Bobby Hurley, ASU was 8-22 in its previous 30 non-conference road games. It is 4-1 under Coach Hurley with wins at San Diego State, UNLV, Creighton and Kansas.
ASU OOC ROAD GAMES UNDER COACH HURLEY/CROWDS
#16 ASU 95, #2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)/16,300
ASU 74, San Diego State 63 (Dec. 10, 2016)/12,414
ASU 66, UNLV 56 (Dec. 16, 2015)/13,014
#5 Kentucky 72, ASU 58 (Dec. 5, 2015)/23,665
ASU 79, Creighton 77 (Dec. 2, 2015)/16,282
KU WIN: The Dec. 10 win over No. 2 Kansas marked the highest OOC ranked opponent the Sun Devils have defeated. Only the win over top-ranked and undefeated Oregon State on March 7, 1981, was higher. Kansas also marked ASU's first road win over a ranked team since James Harden led ASU to a win at Pauley Pavilion on Jan. 17, 2009.
SPURTABILITY: ASU has come back from deficits of at least nine points in six wins. A look at games where ASU has flipped the score and changed deficits.
DEFICIT (TIME/HALF)/FINAL SCORE
Nov. 14: -9 vs. San Diego State (19:22/2nd)/90-68, +31 final 19 minutes
Nov. 23: -9 vs. Kansas State (18:16/2nd)/92-90, +11 final 18 minutes
Nov. 24: -15 vs. #15 Xavier (3:16/first)/102-86, 73 points final 23 minutes
Dec. 10: -13 at #2 Kansas (16:39/first)/95-85, +23 after 15-2 deficit
Dec. 17: -13 vs. Vanderbilt (15:03/first)/76-64 ; +25 after 13-0 deficit
Jan. 13: -13 vs. Oregon State (11:32/second)/57-44; 33-18 final 11:30
12-GAME STREAK: Much has been made about the best start in school history that not much was said about the win streak as it stood alone. The Dec. 22 win over Pacific gave ASU the second-best winning streak in ASU history. Only four ASU teams have posted 11-game winning streaks.
ASU TOP WINNING STREAKS
18: 1961-62
12: 2017-18
11: 1980-81 and 1962-63
GIVE CREDIT TO FOLKS AT STATS INC. FOR THIS ONE: Since Stats Inc. started tracking this stuff in 1996-97, they unearthed that ASU was the first Pac-12 team to score 90 points in six straight games in more than two decades.
TRA NOTES: Tra's 40 points on Nov. 24 vs. Nov. 15 Xavier was the fourth 40-point effort in the NCAA this season and was the first 40-point performance by a Pac-12 player against a non-conference opponent since Sun Devil Jahii Carson dropped 40 on UNLV on Nov. 19, 2013. It is the most points scored by a Sun Devil against a ranked team.
DOUBLE NICKEL+: Six of the top 11 scoring halves in the past 15 seasons have taken place this year. Prior to dropping 60 vs. Longwood in the second half on Dec. 19, ASU dropped 58 at No. 2 Kansas and 58 on No. 15 Xavier in Las Vegas. On Dec. 22 it had 57 in the second half vs. Pacific. It also had 56 against San Diego State in the second half and vs. UC Irvine in the first half.
MOST POINTS IN HALF/2003-04 TO PRESENT
72 vs. Citadel (Nov. 23, 2016)*
60 vs. Longwood (Dec. 19, 2017)*
58 at #2 Kansas (Dec. 10, 2017)*
58 vs. #15 Xavier (Nov. 24, 2017)*
58 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
58 vs. Oregon (Feb. 11, 2006)*
57 vs. Pacific (Dec. 22, 2017)*
57 vs. Cal Poly (Nov. 13, 2016)*
56 vs. UC Irvine (Nov. 19, 2017)
56 vs. San Diego State (Nov. 14, 2017)*
56 vs. Kennesaw State (Nov. 18, 2015)
*notes second-half points
LAST TIME: ASU's 2017 Continental Tire Invitational title was its first exempt tournament title since Bill Frieder's gang won the 1994 Maui Invitational, which started the run to the Sweet Sixteen and a 24-9 record. ASU jumped into the polls at No. 12 after beating Texas A&M, No. 13 Michigan and No. 7 Maryland at No. 12 that year, never fell lower than No. 18 and finished No. 16 as it beat Ball State and Manhattan in Memphis in the 1995 NCAA Tournament before falling to second-ranked Kentucky in Birmingham.
GONNA' PLAY SOME FOLKS: Bobby Hurley is going to make an attempt to play some folks. In his first year after looking at a schedule he inherited that included tilts against NC State in Brooklyn, at Creighton, at UNLV and against eventual No. 18 Texas A&M, he put the wheels in motion to make it even better by agreeing to play at Kentucky and filled a holiday break hole that could have been a yawner with Stephen F. Austin. In 2016-17, the squad played No. 1 Kentucky in the Bahamas, Purdue in New York City, at San Diego State, in Orlando for three games, and finished a series with No. 9 Creighton. Kansas will return the trip to Wells Fargo next year after ASU's win on Dec. 10, and ASU already played No. 15 Xavier and hosted 2017 NCAA Tournament product Vanderbilt Dec. 20. Coach Hurley has played four top-10 non-conference opponents in his three years, after ASU faced one in the previous 17 seasons.
ASU REGULAR SEASON OOC GAMES VS. TOP-10 TEAMS (SINCE JOINING PAC-10)
ASU 95 @#2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
#9 Creighton 96, ASU 85 (Dec. 20, 2016)
#1 Kentucky 115, ASU 69 (Nov. 28, 2016 at Bahamas)
@#5 Kentucky 72, ASU 58 (Dec. 12, 2015)
#7 Duke 64, ASU 53 (Nov. 25, 2009 at MSG)
#2 Kansas 90, ASU 88, OT (Nov. 26, 1997 at MSG)
ASU 97, #7 Maryland 90 (November 23, 1994 at Maui)
@#8 Oklahoma St. 87, ASU 69 (December 2, 1993)
@#9 Kentucky 94, ASU 68 (December 14, 1991)
@#2 Kansas 90, ASU 67 (December 22, 1989)
#10 North Carolina 85, ASU 66 (December 23, 1984 at Tokyo)
#6 Missouri 48, ASU 47 (December 27, 1982 at Honolulu)
SPLASH GAMES: Shannon Evans II arrived at ASU after having spent two seasons under Coach Hurley at Buffalo. As a sophomore in 2014-15 he averaged 15.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists and led the Bulls to the NCAA Tournament as he earned second-team All-MAC honors. He made his first 20 free throws to start last season. Also, he had 50 points in an exhibition win this year against Arizona Christian.
SHANNON EVANS II 25-POINT SCORING GAMES (4 AT ASU)
33 vs. Cornell (1/3/15)
28 at #13 Oregon (2/2/17)
28 vs. UNLV (12/3/16)
25 vs. Idaho State (11/14/17)
25 vs. Washington (1/25/17)
25 at Ball State (2/4/15)
QUICK QUESTIONS WITH SHANNON EVANS
Most upset on the court: Losing the NCAA tournament
Happiest on the court: Winning the MAC championship
Past sporting event to go back and watch: Duke vs UNLV (March 30, 1991)
Past Sun Devil to go watch compete: Pat Tillman
BIG WEEK FOR SHANNON: The U.S. Basketball Writers Association selected Shannon Evans II as its Dec. 10 Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week. As the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week, Evans was chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors. The 6-1 guard had 18 points, six rebounds and six assists in 82-70 win over St. John's in Los Angeles on Friday night. Less than 48 hours later, the Suffolk, Va. native hit five 3-pointers en route to 22 points along with five assists and no turnovers as ASU won at No. 2 Kansas. He averaged 20.0 points on 52 percent field goal shooting (13-25), including 53 percent behind the arc (8-15), and 5.5 assists with an 11-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
JUSTICE SERVED: Kodi Justice has made 190 three pointers in 102 career games. He suffered a fractured navicular bone in his left foot on Jan. 25, 2015 (freshman year) and missed the remainder of that season, but bounced back with a solid sophomore season. His injury happened the game following a season-high 16 points at California, so he was just starting to get in the groove, and then adapted to a new coaching staff in the summer of 2015 while getting healthy.
FOUR QUESTIONS WITH KODI JUSTICE
You can pick the brain of any coach, who is it? John Wooden
You can go watch a past sporting event live...which one? Rumble in the Jungle
Past Sun Devil (any sport) you wish you could have watched compete: Pat Tillman
Biggest challenge in my life: Being dyslexic
KODI'S YEAR-BY-YEAR IMPROVEMENTS
SEASON: FG% / 3PM / PPG
2014-15: .424 / 17 / 4.6
2015-16: .394 / 60 / 7.9
2016-17: .421 / 63 / 9.2
2017-18: .461 / 50 / 13.5
#DUNK-KWON: Junior college transfer De'Quon Lake is 56-of-81 (.691) from the field. He has 40 offensive rebounds and posted five dunks against both Idaho State and San Diego State. He also had seven blocks vs. Pacific. ASU is 7-0 when he scores in double digits and 8-0 when he gets at least seven boards.
LENGTH: ASU has solid wing spans this year. De'Quon Lake has a 7-2 wingspan, while Vitaliy Shibel and Romello White are at 7-0. Kimani Lawrence stretched to 6-11 on his 6-7 frame.
SIX: ASU has six newcomers filling roles in 2017-18, led by three who were in the program last year. Romello White is a 6-8 forward from Suwanee, Ga. who practiced last season as an academic redshirt and was a top-100 player (No. 77 by ESPN, No. 81 by Scout) in the 2016 signing class. Texan Mickey Mitchell is a skilled 6-7 sophomore who started seven games and played in 23 for Ohio State in 2015-16, came to ASU in December of 2016 and became eligible on Dec. 10, while 6-9 redshirt freshman Vitaliy Shibel has a great southpaw shooting stroke but missed last year with an ACL injury. Junior college transfer De'Quon Lake has a 6-10 frame and a 7-2 wing span. ESPN 2017 top-100 players Kimani Lawrence (New Hampton School/Providence, RI), is a 6-7 swingman with 6-11 wingspan ranked No. 54, while Remy Martin (Sierra Canyon/Chatsworth, Calif.) is a 6-0 lead guard and was No. 82 in the rankings.
HALF: ASU is 14-29 (.326) when trailing at the half under Bobby Hurley, after going 12-64 (.157) the previous five seasons.
14 HALFTIME DEFICIT WINS UNDER COACH HURLEY
(-1) Oregon State 34, ASU 33/Jan. 13, 2018/ASU 77, OSU 75
(-1) @Utah 36, ASU 35/Jan. 7, 2018/ASU 80, @Utah 77
(-3) @#2 Kansas 40, ASU 37/Dec. 10, 2017/ASU 95, @KU 85
(-2) #15 Xavier 46, ASU 44/Nov. 24, 2017/ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86
(-2) Kansas State 44, ASU 42/Nov. 23, 2017/ASU 92, KSU 90
(-6) SDSU 40, ASU 34/Nov. 14, 2017/ASU 90, SDSU 68
(-1) USC 48, ASU 47/Feb. 26, 2017/ASU 83, USC 82
(-2) @UW 41, ASU 39/Feb. 16, 2017/ASU 83, @UW 81
(-1) Stanford 33, ASU 32/Feb. 11, 2017/ASU 75, Stanford 69
(-7) @SDSU 32, ASU 25/Dec. 10, 2016/ASU 74, @SDSU 63
(-3) #23 USC 30, ASU 27/Feb. 12, 2016/ASU 74, USC 67
(-12) @UNLV 37, ASU 25/Dec. 16, 2015/ASU 66, @UNLV 56
(-8) @Creighton 41, ASU 33/Dec. 2, 2015/ASU 79, @Creighton 77
(-2) UCSB 29, ASU 27/Nov. 29, 2015/ASU 70, UCSB 68
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#0 TRA HOLDER CAREER HIGHS
v Wears 0 because he says zero excuses (and likes Gilbert Arenas)
v Loves to cook and ate no meat and only fish for most of summer
POINTS: 40 vs #15 Xavier (11/24/17)
FG MADE: 14 vs #15 Xavier (11/24/17)
FG ATT: 22 vs #15 Xavier (11/24/17)
3PTM: 6 vs UC Irvine (11/19/17)
3PTA: 9 (2x) vs. C. Arkansas (12/22/16)
FT MADE: 15 at #17 Arizona (12/30/17)
FT ATTTEMPTED: 16 (3x) at #17 Arizona (12/30/17)
STEALS: 6 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
SEASON HIGH ASSISTS: 8 vs. Idaho St. (11/10/17)
CAREER HIGH ASSISTS: 9 vs. C. Arkansas (12/22/16)
REBOUNDS: 9 (2x) vs NAU (11/17/17)
SEASON HIGH MINUTES: 41 at Colorado (1/4/18)
CAREER HIGH MINUTES: 42 (3x) at UW (2/3/16)
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#1 REMY MARTIN SUN DEVIL HIGHS
POINTS: 21 at #2 Kansas (12/10/17)
REBOUNDS: 7 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
ASSISTS: 9 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
FG MADE: 8 at #2 Kansas (12/10/17))
FG ATT: 13 at #17 Arizona (12/30/17)
FT MADE: 5 (2x) vs Pacific (12/22/17)
FT ATT.: 6 vs Pacific (12/22/17)
MINUTES: 34 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
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#3 MICKEY MITCHELL SUN DEVIL HIGHS
POINTS: 12 (2x) at California (1/20/18)
REBOUNDS: 13 vs. Vanderbilt (12/17/17)
ASSISTS: 5 vs. Oregon (1/11/18)
MINUTES: 33 at Stanford (1/17/18)
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#10 VITALIY SHIBEL SUN DEVIL HIGHS
POINTS: 11 vs. St. John's (12/8/17)
REBOUNDS: 8 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
3PT MADE: 3 at Cal (1/20/18) and vs. St. John's (12/8/17)
ASSISTS: 4 vs. Idaho State (11/10/17)
MINUTES: 28 vs. St. John's (12/8/17)
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#11 SHANNON EVANS II ASU SEASON/ASU CAREER HIGHS
v Played for Coach Hurley at Buffalo and was part of 2015 NCAA Tournament team and MAC title team.
v USBWA Oscar Robertson Player of the Week (Dec. 11)
SEASON HIGH POINTS: 25 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
ASU HIGH POINTS: 28 (2x) at #13 UO (2//2/17)
ASU BEST REBOUNDS: 8 vs San Francisco (12/2/17)
ASU BEST ASSISTS: 8 (3x) vs NAU (11/17/17)
ASU HIGH MINUTES: 41 at Colorado (1/4/18)
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#23 ROMELLO WHITE SEASON HIGHS
v AAU coach was Jerry Stackhouse
POINTS: 25 vs Northern Arizona (11/17/17)
REBOUNDS: 15 vs San Diego State (11/14/17)
FG MADE: 10 vs Northern Arizona (11/17/17)
FG ATTEMPTED: 12 vs Northern Arizona (11/17/17)
FREE THROWS MADE: 11 at Stanford (1/17/18)
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED: 14 at Stanford (1/17/18)
BLOCKS: 3 vs Idaho State
MINUTES: 39 vs Kansas State (11/23/17)
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#35 DE'QUON LAKE SEASON HIGHS
v Made 8-10 FGs in season opener vs. Idaho State
v 7-8 FGs on 11/17 vs. NAU
POINTS: 24 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
REBOUNDS: 12 vs Northern Arizona (11/17/17)
FG MADE: 8 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
FG ATTEMPTED: 8 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
FREE THROWS MADE: 8 (2x) Longwood (12/19/17)
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED: 14 vs Idaho State (11/10/17)
BLOCKS: 7 vs. Pacific (12/22/17)
MINUTES: 29 vs Kansas State (11/23/17)
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#44 KODI JUSTICE SEASON/CAREER HIGHS
POINTS: 28 vs Kansas State (11/23/17)
FG MADE: 9 (2x) at Utah (1/7/18)
SEASON HIGH ASSISTS: 4 vs UC Irvine (11/19/17)
CAREER HIGH ASSISTS: 6 (2x) vs Oregon (1/31/16)
REBOUND: 9 at #2 Kansas (12/10/167
SEASON HIGH MINUTES: 38 (2x) at Colorado (1/4/18)
CAREER HIGH MINUTES: 39 (3x) vs #5 UCLA
SUN DEVIL LEADERS (INCLUDES SHARED)
SCORING: Evans (3), Holder (9), White (3), Justice (2), Martin
REBOUNDING: Holder (2), White (7), Lake (4), Justice, Mitchell (5)
ASSISTS: Holder (6), Evans (9), Mitchell (3), Martin (4)
HOME: ASU won its first eight home games for the first time since the 2013-14 and 2008-09 seasons, also the last two times it made the NCAA Tournament. It also won the final eight home games in 2013-14, as it went 16-1 at home that season.