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1999-00: Defensive standout in her two seasons as a Sun Devil... led the team and finished 10th in the Pac-10 in steals with 51 (1.76 per game)... started 28 of 29 games for ASU and missed just one game in two seasons... ended her career with 94 steals (1.7 per game)... was the fourth leading scorer on the team with 9.1 points per game... was the fifth-best rebounder, pulling down 3.5 rebounds per game... stepped her rebounding up a notch in conference play with 3.9 boards per Pac-10 contest... averaged 3.6 rebounds per game in two seasons... second on the team with 3.1 assists per game... that dramatically improved her shooting, hitting 36.1 percent of her field goals and 38.6 percent of her three-point attempts compared to 28.0 and 26.9 percent, respectively, the year before... became the first Sun Devil to earn Pac-10 Player of the Week honors (Jan. 10) after averaging 13.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals in ASU's wins over Stanford and Cal, the first 2-0 start to the Pac-10 season in school history... had one of the best games of her career in ASU's season-opener vs. UC Irvine on Nov. 19 with a career-best 18 points... had 17 points at then No. 25 Texas on Dec. 21, hitting her first seven field goals...also had 17 points vs. USC on Jan. 20 and 16 at Cal on March 9... dished out a career-best seven assists vs. Northern Arizona on Dec. 8 and at then No. 20 Kansas on Jan. 2... hit a career-best three three-pointers and had 13 points at Stanford on March 11... scored in double figures in 14 games... was the team's high scorer in four games including two of the last three of the season ... extremely hard to stop one-on-one and is also a great defender and rebounder ... started all 6 of ASU's games Down Under, averaging 9.8 points and a team-high 3.1 assists ... scored a team-best 15 points in the Australian finale vs. the Cairns Dolphins.
1998-99: Started 26 of ASU's 27 games at the 2-guard last year, contributing 6.9 points, 3.6 rebounds ... finished ninth in the league with 3.6 assists per game ... drew the toughest defensive assignments, finishing with a team second-best 43 steals (1.7 per game) ... the true workhorse of the team, she led the squad in minutes per game (30.5) and totaled 16 contests with at least 30 minutes logged ... averaged a team fourth-best 3.6 rebounds ... recorded five steals Feb. 27 vs. Cal ... posted four thefts in the overtime win against St. Joseph's, also adding seven points and six assists ... notched three double-figure scoring games in her first five games as a Sun Devil, with 15 pts. Nov. 28 vs. Southwestern Louisiana, 16 pts. Dec. 2 vs. Texas and 13 points Dec. 5 vs. Gonzaga ... finished with five double-figure scoring games ... best all-around performance came against Gonzaga, going 4-for-6 from the field (one three-pointer) with 13 points, a season-high seven assists, four rebounds and two steals.
At San Jose City College: Ended her two-year stint with the Lady Jags as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,328 points ... played at the point guard and shooting guard spots ... compiled career averages of 19.5 points and 9.0 rebounds in 68 games ... San Jose went 60-8 in her two-year tenure, including a 34-2 slate and the state championship in 1998 ... averaged 19.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.1 assists as a sophomore in 1997-98 ... bested her own school record with 97 three-pointers as a sophomore, which brought her career career total to 182 treys ... two-time recipient of the Coast Conference MVP Award (1997, 1998) ... two-time all-state selection ... as a freshman in 1996-97, averaged 20.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists ... connected on 85 treys as a freshman, shooting 40.0 percent from three-point range ... was selected as MVP of the Sequoias Tournament in which the Lady Jags handed three-time defending state champion Ventura (70-1) its first loss in two years ... scored 633 points as a freshman, with 214 field goals made and four 30-point games ... single-game highs: 31 points, 10 field goals made, 11 (of 12) free throws made, 7 three-point field goals ... led the Lady Jags to the third round of the state championship in 1997 and a 26-6 record ... recipient of the 1998 SJCC Outstanding Student-Athlete Award and Female Athlete of the Year Award ... named to the state championship all-tournament team as a sophomore and was co-MVP of the Coast Conference ... San Jose City College was ranked 16th in the nation last season (among junior colleges) by Dick Vitale ... two-time MVP of the Visalia Tournament, MVP of the Hancock Tournament (1998) and Lady Jag Tournament (1997) ... coached by Terri Oberg ... earned her associate of arts degree in sociology.
High School: A 1995 graduate of Newark (N.J.) Central High School where she was a four-year letterwinner and four-year captain ... averaged 21.0 points as a senior, with averages of 20.0 points as a junior, sophomore and freshman ... a four-time all-conference and three-time all-state selection ... was named all-county twice (1994, 1995) ... best individual performance was scoring 28 points against Immaculata - including six three-pointers - to seal the victory and win the conference title ... coached by Catherine Watson.
Personal: Majoring in interdisciplinary studies ... would like to eventually coach or work in the sociology or psychology fields ... the daughter of Arbey Cox and Lorraine Kitchen (both deceased) ... has two older sisters, Gwendolyn Palmer and Beatrice Kitchen, and two younger brothers, Arbey and Efrahim Kitchen ... enjoys talking, rapping, listening to rap music and writing raps ... born March 8, 1977, in Newark ... full name is Arbatisha Monique Kitchen.
ASU CAREER STATS
Year G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT.
98-99 26-26 794-30.5 53-189 .280 14-52 .269 59-84 .702
98-99 29-28 832-28.7 84-233 .361 17-44 .386 78-112 .696
Car. 55-54 1626-29.6 133-422 .325 31-96 .323 137-196 .699
REB-AVG. F-D A TO S BLK PTS.-AVG.
93-3.6 47-0 94 82 43 2 179-6.9
101-3.5 52-0 90 106 51 1 263-9.1
194-3.5 99-0 184 188 94 3 442-8.0
CAREER BESTS
POINTS 18 vs. UC Irvine, 11/19/99
3-POINTERS 3 twice (last at Stanford, 3/11/00)
REBOUNDS 8 vs. Arizona, 2/13/99
ASSISTS 7 twice (last vs. Northern Arizona, 12/8/99)
STEALS 5 twice (last at Wake Forest, 11/26/99)
BLOCKS 1 twice (last vs. Arizona, 2/13/99)
MINUTES 37 twice (last at Wake Forest, 11/26/99)
