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ASU Women’s Basketball: What the Devils need to do in March

by Ky Marlin - February 27, 2017March 7, 2017

(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/ WCSN) As Arizona State enters the Pac-12 tournament, there are a lot of areas of the game the Sun Devils need to clean up if they want to make a deep run. The Sun Devils tend to play the best when they are forcing a lot of turnovers with

ASU Women’s Basketball: Sophie Brunner cementing her legacy in Tempe

by Chaz Frazier - February 25, 2017March 7, 2017

(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-f5QhVDvk&t=52s Senior forward Sophie Brunner has been the bread and butter for ASU women’s basketball. This week may be bitter sweet for the senior, as Brunner will play her final regular-season games at Well Fargo Arena rounding out against No.12 UCLA on Sunday. The senior forward will go down in the

ASU Women’s Basketball: Late run gives Sun Devils their second win in a row

by Ky Marlin - February 25, 2017March 7, 2017

(Photo: James Powel/WCSN) Arizona State won its second game in a row against the University of Southern California in a 69-62 nail bitter. The Sun Devils and the Trojans started the game off neck and neck in Friday's matchup. Both teams started the game off trading buckets and it continued all the

ASU Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils dominate the Wildcats

by Ky Marlin - February 19, 2017February 21, 2017

(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbqsrukjzEM&feature=youtu.be Arizona State bounced back with their 67-54 win over the Arizona after losing their last close game to them Friday in Tucson. “I would say we definitely brought more energy than Friday’s game,” Kiara Russell said. “You know, we cracked them in the beginning and it was just a

ASU Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils get handed tough loss by Stanford

by Ky Marlin - January 22, 2017January 27, 2017

(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) The No. 10 Stanford Cardinals swept No. 18 Arizona State as the Sun Devils lost their second conference game to the Cardinal 56-66. ASU struggled to begin the game as they only made three of 16 shots in the first quarter while giving up 14 points to Stanford. ASU got

ASU Women’s baskeball: Gears up for Pac-12 competition

by Chaz Frazier - December 30, 2016December 30, 2016

(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) No.18 Arizona State basketball is 9-2 and is on a seven game wining streak, as it heads into conference play against No. 13 Stanford at Well Fargo Arena. ASU has played extremely at Well Fargo Arena, as it is unbeaten at 6-0. The Sun Devils have not lost a game in

ASU women’s basketball: Defense generates tons of offense

by Chaz Frazier - December 3, 2016

(Photo: Nicole Hernandez/WCSN) ASU women’s basketball captured its fourth victory, as they defeated Boston University 71-42, with the help of its stifling defense. Prior to the Sun Devils kicking off their 2016-2017 campaign, head coach Charli Tuner Thorne mentioned how the scoring was going to be by committee. The season has echoed that

ASU Women’s Basketball: Season Preview

by Chaz Frazier - November 9, 2016November 10, 2016

(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) There are two days remaining before the Arizona State women’s basketball team begins its 2016-2017 campaign. The Sun Devils will tip things off against Illinois State Friday and then go head-to-head with San Jose State Sunday. Last season, ASU had an outstanding regular season and collected hardware throughout the year. Arizona

ASU Women’s Basketball: Brunner’s heroics lift No. 9 ASU to last-second win over No. 13 Stanford

by Drew Martin - February 14, 2016February 15, 2016

(Photo: Brooke Faber/WCSN) With only 6.7 seconds remaining in the overtime period, No. 9 ASU had possession of the ball on the far end of the court. After being up at the half by 13, the No. 13 Stanford Cardinal had clawed their way back to force an extra five minutes of

ASU Women’s Basketball: Analysis of Sun Devils’ season-opening loss

by Bailey O'Carroll - November 15, 2015

(Photo: Brooke Faber/WCSN) It was a sloppy season opener for the Arizona State Sun Devils as they ultimately fell to No. 18 Kentucky 68-64. At the end of the first half ASU was up 29-17 over Kentucky. ASU’s halftime lead was due largely impart to the play of guard Arnecia Hawkins, who hit