CAREER NOTES
• A starter in 120/132 career games, Richardson (563 career assists) concluded her career as ASU's all-time assists leader (men or women).
• In addition to becoming ASU's career assists leader, also finished in eighth place on ASU's all-time list for career 3-pointers (117).
• Earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors senior year.
• Finished No. 4 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio both junior and senior seasons.
• Started 25 games as a freshman and earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention honors.
• Set ASU freshman record for assists (126) & posted 7th-highest point total by a freshman (277 points).
• Earned a silver medal playing for the USA Basketball Women’s at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Italy.
• Earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention recognition in 2018 and 2019 and was named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll in 2020.
2019-20
• Started every game and earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors for a season in which she led the team in assists (3.5 apg/12th in Pac-12), 3-pointers (54 - ninth on ASU's single-season list) and was third in scoring (10.0 ppg).
• Was named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
• Eleven of her 14 double-digit scoring efforts came in the last 16 games of the season. Over the last 11 games of the season, led the team in scoring (14.7 ppg) while connecting on 43.5 pct. (27-62) of 3FGs and 79.5 pct. of FTs (35-44).
• Grabbed five or more rebounds 8x.
• Scored nine points and had a career-high six steals in win over Cal Poly (Nov. 27).
• Ignited comeback in win over BYU (Dec. 6), scoring 12 of her 15 points in the 3rd quarter after ASU fell 12 points behind.
• Posted (then) career high in points (21) and a career-high five triples in ASU's win over New Mexico (Dec. 14).
• Scored 10 of her 12 points (2-2 3ptrs and 4-4 FTs) in the 4th quarter of ASU's comeback win over No. 2 Oregon (Jan. 10).
• Added 10 points (6-6 FTs) in ASU's upset of No. 3 Oregon State (Jan. 12).
• Scored all 11 of her points in 4th quarter at WSU (Jan. 19). Also grabbed season-high 6 rebounds.
• Scored 19 of her career-high 24 points in the second half & OT, including the game-winning 3-pointer, vs. USC (Jan. 31).
• Had 13 of her team-high 22 points in the 4th quarter of ASU's 62-59 win over WSU (Feb. 14).
• Scored 17 points, had 6 assists & set school career assists record with her final assist in 4th quarter of win over UW (Feb. 16).
• Tied for team lead with 16 points – 4-of-5 from long range and 4-of-4 FTs – in win at Colorado (Feb. 21).
• Came within one 3-pointer of tying single-game school record (6-12 3FGs) and scored 22 points at Utah (Feb. 23).
• Led ASU with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in Pac-12 Tournament first round vs. Cal (Mar. 5).
2018-19
• Started every game and concluded the season No. 4 in the nation and No. 1 in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio and led the team and finished 6th in the Pac-12 in assists (5.0 apg). Also finished tied for 2nd on the team in steals (0.7 spg) and 4th in 3-pointers (22).
• Earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention honors for the second straight year.
• Had zero (8x) or one (13x) turnover in more than half (21) of ASU’s 33 games.
• Scored in double figures 6x (season-high 16 points at Oregon State - Jan. 20).
• Had 36 assists and only 7 turnovers and shot 50 percent (6-12) from long range during ASU’s 7-game winning streak to end non-conference play.
• Had 9 assists to go with only 3 turnovers in ASU’s season opening win over Incarnate Word (Nov. 6).
• Was named to ASU Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring 12 points while dishing out 10 assists with only 1 turnover in ASU’s wins over La Tech and Tulsa (Dec. 2-3).
• Tied career high with 11 assists (only 1 turnover) in ASU’s win at Colorado State (Dec. 9).
• Scored 6 points, including banked-in game-winner at the buzzer in ASU’s win at Utah (Jan. 4). Also added 5 assists (zero turnovers).
• Scored season-high 16 points to go with 6 assists in 2OT win at No. 10 Oregon State (Jan. 20). Scored 10 of her points in the two OTs.
• Dished out 7 assists (zero TOs), to go with 8 points and 3 steals in win over No. 9 OSU (Mar. 1).
• Added 7 more assists and pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds in near upset of No. 6 Oregon (Mar. 3).
• Scored 10 points and had 7 assists in Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal vs. UCLA (Mar. 8).
• Had 20 assists and only 5 turnovers in last 3 games, including postseason high 9 assists vs. Mississippi State (Mar. 29), tied for the second-highest number of assists by a Sun Devil in an NCAA Tournament game.
2017-18
• Played in every game (31 starts) and concluded the season ranked No. 4 in the nation and first in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.46).
• Earned Pac-12 honorable mention All-Academic recognition.
• Led ASU in assists (4.7 apg/9th in the Pac-12), was 3rd in steals (1.0 spg) and 4th in 3-point FGs (19). Her 166 assists for the season represented the fifth-highest, single-season total in program history.
• Had 47 assists and only 13 turnovers over the last 10 games of the season. Had earlier 10-game stretch in which she had 59 assists and only 8 turnovers.
• Scored in double figures 7x, including a career-high 18 points (included a career-high 4 triples) at Florida State (Dec. 17).
• Had zero (9x) or one turnover (10x) 19x.
• Dished out 10 assists in wins over Sacramento State (Nov. 18) and Buffalo (Dec. 2) and set new career high with 11 assists vs. Cal (Jan. 5). In those 3 games had a combined total of 31 assists/3 turnovers.
• Was named to ASU Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 7.5 ppg, 7.0 apg and 5.0 ppg in wins over Buffalo/UC Riverside.
• Just missed a double-digit assist game (9) to go with 2 points, 2 steals and 4 rebounds vs. Arkansas (Dec. 21).
• Had 6 assists and tied career high with 7 rebounds at Colorado (Dec. 29).
• Spectacular outing vs. Cal (Jan. 5) included career-high 11 assists (0 turnovers) to go with 6 points and 4 rebounds.
• Scored 9 of her 11 points in the 2nd half of ASU's win over Stanford (Jan. 7).
• Scored 11 points to go with 4 assists and career-high 5 steals vs. Utah (Jan. 19).
• Dished out team-high 8 assists at UCLA (Feb. 11).
• Had 14 assists and only 2 turnovers in ASU's two wins over Arizona.
• Scored 11 points to go with 3 assists vs. Oregon State (Feb. 25).
• Had 6 assists/1 turnover in upset of No. 10 Oregon State (Mar. 2).
• Scored 10 points to go with 4 assists (zero TOs) in ASU's NCAA First Round win over Nebraska (Mar. 17).
2016-17
• 2017 Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention selection.
• Played in every game (25 starts) and led the team in assists (3.8 apg/12th in the Pac-12) and tied for the team lead in free throws made (79), was second in 3-pointers (20) and free throw percentage (82.3/12th in the Pac-12) and third in scoring (8.4 ppg) and steals (1.1 spg). Was also fifth in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Set the program record for most assists by a freshman (126), surpassing the previous mark of 104 set by Kylan Loney in 2002. Also posted the seventh-highest point total by a freshman in program history (277 points).
• Scored in double figures 13x, including a career-high 16 points vs. third-ranked South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Dished out five or more assists 11x, including a career-best eight assists vs. Oregon (Feb. 5), and had one or zero turnovers 13x.
• Was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after averaging 9.0 points and 5.5 assists while connecting on 58 percent of her shots in helping the Sun Devils come away with opening weekend wins over Illinois State and San Jose State.
• Named to ASU Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring nine points to go with three assists and three steals in the tourney championship game vs. Florida (Dec. 4).
• Made first career start at Kentucky (Dec. 11) and scored 12 points to go with six assists and four rebounds while playing 40 minutes.
• Scored 11 points and had seven assists vs. Oral Roberts (Dec. 17).
• Scored 14 points and had career-high two blocks vs. Stanford (Dec. 30).
• Played career-high 41 minutes and scored 10 points to go with six assists/three steals in 2OT win over No. 21 Cal (Jan. 1).
• Scored 10 points to go with a team-high five assists and six rebounds in win at Utah (Jan. 6).
• Scored 14 points in win at Colorado (Jan. 8) and followed that with regular-season-high 15 points in win over Washington State (Jan. 13).
• Scored 11 points, grabbed career-high seven rebounds and had seven assists vs. Washington (Jan. 15). Was forced to leave the game after suffering an ankle injury with 7:37 remaining in the fourth quarter (game was tied at 48-48 at the time). By the time she returned after being treated on the bench the Sun Devils were down 59-50 with 2:54 left.
• Scored eight points and dished out a career-high eight assists vs. Oregon (Feb. 5)
• Scored all nine of her points in the second half of ASU’s win over USC (Feb. 24).
• Had 13 assists and only 3 turnovers in ASU’s Pac-12 Tournament contests vs. Utah (Mar. 2) and vs. UCLA (Mar. 3).
• Tied for the team lead in scoring (14.5 ppg) in ASU’s two NCAA Tournament games (vs. No. 8 seed Michigan State/Mar. 17 and at No. 1 seed South Carolina/Mar. 19) while connecting on 55 percent of her field goals (11-20), including 40 percent from long range (4-10). Scored 13 points (5-9 FGs) in ASU’s first round win over Michigan State before coming back with a career-high 16 points (6-11 FGs) at South Carolina as ASU nearly upset the eventual national champion Gamecocks.
HIGH SCHOOL
• A 2016 graduate of Brea High School (Brea, Calif.).
• A four-year member of the varsity squad, Reili's career totals included 1,731 points and 504 rebounds in 105 career games.
• As a senior in 2015-16, started in all 30 games played and averaged 24.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg., 5.0 apg., 5.0 spg. and 1.2 bpg. to help her team to a 29-4 record and a California Interscholastic Federation Division I state title.
• As a junior in 2014-15, started in all 31 games and averaged 18.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 6.0 apg., 3.0 spg. and 1.0 bpg. to help her team to a 26-5 record and a second-place finish in the state tournament. Earned numerous awards including MaxPreps 2014-15 California All-State Division 3 Second-Team recognition, Southern Section All-Open Division Team and Orange County Register All-County First-Team honors.
• Helped Brea Olinda advance to the 2015 California Division III high school state championship game (Richardson scored a game-high 19 points in the title game)
• As a sophomore in 2013-14, started in all 28 games and averaged 15.0 ppg., 4.0 rpg., 4.0 apg. and 3.0 spg. to help her team to a 20-8 record.
• Was named Century League co-MVP in 2014 in addition to First Team All-League, All-CIF and All County for a season in which she scored 20 or more points nine times in helping the Ladycats win the league title and reach the CIF-SS Division 1AA semifinals.
• In May 2016, participated in the USA Women’s U18 National Team Trials.
Personal: Reili Rene Richardson was born Oct. 9, 1998 in Orange, Calif...Parents are Mike and Kandis Richardson... Father (Mike) is Sun Devil Hall of Famer Mike Richardson (1979-82), who was a starter on the famed 1985 Chicago Bears defense that helped lead the team to an 18-1 record and a victory in Super Bowl XX... Has two siblings: Brandon and Broderick...Major is Finance...Enjoys playing the guitar and the ukulele.
• A starter in 120/132 career games, Richardson (563 career assists) concluded her career as ASU's all-time assists leader (men or women).
• In addition to becoming ASU's career assists leader, also finished in eighth place on ASU's all-time list for career 3-pointers (117).
• Earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors senior year.
• Finished No. 4 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio both junior and senior seasons.
• Started 25 games as a freshman and earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention honors.
• Set ASU freshman record for assists (126) & posted 7th-highest point total by a freshman (277 points).
• Earned a silver medal playing for the USA Basketball Women’s at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Italy.
• Earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention recognition in 2018 and 2019 and was named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll in 2020.
2019-20
• Started every game and earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors for a season in which she led the team in assists (3.5 apg/12th in Pac-12), 3-pointers (54 - ninth on ASU's single-season list) and was third in scoring (10.0 ppg).
• Was named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
• Eleven of her 14 double-digit scoring efforts came in the last 16 games of the season. Over the last 11 games of the season, led the team in scoring (14.7 ppg) while connecting on 43.5 pct. (27-62) of 3FGs and 79.5 pct. of FTs (35-44).
• Grabbed five or more rebounds 8x.
• Scored nine points and had a career-high six steals in win over Cal Poly (Nov. 27).
• Ignited comeback in win over BYU (Dec. 6), scoring 12 of her 15 points in the 3rd quarter after ASU fell 12 points behind.
• Posted (then) career high in points (21) and a career-high five triples in ASU's win over New Mexico (Dec. 14).
• Scored 10 of her 12 points (2-2 3ptrs and 4-4 FTs) in the 4th quarter of ASU's comeback win over No. 2 Oregon (Jan. 10).
• Added 10 points (6-6 FTs) in ASU's upset of No. 3 Oregon State (Jan. 12).
• Scored all 11 of her points in 4th quarter at WSU (Jan. 19). Also grabbed season-high 6 rebounds.
• Scored 19 of her career-high 24 points in the second half & OT, including the game-winning 3-pointer, vs. USC (Jan. 31).
• Had 13 of her team-high 22 points in the 4th quarter of ASU's 62-59 win over WSU (Feb. 14).
• Scored 17 points, had 6 assists & set school career assists record with her final assist in 4th quarter of win over UW (Feb. 16).
• Tied for team lead with 16 points – 4-of-5 from long range and 4-of-4 FTs – in win at Colorado (Feb. 21).
• Came within one 3-pointer of tying single-game school record (6-12 3FGs) and scored 22 points at Utah (Feb. 23).
• Led ASU with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in Pac-12 Tournament first round vs. Cal (Mar. 5).
2018-19
• Started every game and concluded the season No. 4 in the nation and No. 1 in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio and led the team and finished 6th in the Pac-12 in assists (5.0 apg). Also finished tied for 2nd on the team in steals (0.7 spg) and 4th in 3-pointers (22).
• Earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention honors for the second straight year.
• Had zero (8x) or one (13x) turnover in more than half (21) of ASU’s 33 games.
• Scored in double figures 6x (season-high 16 points at Oregon State - Jan. 20).
• Had 36 assists and only 7 turnovers and shot 50 percent (6-12) from long range during ASU’s 7-game winning streak to end non-conference play.
• Had 9 assists to go with only 3 turnovers in ASU’s season opening win over Incarnate Word (Nov. 6).
• Was named to ASU Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring 12 points while dishing out 10 assists with only 1 turnover in ASU’s wins over La Tech and Tulsa (Dec. 2-3).
• Tied career high with 11 assists (only 1 turnover) in ASU’s win at Colorado State (Dec. 9).
• Scored 6 points, including banked-in game-winner at the buzzer in ASU’s win at Utah (Jan. 4). Also added 5 assists (zero turnovers).
• Scored season-high 16 points to go with 6 assists in 2OT win at No. 10 Oregon State (Jan. 20). Scored 10 of her points in the two OTs.
• Dished out 7 assists (zero TOs), to go with 8 points and 3 steals in win over No. 9 OSU (Mar. 1).
• Added 7 more assists and pulled down a career-high 9 rebounds in near upset of No. 6 Oregon (Mar. 3).
• Scored 10 points and had 7 assists in Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal vs. UCLA (Mar. 8).
• Had 20 assists and only 5 turnovers in last 3 games, including postseason high 9 assists vs. Mississippi State (Mar. 29), tied for the second-highest number of assists by a Sun Devil in an NCAA Tournament game.
2017-18
• Played in every game (31 starts) and concluded the season ranked No. 4 in the nation and first in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.46).
• Earned Pac-12 honorable mention All-Academic recognition.
• Led ASU in assists (4.7 apg/9th in the Pac-12), was 3rd in steals (1.0 spg) and 4th in 3-point FGs (19). Her 166 assists for the season represented the fifth-highest, single-season total in program history.
• Had 47 assists and only 13 turnovers over the last 10 games of the season. Had earlier 10-game stretch in which she had 59 assists and only 8 turnovers.
• Scored in double figures 7x, including a career-high 18 points (included a career-high 4 triples) at Florida State (Dec. 17).
• Had zero (9x) or one turnover (10x) 19x.
• Dished out 10 assists in wins over Sacramento State (Nov. 18) and Buffalo (Dec. 2) and set new career high with 11 assists vs. Cal (Jan. 5). In those 3 games had a combined total of 31 assists/3 turnovers.
• Was named to ASU Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 7.5 ppg, 7.0 apg and 5.0 ppg in wins over Buffalo/UC Riverside.
• Just missed a double-digit assist game (9) to go with 2 points, 2 steals and 4 rebounds vs. Arkansas (Dec. 21).
• Had 6 assists and tied career high with 7 rebounds at Colorado (Dec. 29).
• Spectacular outing vs. Cal (Jan. 5) included career-high 11 assists (0 turnovers) to go with 6 points and 4 rebounds.
• Scored 9 of her 11 points in the 2nd half of ASU's win over Stanford (Jan. 7).
• Scored 11 points to go with 4 assists and career-high 5 steals vs. Utah (Jan. 19).
• Dished out team-high 8 assists at UCLA (Feb. 11).
• Had 14 assists and only 2 turnovers in ASU's two wins over Arizona.
• Scored 11 points to go with 3 assists vs. Oregon State (Feb. 25).
• Had 6 assists/1 turnover in upset of No. 10 Oregon State (Mar. 2).
• Scored 10 points to go with 4 assists (zero TOs) in ASU's NCAA First Round win over Nebraska (Mar. 17).
2016-17
• 2017 Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention selection.
• Played in every game (25 starts) and led the team in assists (3.8 apg/12th in the Pac-12) and tied for the team lead in free throws made (79), was second in 3-pointers (20) and free throw percentage (82.3/12th in the Pac-12) and third in scoring (8.4 ppg) and steals (1.1 spg). Was also fifth in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Set the program record for most assists by a freshman (126), surpassing the previous mark of 104 set by Kylan Loney in 2002. Also posted the seventh-highest point total by a freshman in program history (277 points).
• Scored in double figures 13x, including a career-high 16 points vs. third-ranked South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Dished out five or more assists 11x, including a career-best eight assists vs. Oregon (Feb. 5), and had one or zero turnovers 13x.
• Was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after averaging 9.0 points and 5.5 assists while connecting on 58 percent of her shots in helping the Sun Devils come away with opening weekend wins over Illinois State and San Jose State.
• Named to ASU Classic All-Tournament Team after scoring nine points to go with three assists and three steals in the tourney championship game vs. Florida (Dec. 4).
• Made first career start at Kentucky (Dec. 11) and scored 12 points to go with six assists and four rebounds while playing 40 minutes.
• Scored 11 points and had seven assists vs. Oral Roberts (Dec. 17).
• Scored 14 points and had career-high two blocks vs. Stanford (Dec. 30).
• Played career-high 41 minutes and scored 10 points to go with six assists/three steals in 2OT win over No. 21 Cal (Jan. 1).
• Scored 10 points to go with a team-high five assists and six rebounds in win at Utah (Jan. 6).
• Scored 14 points in win at Colorado (Jan. 8) and followed that with regular-season-high 15 points in win over Washington State (Jan. 13).
• Scored 11 points, grabbed career-high seven rebounds and had seven assists vs. Washington (Jan. 15). Was forced to leave the game after suffering an ankle injury with 7:37 remaining in the fourth quarter (game was tied at 48-48 at the time). By the time she returned after being treated on the bench the Sun Devils were down 59-50 with 2:54 left.
• Scored eight points and dished out a career-high eight assists vs. Oregon (Feb. 5)
• Scored all nine of her points in the second half of ASU’s win over USC (Feb. 24).
• Had 13 assists and only 3 turnovers in ASU’s Pac-12 Tournament contests vs. Utah (Mar. 2) and vs. UCLA (Mar. 3).
• Tied for the team lead in scoring (14.5 ppg) in ASU’s two NCAA Tournament games (vs. No. 8 seed Michigan State/Mar. 17 and at No. 1 seed South Carolina/Mar. 19) while connecting on 55 percent of her field goals (11-20), including 40 percent from long range (4-10). Scored 13 points (5-9 FGs) in ASU’s first round win over Michigan State before coming back with a career-high 16 points (6-11 FGs) at South Carolina as ASU nearly upset the eventual national champion Gamecocks.
HIGH SCHOOL
• A 2016 graduate of Brea High School (Brea, Calif.).
• A four-year member of the varsity squad, Reili's career totals included 1,731 points and 504 rebounds in 105 career games.
• As a senior in 2015-16, started in all 30 games played and averaged 24.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg., 5.0 apg., 5.0 spg. and 1.2 bpg. to help her team to a 29-4 record and a California Interscholastic Federation Division I state title.
• As a junior in 2014-15, started in all 31 games and averaged 18.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 6.0 apg., 3.0 spg. and 1.0 bpg. to help her team to a 26-5 record and a second-place finish in the state tournament. Earned numerous awards including MaxPreps 2014-15 California All-State Division 3 Second-Team recognition, Southern Section All-Open Division Team and Orange County Register All-County First-Team honors.
• Helped Brea Olinda advance to the 2015 California Division III high school state championship game (Richardson scored a game-high 19 points in the title game)
• As a sophomore in 2013-14, started in all 28 games and averaged 15.0 ppg., 4.0 rpg., 4.0 apg. and 3.0 spg. to help her team to a 20-8 record.
• Was named Century League co-MVP in 2014 in addition to First Team All-League, All-CIF and All County for a season in which she scored 20 or more points nine times in helping the Ladycats win the league title and reach the CIF-SS Division 1AA semifinals.
• In May 2016, participated in the USA Women’s U18 National Team Trials.
Personal: Reili Rene Richardson was born Oct. 9, 1998 in Orange, Calif...Parents are Mike and Kandis Richardson... Father (Mike) is Sun Devil Hall of Famer Mike Richardson (1979-82), who was a starter on the famed 1985 Chicago Bears defense that helped lead the team to an 18-1 record and a victory in Super Bowl XX... Has two siblings: Brandon and Broderick...Major is Finance...Enjoys playing the guitar and the ukulele.