SUN DEVIL GAME NOTES VS. OREGON STATE (FEB. 22, 2020/ESPNU/6 P.M.)
*In the six-game win streak Alonzo Verge Jr. is averaging 21.2 ppg., is 46-of-87 (.529) from the field, 6-of-13 (.462) from three and 29-of-40 (.725) from the free throw line.
* ASU forced 20+ turnovers in back-to-back Pac-12 games for the first time since February of 2001 (when it was Pac-10). ASU forced 24 vs. USC on Feb. 8 and then Stanford had 20 on Feb. 13. The 24 turnovers by USC was the most by a Sun Devil Pac-12 opponent since 2002.
*ASU has 25 wins (11 on the road) when trailing at the half under Bobby Hurley in five seasons, after going 12-64 (.157) the previous five 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. This year it has halftime comeback wins over St. John's, at Princeton, vs. No. 22 Arizona and vs. USC.
*Remy Martin became the 38th member of the ASU 1,000-point club on Jan. 11 as he now has 1,221 career points in 89 career games (13.6 pg). He has 15 20-point games on the year and posted seven straight -- averaging 24.3 points in those seven -- before posting 15 at Washington State on Jan. 29. The seven straight 20-point tilts matched the best by a Sun Devil since Eddie House posted eight in 1999-2000. Remy posted a career-high 33 points at Princeton on Nov. 26 and is averaging 19.2 ppg after averaging 11.3 in his first two years.
*ASU never trailed against No. 14 Oregon in its 77-72 win Thursday. It led 54-43 (10:09), Oregon tied it at 54 at 7:17, but ASU went up 60-54. UO cut it to 60-58 with 4:33, but ASU responded with a bucket and then got three stops. UO cut it to 66-61 with 2:23 left, but never got closer than four with under 30 seconds to play. Alonzo Verge Jr. had 26 off the bench (sixth 20-point game of year) and Rob Edwards had 24 while Romello White added 11 boards.
*ASU's bench is averaging 24.3 points per game, tops in the Pac-12 (UCLA is second at 21.6).
*ASU leads the league in turnovers forced (16.31 per game).
*Remy Martin is second in the Pac-12 at 19.56 points per game. He leads the Pac-12 at 20.54 ppg. in conference games and his 16 20-point games is tops as well. Remy is the only player since 1996-97 to open Pac-12 play with six straight 20+ games (streak ended Jan. 29 at WSU).
*Romello White is second in the Pac-12 in rebounding at 9.32 per game and is second in FG percentage (.607). His 13 double-digit rebounding games leads the league.
*ASU is 20-5 when Rob Edwards scores 13 in his two seasons (13-2 when he scores 15). His 24 points vs. UO matched his second-best scoring output at ASU, just four off his ASU-best (28 at Utah last year).
*The Sun Devils have won 10 straight vs. the Beavers in Tempe.
*ASU is 7-1 in two-possession Pac-12 games this year (six points or less).
*ASU enters the game on a six-game Pac-12-win streak, the longest league streak since it won 11 straight in the 1980-81 season when it went 16-2 (third year in the league).Woke up feeling ECO-FRIENDLY ??????
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*In the six-game win streak Alonzo Verge Jr. is averaging 21.2 ppg., is 46-of-87 (.529) from the field, 6-of-13 (.462) from three and 29-of-40 (.725) from the free throw line.
* ASU forced 20+ turnovers in back-to-back Pac-12 games for the first time since February of 2001 (when it was Pac-10). ASU forced 24 vs. USC on Feb. 8 and then Stanford had 20 on Feb. 13. The 24 turnovers by USC was the most by a Sun Devil Pac-12 opponent since 2002.
*ASU has 25 wins (11 on the road) when trailing at the half under Bobby Hurley in five seasons, after going 12-64 (.157) the previous five 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. This year it has halftime comeback wins over St. John's, at Princeton, vs. No. 22 Arizona and vs. USC.
*Remy Martin became the 38th member of the ASU 1,000-point club on Jan. 11 as he now has 1,221 career points in 89 career games (13.6 pg). He has 15 20-point games on the year and posted seven straight -- averaging 24.3 points in those seven -- before posting 15 at Washington State on Jan. 29. The seven straight 20-point tilts matched the best by a Sun Devil since Eddie House posted eight in 1999-2000. Remy posted a career-high 33 points at Princeton on Nov. 26 and is averaging 19.2 ppg after averaging 11.3 in his first two years.
*ASU never trailed against No. 14 Oregon in its 77-72 win Thursday. It led 54-43 (10:09), Oregon tied it at 54 at 7:17, but ASU went up 60-54. UO cut it to 60-58 with 4:33, but ASU responded with a bucket and then got three stops. UO cut it to 66-61 with 2:23 left, but never got closer than four with under 30 seconds to play. Alonzo Verge Jr. had 26 off the bench (sixth 20-point game of year) and Rob Edwards had 24 while Romello White added 11 boards.
*ASU's bench is averaging 24.3 points per game, tops in the Pac-12 (UCLA is second at 21.6).
*ASU leads the league in turnovers forced (16.31 per game).
*Remy Martin is second in the Pac-12 at 19.56 points per game. He leads the Pac-12 at 20.54 ppg. in conference games and his 16 20-point games is tops as well. Remy is the only player since 1996-97 to open Pac-12 play with six straight 20+ games (streak ended Jan. 29 at WSU).
*Romello White is second in the Pac-12 in rebounding at 9.32 per game and is second in FG percentage (.607). His 13 double-digit rebounding games leads the league.
*ASU is 20-5 when Rob Edwards scores 13 in his two seasons (13-2 when he scores 15). His 24 points vs. UO matched his second-best scoring output at ASU, just four off his ASU-best (28 at Utah last year).
*The Sun Devils have won 10 straight vs. the Beavers in Tempe.
*ASU is 7-1 in two-possession Pac-12 games this year (six points or less).