TRA'S TREYS AND OTHER THINGS: In his freshman season (2014-15) after the Jan. 15 Utah game Tra Holder was shooting below 30 percent, had 15 buckets, two three-pointers and was averaging just over four points. In 2015-16 he averaged a team-best 14.2 points and made 49 three-pointers. He led the team in scoring in 16 games and had seven 20-point games after not having any in his freshman season. He became the first Sun Devil to post five straight 20-point games since James Harden did it in his freshman season of 2007-08 and the first Pac-12 player to open league play with four straight 20-point games since Cal's Patrick Christopher in 2008-09.
TRA HOLDER YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO
2014-15/2015-16
PPG: 7.0/14.2
FG%: .317/.387
3PM: 12/49
3PT%: .240/.366
FT%: .708/.727
TRA HOLDER 7 20+ SCORING GAMES
26 at UCLA (1/9/16)
24 vs. #8 Arizona (1/3/16)
23 vs. CSU-Bakersfield (12/28/15)
22 vs. North Carolina State (11/23/15)
21 at USC (1/7/16)
20 vs. #23 USC (2/12/16)
20 vs. Washington State (1/16/16) 
2016 PUERTO RICO CLASSIC: ASU will play in the 2016 Puerto Rico Tip-Off at Coliseo Roberto Clemente Nov. 17, 18, and 20. The field includes Clemson, Davidson, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, Tulane, and Xavier.
TOP-100 WINS: ASU notched eight top-100 RPI wins which was as many or more than 12 NCAA at-large teams. In non-conference action ASU beat SEC co-champion Texas A&M (RPI 18), Southland Conference champions Stephen Austin (61), OVC top seed Belmont (95), UCSB (98), and Creighton (100), while in conference play it won vs. Oregon State (33), USC (51), and Stanford (87).
NCAA AT-LARGE TOURNAMENT TEAMS WITH 8 OR LESS RPI TOP-100 WINS
8-Iowa, Maryland, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Texas Tech, Tulsa
7-Cincinnati, Temple, Vanderbilt
6-Butler
4-Michigan, Wichita State
SOME GOOD WINS IN DECEMBER: ASU finished 23rd for its strength of schedule in 2015-16, including a No. 13 ranking for its out-of-conference schedule. ASU faced six top-100 teams in its non-conference schedule and only three teams ranked lower than 150. Ten of its 13 non-conference foes posted a top-150 RPI.
NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENT RPI/RECORD
11, Kentucky (27-9)
18, Texas A&M (28-8)
61, Stephen F. Austin (28-6)
95, Belmont (20-12)
98, UCSB (19-14)
100, Creighton (20-15)
110, Marquette (20-13)
117, CSU Bakersfield (24-9)
123, North Carolina State (16-17)
147, UNLV (18-15)
225, Houston Baptist (17-17)
263, Kennesaw State (11-20)
273, Sacramento State (14-17)
SCHEDULE NOTE: The Sun Devil final official Strength of Schedule and Non-Conference Strength of Schedule (per the NCAA RPI on Monday, March 14) was 23, its best since the 2000-01 season when it also was 23rd. ASU's non-conference schedule was ranked 13th, its best since the 2002-03 squad had the nation's fifth-best out of conference schedule. The past 14 seasons of both rankings are listed below.
SUN DEVIL FINAL STRENGTH OF SCHEDULES
2015-16, 23/13 non-conference
2014-15, 63/185 non-conference
2013-14, 52/236 non-conference
2012-13, 114/285 non-conference
2011-12, 135/182 non-conference
2010-11, 59/82 non-conference
2009-10, 80/59 non-conference
2008-09, 37/133 non-conference
2007-08, 77/294 non-conference
2006-07, 54/234 non-conference
2005-06, 82/176 non-conference
2004-05, 36/97 non-conference
2003-04, 108/211 non-conference
2002-03, 14/5 non-conference
OBI ONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON: It was the Jan. 14 WSU game where junior Obinna Oleka (Oh-BEE-nah Oh-LEH-ka) began to emerge. He was in double figures in 13 of the final 16 games and averaged 11.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and was 41-of-49 (.837) from the free throw line in that time. Obi also had three of his four double-doubles in that span. Oleka had no points and one rebound in the first two games, but because he only played five games for State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota two seasons ago and didn't play last year, a slow start was expected. Consider this: Before he took the court in the opener Nov. 13, his previous official game was Dec. 7, 2013...a 705-day break between games.
OBI OLEKA FIRST 10 GAMES/FINAL 22
MPG: 19.0/27.4
FG: 22-61 (.361)/82-202 (.406)
3PT: 3-16 (.188)/24-70 (.343)
FT: 17-27 (.630)/56-67 (.836)
RPG: 4.9/6.6
PPG: 6.4/11.1
PAC-12 STATISTICS: In the 18 league games, Tra Holder ended 15th in scoring at 14.2 points per game...Obinna Oleka finished tied for tenth with 6.9 rebounds per game...Obi Oleka's .852 free throw percentage (46-0f-54) was second-best in the league in the 18 league games...Kodi Justice's 37-of-89 (.416) was eighth-best in the league both for percentage and makes.
EJ ON CAREER LISTS: Eric Jacobsen finished fifth on the Sun Devil career list with a .576 shooting mark, which included 102-of-163 (.626) mark in his junior season...he finished career as one of only four Sun Devils to play in at least 130 games...his 88 blocks is ninth on the Sun Devil career list.
CAREER FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
64.4, Eric Boateng (197-306), ’07-10
58.7, Mario Bennett (540-920), ’91-95
58.0, Jeff Pendergraph (611-1054), ’05-09
58.6, Kurt Nimphius (398-640), ’76-80
57.6, Eric Jacobsen (239-415), ’12-16
GAMES PLAYED
132, Jonathan Gilling, ’11-15
131, Derek Glasser, ’06-10
130, Eric Jacobsen, ’12-16
130, Ty Abbott, ’07-11
BLOCKED SHOTS
314, Jordan Bachynski, ’10-14
191, Mario Bennett, ’91-95
167, Tommy Smith, ’99-2003
160, Rodger Farrington, ’95-97
153, Ike Diogu, ’02-05
148, Alton Lister, ’78-82
131, Jeff Pendergraph, ’05-09
93, Kurt Nimphius, ’76-80
88, Eric Jacobsen, ’12-16
NON-CONFERENCE ROAD WINS: ASU went 2-1 in non-conference road games this year, as it won at both Creighton (79-77 on Dec. 2) and UNLV (66-56 on Dec. 16) and fell at fifth-ranked Kentucky (72-58 on Dec. 12). ASU was 8-22 in the previous 35 non-conference regular season road games prior to this year.
SUN DEVIL THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS
1. 288 – 2009
2. 271 – 2010
3. 268 – 2014
4. 263 – 1993
5. 254 – 2016
SUN DEVIL THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
1. 778 – 2009
2. 772 – 1993
3. 756 – 2016
FREE THROWS MADE
1. 642 – 1956
2. 627 – 1955
3. 602 – 1961
4. 587 – 1957
5. 561 – 2003
6. 551 – 2005
7. 547 – 2004
8. 546 – 2014
9. 529 – 2000
10. 499 – 2016
10. 499 – 1969