And committed 29 fouls! That's not easy to do with only 8 players.
The Sun Devils as currently coached and constructed might be able to beat Houston in a close game that will be played in Houston and the Sun Devils continue to be winless on the road so a team nearly as bad as ASU will have a chance. Man that's going to be a real doozy of the game to watch huh? Interesting tidbit CTTs last game as head coach was in the 2022 WNIT - a lost to Houston. In their history ASU has played Houston twice, both losses. This year could make it the trifecta.
You are to be saluted
Diplomatic.
No one does
Bottom of the WCC? Au contraire mon frère. ASU has a win over former Pac-12 powerhouse and current WCC chum Oregon State, giving the Sun Devils an illustrious 1-0 record over former Pac-12 foes.
As you recall in the loss to U Davis ASU had three times as many turnovers as assists.
Roll! On their way to defeating ASU in Houston on January 4th to remain undefeated against the Sun Devils.
The sign of a horrible defensive team. Horrible defense in terms of construction, coaching, and execution.
IkrBottom of the WCC? Au contraire mon frère. ASU has a win over former Pac-12 powerhouse and current WCC chum Oregon State, giving the Sun Devils an illustrious 1-0 record over former Pac-12 foes.
ASU also has a win over perennial Summit League stalwart and one-time WNIT champion South Dakota.
See, it just takes a little spin to turn that frown upside down
This is a @triaddukefan -certified record-book-throwing contest if there ever was one. Private Catholic institution against the not-so-well-funded crosstown urban public commuter HBCU
A lot of rebounding is effort. I think ASU probably has superior athletes who are neither coached nor motivated to box out and crash the glass.
I always used to fear ASU when they came to town....CTT had 'em playing with such energy, subbing players in like it was a hockey game and some clutch shooters. Sorry to see the program suffering at the moment. Hopefully things will turn around at some point? Maybe next year?
I've not been following the situation at ASU, and although I understand your point, I want to say that Smith is a good coach. Struggles at Cal had to do with other issues imho....like Gottlieb bailing on the team late (mid-June) after the team she lead finished 9-9 in conference (after crummy season and losses thru transfer & graduation and less than stellar recruits incoming). We all knew at that point she was looking to leave her team in the lurch, but um, don't call me bitter about that though... ;-).
It's Samford. They're doing well just to run up and down the court. They're winless against D1 opponents, including a 24 point loss to my SFA Ladyjacks.
Oof. All I saw was their record. 4-8 didn't look too bad. Didn't see who the wins were against. Or the margin of some of the losses.
D1-minus, let's say
Hey what do you think about Avery Van Sickle? I had to look it up, forgot that she left early in her Fr. year at Washington without ever stepping on the court for them. That whole class left. I've tracked them casually. Looks like she's really blossoming this year.
Haven't watched them much and honestly I'd totally forgotten she started at UW. She was a role player off the bench last year, now a starter as a junior, and leading scorer or close to it on a team with pretty balanced scoring. SFA isn't as good as they were under Kellogg and they had a bad 4th quarter collapse vs UTRGV, but I'm sure they're still one of the better teams in their weak conference.
Just a really weird game. The arena in Charlotte was packed for the Florida-UNC men's game immediately prior, but this game tipped after 9:30 pm local time and it was a ghost town, with tumbleweeds making more noise than the spectators. The teams brought plenty of energy but if anything it was too frenetic and extremely physical. I actually thought the refs let at least as much go as they called, from the portions I saw.