Numbers game once again the difference in Sun Devil WBB’s loss at SFA

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – On the last day of November, the Sun Devil women’s basketball team found itself with a 6-1 record after it overcame an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit in its dramatic 80-72 win at Grand Canyon.

 

Eleven days into the new month the Sun Devils are still searching for win No. 7. Their most recent opportunity came on Sunday in Texas where the Sun Devils were on the wrong end of a 75-60 decision at Stephen F. Austin.

 

For the second straight game, the numbers game – as in ASU’s number of healthy players – played a major factor in the outcome. Coming into the month of December, the Sun Devils (6-4) had eight players who were averaging double figures in minutes. And that number did not include junior center Imogen Greenslade and freshman forward Journey Thompson, two players who were gradually seeing increased playing time.

 

In the last week, the talented depth that was a major factor in the team’s success has been dramatically reduced due to an unlucky spate of injuries/illness. In last Sunday’s game vs. Missouri, the Sun Devils were without junior guard Jaddan Simmons (the team’s second-leading scorer), senior guard Isadora Sousa (averaged seven rebounds in…