Preview: Stanford vs. ASU, Sunday 12 pm, TV: Pac 12 Bay Area.
Sunday at 12pm Stanford hosts ASU. This will be senior day, and definitely the last regular game at Maples for Hannah Jump, probably the last regular game at Maples for Cameron Brink, though she has indicated she is still deciding whether to come back. Most probably we will host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, so hopefully we will see them again a couple more times.
On January 26 we beat ASU in Tempe 80-50. We did it in the usual way, with Brink and Iriafen absolutely dominant, and playing a solid defense that limited ASU to 29% shooting in their home gym. Since that game a month ago, ASU has beaten Cal and Washington but lost to Arizona, USC, UCLA, and WSU. Massey has them at 85, and they are fighting with Washington and Oregon to stay out of last place in the Pac 12.
I won't repeat the last preview which you can find here:
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthrea...#pid407406
ASU has three serious offensive threats, and they will get points. The key is to hold their shooting percentages down as we did last time, and not give them open looks. For example, in ASU's last game--an ignominious 46-73 loss to WSU--ASU was 1-11 from three point range and shot less than 30% overall. This is similar to our last game against ASU. ASU has talented guards who can drive and make jump shots, but if we make them work hard for their shots our own offense should significantly out pace theirs.
Sunday at 12pm Stanford hosts ASU. This will be senior day, and definitely the last regular game at Maples for Hannah Jump, probably the last regular game at Maples for Cameron Brink, though she has indicated she is still deciding whether to come back. Most probably we will host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, so hopefully we will see them again a couple more times.
On January 26 we beat ASU in Tempe 80-50. We did it in the usual way, with Brink and Iriafen absolutely dominant, and playing a solid defense that limited ASU to 29% shooting in their home gym. Since that game a month ago, ASU has beaten Cal and Washington but lost to Arizona, USC, UCLA, and WSU. Massey has them at 85, and they are fighting with Washington and Oregon to stay out of last place in the Pac 12.
I won't repeat the last preview which you can find here:
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthrea...#pid407406
ASU has three serious offensive threats, and they will get points. The key is to hold their shooting percentages down as we did last time, and not give them open looks. For example, in ASU's last game--an ignominious 46-73 loss to WSU--ASU was 1-11 from three point range and shot less than 30% overall. This is similar to our last game against ASU. ASU has talented guards who can drive and make jump shots, but if we make them work hard for their shots our own offense should significantly out pace theirs.