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Sun Devils fall in final Pac-12 regular season matchup

by George Lund - March 2, 2024March 2, 2024

(Photo via Sam Polgreen/WCSN) TEMPE — In the last-ever Pac-12 Conference regular season game for both teams, No. 7 USC and Juju Watkins, the nation's second-leading scorer, came into Saturday afternoon's game hoping to improve the Trojans' playoff seed and ruin senior night for the Sun Devils. Against the Sun Devils( 11-18,

Sun Devils can’t hang with No. 6 Cardinal in 80-50 blowout loss

by George Lund - January 27, 2024January 27, 2024

(Photo via Spencer Barnes/WCSN) TEMPE — ASU women's basketball, which had just won its first Pac-12 conference game of the year, lost badly on Friday to the No. 6 Stanford Cardinal, shooting less than 29% from the floor for the third time this season. The Sun Devils (9-11, 1-7 Pac-12) entered this

Sun Devils resume Pac-12 play against pair of top-15 opponents

Women's Basketball

by Charlie Limoncelli - January 4, 2024January 4, 2024

(Photo via Marina Williams/WCSN) Arizona State women’s basketball (8-5, 0-1 Pac-12 Conference) will kick off the new year by hosting a pair of Pac-12 games against No. 15 Utah (10-3, 0-1) on Friday and No. 5 Colorado (11-1, 1-0) on Sunday. This will be the last time the Sun Devils face

Sun Devils’ Saturday matchup against Xavier canceled

by George Lund - December 2, 2023December 2, 2023

(Photo via Julia Coyne/WCSN) Saturday's matchup between ASU women's basketball (7-2) and Xavier (0-7) has been canceled due to the Musketeers not having enough players. Early Saturday morning, Xavier announced via a press statement that its Briann January Classic finale would be canceled, "due to the team not having enough available players."

Sun Devils pick up key win before daunting Thanksgiving contests

by Charlie Limoncelli - November 19, 2023November 19, 2023

(Photo via Julia Coyne/WCSN) TEMPE — After a brief road trip to Louisiana, ASU women’s basketball returned to Desert Financial Arena to host the Idaho State Bengals for the fifth time in program history. The Sun Devils improved to 5-0 in the all-time series against the Bengals via a 72-40 victory Sunday

Sun Devils suffer first loss in first road contest in Louisiana

by Charlie Limoncelli - November 16, 2023February 27, 2024

(Photo via Julia Coyne/WCSN) Thursday, ASU women’s basketball visited Grambling State for the first time in program history, just the third game it's ever played against the Tigers. While the Sun Devils were victorious in each of the previous games against Grambling State, this time they weren’t so lucky. After the game

Sun Devils ready to move on from 2022-23 campaign with fresh start

Women's Basketball

by Charlie Limoncelli - November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

(Photo via Janaé Bradford/WCSN) As the 2023-24 women’s basketball season looms just around the corner, the Arizona State Sun Devils are gearing up for their second season under head coach Natasha Adair. Coming off an 8-20 campaign riddled with injuries, Adair and the Sun Devils are looking to bounce back with

ASU Women’s Basketball: Cold shooting sinks Sun Devils in first round of WNIT

by Michael Baribault - March 19, 2021March 19, 2021

(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) The Arizona State Women's Basketball team had an ice-cold shooting performance leading to its 48-36 defeat against Rice in the first round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday morning. The Sun Devils shot an abysmal 2-20 from the field in the fourth