THE GAME: 2023 Briann January Classic – Sun Devil WBB (6-2) vs. Pacific (4-2)
WHEN: Friday at 7 p.m. MST
WHERE: Desert Financial Arena • Tempe, Ariz.
WATCH: Pac-12 Arizona
RADIO: KDUS AM 1060 (Pregame coverage starts at 6:30 p.m. MST)
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The Sun Devil women’s basketball team (6-2) begins a month in which it will play all six of its games in Tempe (five games) or downtown Phoenix (one game) when it faces Pacific (Friday at 7 p.m. MST) and Xavier (Saturday at 4 p.m. MST) in the second annual Briann January Classic. ASU will play in the second game of doubleheaders each day. On Friday, ASU’s contest will be preceded by Temple vs. Xavier at 4 p.m. MST. On Saturday, Pacific and Temple will start the final day of the event at 1 p.m. MST.
WATCH/LISTEN
Friday’s game vs. Pacific can be seen on Pac-12 Arizona (Cindy Brunson, Charli Turner Thorne). Saturday’s game vs. Xavier will be on ASU’s Live Stream. Both games can also be heard on KDUS AM 1060 (pregame coverage starts 30 minutes prior to each game). Veteran broadcaster and the state of Arizona’s 2010 & 2019 Broadcaster of the Year and currently a finalist for the 2023 award, Jeff Munn is in his 20th season as the voice of ASU women’s basketball. He’ll be joined by Maura McHugh (color analyst).
ABOUT THE BRIANN JANUARY CLASSIC
The second edition of this annual event is named for Briann January, a four-year member Sun Devil Women’s Basketball (2006-09). Her play helped catapult ASU into one of the nation’s best on an annual basis.
The winner of the first two Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year awards (2008 and 2009), January earned honorable mention All-America recognition from the Associated Press and WBCA in 2009. During her career, the Sun Devils won 77 percent of their overall games (104-32), 82 percent of their Pac-10 games (59-13) and qualified for the NCAA Tournament all four years, including ASU’s only two Elite Eight appearances (2007, ’09).
January was drafted by the Indiana Fever with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft. She won a WNBA championship with the Fever in 2012 and was selected to play in the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game. January also played for the Phoenix Mercury, Connecticut Sun and Seattle Storm during her 14-year WNBA career. She earned WNBA All-Defensive first-team recognition five times and second-team honors twice.
In November 2021, January, currently an assistant coach for the…
WHEN: Friday at 7 p.m. MST
WHERE: Desert Financial Arena • Tempe, Ariz.
WATCH: Pac-12 Arizona
RADIO: KDUS AM 1060 (Pregame coverage starts at 6:30 p.m. MST)
LIVE STATS: Click here
PURCHASE TICKETS: Click here
UP NEXT
The Sun Devil women’s basketball team (6-2) begins a month in which it will play all six of its games in Tempe (five games) or downtown Phoenix (one game) when it faces Pacific (Friday at 7 p.m. MST) and Xavier (Saturday at 4 p.m. MST) in the second annual Briann January Classic. ASU will play in the second game of doubleheaders each day. On Friday, ASU’s contest will be preceded by Temple vs. Xavier at 4 p.m. MST. On Saturday, Pacific and Temple will start the final day of the event at 1 p.m. MST.
WATCH/LISTEN
Friday’s game vs. Pacific can be seen on Pac-12 Arizona (Cindy Brunson, Charli Turner Thorne). Saturday’s game vs. Xavier will be on ASU’s Live Stream. Both games can also be heard on KDUS AM 1060 (pregame coverage starts 30 minutes prior to each game). Veteran broadcaster and the state of Arizona’s 2010 & 2019 Broadcaster of the Year and currently a finalist for the 2023 award, Jeff Munn is in his 20th season as the voice of ASU women’s basketball. He’ll be joined by Maura McHugh (color analyst).
ABOUT THE BRIANN JANUARY CLASSIC
The second edition of this annual event is named for Briann January, a four-year member Sun Devil Women’s Basketball (2006-09). Her play helped catapult ASU into one of the nation’s best on an annual basis.
The winner of the first two Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year awards (2008 and 2009), January earned honorable mention All-America recognition from the Associated Press and WBCA in 2009. During her career, the Sun Devils won 77 percent of their overall games (104-32), 82 percent of their Pac-10 games (59-13) and qualified for the NCAA Tournament all four years, including ASU’s only two Elite Eight appearances (2007, ’09).
January was drafted by the Indiana Fever with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft. She won a WNBA championship with the Fever in 2012 and was selected to play in the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game. January also played for the Phoenix Mercury, Connecticut Sun and Seattle Storm during her 14-year WNBA career. She earned WNBA All-Defensive first-team recognition five times and second-team honors twice.
In November 2021, January, currently an assistant coach for the…
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