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Postgame Notes From 67-64 Men's Hoops Win At Tulsa

Dec. 3, 2011

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--ASU's .610 percent shooting (25-of-41) is best shooting digit in a Sun Devil road game since Jan. 17, 2004, when it was 30-of-49 (.612) at USC, a span of 82 road tilts. The .610 shooting also is marked the sixth-best shooting night by a Coach Sendek Sun Devil squad.

BEST SHOOTING NIGHTS BY ASU UNDER COACH SENDEK
.721/31-43 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (Dec. 29, 2007)
.653/32-49 vs. Central Connecticut State (Dec. 29, 2008)
.652/30-46 vs. Delaware State (Dec. 5, 2007)
.651/28-43 vs. Oregon State (Jan. 8, 2009)
.613/38-62 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
.610/25-41 at Tulsa (Dec. 3, 2011)

--The starting lineup of Jordan Bachynski, Kyle Cain, Carrick Felix, Keala King and Trent Lockett was the fourth starting lineup used by the Sun Devils this season.

--Herb Sendek has now won games in 26 states with the win tonight.

--ASU is now 24-18 (.571) in games decided by six points or less in the past five seasons. ASU is 5-2 in the past two games in games of three points or less.

--In the past five seasons, ASU is 15-6 (.714) when it has at least five days between games. Such was the case in the Tulsa game as ASU last played on Sunday, Nov. 27.

--Sophomore Keala King is averaging 14.1 points per game this year after averaging 3.7 last year. He has 99 points on the year, just eight shy of his 29-game total last year.In his freshman season he was 1-of-18 on the year from three-land, already he is 9-of-21 (.429) this year. This year all his numbers are up. He is shooting .550 from the floor (33-of-60).

KEALA'S TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES
25 vs. Wake Forest (Nov. 25, 2011)
22 vs. DePaul (Nov. 27, 2011)
18 at Tulsa (Dec. 3, 2011)
16 vs. Montana State (Nov. 16, 2011)

--ASU is now 44-6 under Coach Sendek when it shoots at least 50 percent from the field, as it did at Tulsa (25-of-41/.610).