ASU Now: @SunDevilHoops To Play in China, where ASU has a strong presence already
The Arizona State Sun Devil men's hoops team -- coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time since 1980-81 and the only Pac-12 team to make the NCAAs each of the past two seasons -- opens its season with five of its first seven away from Tempe, including a season-opening tip with Colorado in a non-conference tilt in Shanghai. Roxy Bernstein and Sean Farnham have the ESPN2 call for the China tilt, which is being played Saturday (Nov. 9) at 11:30 a.m. in China, which is a 8:30 p.m. MT tip in Tempe on Friday. ASU has averaged 80.04 points per game the past two seasons, the best mark in the Pac-12. ASU and Colorado only play once this year in Pac-12 play, so this year's Pac-12 China game has an all Pac-12 flair.
NUMBERS TO KNOW ABOUT ARIZONA STATE IN CHINA
3,198: students enrolled from China (70% undergraduate, 30% graduate)
771: students enrolled in the ASU Joint International Tourism College at Hainan University
237: executives enrolled in the W.P. Carey School of Business eMBA and DBA program in Shanghai
5,973: alumni from China earned an ASU degree between 2012-2019
29: general collaboration agreements – university-to-university agreements seeking a broad variety of collaboration opportunities across both institutions
18: global visiting programs partnership – undergrads come to ASU for one semester or one year (tuition-paying, non-exchange)
18: student exchange agreements
14: international accelerated degree program agreements
PRETTY COOL NOTE: ASU had been to four NCAA Tournaments (1995, 2003, 2009 and 2014) in 26 seasons (1992-2017) and not been to the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back years since 1980-81. Remy Martin, Kimani Lawrence and Romello White have now gone to the Dance in each of their first two seasons.
LET'S ADD A NATION: Bobby Hurley took the ASU job in April of 2015 and said ASU was going to play some folks and not be afraid to go on the road. When the dust settles this in December, ASU's tally of non-conference states in his five years will move to 11 with other trips to the Bahamas (vs. Kentucky) and China. ASU has played non-conference games in New York, Nebraska, Kentucky, Nevada, Florida, California, Kansas, Georgia and Tennessee and adds Connecticut and New Jersey to the list this November. The Sun Devils will be logging some serious air miles and hotel nights in November this year. The team will be on the road 15 of the first 26 nights and will notch 18,610 miles in November, as it plays just two of its first seven games at home.
12: Not many have been better early than the Sun Devils in the past two seasons, as they are 20-5 in November under Coach Hurley in his four years including 12-0 the past two seasons. The 12 straight November wins is fourth-best in college basketball, behind only Virginia (25), Kansas (17) and Nevada (15). Also worth a darn: the win list includes five teams that would eventually make the NCAA Tournament that same season.
ASU 12-GAME NOVEMBER WIN STREAK
ASU 89, Omaha 71 (Nov. 28, 2018)
ASU 87, Utah State 82 at Las Vegas (Nov. 21, 2018)/MWC Champ and NCAA Team
ASU 72, #16 Mississippi State 67 at Las Vegas (Nov. 19, 2018)/NCAA Team
ASU 90, Long Beach State 58 (Nov. 12, 2018)
ASU 80, McNeese State 52 (Nov. 9, 2018)
ASU 102, Cal State Fullerton 94, 2 OT (Nov. 6, 2018)
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 at Las Vegas (Nov. 24, 2017)/Eventual No. 1 seed
ASU 92, Kansas State 90 at Las Vegas (Nov. 23, 2017)/Elite Eight
ASU 99, UC Irvine 78 (Nov. 19, 2017)
ASU 97, NAU 62 (Nov. 17, 2017)
ASU 90, San Diego State 68 (Nov. 14, 2017)/NCAA
ASU 94, Idaho State 74 (Nov. 10, 2017)
WHO WE LOST: Three regular rotation players are gone from last year, including All-Pac-12 performers Zylan Cheatham and Lu Dort (Pac-12 Freshman of the Year), as well as De'Quon Lake.
QUICK HITTERS: ASU finished 23-11 and 12-6 in the Pac-12 in 2018-19, good enough for second in the league after being picked sixth in the preseason media poll...it defeated No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 22, the first win over No. 1 at home in program history and the second all-time (also won at Oregon State in March of 1981)...notched its first NCAA Tournament win since 2009 with a 74-65 victory over St. John's on March 20 in Dayton and posted 23 wins for just the eighth time in school history...prior to its past two NCAA appearances under Bobby Hurley, ASU had made the NCAA Tournament three times in the previous 22 seasons (1996-2017).
BUTTS IN SEATS: A reminder that the past two seasons have resulted in the top two average attendance marks in Sun Devil history.
TOP AVERAGE SEASON ATTENDANCE MARKS
2017-18: 10,603
2018-19: 10,538
1995-96: 9,514
2008-09: 9,354
1994-95: 9,333
SOLID: ASU finished second in the Pac-12 for just the fourth time in its 41-year Pac-10/12 history last year (2009-10, 1980-81 and 1979-80). ASU won 12 loop games for just the sixth time.
BEST PAC-12 RECORDS
16-2 (1): 1980-81
15-3 (2): 1979-80
12-6 (4): 2018-19, 2009-10, 1994-95, 1982-83
GONNA' PLAY SOME FOLKS: Bobby Hurley is going to make an attempt to play some folks. In his first year after looking at a schedule he inherited that included tilts against NC State in Brooklyn, at Creighton, at UNLV and against eventual No. 18 Texas A&M, he put the wheels in motion to play at Kentucky and filled a holiday break hole that could have been a yawner with Stephen F. Austin. In 2016-17, the squad played No. 1 Kentucky in the Bahamas, Purdue in New York City, at San Diego State, and finished a series with No. 9 Creighton. Kansas returned a trip to Tempe last year after ASU's win on Dec. 10, and ASU already played No. 15 Xavier and hosted 2017 NCAA Tournament product Vanderbilt Dec. 20. Coach Hurley has played five top-10 non-conference opponents in his four years, after ASU faced one in the previous 17 seasons.
ASU REGULAR SEASON OOC GAMES VS. TOP-10 TEAMS (SINCE JOINING PAC-10)
#18 ASU 80, #1 Kansas 76 (Dec. 22, 2018)
#16 ASU 95 @#2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
#9 Creighton 96, ASU 85 (Dec. 20, 2016)
#1 Kentucky 115, ASU 69 (Nov. 28, 2016 at Bahamas)
@#5 Kentucky 72, ASU 58 (Dec. 12, 2015)
#7 Duke 64, ASU 53 (Nov. 25, 2009 at MSG)
#2 Kansas 90, ASU 88, OT (Nov. 26, 1997 at MSG)
ASU 97, #7 Maryland 90 (November 23, 1994 at Maui)
@#8 Oklahoma St. 87, ASU 69 (December 2, 1993)
@#9 Kentucky 94, ASU 68 (December 14, 1991)
@#2 Kansas 90, ASU 67 (December 22, 1989)
#10 North Carolina 85, ASU 66 (December 23, 1984 at Tokyo)
#6 Missouri 48, ASU 47 (December 27, 1982 at Honolulu)
DOWN GOES RANKED TEAM: ASU has now defeated six ranked teams in Bobby Hurley's Sun Devil tenure, including five out of the league. The Nov. 24, 2017, Xavier win was the highest ranked non-conference team ASU had topped since it beat No. 7 Maryland in the 1994 Maui Invitational...until it won at #2 Kansas on Dec. 10.
@SUNDEVILHOOPS OOC WINS VS. RANKED TEAMS PAC-10/12 ERA
#18 ASU 80, #1 Kansas 76 (Dec. 22, 2018)/Bobby Hurley
ASU 72, #15 Mississippi State 67 (Nov. 19, 2018)/Bobby Hurley
#16 ASU 95, @#2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)/Bobby Hurley
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 (Nov. 24, 2017 at Las Vegas)/Bobby Hurley
ASU 67, #18 Texas A&M 54 (Dec. 5, 2015)/Bobby Hurley
ASU 79, #25 Marquette 77 (Nov. 25, 2013)/Herb Sendek
ASU 77, #17 Xavier 55 (Dec. 15, 2007)/Herb Sendek
ASU 97, #7 Maryland 90 (Nov. 23, 1994 at Maui Invitational)/Bill Frieder
ASU 79, #13 Michigan 62 (Nov. 22, 1994 at Maui Invitational)/Bill Frieder
#14 ASU 71, #7 Ohio State 58 (Dec. 20, 1980)/Ned Wulk
ASU 96, #12 Iowa 88 (Dec. 6, 1980)/Ned Wulk
THAT HALFTIME STAT: ASU has 21 wins (10 on the road) when trailing at the half under Bobby Hurley in four seasons, after going 12-64 (.157) the previous five ve seasons. It did it seven times in 2017-18 and did it in 2018-19 at Georgia, vs. No. 1 Kansas, at California, at UCLA, vs. Cal and at Oregon State.
REMY MARTIN NOTES: Everyone loves Remy. Those in maroon and gold really love Remy because his two best scoring games are 31 (95-88 double overtime win on Jan. 31) and 27 (final game of regular season on road on March 9) as he led ASU to first sweep over Arizona since 2008-09 and first win in Tucson since 2010...has a 40-inch vertical jump... earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors by the league's coaches in 2018-19...notched 21 points, grabbed a career-best eight rebounds, and added five assists and three steals to spark the Sun Devils back from an 18-point deficit to a 76-74 victory at Georgia on Dec. 15, leading to his Dec. 17 Pac-12 Player of the Week Award. He had 12 points, five boards, two assists and two steals in the second half, including back-to-back baskets inside the final 3:11 which gave ASU its first lead of the game at 71-70....led the Pac-12 with a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio and second in league at five assists per game..had his November and early December of 2018 ruined by a bum ankle but was the only player with 11-assist in a Pac-12 road game last year (11 at UCLA) and his 10 made free throws vs. Arizona matched the most in a league tilt.
ROB EDWARDS NOTES: Dropped buckets in some big wins in 2018-19, with 15 off the bench vs. #1 Kansas, 19 vs. Arizona, 28 at Utah and 13 at Oregon State...when he scored 15, ASU was 6-1 in 2018-19...entered ASU with 909 points in 63 games (14.4 ppg.)...now has 1,219 career points (13.4 average)...71-of-85 (.835) from the free throw line in 2018-19 and .776 (274-of-353) in his career along with 163 three pointers...missed six games early and only scored 14 points in the first nine games (14 in opener, six DNPs due to a back injury and zero points vs. Nevada and Georgia)...stats last year look a lot better when you remember he went from Nov. 7-Dec. 16 without scoring a point. In those three games he did play, he was 4-of-26 (.154) from field and 2-of-9 (.222) from three and had 14 points (all against CSF in the opener).
ROMELLO WHITE NOTES: When he shoots it, he usually makes it. Romello has made .625 of his shots including 120-of-184 in his freshman year...coached by Jerry Stackhouse in the Atlanta AAU circuit...has started 63 of 65 games the past two years and led team in offensive boards in each of the past two seasons with 77 last year and 79 in 2017-18...has two of the best field goal percentage mark's in Sun Devil history as he shot .652 in freshman year (fourth in Sun Devil record book) and .598 last year (ninth-best).
KIMANI NOTES: Long-armed and mobile swingman could guard any and all position...seems to find himself in the right place at the right time..good mid-range jumper and helps in any and all rebounding and defensive categories...solid free throw shooter (73- of-96/.760)...posted double digits in 14 games in 2018-19 and team was 5-0 when he scored 15...best game was 22-point effort vs. Mississippi State in Las Vegas on Nov. 19, which included the game-clinching three-pointer with the scored tied and 29 seconds left...made all six free throws in Jan. 24 win at Pauley Pavilion.
NOVEMBER WIN STREAKS ENTERING 2019-20 SEASON
25-Virginia
17-Kansas
15-Nevada
12-Arizona State
MOST POINTS IN ASU OPENER (1980-81 TO PRESENT)
32-Jeremy Veal, Sr./ASU 97, Cal State Northridge 91 (11/16/197)
29-Tarence Wheeler, So./Alabama 84, ASU 83 (OT) @Richmond (11/25/88)
28--Luguentz Dort, Fr./ASU 102, CSF 74 (2OT) (11/6/19)**
28--Isaac Burton, Jr./ASU 106, BYU 95 (11/27/93)**
27--Mario Bennett, Jr./ASU 103, Texas A&M 73 @Maui (11/21/94)
26--Steve Moore, Jr./ASU 80, Arkanas-Little Rock 72 (11/22/03)**
25--Jeremy Veal, Jr./ASU 111, Jacksonville 69 (11/22/96)
24--James Harden, So./ASU 80, Mississippi Valley State 64 (11/14/08)
24--Ike Diogu, Jr./ASU 79, Jackson State 48 (11/21/04)
24--Ike Diogu, So./ASU 80, Arkansas-Little Rock 72 (11/2203)
24--Steve Beck, Sr./ASU 97, Hawaii 72/12/5/89)
24--Chris Sandle, So./ASU 86, Illinois Wesleyan 67/11/29/95)
24--Byron Scott, Jr./ASU 68, Texas Tech 66/Nov. 26, 1982)
23--Tra Holder, Jr., ASU 88, Portland State 70 (11/1116)
23--Jerren Shipp, Fr., NAU 75, ASU 71 (11/13/06)**
23--Gee Gervin, Fr./ASU 111, Jacksonville 69 (11/22/96)**
The Arizona State Sun Devil men's hoops team -- coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time since 1980-81 and the only Pac-12 team to make the NCAAs each of the past two seasons -- opens its season with five of its first seven away from Tempe, including a season-opening tip with Colorado in a non-conference tilt in Shanghai. Roxy Bernstein and Sean Farnham have the ESPN2 call for the China tilt, which is being played Saturday (Nov. 9) at 11:30 a.m. in China, which is a 8:30 p.m. MT tip in Tempe on Friday. ASU has averaged 80.04 points per game the past two seasons, the best mark in the Pac-12. ASU and Colorado only play once this year in Pac-12 play, so this year's Pac-12 China game has an all Pac-12 flair.
NUMBERS TO KNOW ABOUT ARIZONA STATE IN CHINA
3,198: students enrolled from China (70% undergraduate, 30% graduate)
771: students enrolled in the ASU Joint International Tourism College at Hainan University
237: executives enrolled in the W.P. Carey School of Business eMBA and DBA program in Shanghai
5,973: alumni from China earned an ASU degree between 2012-2019
29: general collaboration agreements – university-to-university agreements seeking a broad variety of collaboration opportunities across both institutions
18: global visiting programs partnership – undergrads come to ASU for one semester or one year (tuition-paying, non-exchange)
18: student exchange agreements
14: international accelerated degree program agreements
PRETTY COOL NOTE: ASU had been to four NCAA Tournaments (1995, 2003, 2009 and 2014) in 26 seasons (1992-2017) and not been to the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back years since 1980-81. Remy Martin, Kimani Lawrence and Romello White have now gone to the Dance in each of their first two seasons.
LET'S ADD A NATION: Bobby Hurley took the ASU job in April of 2015 and said ASU was going to play some folks and not be afraid to go on the road. When the dust settles this in December, ASU's tally of non-conference states in his five years will move to 11 with other trips to the Bahamas (vs. Kentucky) and China. ASU has played non-conference games in New York, Nebraska, Kentucky, Nevada, Florida, California, Kansas, Georgia and Tennessee and adds Connecticut and New Jersey to the list this November. The Sun Devils will be logging some serious air miles and hotel nights in November this year. The team will be on the road 15 of the first 26 nights and will notch 18,610 miles in November, as it plays just two of its first seven games at home.
12: Not many have been better early than the Sun Devils in the past two seasons, as they are 20-5 in November under Coach Hurley in his four years including 12-0 the past two seasons. The 12 straight November wins is fourth-best in college basketball, behind only Virginia (25), Kansas (17) and Nevada (15). Also worth a darn: the win list includes five teams that would eventually make the NCAA Tournament that same season.
ASU 12-GAME NOVEMBER WIN STREAK
ASU 89, Omaha 71 (Nov. 28, 2018)
ASU 87, Utah State 82 at Las Vegas (Nov. 21, 2018)/MWC Champ and NCAA Team
ASU 72, #16 Mississippi State 67 at Las Vegas (Nov. 19, 2018)/NCAA Team
ASU 90, Long Beach State 58 (Nov. 12, 2018)
ASU 80, McNeese State 52 (Nov. 9, 2018)
ASU 102, Cal State Fullerton 94, 2 OT (Nov. 6, 2018)
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 at Las Vegas (Nov. 24, 2017)/Eventual No. 1 seed
ASU 92, Kansas State 90 at Las Vegas (Nov. 23, 2017)/Elite Eight
ASU 99, UC Irvine 78 (Nov. 19, 2017)
ASU 97, NAU 62 (Nov. 17, 2017)
ASU 90, San Diego State 68 (Nov. 14, 2017)/NCAA
ASU 94, Idaho State 74 (Nov. 10, 2017)
WHO WE LOST: Three regular rotation players are gone from last year, including All-Pac-12 performers Zylan Cheatham and Lu Dort (Pac-12 Freshman of the Year), as well as De'Quon Lake.
QUICK HITTERS: ASU finished 23-11 and 12-6 in the Pac-12 in 2018-19, good enough for second in the league after being picked sixth in the preseason media poll...it defeated No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 22, the first win over No. 1 at home in program history and the second all-time (also won at Oregon State in March of 1981)...notched its first NCAA Tournament win since 2009 with a 74-65 victory over St. John's on March 20 in Dayton and posted 23 wins for just the eighth time in school history...prior to its past two NCAA appearances under Bobby Hurley, ASU had made the NCAA Tournament three times in the previous 22 seasons (1996-2017).
BUTTS IN SEATS: A reminder that the past two seasons have resulted in the top two average attendance marks in Sun Devil history.
TOP AVERAGE SEASON ATTENDANCE MARKS
2017-18: 10,603
2018-19: 10,538
1995-96: 9,514
2008-09: 9,354
1994-95: 9,333
SOLID: ASU finished second in the Pac-12 for just the fourth time in its 41-year Pac-10/12 history last year (2009-10, 1980-81 and 1979-80). ASU won 12 loop games for just the sixth time.
BEST PAC-12 RECORDS
16-2 (1): 1980-81
15-3 (2): 1979-80
12-6 (4): 2018-19, 2009-10, 1994-95, 1982-83
GONNA' PLAY SOME FOLKS: Bobby Hurley is going to make an attempt to play some folks. In his first year after looking at a schedule he inherited that included tilts against NC State in Brooklyn, at Creighton, at UNLV and against eventual No. 18 Texas A&M, he put the wheels in motion to play at Kentucky and filled a holiday break hole that could have been a yawner with Stephen F. Austin. In 2016-17, the squad played No. 1 Kentucky in the Bahamas, Purdue in New York City, at San Diego State, and finished a series with No. 9 Creighton. Kansas returned a trip to Tempe last year after ASU's win on Dec. 10, and ASU already played No. 15 Xavier and hosted 2017 NCAA Tournament product Vanderbilt Dec. 20. Coach Hurley has played five top-10 non-conference opponents in his four years, after ASU faced one in the previous 17 seasons.
ASU REGULAR SEASON OOC GAMES VS. TOP-10 TEAMS (SINCE JOINING PAC-10)
#18 ASU 80, #1 Kansas 76 (Dec. 22, 2018)
#16 ASU 95 @#2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
#9 Creighton 96, ASU 85 (Dec. 20, 2016)
#1 Kentucky 115, ASU 69 (Nov. 28, 2016 at Bahamas)
@#5 Kentucky 72, ASU 58 (Dec. 12, 2015)
#7 Duke 64, ASU 53 (Nov. 25, 2009 at MSG)
#2 Kansas 90, ASU 88, OT (Nov. 26, 1997 at MSG)
ASU 97, #7 Maryland 90 (November 23, 1994 at Maui)
@#8 Oklahoma St. 87, ASU 69 (December 2, 1993)
@#9 Kentucky 94, ASU 68 (December 14, 1991)
@#2 Kansas 90, ASU 67 (December 22, 1989)
#10 North Carolina 85, ASU 66 (December 23, 1984 at Tokyo)
#6 Missouri 48, ASU 47 (December 27, 1982 at Honolulu)
DOWN GOES RANKED TEAM: ASU has now defeated six ranked teams in Bobby Hurley's Sun Devil tenure, including five out of the league. The Nov. 24, 2017, Xavier win was the highest ranked non-conference team ASU had topped since it beat No. 7 Maryland in the 1994 Maui Invitational...until it won at #2 Kansas on Dec. 10.
@SUNDEVILHOOPS OOC WINS VS. RANKED TEAMS PAC-10/12 ERA
#18 ASU 80, #1 Kansas 76 (Dec. 22, 2018)/Bobby Hurley
ASU 72, #15 Mississippi State 67 (Nov. 19, 2018)/Bobby Hurley
#16 ASU 95, @#2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)/Bobby Hurley
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 (Nov. 24, 2017 at Las Vegas)/Bobby Hurley
ASU 67, #18 Texas A&M 54 (Dec. 5, 2015)/Bobby Hurley
ASU 79, #25 Marquette 77 (Nov. 25, 2013)/Herb Sendek
ASU 77, #17 Xavier 55 (Dec. 15, 2007)/Herb Sendek
ASU 97, #7 Maryland 90 (Nov. 23, 1994 at Maui Invitational)/Bill Frieder
ASU 79, #13 Michigan 62 (Nov. 22, 1994 at Maui Invitational)/Bill Frieder
#14 ASU 71, #7 Ohio State 58 (Dec. 20, 1980)/Ned Wulk
ASU 96, #12 Iowa 88 (Dec. 6, 1980)/Ned Wulk
THAT HALFTIME STAT: ASU has 21 wins (10 on the road) when trailing at the half under Bobby Hurley in four seasons, after going 12-64 (.157) the previous five ve seasons. It did it seven times in 2017-18 and did it in 2018-19 at Georgia, vs. No. 1 Kansas, at California, at UCLA, vs. Cal and at Oregon State.
REMY MARTIN NOTES: Everyone loves Remy. Those in maroon and gold really love Remy because his two best scoring games are 31 (95-88 double overtime win on Jan. 31) and 27 (final game of regular season on road on March 9) as he led ASU to first sweep over Arizona since 2008-09 and first win in Tucson since 2010...has a 40-inch vertical jump... earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors by the league's coaches in 2018-19...notched 21 points, grabbed a career-best eight rebounds, and added five assists and three steals to spark the Sun Devils back from an 18-point deficit to a 76-74 victory at Georgia on Dec. 15, leading to his Dec. 17 Pac-12 Player of the Week Award. He had 12 points, five boards, two assists and two steals in the second half, including back-to-back baskets inside the final 3:11 which gave ASU its first lead of the game at 71-70....led the Pac-12 with a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio and second in league at five assists per game..had his November and early December of 2018 ruined by a bum ankle but was the only player with 11-assist in a Pac-12 road game last year (11 at UCLA) and his 10 made free throws vs. Arizona matched the most in a league tilt.
ROB EDWARDS NOTES: Dropped buckets in some big wins in 2018-19, with 15 off the bench vs. #1 Kansas, 19 vs. Arizona, 28 at Utah and 13 at Oregon State...when he scored 15, ASU was 6-1 in 2018-19...entered ASU with 909 points in 63 games (14.4 ppg.)...now has 1,219 career points (13.4 average)...71-of-85 (.835) from the free throw line in 2018-19 and .776 (274-of-353) in his career along with 163 three pointers...missed six games early and only scored 14 points in the first nine games (14 in opener, six DNPs due to a back injury and zero points vs. Nevada and Georgia)...stats last year look a lot better when you remember he went from Nov. 7-Dec. 16 without scoring a point. In those three games he did play, he was 4-of-26 (.154) from field and 2-of-9 (.222) from three and had 14 points (all against CSF in the opener).
ROMELLO WHITE NOTES: When he shoots it, he usually makes it. Romello has made .625 of his shots including 120-of-184 in his freshman year...coached by Jerry Stackhouse in the Atlanta AAU circuit...has started 63 of 65 games the past two years and led team in offensive boards in each of the past two seasons with 77 last year and 79 in 2017-18...has two of the best field goal percentage mark's in Sun Devil history as he shot .652 in freshman year (fourth in Sun Devil record book) and .598 last year (ninth-best).
KIMANI NOTES: Long-armed and mobile swingman could guard any and all position...seems to find himself in the right place at the right time..good mid-range jumper and helps in any and all rebounding and defensive categories...solid free throw shooter (73- of-96/.760)...posted double digits in 14 games in 2018-19 and team was 5-0 when he scored 15...best game was 22-point effort vs. Mississippi State in Las Vegas on Nov. 19, which included the game-clinching three-pointer with the scored tied and 29 seconds left...made all six free throws in Jan. 24 win at Pauley Pavilion.
NOVEMBER WIN STREAKS ENTERING 2019-20 SEASON
25-Virginia
17-Kansas
15-Nevada
12-Arizona State
MOST POINTS IN ASU OPENER (1980-81 TO PRESENT)
32-Jeremy Veal, Sr./ASU 97, Cal State Northridge 91 (11/16/197)
29-Tarence Wheeler, So./Alabama 84, ASU 83 (OT) @Richmond (11/25/88)
28--Luguentz Dort, Fr./ASU 102, CSF 74 (2OT) (11/6/19)**
28--Isaac Burton, Jr./ASU 106, BYU 95 (11/27/93)**
27--Mario Bennett, Jr./ASU 103, Texas A&M 73 @Maui (11/21/94)
26--Steve Moore, Jr./ASU 80, Arkanas-Little Rock 72 (11/22/03)**
25--Jeremy Veal, Jr./ASU 111, Jacksonville 69 (11/22/96)
24--James Harden, So./ASU 80, Mississippi Valley State 64 (11/14/08)
24--Ike Diogu, Jr./ASU 79, Jackson State 48 (11/21/04)
24--Ike Diogu, So./ASU 80, Arkansas-Little Rock 72 (11/2203)
24--Steve Beck, Sr./ASU 97, Hawaii 72/12/5/89)
24--Chris Sandle, So./ASU 86, Illinois Wesleyan 67/11/29/95)
24--Byron Scott, Jr./ASU 68, Texas Tech 66/Nov. 26, 1982)
23--Tra Holder, Jr., ASU 88, Portland State 70 (11/1116)
23--Jerren Shipp, Fr., NAU 75, ASU 71 (11/13/06)**
23--Gee Gervin, Fr./ASU 111, Jacksonville 69 (11/22/96)**