Nov. 28, 2008
*ASU's 61 percent shooting vs. Charlotte in Anaheim (25-of-41) was the best shooting performance away from Wells Fargo Arena since Jan. 17, 2004, when it was 30-of-49 (.612) at USC, a span of 53 tilts.
ASU SHOOTS 61 PERCENT OR BETTER AWAY FROM HOME (1987-88 to present)
.654/34-52--ASU 87, @Washington State 54/Feb. 6, 2003
.648/35-54--ASU 98, @Oregon 94/Feb. 11, 1989
.633/38-60--ASU 101, Chaminade 72 (@Maui)/Nov. 26, 2002
.620/31-50--#12 ASU 73, @#20 California 68/Jan. 14, 1995
.619/39-63--ASU 99, @Oregon 72/Feb. 4, 2001
.619/39-63--ASU 99, @Oregon 84/Feb. 28, 1991
.615/32-62--@Oregon State 89, ASU 83/Feb. 9, 1989
.612/30-49--ASU 100, @USC 85/Jan. 17, 2004
.610/25-41--#14 ASU 84, Charlotte 56 (@Anaheim)/Nov. 27, 2008
*ASU is 4-0 for just the third time in 22 seasons and second time in 14 seasons (2005-06 and 1994-95).
*Junior Jerren Shipp has been asked to do it all in his 68-game career, as he has started in 38 games and come off the bench in 30 contests. In four games off the bench this year, he is 9-of-13 (.692) from the field and 6-of-8 (.750) from the three-point stripe in 17.3 minutes per game.
*Herb Sendek is 54-11 (.831) in November games.
*ASU has shot at least 57 percent in three of its four games.
*ASU is now 3-1 under Herb Sendek playing away from home as a ranked team.
*ASU is 18-3 in the past two years when it leads at the half.
*ASU is 17-1 under Herb Sendek when it shoots 50 percent from the field.
*After losing its first 10 away from home (neutral or road games) in the Herb Sendek era, ASU is 9-9 since. ASU is 3-1 in non-Pac-10 neutral site games under Coach Sendek as it topped LSU and Princeton and fell to Illinois in the 2007 Maui Invitational.
*The Sun Devils are giving up just 61.3 points per game in Herb Sendek's 68 games as head coach. In the past 48 games against Arizona State, only eight teams have scored 70 points against the Sun Devils, and two of those were overtime games. So in the past 46 regulation games, only six teams have notched 70 points against ASU.
*ASU was 8-22 (.267) in Herb Sendek's first year, 25-13 (.658) since. In his 16th year as a head coach, the 45-year old Pittsburgh, Pa., native is 287-193 (.598).
*ASU is shooting .763 (74-of-97) from the free throw line this year. Last year ASU shot 73.9 percent from the free throw line, the fifth-best mark in ASU history and second-best in past 21 seasons.
*Derek Glasser is 106-of-130 (.815) from the free throw line in his career. He has 20 assists and just seven turnovers on the year and in his career he has 251 assists and 125 turnovers.
*Rihards Kuksiks is averaging 8.4 points per game in his past 16 games dating to last season. He is shooting 8-of-16 (.500) from the three-point stripe on the year.
*Third-team All-Pac-10 pick from a year ago Jeff Pendergraph is shooting 75.6 percent from free throw line in career (267-of-353) and is averaging 11.8 points (1,125 points) and 7.1 rebounds (678) in 95 career games (89 career starts). He is currently 10th on the ASU single-season rebound list with 678, 22 behind Gerard Schreur (700 from 1967-70). He has 19 career double-doubles and is shooting 430-of-780 (.551) in his career from the field.
*Through 38 career games, 6-5 sophomore James Harden has led ASU in scoring 28 times, led it in rebounding 13 times and led it in assists in 15 games...has 18 20-point games in his career...he went 11-of-11 from the foul line against Charlotte and is now 34-of-40 (.850) from the free throw line on the year and 203-of-264 (.769) in his career...has 81 steals in 38 career games (2.1 per game).
*Lost in the James Harden fodder is the solid career sophomore Ty Abbott has produced through his first 38 games. Abbott is averaging 10.1 points per game and has made 81 three-pointers. His 76 three-pointers last year was fourth-best by a freshman in Pac-10 history. He also is averaging 5.8 rebounds per game this year and is shooting 17-of-30 (.567) from the field.