Jan. 14, 2012
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--Arizona State trailed 34-31 at the half and had lost 23 of previous 24 when trailing at the half, as it was 1-17 last year and 0-6 in 2011-12. It marked the first time ASU had come back from a halftime deficit since Dec. 23, 2010, when it trailed North Carolina A&T 29-23 but came back and won 56-50.
HALFTIME COMEBACK DEFICITS UNDER COACH SENDEK
(16) IUPUI 34, ASU 18 (@Phoenix); Dec. 14, 2008-ASU 59, vs. IUPUI 58 (OT)
(7) @Stanford 35, ASU 28; Feb. 25, 2010-ASU 68, @Stanford 60
(7) LSU 34, ASU 27 (NIT @NYC); Nov. 27, 2009-ASU 71, vs. LSU 52
(7) Arizona 28, ASU 21; Jan. 9, 2008-ASU 64, Arizona 59 (OT)
(6) North Carolina A&T 29, ASU 23; Dec. 23, 2010-ASU 56, NC A&T 50
(6) Iowa 31, ASU 25; Nov. 25, 2006-ASU 67, Iowa 64
(5) BYU 41, ASU 36 (@Glendale); Dec. 20, 2008-ASU 76, vs. BYU 75
(5) #22 USC 26, ASU 21; Feb. 18, 2007-ASU 68, #22 USC 58
(4) Oregon 30, ASU 26; Jan. 5, 2008-ASU 62, Oregon 54
(4) @California 25, ASU 21; Mar. 7, 2007-ASU 42, @Cal 41
(3) Oregon State 34, ASU 31; Jan. 12, 2012-ASU 76, Oregon State 66
(3) @Arizona 21, ASU 18; Jan. 21, 2009-ASU 53, @Arizona 47
(3) @California 38, ASU 35; Jan. 17, 2009-ASU 99, Cal 90 (2 OT)
(3) North Carolina A&T 35, ASU 32; Dec. 21, 2006-ASU 71, NC A&T 66
(2) Arizona 34, ASU 32 (Pac-10); Mar. 12, 2009-ASU 68, vs. Arizona 56
(1) @San Diego State 24, ASU 23; Nov. 18, 2008-ASU 59, @San Diego State 52
(1) @Arizona 32, ASU 31; Feb. 10, 2008-ASU 59, @Arizona 54
(1) Montana State 28, ASU 27; Dec. 18, 2007-ASU 66, Montana State 62
--ASU posted a season-high 22 assists.
--ASU improved to 23-12 against Oregon State in Tempe since it joined the Pac-10 in 1978-79. It is its most wins in Tempe against any team.
--Sophomore Kyle Cain had career highs in points (16), made (eight) and attempts (13) in 24 minutes off the bench. He added eight rebounds.
--Sophomore Chanse Creekmur had a career-high 24 points (previous high was 18 last year vs. Washington State on Feb. 19, 2011) as he was 8-of-9 from the floor and 6-of-7 from the three-point stripe. He matched his career-high with 39 minutes.
--Freshman Jonathan Gilling matched his career-high with 34 points.
--Junior Trent Lockett matched his career high with four steals despite playing only 24 minutes as he sprained his ankle and had to leave the game in the second half.
--ASU shot .592 from the field (29-of-49), the fourth-best shooting percentage in a Pac-10/12 game under Coach Sendek.
BEST SHOOTING NIGHTS BY ASU IN PAC-10/12 GAME UNDER COACH SENDEK
.651/28-43 vs. Oregon State (Jan. 8, 2009)
.611/22-36 at USC (Jan. 5, 2012)
.600/24-40 vs. UCLA (Feb.12, 2009)
.592/29-49 vs. Oregon State (Jan. 14, 2012)
--Arizona State matched season highs with nine three-pointers, 45 second-half points and 22 bench points.
--In its past four games, ASU is shooting .551 from the floor (92-167), 31-of-62 (.500) from the three-point stripe and is averaging just under 15 assists per game (59 total).
--Coach Sendek is now 8-3 vs. Oregon State in his six years at Arizona State.
--The overall series between ASU and OSU is now tied through 78 games.
--Junior Carrick Felix played 39 minutes vs. Oregon State and 38 minutes vs. Oregon, as he is now averaging 34.7 minutes per game. Felix has played at least 34 minutes in 13 games this year.
--Junior Ruslan Pateev is averaging 8.6 points in the past five games with his 10 points vs. Oregon State.
--Sophomore Chanse Creekmur has averaged a team-best 37.8 minutes per game in the past four games, as he played career-high 39 vs. Oregon State, 36 vs. Oregon, a career-high 39 at UCLA (Jan. 7) and 37 at USC (Jan. 5). He had averaged 19.1 minutes in his first 12 games of the season. After starting season 6-of-24 (.250) from the three-point stripe in his first eight games he is 20-of-38 (.526) in the past eight.
--ASU is now 46-8 under Coach Sendek in games where it shoots 50 percent.