WBB Returns Home to Face No. 6 Stanford on Friday

THE GAME: Sun Devil WBB (9-10, 1-6 Pac-12) vs. No. 6/5 Stanford (17-2, 6-1 Pac-12)
WHEN: Friday at 6 p.m. MST
WHERE: Desert Financial Arena • Tempe, Ariz.
WATCH: Pac-12 Network/Bay Area
RADIO: KDUS AM 1060
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After playing its last four games on the road, the Sun Devil women’s basketball team returns home this weekend to host No. 6 Stanford (Friday at 6 p.m. MST) and Cal (Sunday at 12 p.m. MST).

 

The Sun Devils (9-10, 1-6 Pac-12) are currently in the middle of a laborious assignment, playing seven of nine games away from home. They started their current tour with consecutive trips to the Pacific Northwest for games at UO, OSU, WSU and UW. After this weekend’s games, ASU will play three straight contests away from Desert Financial Arena: at Arizona (Feb. 4), at No. 11 USC (Feb. 9) and at No. 2 UCLA (Feb. 11).

 

Given the circumstances, ASU is coming off arguably its best performance of the season in a 73-65 win at Washington on Sunday. ASU was seeking its first Pac-12 win of the season after starting 0-6. To come away with its first success in league play, it had to overcome a Washington squad that had lost only once at home and came into the game first in the Pac-12 and seventh in the nation in scoring defense (52.4 ppg).

 

If that was not enough, ASU was playing the last of four straight games on the road – all four the furthest possible destinations from Tempe – and it was coming off a game at WSU in which starting guard Trayanna Crisp left the game after less than one quarter of play (returned to play vs. UW) and Maggie Besselink, playing for the first time after missing six games due to injury, was lost once again after getting hurt in the second half.

 

Jalyn Brown (11-20 FGs, 4-5 3FGs, 8-8 FTs) posted her second 30-point game of the season, finishing with 34 points. Brown, who scored 35 earlier this season vs. Colorado, posted her eighth game of the season with 20 or more points. In addition to capturing its first Pac-12 win of the season, ASU surpassed its win total from last season when it went 8-20.

 

ASU’s 73 points represented the most given up by the Huskies this season. Furthermore, the Sun Devils tied a Washington opponent high by hitting eight triples. ASU was 61.5 percent (8-13) from downtown against the conference’s top team and No. 13 in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense (24.8 percent coming into the game). Crisp scored 16…