Jan. 8, 2010
BIG WIN
ASU's 17-point win over No. 24 Washington on Jan. 8 (68-51) is tied for the fifth-biggest victory margin over a ranked team in school history and is tied for the second-largest in the past 28 seasons. ASU beat No. 17 Xavier 77-55 on Dec. 15, 2007, in Herb Sendek's second season.
ASU LARGEST MARGINS OVER A RANKED TEAM/ASU COACH
(22)--ASU 77, #17 Xavier 55 (Dec. 15, 2007)/Herb Sendek
(20)--#5 ASU 87, @#1 Oregon State 67 (March 7, 1981)/Ned Wulk
(19)--ASU 89, #5 San Francisco 70 (Dec. 3, 1977)/Ned Wulk
(18)--ASU 71, #6 Colorado 53 (Dec. 21, 1962)/Ned Wulk
(17)--ASU 68, #24 Washington 51 (Jan. 8, 2010)/Herb Sendek
(17)--ASU 79, #13 Michigan 62 (Nov. 22, 1994)/Bill Frieder
(17)--ASU 95, #3 USC 78 (Dec. 1, 1971)/Ned Wulk
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Rihards Kuksiks matched his career high with 27 points and Arizona State dominated No. 24 Washington from the start in a 68-51 victory Friday night.
Ty Abbott added 17 points for the Sun Devils (1-2 Pac-10, 11-5), who led by 11 in the first half and 19 in the second in the Huskies' second Pac-10 loss in a row.
Trent Lockett had 11 points for Arizona State. The Sun Devils had an 18-point advantage at the foul line, 30 of 37 to the Huskies' 12 of 21.
Isaiah Thomas led Washington (10-4, 1-2) with 20 points. Elston Turner was the only other Washington player in double figures with 10 in by far the Huskies' lowest-scoring game of the season.
Arizona State made 8 of 19 3-pointers, 5 of 8 by Kuksiks, while Washington was 3 of 14.
The Huskies were coming off a 90-79 loss to Oregon last Saturday that snapped Washington's 18-game home winning streak. Arizona State was swept at UCLA and USC last weekend, the latest a 47-37 loss to the Trojans.
Neither team shot well as Arizona State took a 28-19 lead at the break, the fewest points in the first half this season for the Huskies. The previous low was 24 in their 63-59 win over Montana on Nov. 29.
The Sun Devils were worse from the field in the first half, making 6 of 22 (27 percent), but they were 5 of 13 from 3-point range to Washington's 1 of 6.
Washington went the first 7:17 without a field goal, missing its first nine shots.
The Sun Devils started the game 5 of 15, but all five were 3-points. Abbott's second 3 of the night put Arizona State up 17-9 with 6:49 to play. The lead reached 22-11 on Abbott's two free throws with 4:58 left.
Quincy Pondexter's layup cut it to 28-21 in the first half, but Kuksiks followed with a 3-pointer and Washington never got within single digits again.
The biggest lead was 51-32 on Abbott's layup with 8:33 to play.
Washington got it to 61-49 on Venoy Overton's layup with 2 1/2 minutes left, then the Sun Devils put it away with free throws.
SUN DEVILS LOWEST SHOOTING PERCENTAGE IN ASU WIN UNDER COACH SENDEK
ASU 53 (16-56/.286), @Arizona 47 (14-47/.298)--Jan. 21, 2009
ASU 55 (18-49/.367), San Diego State 52 (18-44/.409)--Dec. 19, 2009
ASU 68 (15-40/.375), #24 Washington 51 (18-50/.360)-Jan. 8, 2010
ASU 49 (16-42/.381), @OSU 38 (15-46/.326)--Feb. 7, 2009
ASU 61 (21-54)/.389), South Carolina Upstate 52 (18-46/.391)--Dec. 23, 2009
ASU 61 (21-53/.391), Pepperdine 40 (12-45/.267)--Nov. 23, 2008
ASU 64 (21-53/.396), Arizona 59 (21-54/.389)--Jan. 9, 2008 (OT)