Feb. 17, 2012
JORDAN PLAYING WELL
Sophomore Jordan Bachynski scored a career-high 20 in Feb. 2 loss at Stanford, and if you take a look at the past eight games his improvement is solid. His 9.8 points per game leads the team in the past eight games, and all of his stats compared to the first 18 games are off the chart good. A huge area of improvement is free throw shooting. He entered the Stanford Feb. 2 game 20-of-50 (.400) for the season and 40-of-90 (.444) in his career, but was 10-of-12 (.833) in that game.
PAST SEVEN GAMES/FIRST 18 GAMES FOR JORDAN
POINTS PER GAME: 9.8/2.8
FIELD GOAL PCT: 27-41 (.659)/18-39 (.462)
FREE THROW SHOOTING: 24-38 (.632)/12-34 (.353)
REBOUNDS PER GAME: 6.8/2.5
GILLING PAC-12 MINUTES/OVERALL THREES Jonathan Gillingis averaging 31.8 minutes per game in Pac-12 play. That currently ranks seventh in Sun Devil freshmen history and there are some Sun Devil studs in front of him. Gilling also has made 39 three-pointers on the year, already tied for ninth-best by an ASU freshman in school history.
SUN DEVIL FRESHMEN MINUTES PER GAME PAC-10/12 GAMES
1. James Harden, 2007-08 (35.9)
2. Ty Abbott, 2007-08 (34.8)
3. Byron Scott, 1979-80 (34.2)
4. Ike Diogu, 2002-03 (33.3)
5. Derek Glasser, 2006-07 (32.2)
6. Jamal Faulkner, 1990-91 (32.1)
7. Jonathan Gilling, 2011-12 (31.8)
SUN DEVIL FRESHMEN THREE-POINTERS MADE
1. Ty Abbott, 2007-08, 76
2. Ron Riley, 1992-93, 66
3. Christian Polk, 2006-07, 64
4. Eddie House, 1996-97, 57
5. James Harden, 2007-08, 44
5. Gee Gervin, 1996-97, 44
5. Jeremy Veal, 1994-95, 44
8. Stevin Smith, 1990-91, 40
9. Jonathan Gilling, 2011-12, 39
9. Kenny Crandall, 1998-99, 39
GILLING NOTES
Freshman Jonathan Gilling is second on the team in assists in the past 17 games with 42 (with 28 turnovers) and he is averaging 29.4 minutes, 8.3 points and is 34-of-85 (.400) from the three-point stripe in that time...had season-high seven assists in win over Washington State on Jan. 28 after posting season highs in points (20) and minutes (39) against Washington on Jan. 26.