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Postgame Notes From 69-68 Men's Hoops Loss To Northern Arizona

Dec. 17, 2011

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--Arizona State was 27-of-48 (.563) from the field, its best shooting night in a loss since it shot 29-of-51 (.569) in a 74-72 loss at Washington State on Feb. 2, 1991.

SUN DEVIL HIGHEST SHOOTING PERCENTAGE IN LOSS UNDER COACH SENDEK
Northern Arizona 69 (25-54/.463), ASU 68 (27-48/.563)--Dec. 17, 2011
@Washington State 75 (26-48/.542), ASU 55 (23-42/.548)--Jan. 14, 2007
Oregon 76 (23-48/479), ASU 69 (30-56/.536) @Pac-10 Tournament--March 9, 2011
USC 66 (24-46/.522), ASU 63 (26-49/.531) @Pac-10 Tournament--March 14, 2009
@Arizona 80 (25-53/.472), ASU 69 (25-48/.521)--Jan. 15, 2011
@Stanford 83 (24-46/.522), ASU 75 (29-57/.509)--Feb. 5, 2011
@Washington 88 (31-57/.544), ASU 75 (26-52/.500)--Jan. 22, 2011

--Arizona State made a season-high eight three-pointers, as Chanse Creekmur had five, Carrick Felix hit a pair and Jonathan Gillingmade his only three-point attempt.

--Arizona State had a season-high 17 assists, led by a career-high seven from Keala King. King's 16 points is tied for his fourth-best point total in his two-year career.

TOP SCORING GAMES FOR KEALA
25 vs. Wake Forest at Orlando (Nov. 25, 2011)
22 vs. DePaul at Orlando (Nov 27, 2011)
18 at Tulsa (Dec. 3, 2011)
16 vs. Northern Arizona (Dec. 17, 2011)
16 vs. Montana State (Dec. 10, 2011)

--Arizona State's six free throws made was a season-low while its 13 attempts matched a season-low.

--Junior Carrick Felix played a career-high 40 minutes and had a career-best three blocks.

--Sophomore Chanse Creekmur had a season-best 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting, all three-pointers.

--Freshman Jonathan Gilling had a season-high seven points.

--Sophomore Kyle Cain had a career-best four assists.

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 (1-2)

COACH SENDEK ONE-POINT GAMES AT ASU (4-5)
2011-12: Northern Arizona 69, ASU 68 (Dec. 17, 2011)
2010-11: UCLA 73, ASU 72 OT (Jan. 29, 2011); ASU 59, Weber State 58 (Nov. 26, 2010/@Alaska)
2009-2010: Jacksonville 67, ASU 66 (March 16, 2010/NIT)
2008-2009: (back-to-back one point wins): ASU 76, BYU 75 @Glendale, Ariz. (Dec. 20, 2008); ASU 59, IUPUI 58, OT (Dec. 14, 2008)
2007-2008: #6 Washington State 56, #24 ASU 55 (Jan. 26, 2008)
2006-2007: ASU 42, @California 41 (March 3, 2007); #18 Washington State 48, ASU 47 (Feb. 3, 2007)