Feb. 7, 2013
EVAN NOTES
Evan Gordon is averaging 16.2 points and 39.0 minutes in the past five games and is 29-of-60 (.483) from the field in that time. After starting the year 7-of-34 (.206) from the three-point stripe in first six games he has made 39-of-97 (.402) in past 17.
EVAN'S 12 20-POINT GAMES
29 vs. Sacramento State (12/1/12)
28 vs. USC (1/24/13)
26 at Coastal Carolina (2/3/11)
26 vs. Winthrop (12/4/10)
24 vs. Charleston Southern (2/27/10)
24 at VMI (1/2/10)
23 vs. California (2/7/13)
23 vs. Virginia Intermount (11/12/10)
22 at Presbyterian (1/7/10)
21 vs. Charleston Southern (12/3/09)
20 vs. CS Northridge (12/8/12)
20 vs. Radford (2/10/11)
RUUUUUUUUSSSSSS!
Ruslan Pateev tied a career-high with 12 points and made a career-high six field goals (and tied a career-high with nine attempts) and added season-high eight rebounds in a season high 26 minutes off the bench.
GILLING AND ABLE
Sophomore Jonathan Gilling has 162 rebounds (7.0 per game) after posting 54 all of last season. He has made 30 three-pointers in the past 12 games. He posted a career high 22 at Washington on Feb. 2 (including a career-best six three-ponters). He is averaging 10.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists in the past five games.
TOP PAC-12 FRESHMAN SCORING AVERAGE (ALL GAMES)
1. 21.1-Shareef Abdur-Rahim, CAL, 1996
2. 20.6-Harold Miner, USC, 1990
3. 20.7-O.J. Mayo, USC, 2008
4. 19.7-Jerryd Bayless, ARIZ, 2008
5. 19.0-Ike Diogu, ASU, 2003
6. 18.6-Don MacLean, UCLA, 1989
7. 18.4-Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA, 2013
7. 18.4-Cliff Robinson, USC, 1978
9. 18.0-Jahii Carson, ASU, 2013
10. 17.8-James Harden, ASU, 2008
SUN DEVIL SEASON BLOCKS
1. 172 - 1996-97
2. 165 - 1994-95
2. 165 - 1978-79
4. 160 - 2012-13
(UCLA holds Pac-12 record for blocks with 199 in 2010-11)
CLOSE GAME STATS
Many say that a two-possession game (six points) is a close game, and if you go by that ASU is 32-24 (.571) in those contests in the past six seasons.
SUN DEVIL FRESHMEN MOST POINTS PER GAME
1. 19.0 - Ike Diogu, 2002-03
2. 18.0 - Jahii Carson, 2012-13
3. 17.8 - James Harden, 2007-08
SUN DEVIL FRESHMEN TOP MINUTES PER GAME
1. 36.2 - Jahii Carson, 2012-13 (leads Pac-12 in minutes per game)
2. 34.1 - James Harden, 2007-08
3. 32.7 - Ty Abbott, 2007-08
4. 32.3 - Byron Scott, 1979-80
5. 32.2 - Ike Diogu, 2002-03
PAC-12 SINGLE SEASON BLOCKED SHOTS LEADERS
1. 115 - Mario Bennett, Arizona State, 1994-95
2. 113 - Rodger Farrington, Arizona State, 1996-97
3. 102 - Jelani McCoy, UCLA, 1995-96
3. 102 - Loren Woods, Arizona, 1999-2000
5. 100 - Taj Gibson, USC, 2008-09
6. 92 - Jordan Bachynski, Arizona State, 2012-13
--ASU is now 22-12 vs. California in Tempe since joining the league in 1978-79.