TEMPE – The Sun Devil women’s basketball team made it 15 wins in 16 home games this season following its 81-56 win over Houston on Saturday at Desert Financial Arena.
With the win the Sun Devils improved to 22-7 (9-7 Big 12) while Houston fell to 7-20 (1-15). For ASU, the 22 wins equals the most in a season for a Sun Devil team since the 2018-19 squad went 22-11 and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
With a win in their final home game of the 2025-26 season (vs. BYU on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.), the Sun Devils would tie the 2014-15 team for the most home wins (16) in program history.
Sun Devil standouts
- Heloisa Carrera scored a game- and career-high 23 points and nearly notched her fourth double-double of the season after tying for the team lead with a game-high eight rebounds.
- McKinna Brackens scored 17 points to go with six rebounds and a game- and team-high four assists. In her last four games, Brackens has averaged 19.0 points per game while shooting 58.2 percent (32-55) from the field.
- Marley Washenitz scored 12 of her 14 points in the first half and, like Carrera, nearly posted a double-double, tying for the team lead with a season-high eight rebounds, two off her career high of 10 boards accomplished twice in her career. For the fourth time this season, Washenitz also tied her season high with four steals.
- Jyah LoVett came off the bench and scored a double figure point total (12 points) for the fifth time this season.
- Also providing ASU with key contributions off the bench were Amaya Williams (tied for the team lead with four assists) and Deborah Davenport (grabbed six rebounds).
How it happened
- For the fourth time this season the Sun Devils scored more than 80 points.
- It was also the fourth time this season ASU shot higher than 50 percent (54.8).
- The Sun Devils overwhelmed Houston on the glass with a plus-30 advantage (48-18). ASU converted its 14 offensive rebounds into 11 second chance points.
- Houston scored more than 40 percent of its points from the foul line where it made 89 percent (24-27) of its attempts.
- In the first quarter, ASU was on the other side of what it experienced in the third quarter of its loss at Iowa State on Wednesday. On Saturday, it was the Sun Devils who took control with a plus-14 quarter after starting the game by shooting 52.3 percent and jumping out to a 27-13 lead.
- Carrera’s layup with 1:48 remaining in the first quarter put the Sun Devils up 22-11. From that point forward, ASU maintained a double-digit lead.
- The Sun Devils shot 59 percent in the second quarter and, after making two of their first three shots in the third quarter, led by as many as 27 points, doubling up the Cougars 54-27.
Up next
The Sun Devils will conclude the home portion of their schedule when they host BYU on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The game will be Senior Night as the Sun Devil women’s basketball program will be recognizing this year’s senior class. Tickets for the game can be purchased by visiting www.TheSunDevils.com.