By Evan Millstein, SDA Student Assistant
The third-ranked Arizona State men's basketball team improved to 12-0 with a 104-65 victory over the Pacific Tigers. 10,646 fans inside Wells Fargo Arena witnessed ASU's second highest win streak behind the 1961-62 team that won 18 straight games.
ASU TOP WINNING STREAKS
18, 1961-62
12, 2017-18
11, 1980-81
11, 1962-63
10, 2007-08
10, 1962-63
10, 1960-61
Senior Tra Holder buried a three to get the Sun Devils on the board that set the tone for the rest of the afternoon. Romello White was active early, grabbing four rebounds in the first six minutes of action.
Tra Holder's jumper at the 14:40 mark passed Paul Williams for 11th on the Sun Devil all-time career scoring list.
SUN DEVIL CAREER POINTS
1. Eddie House, 1996-2000/2,044
10. Joe Caldwell, 1961-64/1,515
11. Tra Holder, 2014-present/1,470
12. Paul Williams, 1979-83/1,455
Holder scored 19 points and dished three assists in the Friday afternoon victory.
Arizona State would go on a few runs that gave the No. 3 team in the country a comfortable lead going into halftime. A 6-0 run and a pair of 9-0 sprints pushed the lead to 23 at the 5:37 mark.
The balanced offense was shooting on all cylinders as Holder and Shannon Evans II went into the halftime break with 13 and 16 points respectively.
The Sun Devils controlled the pace of play in the second half behind the energetic freshman guard Remy Martin. Martin made a dazzling play that led Mickey Mitchell to the basket and finish.
The next possession Martin buried a three from around the pitchfork.
Martin's aggressive play got ASU on the break where Kodi Justice threw an alley-oop to De'Quon Lake that ignited Wells Fargo Arena. Martin scored 14 points and had six assists off the bench.
Lake wasn't done. On the next possession for the Tigers, Lake recorded his fourth and fifth blocked shots of the game. Lake's seven blocks are a career-high as he flirted with a triple-double, adding 12 points and nine rebounds.
Arizona State widened the gap on the Tigers after a 15-0 run over a four-minute span that featured Holder on the fast break and Evans II hitting from deep. It seemed like everything was falling as nine straight baskets found the bottom of the net around the seven minute media timeout.
MOST POINTS IN HALF/2003-04 TO PRESENT
72 vs. Citadel (Nov. 23, 2016)*
60 vs. Longwood (Dec. 19, 2017)*
58 at #2 Kansas (Dec. 10, 2017)*
58 vs. #15 Xavier (Nov. 24, 2017)*
58 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
58 vs. Oregon (Feb. 11, 2006)*
57 vs. Pacific (Dec. 22, 2017)*
57 vs. Cal Poly (Nov. 13, 2016)*
56 vs. UC Irvine (Nov. 19, 2017)
56 vs. San Diego State (Nov. 14, 2017)*
56 vs. Kennesaw State (Nov. 18, 2015)
*notes second-half points
Six Sun Devils scored in double figures behind Shannon Evans' 21 points. Forward Romello White scored 16 points while grabbing eight rebounds in the last non-conference matchup of the season. Kodi Justice scored 11 points in 29 minutes of action.
Justice spoke about his freedom on the court. "Never. Literally never and it's been fun playing honestly," said Justice. "I can shoot any shot I can do because he just gives you the freedom because we've built so much trust with him. And off the court. As soon as we step on the court it is all the stuff we worked on during practice, so it literally just shows how hard we work at practice, how much freedom, how much trust Hurley and the whole coaching staff believes in us."
Zero lead changes were featured in the contest as the Sun Devils scored 18 points off turnovers and scored 31 points from their second unit. ASU shot 53.7 percent from the field (36-of-67) and tallied 12 triples (46.2 percent) against Damon Stoudamire's team.
Senior Austin Witherill hit a triple from the corner after a beautiful dish from Remy Martin.
BOBBY HURLEY QUOTES
OPENING STATEMENT
"It was a great way for us to close out the non-conference, and kind of put an exclamation point on that and close this chapter. It's been a great run, a great ride so far. I thought the guys delivered a spectacular performance again today…just a complete game throughout. So I am just thrilled for them and what they've done. The balance we had today on offense, 6 guys and double figures, the way the guards continue to play. The only negative, we just have to rebound a little better, especially in the first half, but outside of that, it was terrific".
ON THE TEAM BEING SPECIAL
"The impact of having a good front court, Romello, Lake, Vitaliy, Mickey Mitchell, and then how that would help and assist the guards and allow them to be who they are and they're fantastic…they all kind of take turns driving it to the hoop…you don't really know when it's coming or where it's coming, it makes for a really dynamic team to watch, a really entertaining team".
ON REMY'S ENERGY
"I want Remy to be himself and I trust him. He's been in big games and already delivers".
"He plays the game with some swag and a flare…he's such a playmaker".
"You can see he loves to play…I'm going to let him be who he is".
ON DEVELOPING TRUST WITH THE TEAM
"It's a progression with the seniors…again, we fought through a lot of hard times over the last 2 years. The determination that Kodi, Tra, and Shannon have and how they were attacking the workouts in the summer and pre-season and our foreign trip".
"We haven't lost a game in a while… It's their commitment and their desire to be a great team and have a great season and to go out as winners and that filters down".
"If you don't have guys that are following you and that are teaching the younger guys how to play and being about right things, then its not going to come together.
"This is by far the most cohesive together group that I have coached in my career".
ON DE'QUON IMPROVING
"The light came on quickly for De'Quon. It took him a while, I think some of it is learning the fundamentals of our offense and our defense …"
"Now that he knows kind of what he do and he's familiar in our system, he's just using his natural instincts".
"He's got a tremendous future".
ON PUSHING IN THE GAME
"The guys feed off each other and there's a lot of offense on the floor most of the time…there's a lot of weapons on the floor".
"If we can generate the stops we need and get to pushing the ball off the floor, were going to get great looks".
ON DE'QUON AND REMY'S DYNAMIC
"Those guys, it's hard to get them out of the game, because they're doing so well…"
"He [Remy] had a dynamite second half".
ON GOING TO THE ARIZONA MATCH-UP
"It's a new season for everybody…we are all 0-0 and we move on to the next phase".
"I hope everyone wants to go there. I hope every fan from Arizona and Arizona State is trying to get into that building".
ON IF HE COULD INVISION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON THAT THEY WOULD BE HERE, 12-0
KODI: "It's hard to say that I could tell you right now that we would have been 12-0, especially with what we have gone through. We've worked so hard that we knew any given night we could beat anybody. So if we stuck together and followed coach's game plan, we could beat anybody. But to sit here and tell you, I'd be lying to you guys right now. But it's just been a fun experience to be with these guys, every single day. Being out here, this crowd, this environment, everything's just been so fun."
ON HOW REWARDING IT IS TO HAVE THIS SEASON BE HIS SENIOR SEASON AFTER EVERYTHING HE HAS BEEN THROUGH
KODI: "It's been really rewarding. It's just been fun. I couldn't ask for a better ending, honestly. We've only played 12 games. We still have the conference and we will worry about that as it comes, but I'm just trying to live in the moment, enjoy game-by-game because looking back, I only have 20 more games here at ASU. I'm just going to enjoy the moment, have fun. I'm just going to keep playing hard and keep playing with these guys. It's just been fun."
ON WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR REMY AND WHAT GOES THROUGH HIS HEAD WHEN HE IS IN THE OPEN COURT AFTER MAKING THE BEHIND THE BACK PLAY TODAY AND THE BETWEEN THE LEGS LAST GAME
REMY: "Nothing actually. It's just playground stuff. When I was little I used to always, you know, do the backyard stuff. Stuff that you wouldn't really imagine in a game you would do, but playing for ASU and playing for coach Hurley, he allows you to do that, so thats just a blessing, but it's not just something I think about. It just happens and I'm happy we got the win."
ON IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD THIS TYPE OF FREEDOM BEFORE
REMY: "For me, high school was the same exact way as ASU and that's why it. Because I was able to play my game without anybody criticizing me. Obviously criticizing you for the bad stuff. I've just been happy and that is why I came here because I'm able to go ahead and play my game."
KODI: "Exactly what he said."
ON HIS ENERGY AND WHAT HE IS LOOKING TO DO WHEN HE IS IN THE LINE-UP
REMY: "Just to do anything I can for this team to win. Doesn't matter if a score a point. Doesn't matter if I get an assist. All I want to do is win and whatever my team wants me to do and that is playing defense and getting the crowd going and changing momentum, that's what I'm going to do. The process has just been fun, but it's also just beginning."
ON HOW MUCH IT HELPS NOT FEELING THE PRESSURE OF BEING A TRUE FRESHMAN WHEN PEOPLE FROM HIGH SCHOOL LIKE MARVIN BAGLEY AND CODY RILEY WERE THERE IN THE SPOTLIGHT TOO
REMY: "Tremendously. Playing that high school schedule, playing that national schedule with the players that I had on my team prepared me for these moments. That's why I feel like everything I do on the court is meant to be. Because I worked so hard for this moment, I've also been preparing for this moment my whole life. So just being out here playing my game and playing with players like Kodi and everybody else, De'Quon, everybody else on the Arizona State basketball team is just amazing. It's a blessing and we're here to write history."
ON WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU TO SEE A CROWD LIKE THIS ON A FRIDAY AT 1 P.M.
KODI: "I mean it's great, but we created it and that is what's so great about it. Nobody can take that away from us. We did this, we put the work in and people are here to watch how much work and how hard we've worked and it's the greatest feeling to see that people want to see us and they are not just here to have a few fans here and there, but we did this and we created this and this is our memory. Like I said, just keep having fun with it, keep enjoying it, keep working hard though."
ON IF THE TICKET REQUESTS HAVE GONE UP SINCE LAST YEAR
KODI: "(laughs) 20-30 people a night."
ON WHAT THE PREPARATION OVER THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS WILL LOOK LIKE
REMY: "Just stick to what we are doing. We haven't lost. Going out there everyday getting better. Getting better control. We bring our energy. Bringing our defensive intensity. Working hard. But we don't want to change anything because it's been working. We are just going to attack everyday like it's our last and that's all we are going to do."
The third-ranked Arizona State men's basketball team improved to 12-0 with a 104-65 victory over the Pacific Tigers. 10,646 fans inside Wells Fargo Arena witnessed ASU's second highest win streak behind the 1961-62 team that won 18 straight games.
ASU TOP WINNING STREAKS
18, 1961-62
12, 2017-18
11, 1980-81
11, 1962-63
10, 2007-08
10, 1962-63
10, 1960-61
Senior Tra Holder buried a three to get the Sun Devils on the board that set the tone for the rest of the afternoon. Romello White was active early, grabbing four rebounds in the first six minutes of action.
Tra Holder's jumper at the 14:40 mark passed Paul Williams for 11th on the Sun Devil all-time career scoring list.
SUN DEVIL CAREER POINTS
1. Eddie House, 1996-2000/2,044
10. Joe Caldwell, 1961-64/1,515
11. Tra Holder, 2014-present/1,470
12. Paul Williams, 1979-83/1,455
Holder scored 19 points and dished three assists in the Friday afternoon victory.
Arizona State would go on a few runs that gave the No. 3 team in the country a comfortable lead going into halftime. A 6-0 run and a pair of 9-0 sprints pushed the lead to 23 at the 5:37 mark.
The balanced offense was shooting on all cylinders as Holder and Shannon Evans II went into the halftime break with 13 and 16 points respectively.
The Sun Devils controlled the pace of play in the second half behind the energetic freshman guard Remy Martin. Martin made a dazzling play that led Mickey Mitchell to the basket and finish.
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The next possession Martin buried a three from around the pitchfork.
Martin's aggressive play got ASU on the break where Kodi Justice threw an alley-oop to De'Quon Lake that ignited Wells Fargo Arena. Martin scored 14 points and had six assists off the bench.
Lake wasn't done. On the next possession for the Tigers, Lake recorded his fourth and fifth blocked shots of the game. Lake's seven blocks are a career-high as he flirted with a triple-double, adding 12 points and nine rebounds.
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Arizona State widened the gap on the Tigers after a 15-0 run over a four-minute span that featured Holder on the fast break and Evans II hitting from deep. It seemed like everything was falling as nine straight baskets found the bottom of the net around the seven minute media timeout.
MOST POINTS IN HALF/2003-04 TO PRESENT
72 vs. Citadel (Nov. 23, 2016)*
60 vs. Longwood (Dec. 19, 2017)*
58 at #2 Kansas (Dec. 10, 2017)*
58 vs. #15 Xavier (Nov. 24, 2017)*
58 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
58 vs. Oregon (Feb. 11, 2006)*
57 vs. Pacific (Dec. 22, 2017)*
57 vs. Cal Poly (Nov. 13, 2016)*
56 vs. UC Irvine (Nov. 19, 2017)
56 vs. San Diego State (Nov. 14, 2017)*
56 vs. Kennesaw State (Nov. 18, 2015)
*notes second-half points
Six Sun Devils scored in double figures behind Shannon Evans' 21 points. Forward Romello White scored 16 points while grabbing eight rebounds in the last non-conference matchup of the season. Kodi Justice scored 11 points in 29 minutes of action.
Justice spoke about his freedom on the court. "Never. Literally never and it's been fun playing honestly," said Justice. "I can shoot any shot I can do because he just gives you the freedom because we've built so much trust with him. And off the court. As soon as we step on the court it is all the stuff we worked on during practice, so it literally just shows how hard we work at practice, how much freedom, how much trust Hurley and the whole coaching staff believes in us."
Zero lead changes were featured in the contest as the Sun Devils scored 18 points off turnovers and scored 31 points from their second unit. ASU shot 53.7 percent from the field (36-of-67) and tallied 12 triples (46.2 percent) against Damon Stoudamire's team.
Senior Austin Witherill hit a triple from the corner after a beautiful dish from Remy Martin.
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BOBBY HURLEY QUOTES
OPENING STATEMENT
"It was a great way for us to close out the non-conference, and kind of put an exclamation point on that and close this chapter. It's been a great run, a great ride so far. I thought the guys delivered a spectacular performance again today…just a complete game throughout. So I am just thrilled for them and what they've done. The balance we had today on offense, 6 guys and double figures, the way the guards continue to play. The only negative, we just have to rebound a little better, especially in the first half, but outside of that, it was terrific".
ON THE TEAM BEING SPECIAL
"The impact of having a good front court, Romello, Lake, Vitaliy, Mickey Mitchell, and then how that would help and assist the guards and allow them to be who they are and they're fantastic…they all kind of take turns driving it to the hoop…you don't really know when it's coming or where it's coming, it makes for a really dynamic team to watch, a really entertaining team".
ON REMY'S ENERGY
"I want Remy to be himself and I trust him. He's been in big games and already delivers".
"He plays the game with some swag and a flare…he's such a playmaker".
"You can see he loves to play…I'm going to let him be who he is".
ON DEVELOPING TRUST WITH THE TEAM
"It's a progression with the seniors…again, we fought through a lot of hard times over the last 2 years. The determination that Kodi, Tra, and Shannon have and how they were attacking the workouts in the summer and pre-season and our foreign trip".
"We haven't lost a game in a while… It's their commitment and their desire to be a great team and have a great season and to go out as winners and that filters down".
"If you don't have guys that are following you and that are teaching the younger guys how to play and being about right things, then its not going to come together.
"This is by far the most cohesive together group that I have coached in my career".
ON DE'QUON IMPROVING
"The light came on quickly for De'Quon. It took him a while, I think some of it is learning the fundamentals of our offense and our defense …"
"Now that he knows kind of what he do and he's familiar in our system, he's just using his natural instincts".
"He's got a tremendous future".
ON PUSHING IN THE GAME
"The guys feed off each other and there's a lot of offense on the floor most of the time…there's a lot of weapons on the floor".
"If we can generate the stops we need and get to pushing the ball off the floor, were going to get great looks".
ON DE'QUON AND REMY'S DYNAMIC
"Those guys, it's hard to get them out of the game, because they're doing so well…"
"He [Remy] had a dynamite second half".
ON GOING TO THE ARIZONA MATCH-UP
"It's a new season for everybody…we are all 0-0 and we move on to the next phase".
"I hope everyone wants to go there. I hope every fan from Arizona and Arizona State is trying to get into that building".
ON IF HE COULD INVISION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON THAT THEY WOULD BE HERE, 12-0
KODI: "It's hard to say that I could tell you right now that we would have been 12-0, especially with what we have gone through. We've worked so hard that we knew any given night we could beat anybody. So if we stuck together and followed coach's game plan, we could beat anybody. But to sit here and tell you, I'd be lying to you guys right now. But it's just been a fun experience to be with these guys, every single day. Being out here, this crowd, this environment, everything's just been so fun."
ON HOW REWARDING IT IS TO HAVE THIS SEASON BE HIS SENIOR SEASON AFTER EVERYTHING HE HAS BEEN THROUGH
KODI: "It's been really rewarding. It's just been fun. I couldn't ask for a better ending, honestly. We've only played 12 games. We still have the conference and we will worry about that as it comes, but I'm just trying to live in the moment, enjoy game-by-game because looking back, I only have 20 more games here at ASU. I'm just going to enjoy the moment, have fun. I'm just going to keep playing hard and keep playing with these guys. It's just been fun."
ON WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR REMY AND WHAT GOES THROUGH HIS HEAD WHEN HE IS IN THE OPEN COURT AFTER MAKING THE BEHIND THE BACK PLAY TODAY AND THE BETWEEN THE LEGS LAST GAME
REMY: "Nothing actually. It's just playground stuff. When I was little I used to always, you know, do the backyard stuff. Stuff that you wouldn't really imagine in a game you would do, but playing for ASU and playing for coach Hurley, he allows you to do that, so thats just a blessing, but it's not just something I think about. It just happens and I'm happy we got the win."
ON IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD THIS TYPE OF FREEDOM BEFORE
REMY: "For me, high school was the same exact way as ASU and that's why it. Because I was able to play my game without anybody criticizing me. Obviously criticizing you for the bad stuff. I've just been happy and that is why I came here because I'm able to go ahead and play my game."
KODI: "Exactly what he said."
ON HIS ENERGY AND WHAT HE IS LOOKING TO DO WHEN HE IS IN THE LINE-UP
REMY: "Just to do anything I can for this team to win. Doesn't matter if a score a point. Doesn't matter if I get an assist. All I want to do is win and whatever my team wants me to do and that is playing defense and getting the crowd going and changing momentum, that's what I'm going to do. The process has just been fun, but it's also just beginning."
ON HOW MUCH IT HELPS NOT FEELING THE PRESSURE OF BEING A TRUE FRESHMAN WHEN PEOPLE FROM HIGH SCHOOL LIKE MARVIN BAGLEY AND CODY RILEY WERE THERE IN THE SPOTLIGHT TOO
REMY: "Tremendously. Playing that high school schedule, playing that national schedule with the players that I had on my team prepared me for these moments. That's why I feel like everything I do on the court is meant to be. Because I worked so hard for this moment, I've also been preparing for this moment my whole life. So just being out here playing my game and playing with players like Kodi and everybody else, De'Quon, everybody else on the Arizona State basketball team is just amazing. It's a blessing and we're here to write history."
ON WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU TO SEE A CROWD LIKE THIS ON A FRIDAY AT 1 P.M.
KODI: "I mean it's great, but we created it and that is what's so great about it. Nobody can take that away from us. We did this, we put the work in and people are here to watch how much work and how hard we've worked and it's the greatest feeling to see that people want to see us and they are not just here to have a few fans here and there, but we did this and we created this and this is our memory. Like I said, just keep having fun with it, keep enjoying it, keep working hard though."
ON IF THE TICKET REQUESTS HAVE GONE UP SINCE LAST YEAR
KODI: "(laughs) 20-30 people a night."
ON WHAT THE PREPARATION OVER THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS WILL LOOK LIKE
REMY: "Just stick to what we are doing. We haven't lost. Going out there everyday getting better. Getting better control. We bring our energy. Bringing our defensive intensity. Working hard. But we don't want to change anything because it's been working. We are just going to attack everyday like it's our last and that's all we are going to do."