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Sun Devil Women's Basketball goes on the road to face old Pac-12 foe

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The Sun Devil Women’s Basketball team takes its perfect record (11-0) to Corvallis, Ore., to take on former Pac-10/Pac-12 foe Oregon State (6-4) on Sunday (2 p.m. MST/1 p.m. PST). 

Sunday’s game is the second of three consecutive road games the Sun Devils are playing to close out the non-conference portion of their schedule, with the final one coming at Gonzaga (6-4) on Tuesday.

Each of ASU’s next two games will be against well-rested teams. On Sunday, the Beavers will be returning to the hardwood for the first time since Dec. 7. When ASU takes the court in Spokane, Wash., on Tuesday, it will be facing a Gonzaga squad playing its first game since Dec. 6.

A week from Sunday (Dec. 21), the Sun Devils will open Big 12 conference play when they host Colorado (5 p.m. MST).

Watch/Listen
Sunday’s game at Oregon State can be seen on ESPN+ (Ann Schatz & Matt Muehlebach) and heard on KDUS AM 1060 (coverage will start at 1:30 p.m. MST). The state of Arizona’s 2010 and 2019 Broadcaster of the Year, Jeff Munn, who on Dec. 4, 2025, was named a recipient of the Arizona Media Association Lifetime Service Award, is in his 22nd season as the voice of ASU WBB.

2025-26 Sun Devils make history
On Dec. 6, 2025, this year’s Sun Devil squad broke a 33-year-old record after it defeated San Francisco 67-44. By starting the season 10-0, the 2025-26 Sun Devils established a new program standard for most consecutive wins to start a season. The current cast of Sun Devils eclipsed the record held by the 1992-93 team (9-0), coached by current Sun Devil radio analyst Maura McHugh.

In good company
As of games played through Dec. 11, ASU was one of 12 teams in the nation with an unbeaten record. Of those 12 teams, ASU was one of four Big 12 teams, joining Iowa State, TCU and Texas Tech.

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. At the outset of the 2025-26 campaign, Miller (84.4 percent/297-55 career record) trailed only legendary coaches Geno Auriemma (88.3 percent/1,250-165 career record) and Kim Mulkey (85.9 percent/754-124 career record).
  • Has won her last 41 non-NCAA Tournament games going back to last season when she was coaching at Grand Canyon University.
  • Has won her last 31 home games going back to the 2023-24 season when she was the head coach at GCU.
  • Won her 300th game as an NCAA head coach on Nov. 13, 2025.
  • Miller’s first Sun Devil squad set a new standard for the best start in program history (10-0) after ASU defeated San Francisco on Dec. 6.

State of play

ASU’s three road games to close out its non-conference slate follows a span in which it played eight of its first 10 games at home, including six in a row before playing at Penn State on Dec. 9. The contest at Penn State was ASU’s first road game since it concluded a two-game road trip at Santa Clara (W, 82-77). ASU started that trip with a 79-47 win at San Diego (Nov. 13). 

Hello again

ASU vs. OSU was one of the Pac-12’s most prominent rivalries – must-see TV – between 2014-2020. In nine of the 13 games during that stretch the outcome was decided by single digits, including ASU’s 79-76 2OT win in Corvallis on Jan. 20, 2019, a contest in which Kianna Ibis scored 21 of her season-high 28 points in the second half and overtime. In the last two meetings the winning team put on a dominant performance on its home floor. In the final Pac-12 meeting (Jan 2024), OSU won 92-55. ASU returned the favor last November with a 79-60 win in Tempe.

Dominant Devil defense  

  • Only two of ASU’s 11 opponents – Santa Clara (77 points) and Penn State (60 points) – have scored more than 58 points vs. ASU this season.
  • Only one opponent (Santa Clara, 37 points) has scored more than 25 points in the first half.
  • During their recent six-game homestand, the Sun Devils allowed an average of only 49.2 points per game.
  • Against Little Rock (Nov. 28), the Sun Devils recorded 2025-26 opponent lows for points (41), points in a half (14), points in a quarter (5 - since eclipsed allowing 4 points at Penn State on Dec. 9), field goals made (13) and field goal percentage (27.1)
  • ASU has held the opposition to 13 or fewer points in a quarter (52.0 ppg average) 23 times this season, including single digits 11 times.
  • In its 67-44 win vs. San Francisco (Dec. 6), ASU held the Dons more than 30 points below their scoring average.
  • ASU’s 56-53 win over UNLV (Nov. 22) represented the first time the Lady Rebels were held to 53 or fewer points in 148 games.
  • The Sun Devils have allowed a grand total of 28 points in the second quarter (5.6 points average) of their last five games: Little Rock - 5, SEMO - 5, McNeese - 7 San Francisco - 7, Penn State - 4.
  • The opposition has had 20 or more turnovers six times this season, including a trio of 30-plus turnover games: 33 vs. Coppin State (Nov. 3), 31 vs. San Francisco (Dec. 6) and a season-high 36 at Penn State (Dec. 9).
  • As of Dec. 11, Gabby Elliott has the two-highest single-game number of steals in the Big 12 this season: 8 vs. San Francisco, 7 vs. Coppin St.

Winning streaks  

  • ASU’s current 11-game winning streak is its longest since it tied the school record with 15 straight wins during the 2015-16 season. The Sun Devils also reeled 15 consecutive wins in 2008-09 after it started the Pac-10 season 0-2.

Team notes

  • ASU has the top two rebounding games by a Big 12 team this season: vs. Utah Tech (62) & vs. Santa Clara (59). Its rebounding effort vs. Utah Tech represented the third time in the last 25 years it had at least 60 rebounds in a game.
  • ASU has outscored the opposition by an average of 21.4-13.1 in points off turnovers this season... It has had more second chance points than its opponent in all but two games this season. Avg: ASU 11.5-7.0... Its bench has outscored the opposition’s reserves eight times in 11 games this season.
  • ASU has scored 20 or more points in a quarter 15 times this season.
  • In their win at San Diego (Nov. 13), the Sun Devils tied the single-game program record for most 3-pointers in a game (14). As of Dec. 11, ASU’s 63.6 shooting performance from beyond the arc in that game is the second-highest 3-point shooting percentage by a Big 12 team this season.
  • ASU’s 19 steals vs. Coppin State are tied for most by a Big 12 team this season.

Individual player notes

  • Six different players have led or tied for the team lead in scoring: McKinna Brackens (4x), Gabby Elliott (4x), Marley Washenitz (1x), Amaya Williams (1x), Heloisa Carrera (1x) and Jyah LoVett (1).
  • Seven Sun Devils have scored in double figures multiple times: Elliott (10x), Brackens (10x), Washenitz (4x), Carrera (4x), Amaya Williams (4x), Last-Tear Poa (2x) and LoVett (2x).
  • Five different players have led or tied for the team lead in rebounding: Brackens (6x), Elliott (3x), Washenitz (1x), Carrera (1x) and Deborah Davenport (1x). Elliott’s 16-rebound performance at Santa Clara, is tied for the most by a player in the Big 12 this season.
  • Elliott and Brackens have both scored in double figures in all but one game.
  • Elliott has ASU’s two highest single-game scoring totals this season: 27 points at Penn State (Dec. 9), 24 points at San Diego (Nov. 13). In the contest at San Diego, Elliott knocked down six 3-pointers, one short of tying the single-game program record. In her last four games, Brackens leads the team in points per game (17.5), field goals (29), and steals per game (3.8).
  • Brackens (double figures in scoring in last nine games) scored a career-high 23 points in consecutive games: at Santa Clara (Nov. 16) and vs. UNLV (Nov. 22). During the nine-game streak she has scored in double figures, Brackens is averaging 15.6 ppg, 8.6 rpg (2.6 O-rpg) and is shooting 51.5 pct (50.0 pct 3FGs/9-18).
  • Four different players have posted double-doubles this season: Brackens (5/9th in NCAA), Elliott (1), Poa (1) and Carrera (1).
  • Poa (10 assists vs. SEMO and vs. Coppin State) and Williams (11 assists at San Diego) have combined for three double-digit assist games this season. Williams’ 11 assists were the most for a Sun Devil in a single game since current graduate assistant Reili Richardson had 11 at Colorado State on Dec. 9, 2018.

#HailMarley

Anyone who saw what turned out to be the game-winning 3-pointer made by Marley Washenitz in the Sun Devil women’s basketball team’s 56-53 win over UNLV on Nov. 22 – and is old enough to remember – might just have harkened back to the commercials of the early 90s that featured basketball Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Larry Bird challenging each other over and over again to make improbable shots, something like a game of H-O-R-S-E.

What shot would Washenitz have challenged her opponent to make on that Saturday? This is what came to be known as the #HailMarley: With only seconds remaining in the game, the shot clock about to expire, with her back to the basket, save the ball before it rolls out of bounds and – in the same motion – turn around and fling a left-handed 3-pointer off the glass. For Washenitz, who came into the game having scored in double figures in each of ASU’s first four games of the season, the improvisational shot was the first – and only – of her seven field goal attempts of the game that resulted in points.

Big 12 schedule notes

  • When ASU hosts Colorado in its first Big 12 contest on Dec. 21, it will be the squad’s first home game since Dec. 6. Prior to the contest vs. Colorado will be road games at Penn State (Tuesday, Dec. 9), at Oregon State (Sunday, Dec. 14), and at Gonzaga (Tuesday, Dec. 16).
  • After the conference opener against Colorado, ASU will have its longest gap of the season between games (10 days). It will resume Big 12 play with consecutive road games in the state of Utah (at Utah on Dec. 31 and at BYU on Jan. 3). Following a home contest vs. UCF (Jan. 7), ASU will play at TCU (Jan. 11), the third time in four games it will be on the road following the holiday break.
  • When ASU hosts Arizona on Jan. 28, it will be the first of three straight home games and four of five overall. Contests vs. Kansas State (Feb. 1) and Oklahoma State (Dec. 4) at Desert Financial Arena will precede ASU’s only road game in the stretch, at Baylor on Feb. 7). The span will conclude with a rematch vs. Utah in Tempe (Feb. 11).
  • ASU’s game at West Virginia (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 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 (Jan. 24).