Dec. 10, 2011
--After going 3-12 in Coach Sendek's first season in games of six points or less, ASU is 25-18 in the past five seasons. The 60-57 Sun Devil win is the sixth game of six points or less for ASU this year.
SUN DEVIL GAMES OF SIX POINTS OR LESS IN 2011-12 (3-3)
ASU 60, North Dakota State 57 (Dec. 10, 2011)
ASU 67, @Tulsa 64 (Dec. 3, 2011)
DePaul 68, ASU 64 @Orlando (Nov. 27, 2011)
New Mexico 76, ASU 71 (Nov. 18, 2011)
Pepperdine 66, ASU 60 (Nov. 15, 2011)
ASU 78, Montana State 72 (Nov. 11, 2011)
--ASU is now 6-2 in the past two seasons in games of three points or less, including 2-0 this year.
SUN DEVIL GAMES OF THREE POINTS OR LESS IN 2011-12 (2-0)
ASU 60, North Dakota State 57 (Dec. 10, 2011)
ASU 67, @Tulsa 64 (Dec. 3, 2011)
SUN DEVIL GAMES OF THREE POINTS OR LESS IN 2010-11 (4-2)
ASU 71, Washington State 69 (Feb. 19, 2011)
UCLA 73, ASU 72 OT (Jan. 29, 2011)
USC 63, ASU 61 (Jan. 27, 2011)
ASU 78, @Nevada 75 (Dec. 17, 2010)
ASU 59, Weber State 58 (Nov. 26, 2010)
ASU 69, UAB 66 (Nov. 20, 2010)
--Here is a look at ASU's five starting lineups this year, noting that today's starting lineup of Kyle Cain, Carrick Felix, Keala King, Trent Lockett and Ruslan Pateev made their second group start. That starting five is now 1-1.
ASU STARTING LINEUPS 2011-12 (5)
Bachynski, Colvin, Felix, King, Lockett (1-0)
Bachynski, Cain, Felix, King, Lockett (1-0)
Cain, Colvin, Felix, King, Lockett (1-3)
Cain, Creekmur, Felix, King, Lockett (0-1)
Cain, Felix, King, Lockett, Pateev (1-1)
--North Dakota State's six turnovers matches the second-fewest by an ASU opponent in Coach Sendek's six seasons. Only USC in the 2009 Pac-10 Tournament Championship (March 14, 2009) committed less, as it had just five.
--Sophomore Kyle Cain was 10-of-14 from the free throw line in the game. On the season he is now 19-of-25 (.760). Last year he was just 11-of-25 in the whole season. He is avearging 7.9 rebounds per game (5.5 last year) and 9.0 points per game (5.4 last year).
--Sophomore Chanse Creekmur entered the game just 4-of-21 from the three-point stripe but was 2-of-3 on the day. He had eight first-half points.
--Junior Carrick Felix had 15 points in 38 minutes. Felix is 13-of-40 (.325) from the three-point stripe on the year after going 9-of-44 (.205) last year. He is shooting .816 (31-of-38) from the free throw line on the year.
--Junior Trent Lockett continued his strong rebounding efforts with 12 boards as he is now averaging 7.8 boards per game on the year. He averaged 5.3 in his sophomore year and 3.4 in his freshman seasons (2009-10). The 10 points and 12 boards marked his fourth double-double on the year.
LOCKETT'S DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN 2011-12
17/10 vs. Montana State (Nov. 11, 2011)
20/10 vs. Wake Forest at Orlando (Nov. 25, 2011)
19/12 vs. DePaul at Orlando (Nov. 27, 2011)
10/12 vs. North Dakota State (Dec. 10, 2011)
--ASU outrebounded North Dakota State by 13 (45-32). ASU has only been outrebounded once all season (35-30 vs. Nevada on Dec. 7).