Coming off the emotional 1,203rd win of Tara’s career--and Kiki Iriafen’s amazing 36 point outburst-- we now head off to the Arizona schools. The first stop is Arizona State, who we play at 5pm Pacific on Friday, in a game televised on Pac 12 networks.
Arizona State is at the bottom of the Pac-12 at 1-6, but they are just coming off an impressive road win over Washington, proving that they belong in the league. ASU is 9-10, Massey has them at 91 which puts them about halfway between Belmont and Pacific. NET is 119. Before beating Washington they were on a 6 game losing streak, losing to the mountain schools, the Oregon schools, and WSU.
ASU is coached by Natasha Adair, who had the formidable task of continuing in the footsteps of Charli Turner Thorne. Now in her second year, a rebuilding ASU went 1-17 in league play last year, and doesn’t seem to be doing much better so far this year. Their last home came--way back on January 7--they drew a crowd of 1300.
ASU has one dominant player and two very good additional starters. The dominant player is Jalyn Brown, a 6’1” sophomore guard averaging 17ppg and making 35% of her treys. Brown transferred in this year from Louisville, where she played her freshman season.
The other two double digit scorers for ASU include Jaddan Simmons and Trayanna Crisp. Simmons is a 5’9” senior guard who has been a constant starter for ASU going back to the CTT era. She averages 11 ppg and shoots 36% of her treys. Crisp is a 5’8” sophomore guard also averaging 11 ppg and shooting 35% of her treys.
ASU thus puts three speedy, sharpshooting guards on the floor at the same time. They all can shoot the three well and they all can drive. Defending all three will be a handful.
Beyond those three Adair has a used a few different starters. There may be an injury that has affected the lineup. 6’2” senior Treasure Hunt has not played since November.
But most often Journey Thompson starts. She is a 6’3” sophomore forward but plays roughly half the minutes, and does not have a remarkable stat line.
By far the most relevant game for us to preview is the ASU win up in Seattle. Jalyn Brown “went off” for 34 points, including going 4/5 from three point range. Crisp added 16 including 3/6 from three point range, and there was some additional single digit scoring scattered around. Washington out rebounded ASU but had more turnovers. ASU had relatively few assists. Clearly Washington had no one who could defend Brown, and Brown won the game for ASU by taking the ball into her own hands and scoring many unassisted baskets. We will see if Lepolo can stay in front of her.
I don’t think ASU has the inside presence that either of the Oregon schools had, and so the obvious strategy for us would be to pound it inside. ASU might just pack the paint and dare us to jumpshoot, so it would be a good game for Jump to get back on track.
Arizona State is at the bottom of the Pac-12 at 1-6, but they are just coming off an impressive road win over Washington, proving that they belong in the league. ASU is 9-10, Massey has them at 91 which puts them about halfway between Belmont and Pacific. NET is 119. Before beating Washington they were on a 6 game losing streak, losing to the mountain schools, the Oregon schools, and WSU.
ASU is coached by Natasha Adair, who had the formidable task of continuing in the footsteps of Charli Turner Thorne. Now in her second year, a rebuilding ASU went 1-17 in league play last year, and doesn’t seem to be doing much better so far this year. Their last home came--way back on January 7--they drew a crowd of 1300.
ASU has one dominant player and two very good additional starters. The dominant player is Jalyn Brown, a 6’1” sophomore guard averaging 17ppg and making 35% of her treys. Brown transferred in this year from Louisville, where she played her freshman season.
The other two double digit scorers for ASU include Jaddan Simmons and Trayanna Crisp. Simmons is a 5’9” senior guard who has been a constant starter for ASU going back to the CTT era. She averages 11 ppg and shoots 36% of her treys. Crisp is a 5’8” sophomore guard also averaging 11 ppg and shooting 35% of her treys.
ASU thus puts three speedy, sharpshooting guards on the floor at the same time. They all can shoot the three well and they all can drive. Defending all three will be a handful.
Beyond those three Adair has a used a few different starters. There may be an injury that has affected the lineup. 6’2” senior Treasure Hunt has not played since November.
But most often Journey Thompson starts. She is a 6’3” sophomore forward but plays roughly half the minutes, and does not have a remarkable stat line.
By far the most relevant game for us to preview is the ASU win up in Seattle. Jalyn Brown “went off” for 34 points, including going 4/5 from three point range. Crisp added 16 including 3/6 from three point range, and there was some additional single digit scoring scattered around. Washington out rebounded ASU but had more turnovers. ASU had relatively few assists. Clearly Washington had no one who could defend Brown, and Brown won the game for ASU by taking the ball into her own hands and scoring many unassisted baskets. We will see if Lepolo can stay in front of her.
I don’t think ASU has the inside presence that either of the Oregon schools had, and so the obvious strategy for us would be to pound it inside. ASU might just pack the paint and dare us to jumpshoot, so it would be a good game for Jump to get back on track.
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