The @SunDevilHoops team matched its win total from each of the past two seasons -- 15 -- as it jumped out early and held on in an 81-73 win at California on Saturday night.
The Sun Devil bench notched 41 points -- tied for second-most in the Bobby Hurley era -- and had nine players score to run its record to 15-4 overall and 3-4 in the Pac-12. ASU will now play seven of its final 11 Pac-12 games at home, after opening with just two home games in its first seven.
"We just have to sustain this level now and try to be consistent about getting that type of production," Coach Bobby Hurley said. "It may not be significant in terms of point total, but just getting solid, quality play. We've been in a lot of dogfights. We've had a lot of road games to start league play and we've been very competitive. I have no doubt that when we get home we'll try to get things going for next week."
MOST BENCH POINTS UNDER BOBBY HURLEY
42 vs. Kennesaw State (11/18/15)
41 at California (1/20/18)
41 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
38 at Stanford (12/30/16)
36 vs. UCLA (2/14/16)
VITALIY WAS BIG: Redshirt freshman Vitaliy Shibel hit all three of his shots, including two three-pointers, as he had eight points in 14 minutes in getting the starting nod.
The Sun Devil bench notched 41 points -- tied for second-most in the Bobby Hurley era -- and had nine players score to run its record to 15-4 overall and 3-4 in the Pac-12. ASU will now play seven of its final 11 Pac-12 games at home, after opening with just two home games in its first seven.
"We just have to sustain this level now and try to be consistent about getting that type of production," Coach Bobby Hurley said. "It may not be significant in terms of point total, but just getting solid, quality play. We've been in a lot of dogfights. We've had a lot of road games to start league play and we've been very competitive. I have no doubt that when we get home we'll try to get things going for next week."
ASU made 10-of-21 three pointers, including 8-of-13 (.615) in the second half, and knocked down 13-of-16 (.813) free throws. Tra Holder and Remy Martin led the way with 13 points, while Mickey Mitched added 12 points and 11 rebounds in 25 minutes off the bench.??#ChefRemy came up with 1??0?? big points for the Sun Devils in the second half! pic.twitter.com/g8yFf6lVp2
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) January 21, 2018
MOST BENCH POINTS UNDER BOBBY HURLEY
42 vs. Kennesaw State (11/18/15)
41 at California (1/20/18)
41 vs. Longwood (12/19/17)
38 at Stanford (12/30/16)
36 vs. UCLA (2/14/16)
#DUNK-KWON: Junior college transfer De'Quon Lake is 56-of-81 (.691) from the field. He has 43 offensive rebounds and posted five dunks against both Idaho State and San Diego State. He also had seven blocks vs. Pacific. ASU is 7-0 when he scores in double digits and 8-0 when he gets at least seven boards, as he had nine points, seven boards and two blocks at California.DEVILS WIN, DEVILS WIN!!! ??????@MickeyMitchell0 notches a double-double, #TwitterlessTra passes Byron Scott as the seventh leading scorer in ASU history and the squad shoots 48% from the field and behind the arc! pic.twitter.com/0BxwvgXl8T
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) January 21, 2018
VITALIY WAS BIG: Redshirt freshman Vitaliy Shibel hit all three of his shots, including two three-pointers, as he had eight points in 14 minutes in getting the starting nod.
Now you can watch it on repeat ??@MickeyMitchell0 pic.twitter.com/AF4M11V5kR
— Sun Devil MBB (@SunDevilHoops) January 21, 2018