The Arizona State women’s basketball team will open its season against Middle Tennessee State, a team that went 29-4 last season including a 15-1 mark in Conference USA play that notched them the conference championship. Despite losing All-American Ebony Rowe and five other seniors, the Lady Raiders are the preseason
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The Amukamara Sisters Appear Primed to Guide ASU Back to March Madness
(Photo: Steve Rodriguez/ASU Athletics) Although you can only learn so much about a team in an inter-squad scrimmage, Peace and Promise Amukamara absolutely exceeded expectations tonight in ASU’s Maroon and Gold scrimmage. The sisters suited up for opposite teams with Peace playing for a freshman-laden Maroon squad, while Promise took her talents
Exciting Maroon and Gold game ends in tie
(Photo Steve Rodriguez/ASU Athletics) The 2014 Maroon and Gold scrimmage was a thriller, as Katie Hempen hit a 28-footer in to tie the game in spectacular fashion at the buzzer. A crazy series of back and forth go-ahead buckets, included newcomer Peace Amukamara going coast-to-coast for a lay-up plus the foul with
ASU Women’s Basketball: Previewing the 2014-15 team
(Photo:Steve Rodriguez/ASU Athletics) Following an early exit from last year’s NCAA tournament at the hands of the national runner-up Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Arizona State women’s basketball team will enter the 2014-2015 season with many questions remaining to be answered. Recovering from the loss of leading scorer Deja Mann and
ASU Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils ranked sixth in Pac-12 preseason poll
(Photo: ASU Athletics) The media has released its 2014-15 Pac-12 women’s basketball preseason poll, placing Arizona State at sixth in the conference. ASU received 111 points in the poll, well behind the 194 points amassed by conference-favorite California. It is the first time in Cal’s history that it has been ranked first
Sun Devils add two players to recruiting class
(Photo Credit: Steve Rodriguez/Sun Devil Athletics) With the graduation of guards Adrianne Thomas and All Pac-12 selection Deja Mann, Arizona State head coach Charli Turner Thorne had the offseason task of replenishing backcourt depth. Today, Turner Thorne announced the signings of Peace Amukamara and Tiare Kanoa to national letter of intents. “(Amukamara and
Cougars just two wins away from NCAA Tournament
(Photo: Washington State Athletics) SEATTLE - Washington State started Pac-12 conference play winning five in a row. Since then, they finished the regular season 4-9, taking them out of the NCAA Tournament at-large conversation. Perhaps that’s why this team has been playing with so much purpose in the Pac-12 Tournament. After scoring 107
Oregon State blows past Arizona State in second half
(Photo Credit: Steve Rodriguez/Sun Devil Athletics) In the last game of the regular season, No. 20 Arizona State (22-8, 11-7) played one of their worst games of the season, losing to the Oregon State Beavers (21-13, 13-5) in Corvallis, 66-43. The Sun Devils struggled mightily on offense all game long, but in
Ducks upset Sun Devils behind blistering offense
Sun Devils begin regular season’s final weekend at Oregon
(Photo Credit: Steve Rodriguez/Sun Devil Athletics) No. 20 Arizona State (22-6, 11-5) will travel to Eugene to play the Oregon Ducks (13-14, 4-12) on Friday night. Following a rough patch of three consecutive losses in early February, the Sun Devils pieced together two wins last weekend against Colorado and Utah. In the