Dec. 11, 2010
Rested And Ready The Sun Devils are 13-3 (.812) in the past four years when Herb Sendek has at least five full days in between games.
Found His Rhythm: Senior forward Rihards Kuksiks collected a season-high 15 points and has reached double figures in scoring five of the last six games. He is 16-of-31 (.516) from beyond the arc in the last five games.
His Chanses Are Good: Freshman Chanse Creekmur tied a career-high with six points and set a new career high in rebounds with three.
Dialing It In From Long Distance: Kuksiks moved into a tie for fourth with Jeremy Veal on ASU's career three-pointers list with 220 after draining four three-pointers against Gardner-Webb.
The Comforts Of Home: This year's senior class is 45-13 (.776) at home in the past four seasons, including 2-1 this year, 16-4 last season and 15-5 the previous season.
TOP SCORING GAMES FOR SOPHOMORE Trent Lockett
24 vs. Weber State (Nov. 26, 2010)
22 at New Mexico (Nov. 16, 2010)
19 vs. UAB (Nov. 20, 2010)
19 vs. San Francisco (Nov. 20, 2009)
18 vs. Houston Baptist (Nov. 25, 2010)
17 vs. Stanford (Jan. 30, 2010)
17 vs. Texas State (Nov. 16, 2009)
16 vs. Gardner-Webb (Dec. 11, 2010)
15 vs. California (Jan. 28, 2010)
13 vs. #7 Duke (Nov. 25, 2009)
FIVE FULL DAYS BEFORE GAMEDAY
The Sun Devils are now 13-3 (.813) in the past four years when Coach Sendek and his staff have at least five full days in between games, with seven of the wins coming against teams that would make the NCAA Tournament in that same season. Included in the tilts last year were wins over MWC Tournament champion San Diego State (on a five-game win streak at the time last December), Pac-10 Tournament champion and then No. 24 Washington and a road win at Arizona. In 2008-09 the five-day layoff wins included ASU's first NCAA Tournament win since 2003 (over Temple), a win over Arizona who entered the game on a seven-game win streak and a neutral site win over a 10-0 BYU team. In 2007-08, the wins included ASU's first win in Tucson in 12 seasons, an overtime win at California in which ASU was playing as a ranked team for the first time in 13 seasons and a 22-point win over #17 Xavier in December of 2007 that is the school's largest victory margin over a ranked opponent in ASU history.
COACH SENDEK IN GAMES WITH AT LEAST FIVE FULL DAYS TO PREPARE IN PAST FOUR SEASONS (13-3)
2007-2008 (4-0)
ASU 77, #17 Xavier (NCAA) 55 (Dec. 15, 2007)
ASU 95, Saint Francis (Pa.) 56 (Dec. 20, 2007)
#22 ASU 99, @California (NIT) 90, 2 OT (Jan. 17, 2008)
ASU 59, @Arizona (NCAA) 54 (Feb. 10, 2008)
2008-2009 (5-1)
#20 ASU 59, IUPUI 58, OT (Dec. 14, 2008)
#20 ASU 76, BYU (NCAA) 75 (Dec. 20, 2008 @Glendale)
#17 ASU 84, Central Connecticut State 47 (Dec. 20, 2008)
Washington State (NIT) 65, #14 ASU 55 (Jan. 28, 2009)
#14 ASU 79, Arizona (NCAA) 68 (Feb. 22, 2009)
#19 ASU 66, Temple (NCAA) 57 (Mar. 20, 2009 @NCAA)
2009-2010 (3-2)
ASU 55, San Diego State (NCAA) 52 (Dec. 19, 2009)
@UCLA 72, ASU 70 (Dec. 31, 2009)
ASU 68, #24 Washington (NCAA) 51 (Jan. 8, 2010)
Arizona 77, ASU 58 (Jan. 23, 2010)
ASU 73, @Arizona 69 (Feb. 21, 2010)
2010-2011 (1-0)
ASU 71, Gardner-Webb 48 (Dec. 11, 2010)