TUCSON, Ariz. – Kianna Ibis (14 points), Jamie Ruden (12 points) and Courtney Ekmark (11 points) combined to score 37 points to help lead the Arizona State women's basketball team to a wire-to-wire 69-45 win over Arizona on Sunday.
By virtue of sweeping the season series (ASU also defeated Arizona 75-50 on Friday in Tempe), the Sun Devils (19-9, 10-6 Pac-12) claimed the full Territorial Cup Series point in women's basketball for the 2017-18 season.
Robbi Ryan had nine points, while Charnea Johnson-Chapman had eight points for the Sun Devils, who shot 45 percent for the game while limiting Arizona (6-21, 2-14) to only 38 percent.
Ryan, who scored a career-high 24 points in Friday's win over the Wildcats, posted another career-best effort by pulling down 10 rebounds. She came within a single point of posting her first double-double.
With Ryan leading the way on the glass, the Sun Devils nearly doubled up the Wildcats in total rebounds, 40-22. Ekmark (seven rebounds), Charnea Johnson-Chapman and Sophia Elenga (six rebounds each) were also big contributors for the Sun Devils on the boards.
The Sun Devils matched their 22-assist performance from Friday night's win while turning the ball over only eight times, the 11th time this season they have had 10 or fewer turnovers in a game. Reili Richardson (five assists), Ryan (four assists), Ekmark (four assists), Ibis (three assists) and Kiara Russell (three assists) combined for 19 assists for ASU.
ASU led by as many as seven in the first quarter and would take its first double-digit lead after Ekmark's 3-pointer gave the Sun Devils a 27-17 advantage a little more than four minutes into the second quarter. Ruden scored eight of her 12 points in the second period to help give ASU a 35-24 lead at the half.
The Sun Devils were never seriously threatened in the second half as the Wildcats got no closer than 10 points in the third quarter. They extended their lead to 22 points after Johnson-Chapman's layup put ASU up 61-39 with 6:54 remaining.
With its win on Sunday, ASU has now won 26 of its last 30 meetings against Arizona and has swept the season series three times in the last four years.
The Sun Devils close out the regular season portion of their schedule next weekend when they host No. 9 Oregon on Friday (6 p.m. MT) and No. 15 Oregon State on Sunday (2 p.m. MT). Both games can be seen on Pac-12 Network and can be heard on NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 and TuneIn.
By virtue of sweeping the season series (ASU also defeated Arizona 75-50 on Friday in Tempe), the Sun Devils (19-9, 10-6 Pac-12) claimed the full Territorial Cup Series point in women's basketball for the 2017-18 season.
Robbi Ryan had nine points, while Charnea Johnson-Chapman had eight points for the Sun Devils, who shot 45 percent for the game while limiting Arizona (6-21, 2-14) to only 38 percent.
Ryan, who scored a career-high 24 points in Friday's win over the Wildcats, posted another career-best effort by pulling down 10 rebounds. She came within a single point of posting her first double-double.
With Ryan leading the way on the glass, the Sun Devils nearly doubled up the Wildcats in total rebounds, 40-22. Ekmark (seven rebounds), Charnea Johnson-Chapman and Sophia Elenga (six rebounds each) were also big contributors for the Sun Devils on the boards.
The Sun Devils matched their 22-assist performance from Friday night's win while turning the ball over only eight times, the 11th time this season they have had 10 or fewer turnovers in a game. Reili Richardson (five assists), Ryan (four assists), Ekmark (four assists), Ibis (three assists) and Kiara Russell (three assists) combined for 19 assists for ASU.
ASU led by as many as seven in the first quarter and would take its first double-digit lead after Ekmark's 3-pointer gave the Sun Devils a 27-17 advantage a little more than four minutes into the second quarter. Ruden scored eight of her 12 points in the second period to help give ASU a 35-24 lead at the half.
The Sun Devils were never seriously threatened in the second half as the Wildcats got no closer than 10 points in the third quarter. They extended their lead to 22 points after Johnson-Chapman's layup put ASU up 61-39 with 6:54 remaining.
With its win on Sunday, ASU has now won 26 of its last 30 meetings against Arizona and has swept the season series three times in the last four years.
The Sun Devils close out the regular season portion of their schedule next weekend when they host No. 9 Oregon on Friday (6 p.m. MT) and No. 15 Oregon State on Sunday (2 p.m. MT). Both games can be seen on Pac-12 Network and can be heard on NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 and TuneIn.