The Sun Devil men's basketball team will play for the second time in three days as it takes on UC Riverside on Thursday, Nov. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at Desert Financial Arena. ASU opened the 2021-22 season on Tuesday (Nov. 9) with a 76-60 win over Portland behind Kimani Lawrence's 19 points and 10 rebounds. Daron Sutton and Don MacLean have the call for the Pac-12 Network.
NOVEMBER HAS BEEN GOOD
The Sun Devils have been super good in November under Coach Hurley -- 19-3 (.857) the past five seasons -- as they have jumped out of the gates as well as anyone in college hoops the past few years. The program captured titles in Las Vegas at the 2017 Continental Tire Invitational and at the 2018 MGM Resorts Main Event. It also has posted wins vs. Rhode Island and St. John's in Connecticut, Utah State, #16 Mississippi State, #15 Xavier and Kansas State in Las Vegas, Tulane in Orlando and North Carolina State in Brooklyn. It is 12-0 at home in that time frame (2017-21). Its only losses in that time were to No. 7 Virginia, No. 3 Villanova at vs. Colorado in China.
ASU IN NOVEMBER PAST FIVE SEASONS (19-3)
ASU 76, Portland 60 (Nov. 9, 2021)
ASU 100, Houston Baptist 77 (Nov. 29, 2020)
#3 Villanova 83, ASU 74 at Uncasville, CT (Nov. 26, 2020)
ASU 94, Rhode Island 88 at Uncasville, CT (Nov. 25, 2020)
ASU 67, at Princeton 65 (Nov. 26, 2019)
#7 Virginia 48, ASU 45 at Uncasville, CT (Nov. 24, 2019)/defending NCAA champion
ASU 80, St. John's 67 at Uncasville, CT (Nov. 23, 2019)
ASU 92, Rider 55 (Nov. 17, 2019)
ASU 90, Central Connecticut State 49 (Nov. 14, 2019)
Colorado 81, ASU 71 at Shanghai, China (Nov. 6, 2019)
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)
KIMANI NOTES: The final eight games last year and the first one this year have been really good for Kimani Lawrence. In the past nine games that started on Feb. 20, 2021, Kimani is averaging 13.9 points and 9.2 rebounds and is shooting 49-of-82 (.597) from the field. He had 21 points and 20 rebounds on Feb. 25 vs. Washington which was the first 20/20 outing by a Sun Devil since Nov. 19, 1997 (Mike Batiste gave Wagner 36/20) and the only 20/20 by a Sun Devil in a Pac-12 game. The 21 rebounds is second-most by a Sun Devil in a Pac-12 game. He also matched a career highs in points (22) in the Feb. 23 win over Washington. Also after going through a stretch where he made 25-of-51 (.490) free throws in 2019-20 and to start 2020-21 (38 games), he has made 36-of-48 (.750) in his past 16 games. Four of his top six scoring games have come in the past nine games.
KIMANI LAWRENCE TOP SCORING GAMES
22 vs. Washington (2/23/21)
21 vs. Washington (2/25/21)
22 vs. #22 Mississippi State (11/19/18)
19 vs. Portland (11/9/21)
18 at UCLA (2/20/21)
18 vs. Omaha (11/28/18)
NOVEMBER HAS BEEN GOOD
The Sun Devils have been super good in November under Coach Hurley -- 19-3 (.857) the past five seasons -- as they have jumped out of the gates as well as anyone in college hoops the past few years. The program captured titles in Las Vegas at the 2017 Continental Tire Invitational and at the 2018 MGM Resorts Main Event. It also has posted wins vs. Rhode Island and St. John's in Connecticut, Utah State, #16 Mississippi State, #15 Xavier and Kansas State in Las Vegas, Tulane in Orlando and North Carolina State in Brooklyn. It is 12-0 at home in that time frame (2017-21). Its only losses in that time were to No. 7 Virginia, No. 3 Villanova at vs. Colorado in China.
ASU IN NOVEMBER PAST FIVE SEASONS (19-3)
ASU 76, Portland 60 (Nov. 9, 2021)
ASU 100, Houston Baptist 77 (Nov. 29, 2020)
#3 Villanova 83, ASU 74 at Uncasville, CT (Nov. 26, 2020)
ASU 94, Rhode Island 88 at Uncasville, CT (Nov. 25, 2020)
ASU 67, at Princeton 65 (Nov. 26, 2019)
#7 Virginia 48, ASU 45 at Uncasville, CT (Nov. 24, 2019)/defending NCAA champion
ASU 80, St. John's 67 at Uncasville, CT (Nov. 23, 2019)
ASU 92, Rider 55 (Nov. 17, 2019)
ASU 90, Central Connecticut State 49 (Nov. 14, 2019)
Colorado 81, ASU 71 at Shanghai, China (Nov. 6, 2019)
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)
KIMANI NOTES: The final eight games last year and the first one this year have been really good for Kimani Lawrence. In the past nine games that started on Feb. 20, 2021, Kimani is averaging 13.9 points and 9.2 rebounds and is shooting 49-of-82 (.597) from the field. He had 21 points and 20 rebounds on Feb. 25 vs. Washington which was the first 20/20 outing by a Sun Devil since Nov. 19, 1997 (Mike Batiste gave Wagner 36/20) and the only 20/20 by a Sun Devil in a Pac-12 game. The 21 rebounds is second-most by a Sun Devil in a Pac-12 game. He also matched a career highs in points (22) in the Feb. 23 win over Washington. Also after going through a stretch where he made 25-of-51 (.490) free throws in 2019-20 and to start 2020-21 (38 games), he has made 36-of-48 (.750) in his past 16 games. Four of his top six scoring games have come in the past nine games.
KIMANI LAWRENCE TOP SCORING GAMES
22 vs. Washington (2/23/21)
21 vs. Washington (2/25/21)
22 vs. #22 Mississippi State (11/19/18)
19 vs. Portland (11/9/21)
18 at UCLA (2/20/21)
18 vs. Omaha (11/28/18)