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After a pair of double-digit wins at home to open the 2025-26 season, the Sun Devil women’s basketball team (2-0) will venture out of the comforts of Desert Financial Arena when it goes on the road for consecutive road game at San Diego (Thursday at 6 p.m. PST/7 p.m. MST) and at Santa Clara on Sunday (1 p.m. PST/2 p.m. MST).

WATCH/LISTEN

Both of this weekend’s games can be seen on ESPN+ and heard on game KDUS AM 1060. Pregame radio coverage will start at 6:30 p.m on Thursday and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. The state of Arizona’s 2010 & 2019 Broadcaster of the Year, Jeff Munn is in his 22nd season as the voice of ASU WBB.

MOLLY MILLER ERA OFF TO A WINNING START

  • ASU started the Molly Miller era with a pair of wins at Desert Financial Arena, defeating Coppin State 67-53 and Eastern Washington 73-58.
  • Against Coppin State, ASU made 67 percent of its shots in the fourth quarter and outscored it 27-10 in the final frame to turn a three-point deficit into a 67-53 win.
  • Against EWU, A 26-8 scoring run that commenced in the final minute of the first half and concluded in the first minute of the final quarter helped ASU move to 2-0. The Sun Devils took control of the game with dominating defense at the start of both halves. In the first and third quarters combined, ASU outscored the Eagles (1-1) 37-17 while allowing them to make only 21 percent (6-29) of their shots. ASU forced the Eagles into missing their first nine shots of the game and allowed them to shoot only 22 percent for the quarter.

DID YOU KNOW, AS A HEAD COACH MOLLY MILLER....?

  • Entered the 2025-26 campaign third in winning percentage among active coaches who have served at least five years as a Division I head coach. Miller (84.4 percent/297-55 career record in 11 seasons coming into 2025-26 season) trailed only legendary coaches Geno Auriemma (88.3 percent/1,250-165 career record in 40 seasons entering 2025-26) and Kim Mulkey, (85.9 percent/754-124 in 25 seasons entering 2025-26).
  • Needs one more win to reach 300 career wins as an NCAA head coach (299-55 combined at DII Drury, Grand Canyon and ASU).
  • Has won her last 32 non-NCAA Tournament games going back to last season.
  • Has won her last 25 home games going back to the 2023-24 season when she was the head coach at GCU.

PRIME PERFORMERS

  • ASU was led in the two wins by Gabby Elliott (15.5 ppg, 52 pct FGs, 4.5 rpg, 4.0 spg) (10/14) and Marley Washenitz (15.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.5 spg, team-highs in FTs att/made) and McKinna Brackens (10.5 ppg, team-high 7.0 rpg, 4.0 apg).
  • Against Coppin State, Washenitz led ASU with 17 points. She helped the Sun Devils start the game strong (team-high seven points in the first quarter) and finish strong (seven points in the fourth quarter). Against EWU, Washenitz came back with 14 points (10 in the final quarter), a team-high seven rebounds and a team-high three steals.
  • In ASU’s comeback win over Coppin State, Elliott scored 14 of her 16 points and shot 62.5 percent from the floor in the second half. She led ASU’s rally with a team-high eight points in the final quarter. As great as Elliott performed of the offensive end, she was every bit as impressive defensively, leading ASU with a game- and career-high seven steals. Elliott led ASU with 15 points in the win over EWU and went over the 1,000-point mark for career points.
  • On Monday, Brackens had seven points, six rebounds and a team-high five assists. She added in 14 points and led ASU with game highs in both total rebounds (eight) and offensive rebounds (four) vs. EWU.
  • Last-Tear Poa had a career night distributing the ball against Coppin State, dishing out 10 assists, most by a Sun Devil since current graduate assistant Reili Richardson had 11 at Colorado State on Dec. 9, 2018.
  • Heloisa Carrera scored nine of her career-high 13 points in the second half against Coppin State.
  • In the first start of her college career, freshman Amaya Williams made half her field goals (4-8 FGs) and scored 10 points vs. EWU.
  • Jyah LoVett scored 13 of the team’s 21 bench points (5-7 FGs) to go with two steals against EWU.

TEAM NOTES FROM ASU’S 2-0 START

  • Against Coppin State, ASU... Closed the game on a 16-2 run after Coppin State tied the game at 51-51 with 5:43 remaining... Went from shooting 31 percent in the first three quarters to 66.7 in the fourth. On the flip side, Coppin State made 47 percent of its shots during the first 30 minutes and 38 percent in the final 10... Forced 33 turnovers and converted those miscues into 37 points of its own... The 19 steals ASU collected as a team represented the most by a Sun Devil squad since it had 20 in a win over Cal Poly on Dec. 3, 2010.
  • Against Eastern Washington, ASU... Scored 19 points on the 22 turnovers it forced... The Sun Devils took control of the game with dominating defense at the start of both halves. In the first and third quarters combined, ASU outscored the Eagles (1-1) 37-17 while allowing them to make only 21 percent (6-29) of their shots. ASU forced the Eagles into missing their first nine shots of the game and allowed them to shoot only 22 percent for the quarter.
  • In the two wins, ASU... Limited the opposition to 13 or fewer points (56.0 ppg average) five times in eight quarters...Scored 19 or more points (76.0 ppp average three times), including a season high 27 points in the fourth quarter of its comeback win over Coppin State... Has forced 26.0 turnovers per game and has more than twice as many steals (30-13)... Has a 3:1 ratio in blocker per game (4.5-1.5)... Had nine players (of the players who played in both games) average double-digits in minutes per game.

NEW FACES BRING LOTS OF EXPERIENCE

  • Of the 10 new players on this year’s roster, six players have played 50 or more games at the D1 level, including one student-athlete (Last-Tear Poa), who has played in 103 games.
  • Four of this year’s newcomers – Marley Washenitz (80), Acacia Hayes (75), Gabby Elliott (75), Jordan Jones (72) – have started more than 70 games at the D1 level.
  • Both of ASU’s returners from last season – Makayla Moore (72 games/33 starts), Jyah LoVett (50 games/38 starts) – also have a significant amount of experience. LoVett started 21/31 games as a 2024-25, while Moore had five starts in the 21 games she played.

NOTES

  • After their current two-game road trip, the Sun Devils will be back at Desert Financial Arena on Sat., Nov. 22 vs. UNLV, the first of six consecutive games ASU will play at home.
  • Four Sun Devils came into this season averaging double-figure career scoring averages: Jordan Jones (15.1 ppg), Elliott (12.1 ppg), Hayes (12.0 ppg) and returning guard Jyah LoVett (10.8 ppg). Jones’ 19.9 ppg as a junior at Denver last season, represents the highest single-season scoring average on ASU’s roster.
  • Other proven scorers at the NCAA DI level include returning guard Makayla Moore (averaged 11.6 as a sophomore at Seattle University) and Mckinna Brackens (9.8 ppg last season at UNLV) and Marley Washenitz (9.3 ppg), who are both coming off their best seasons in points per game.
  • With Gabby Elliott going over 1,000 points in ASU’s win over Eastern Washington on Nov. 8, the Sun Devils now have three players who have scored 1,000 or more points in their career: Jordan Jones (1,193), Acacia Hayes (1,021) and Elliott (1,012).
  • Timya Grice (6-5), Martina Fantini (6-3), Deborah Davenport (6-2) will not only be making their NCAA DI debuts this season, but they will also be brining size to this year’s team. Other new players who figure to do the same are Ole Miss transfer Heloisa Carrera (6-2), UNLV transfer McKinna Brackens (6-1) and Denver transfer Jordan Jones (6-0).  

2025-26 NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE NOTES

  • Eight home games, including a pair of multi-team events, highlight the Sun Devil Women’s Basketball team’s 2025 non-conference schedule.
  • The eight home contests the Sun Devils play will take place within their first 10 games of the season. After the season opener vs. Coppin State, ASU will host Eastern Washington on Sat. Nov. 8. The Sun Devils will next play consecutive road games at San Diego (Thurs., Nov. 13) and at Santa Clara (Sun., Nov. 16). ASU’s contest vs. UNLV on Sat., Nov. 22, will be the first of six consecutive games played on its home turf. On Wed., Dec. 10, the Sun Devils will be in University Park, Pa., to face Penn State, the first of three straight road games they will play to close out the non-conference schedule.
  • ASU’s six-game homestand that starts vs. UNLV on Nov. 22 will include consecutive weekends in which the Sun Devils will host a pair of events in which they will play two games in as many days.
  • Over Thanksgiving weekend, ASU will face Little Rock (Nov 28) and SEMO (Nov. 29). The weekend will also include a pair of non-ASU games: San Diego vs. Little Rock (Nov. 28) and San Diego vs. SEMO (Nov. 30).
  • The following weekend, ASU will host the annual Briann January Classic (Dec. 5-6), an event in which McNeese State, Nevada and San Francisco will also be participating.
  • ASU will play in the second game of both of the weekend’s doubleheaders which will be taking place at Mullett Arena, Sun Devil Athletics newest on-campus Multi-Purpose Arena. On Fri., Dec. 5, the Sun Devils will host McNeese State (preceded by Nevada vs. San Francisco) and the following day they will face San Francisco (preceded by McNeese State vs. Nevada).

BIG 12 SCHEDULE NOTES

  • When ASU hosts Colorado in its first Big 12 contest on Sun., Dec. 21, it will be the squad’s first home game since Sat., Dec. 6. Prior to the contest vs. Colorado will be road games at Penn State (Wed., Dec. 10), at Oregon State (Sun., Dec. 14), and at Gonzaga (Tues., Dec. 16).
  • After the conference opener against Colorado, ASU will have its longest gap of the season between games (10 days). The Sun Devils will resume Big 12 play with consecutive road games in the state of Utah (at Utah on Wed., Dec. 31 and at BYU on Sat., Jan. 3). Following a home contest vs. UCF (Wed., Jan. 7), ASU will play at TCU (Sun., Jan. 11), the third time in four games it will be on the road following the holiday break.
  • When ASU hosts Arizona on Wed., Jan. 28, it will be the first of three straight home games and four of five overall. Matchups vs. Kansas State (Sun., Feb. 1) and Oklahoma State (Wed., Dec. 4) at Desert Financial Arena will precede ASU’s only road game in the stretch, at Baylor on Sat. Feb. 7). The span will conclude with a rematch vs. Utah in Tempe (Wed., Feb. 11).
  • ASU’s game at West Virginia (Wed., Jan. 21) will be the second time the Sun Devils will be playing more than 2,000 miles away from home in 2025-26. The first instance will take place on Tues., Dec. 9 at Penn State, the first of three consecutive road games ASU will play on the road to conclude the non-conference portion of its schedule. After playing at West Virginia, ASU will play a second consecutive road game at Cincinnati (Sat, Jan. 24).

SUN DEVIL ATHLETICS COUNTS DOWN TO NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR

In October 2020, the NCAA officially named ASU, the city of Phoenix, and the Footprint Center as hosts for the Women’s Final Four Tournament, to be held April 3, 5, 2026.

In August, Sun Devil Basketball’s Head Coach Molly Miller joined several key community members at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to unveil the official Countdown Clock to the event.

Unveiled alongside Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallaego, 2026 Women’s Final Four Committee Jay Parry, and NCAA Vice President for Women’s Basketball Lynn Holzman, the clock is located at the busiest terminal in the airport, Terminal 4, on the west end of the baggage claim. The placement means it will see significant foot traffic to build maximum excitement.

Arizona State University had a significant presence at the event. ASU Athletic Director Graham Rossini, Sparky, and Senior Associate Athletics Director Christina Wombacher were on hand to help underscore the University’s role as a proud stakeholder in bringing the Women’s Final Four to the Valley for the first time.