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POSTGAME NOTES AFTER ARIZONA-ASU GAME: Jahii Carson gets eighth 20-point game.

Jan. 19, 2013

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ASU Updated Statistics and UA-ASU Box Score (14-4/3-2)

JAHII WITH 20
With 22 points vs. Arizona today it marked the eighth time that Jahii Carson posted 20 points on the season. He has posted at least 20 points in three straight games as he had 20 on both games of the Oregon road trip last weekend.

SUN DEVIL FRESHMAN 20-POINT GAMES (1972-73 to present)
James Harden, 2007-08, 16
Ike Diogu, 2002-03, 12
Jahii Carson, 2012-13, 8

JAHII'S 20-POINT GAMES
30 vs. #14 Creighton @Las Vegas (11/24/12)
21 vs. Cal State Northridge (12/8/12)
21 vs. Cornell (11/20/12)
20 at Oregon (1/13/13)
22 vs. #7 Arizona (1/19/13)
20 at Oregon State (1/10/13)
20 vs. Hartford (12/5/12)
20 vs. Florida A&M (11/18/12)

MORE JAHII
With 22 points and four assists vs. #7 Arizona, freshman Jahii Carson is averaging 17.3 points and 5.2 assists per game. No freshman has averaged 17 points and five assists since Shaheen Holloway of Seton Hall in 1996-97 (17.3/6.3)...has led or shared the team lead in scoring in 12 games this season...has 93 assists, on pace for 150 which has been done by just 11 freshmen at Pac-12 schools...averaging 36.1 minutes per game, best mark by a Sun Devil freshman in history (the Beard averaged 34.1 in 2007-08)...17.3 points per game is second in ASU freshman history only to the Beard (17.8) and Ike Diogu (19.0 in 2002-03).

BEST OPPONENT RECORD AT ASU
Arizona's 15-1 (.938) mark was the best opponent record with a minimum of 15 games to ever play at Wells Fargo Arena.

5 DAYS BEFORE GAME
Including the 3-1 mark this year after today's game, the Sun Devils are now 19-9 (.678) in the past six years when Herb Sendekand his staff have at least five full days in between games, and seven of the wins have been against teams that would make the NCAA Tournament in that season.

BACK TO NORMAL
ASU in the previous 11 games averaged 11.2 turnovers per tilt prior to today's 17. It marked the most turnovers since it had 18 vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Nov. 28.

PAC-12 SINGLE SEASON BLOCKED SHOTS LEADERS
1. 115 - Mario Bennett, Arizona State, 1994-95
2. 113 - Rodger Farrington, Arizona State, 1996-97
3. 102 - Jelani McCoy, UCLA, 1995-96
3. 102 - Loren Woods, Arizona, 1999-2000
5. 100 - Taj Gibson, USC, 2008-09
6. 85 - Channing Frye, Arizona, 2004-05
7. 84 - Taj Gibson, USC, 2007-08
7. 84 -Loren Woods, Arizona, 2000-01
7. 84 - Anthony Cook, Arizona, 1988-89
10. 83 - Robin Lopez, Stanford, 2007-08
10. 83 - Curtis Borchardt, Stanford, 2001-02
-- 79 - Jordan Bachynski, Arizona State, 2012-13