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1 ASU SCHEDULE Date Opp.... Score/Time 11/17 Stephen F. Austin... W, /20 Portland St... L, (OT) (KUSK)...L, /27 UC-Riverside... W, /1 Prairie View A & M..W, /4 Utah at America West Arena (FSN)... W, /13 Montana St. at AWA W, St. (FSN).L, /28 Canisius (FSAZ) ASU Holiday Trn....8:30 12/29 Northwestern/La.-Lafayette ASU Holiday Trn....5:30 or 8 1/4 Oregon St....6:30 1/6 Oregon...6:30 7 PT (KUSK)... 3 PT 1/17 UCLA (FSAZ)...6:30 1/19 USC (ABC)...4 1/23 Arizona (FSN)...8:30 7:30 PT (FSAZ)... 7 PT 2/7 Washington State...6:30 2/9 Washington (FSN)...4 (KUSK)... 7:30 PT (ABC)...Noon PT (FSAZ)...7:30 2/28 California (FSAZ)...6:30 3/2 Stanford (FSN)...4 Pac-10 Tournament at Los Angeles 3/7-9 Staples Center (FSN/CBS)...TBA FSN: Fox Sports Net FSAZ: Fox Sports Arizona Rankings are AP week of game. Times local to site and p.m. All games broadcast on Sun Devil Network, which is KFYI 550 AM and XTRA 910 AM in Phoenix. Games can also be heard on the athletic department website at ARIZONA STATE MEN S BASKETBALL December 27, 2001 ********************************************************************************************************************** ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS (5-4) HOST ANNUAL HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT ASU s all-time record in azcentral.com Hoops Classic is (.824) Fri., Dec. 28--azcentral.com Hoops Classic First Round La.-Lafayette (5-4) vs. Northwestern (7-2) 6 p.m. Tempe No TV Canisius (1-5) vs. Arizona State (5-4) 8:30 p.m. Tempe Fox Sports Arizona Sat., Dec. 29--azcentral.com Hoops Classic Consolation/Finals Consolation Game 5:30 p.m. Tempe No TV Championships 8 p.m. Tempe No TV All ASU games on radio in Phoenix on KFYI 550 AM. ********************************************************************************************************************** ASU HOSTS HOLIDAY TOURNEY: The Arizona State men s basketball team (5-4; 0-2 in Pac-10), under fourth-year head coach Rob Evans, plays host to its annual holiday tournament, the azcentral.com Hoops Classic, this Friday (Dec. 28) and Saturday (Dec. 29) at Wells Fargo Arena. Louisiana-Lafayette (5-4) takes on Northwestern (7-2) in the opening round at 6 p.m., while ASU takes on Canisius (1-5) in the second game at 8:30 p.m. in a game televised by Fox Sports Net Arizona. Tom Dillon (play-by-play), Tim Kempton (color) and former ASU player Sam Williams (sideline) have the call on the screen, while Tim Healey has the radio call on the Sun Devil Radio Network with ASU Hall of Famer Lionel Hollins doing color commentary. The azcentral.com Hoops Classic is in its 35th year in 2001 and is a joint effort of the Fiesta Bowl, azcentral.com (the online edition of the Arizona Republic) and Arizona State University. Last year, Pepperdine, Ohio and Conference USA Tournament champion Charlotte visited ASU as 2001 NBA first-round draft picks Brandon Armstrong of Pepperdine and Rodney White of Charlotte competed in the event. Pepperdine won the title. Arizona State has won 25 of the 34 events (including nine of the past 12) including championship victories against Georgia, Texas, Northwestern, Detroit Mercy, Villanova, Vanderbilt, Eastern Michigan and Penn State. ASU has advanced to the championship 26 of the past 27 years, and 31 of 34 overall (the only exceptions in 1966, 1969 and 2000). ASU s all-time record in the Tournament is (.824). Next year, the 2002 Hoops Classic will feature Big 12 member Nebraska, University of California-Santa Barbara and Bucknell. ASU 1-0 against Canisius, winning in The Sun Devils are 2-1 against Northwestern as ASU beat the Wildcats in the 1991 Holiday Tournament. ASU is 1-1 against Louisiana-Lafayette, with the teams last meeting in MORE TOURNAMENT NOTES: Through the years, the Classic has operated under six names, including the Sun Devil Classic ( and ), the Fiesta Classic ( ), the Kactus Klassic ( ), The Tribune Classic ( ) and the Fiesta Bowl Classic ( ). ASU s annual tourney began in 1963 and has run continuously since Over the last 34 Classics, a number of outstanding players from around the nation have competed in the Tempe tradition. Top names include 2001 NBA first-round draft picks Brandon Armstrong of Pepperdine and Rodney White of Charlotte, Kerry Kittles of Villanova, Earl Boykins of Eastern Michigan, Erick Dampier of Mississippi State, Rick Mount of Purdue, Greg Ballard of Oregon, current Houston Rocket head coach Rudy Tomjanovich of Michigan, Greg Anderson of Houston, Byron Larkin of Xavier, and Alec Kessler and Litterial Green of Georgia. Sun Devils like Eddie House, Mario Bennett, Jumpin Joe Caldwell, Fat Lever, Lionel Hollins, Ron Riley and Byron Scott have all been chosen tournament MVPs. Current Sun Devils who have earned alltournament honors include Shawn Redhage (2000) and Awvee Storey (1999). ASU MEDIA RELATIONS: ASU men's basketball SID Doug Tammaro can be reached directly at or via at tammaro@asu.edu. The ASU website is: and includes all men's basketball information.

2 Page 2, ASU Hoops...ASU is 21-3 (.875) under Evans when it shoots at least 50 percent (11-1 the past two seasons). ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS ROSTER Pos # Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG Notes G 1 Jason Braxton Fr. 6-2/ * Top 50 recruit bythe Hoop Scoop/19.8 minutes and 16 steals F 2 Donnell Knight Jr. 6-7/ points, 5-8 FGs, and 19 minutes off the bench vs. Utah on Dec. 4 G 3 Kyle Dodd Jr. 6-0/ * Has played in 70 games in three-year career/25.9 minutes per game last year F 4 Tommy Smith Jr. 6-10/ Career-high 14 boards vs. PSU/12.9 ppg. in final 10 games last year F 11 Awvee Storey Sr. 6-6/ Pac-10 top boarder last year at 9.1 pg/11 double-doubles in G 12 Kenny Crandall So. 6-3/ Returns from Mormon Mission after averaging 28.4 minutes in G 14 Curtis Millage Jr. 6-2/ double-figure scoring games this year/18 points vs. Utah G 15 Tanner Shell So. 6-6/ Out indefinitely for a leave of absence on Nov. 27/9.1 ppg. in Pac-10 in G 20 Brad Nahra Sr. 6-4/ ppg. and 20.0 minutes per game in final five contests last year C 22 Tyson Johnston Jr. 7-0/ minutes vs. Utah on Dec. 4 G 23 Jonathan Howard So. 6-4/ Local product from Phoenix Preparatory/18 games played last year F 24 Justin Allen So. 6-7/ Redshirted last year as he battled Hodgkin's Disease/5 games played in '01-02 G 32 Brandon Goldman Jr. 5-9/ Two-year walkon who has played in two games this year F-C 33 Chris Osborne Jr. 6-9/ Wrist injury kept him on the sideline until Dec. 1 Prairie View A & M game F 42 Shawn Redhage Jr. 6-7/ (.834) from the FT line in his career, best mark in ASU history F-C 52 Chad Prewitt Sr. 6-9/ point games on year/hyperextended knee vs. PSU after 8 minutes * denotes assists. Coach: Rob Evans Assistants: Russ Pennell, Tony Benford, Dan O'Dowd, Jeff Platt QUICK NOTES THROUGH MID-DECEMBER: Junior college transer Curtis Millage is averaging 14.3 points in the past four games, has 16 steals on the year and leads the team in minutes per game at Awvee Storey earned his Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in communications and sociology at ASU's December commencement on Dec Shawn Redhage has made all 12 of his free throws on the year...chad Prewitt has three 20-point games on the year...jason Braxton has 16 steals through nine games...kyle Dodd has 25 assists and just six turnovers in 189 minutes...sophomore Kenny Crandall is 15-of-29 (.517) from the threepoint stripe on the year and had 19 points vs. Prairie View A & M in the first half. He ended with a career-high 22 points...asu has 78 steals on the year, an average of 8.67 per game...asu is 21-3 (.875) under Evans when it shoots at least 50 percent, including an 11-1 mark in the past two seasons. BACK FROM OREGON MISSION: Kenny Crandall, who was a freshman in and started 23 games, went on a two-year Mormon Mission to Eugene and returned to the Sun Devils this year. Crandall, a native of Mesa, Ariz., and a 6-3 swingman who prepped at Mountain View High School, averaged 5.9 points and 28.4 minutes per game in his initial season and has three years of eligibility. Crandall is averaging 15.8 minutes per game and is 15-of-29 (.532) from the three-point stripe on the year. ROB EVANS: Rob Evans ( /.513) is in his fourth season at Arizona State in (tenth overall) after being hired on April 7, The 1997 SEC Coach of the Year spent six seasons at Ole Miss, compiling an (.515) record. He led the Rebels to a record in his final two seasons, winning two SEC West titles, and led Ole Miss to back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since The 55-year old Evans is a 1968 graduate of New Mexico State, where he captained two NCAA Tournament teams, is a 1989 inductee of the NMSU Athletic Hall of Fame and was named to the school's All- Time Basketball team. He is (.510) at ASU. Evans' Ole Miss squads were known as a tough man-to-man teams which ranked 13th in the nation and second in the SEC in in rebounding at +6.6, despite no player was in the top 30 in rebounding nationally. Ole Miss held opponents to just 30 percent from the three-point stripe, best in the SEC, and to just 40.6 percent from the field. He is (.589) in the past six seasons. AT THE LINE: Shawn Redhage has established himself as the best free throw shooter in ASU history. Redhage shot 80-of-98 (.816) last year, fourth-best in the Pac-10, and has made all 10 free throws this year. A look at Redhage on ASU career FT list: ASU CAREER FREE THROWS Rk. Name (Year) FT-A Pct. 1. Shawn Redhage (1999-pres.) Alex Austin ( ) Rick Taylor ( ) Dennis Hamilton ( ) Isaac Burton ( )

3 Curtis Millage is averaging 14.3 points in the past four games...page 3, ASU Hoops PLAYER NOTES/SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS #1 JASON BRAXTON: A top 50 recruit from last year...has at least one steal in seven games...has played at least 20 minutes in seven of the first nine games...had seven points and four steals at Oregon on Dec. 20 in Pac-10 opener...posted eight points in 27 minutes vs. UC Riverside on Nov. 27. CAREER HIGHS FOR JASON BRAXTON POINTS: 8 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/00); REBOUNDS: 8 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/00); AS- SISTS: 5 vs. Prairie View A & M (12/1/01); MINUTES: 27 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/00); FG MADE: 3 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/00); FG ATT.: 9 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/00); FT MADE: 3 at Oregon (12/20/01); FT ATT.: 11 at Oregon (12/22/01). #2 DONNELL KNIGHT: Posted 12 points in 19 minutes vs. Utah on Dec. 4...posted double digits 18 times last year...10 points and six boards at Cal on Mar. 8...averaged 11 points and four assists on Oregon road trip last year (Feb. 1-4, 2001)...12 points at #12 Arizona on Jan points and six boards vs. #24 USC on Jan points and 13 boards at Washington on Jan. 11 for a double-double...15 points vs. Charlotte on Dec points vs. Kent State on Nov. 25. CAREER HIGHS FOR DONNELL KNIGHT POINTS: 21 vs. Southern Utah (11/17/00); REBOUNDS: 13 at Washington (1/11/01); BLOCKS: 2, twice, at Oregon (2/4/01); ASSISTS: 7 vs. Belmont (12/22/00); MINUTES: 42 at Washington (1/11/01); FG MADE: 10 vs. Southern Utah (11/17/00); FG ATT.: 17 at San Diego St. (12/16/ 00); FT MADE: 6, five times, vs. Kent St. (11/25/00); FT ATT.: 8 at Washington (1/11/01). #3 KYLE DODD: Had seven points vs. Utah on Dec. 4...has made 9-of-10 (.900) free throws in his past four games...in his 70-game career, he has 160 assists and just 69 turnovers, a 2.32-to-1 ratio...averaging just one turnover every 22.8 minutes in his career (1575 minutes and 69 turnovers)...averaged 26.3 minutes per game in Pac-10 play last year, tied for third on the team...has four dunks in career (one this year)...notched 15 points vs. Charlotte on Dec. 30, eight points and six boards in 31 minutes vs. Kent State on Nov. 25, showed poise in his rookie year ( ), nailing the winning three-pointer in overtime as ASU won at Washington St and began its first four-game Pac-10 win streak since CAREER HIGH KYLE DODD SEASON HIGH 15 vs. Charlotte (12/30/00)... POINTS...7 vs. Utah (12/4/01) 6 vs. Kent State (11/25/00)...REBOUNDS...3 vs. Utah (12/4/01) 5 vs. Charlotte (12/30/00)... FIELD GOALS MADE.. 2, twice, vs. PV A & M (12/1/01) 12 at USC (2/19/01)...FIELD GOALS ATT....8 vs. Utah (12/4/01) 42 at Washington State (2/10/00)...MINUTES vs. Utah (12/4/01) 4 vs. UCLA (2/17/00)...STEALS 10 vs. UCLA (2/17/00)... ASSISTS...5 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) #4 TOMMY SMITH: Had 16 points at Oregon on Dec posted 19 points and nine boards at BYU on Nov had 14 points and career-high 14 boards vs. Portland State on Nov voted Most Improved Player at the team's banquet last year...matched a Pac-10 record for FG% by making all 11 shots against Washington on Feb. 10, 2001, and played well from mid-january through the end of last season...averaged 12.5 points in the final 15 games...scored in doubledigits in 12 of the final 15 games after posting double digits in just five games in his freshman season ( )...52-of-78 (.670) from the field and averaged 12.9 points in his final 10 games...shot 58.5 percent from the field (79-of-135) In Pac-10 games last year. BLOCKS: A look at where Tommy Smith stands on the ASU blocked shot career list: CAREER BLOCKS 1. Mario Bennett ( ) Rodger Farrington ( ) Alton Lister ( ) Kurt Nimphius ( ) T5. Sam Williams ( ) T5. Mike Batiste ( ) Jim Deines ( ) Tommy Smith (1999-present) THREE-POINTERS: A look at where Kenny Crandall stands on the ASU three-pointer career list in just his sophomore season: CAREER THREE-POINTERS 7. Matt Anderson ( ) Isaac Burton ( ) Alton Mason ( ) Kenny Crandall (1998-present) PAC-10 MEDIA POLL: ASU was picked to finish seventh by the Pac-10 Media in a preseason poll, announced on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The results, with first-place votes in parentheses: 1. UCLA (24); 2. Stanford (1); 3. USC; 4. Arizona (2); 5. California; 6. Oregon; 7. Arizona State; 8. Oregon State; 9. Washington State; 10. Washington. PRESEASON PREDICTIONS: A look at various preseason Pac-10 predictions for ASU: 6th--Street & Smith's, Basketball News, Basketball America, The Sporting News, Lindy's 7th--Pac-10 Media Poll, Athlon's, Basketball Times, Oakland Tribune (Jeff Faraudo) 8th--ESPN.com, Los Angeles Daily News (Billy Witz), Portland Oregonian (Ken Goe), Seattle Times (Bob Sherwin) CENTURY MARK: The last ASU opponent to score 100 points in Tempe was third-ranked Arizona on Feb. 27, 1988 (101-73). The current streak of an ASU opponent not scoring 100 points in Tempe stands at 225 games.

4 Page 4, ASU Hoops...ASU was third in the Pac-10 in rebounding last year ASU RECORD TENDENCIES Outrebounded opp Outscored opp.'s bench Led at halftime Trailed/tied at halftime Shot more FTs than the opp Shot better from field than opp Shot worse from field than opp Shot 50 pct. or better from field Shot less than 50 pct. from the field Opp. shot 50 pct or better from field Opp. shot less than 50 pct. from field Committed less/same turnovers than their opp Committed more turnovers than opp Played at home Played away Played on neutral court Pac-10 games Non-Conference games Overtime games Arizona State Fall Signees *Serge Angounou 6-7/205 Rio Grande High School/Albuquerque, N.M. *Ike Diogu 6-9/240 Garland High School/Garland, Texas *Allen Morill 6-6/220 Sam Houston High School/Arlington, Texas SCHOLARSHIP HONORS EVANS: New Mexico State s African American Alumni Association presents a scholarship in the name of Hall of Famer Rob Evans. The Rob Evans Scholarship Fund is given to the university to assist with the recruitment and retention of African American students. Evans, a native of Hobbs, N.M., is a 1968 graduate of NMSU with a bachelors degree in Education SCHEDULE: ASU's schedule next year includes a trip to the Maui Invitational (Nov ) as Kentucky, Utah, Virginia, UMASS, Indiana, Gonzaga and Chaminade are in the field, a home game with Brigham Young, a game at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City with Utah, a game against Purdue in the Las Vegas showdown and Nebraska, UC- Santa Barbara and Bucknell playing in ASU's holiday tournament. CAREER HIGHS FOR TOMMY SMITH POINTS: 24 vs. Washington (2/10/01); REBOUNDS: 14 vs. Portland State (11/20/01); BLOCKS: 6 vs. Oregon State (2/3/00); ASSISTS: 5 vs. Washington (2/10/01); MINUTES: 36 at California (3/8/01); FGS MADE: 11 vs. Washington (2/10/01); FGS ATT.: 12, twice, at BYU (11/24/01); STEALS: 3, six times, at BYU (11/24/01); FTS MADE: 9 vs. Portland State (11/20/01); FTS ATT.: 11 vs. Portland State (11/20/01). #11 AWVEE STOREY: Has 16 double-doubles in ASU 69-game career...had 16 points and 10 boards vs. UC Riverside on Nov Pac-10 top rebounder last year at 9.1 per game...averaged 12.4 points and 9.7 rebounds in Pac-10 play last year...his 9.7 rebounds per game in Pac-10 games was a conference best...honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection...five straight doublefigure rebounding games from Jan. 6-20, CAREER HIGH AWVEE STOREY SEASON HIGH 26, twice, at #24 UCLA (2/17/01)... POINTS...16 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 16, three, at #1 Stanford (3/14/01)...REBOUNDS...10 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 8, three, at Oregon (3/2/00)...OFF. REBS vs. Portland State (11/20/01) 10, four, at Oregon (2/4/01)...DEF. REBS....6 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 5 vs. Belmont (12/22/00)... ASSISTS... 2, twice, vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 40 at California (1/8/00)...MINUTES...29 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 12 at #24 UCLA (2/17/01)... FIELD GOALS MADE...6 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 21 vs. Ohio (12/29/00)...FIELD GOALS ATT vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 3, six times, vs. Montana St. (12/13/01)...STEALS 7 at #25 UCLA (1/22/00)...FTS MADE... 4, three, vs. PV A & M (12/1/01) 9 vs. Colgate (11/21/00)... FTS ATT...7 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) #12 KENNY CRANDALL: Is 15-of-29 (.517) from the three-point stripe on the year...had 10 points and seven boards in first start of season on Dec. 22 at Oregon State...had 22 points vs. Prairie View A & M on Dec. 1, including 19 in the first half...played in , Rob Evans' first year, and then went on a two-year Mormon Mission to Eugene, Ore. CAREER HIGHS FOR KENNY CRANDALL POINTS: 22 vs. Prairie View A & M (12/1/01); REBOUNDS: 7, twice, at Oregon State (12/22/ 01); ASSISTS: 6, twice, vs. Marist (12/22/98); MINUTES: 38 at Oregon (1/23/99); FG MADE: 7 vs. Prairie View A & M (12/1/01); FG ATT.: 11 vs. Prairie View A & M (12/1/01). #14 CURTIS MILLAGE: Averaging 14.3 points in past four games...has 16 steals on the year...had 13 points and eight boards at Oregon State on Dec had 15 points at Oregon on Dec. 20 in Pac-10 opener...led ASU with 18 points, including 10-of-13 from the free throw line, against Utah on Dec. 4...had 12 points at BYU on Nov points in 34 minutes at Portland State on Nov points in season opener vs. Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 17. CAREER HIGHS FOR CURTIS MILLAGE POINTS: 18 vs. Utah (12/4/01); REBOUNDS: 8 at Oregon State (12/22/01); ASSISTS: 4, twice, at Oregon (12/20/01); MINUTES: 34 vs. Portland State (11/20/01); FG MADE: 6 at BYU (11/24/01); FG ATT.: 14 at BYU (11/24/01); FT MADE: 10 vs. Utah (12/4/01); FT ATT.: 13 vs. Utah (12/4/01). #20 BRAD NAHRA: Former walkon who has appeared in 53 games in three-year career...averaged 7.8 points and 20.0 minutes in final five games of had team-high 12 points in 19 minutes vs. #8 Arizona on Feb. 21, had 11 points in career-high 26 minutes in win over Oregon on March 3, made 9-of-10 free throws to end last year and averaged 11.4 minutes per game in Pac-10 play...made 13-of-17 FTs in Pac-10 play in 2001.

5 ASU is 5-1 (.833) in its holiday tournament under Rob Evans...Page 5, ASU Hoops CAREER HIGHS FOR BRAD NAHRA POINTS: 12 vs. #8 Arizona (2/21/01); REBOUNDS: 4, twice, at Oregon (2/4/01); ASSISTS: 4 vs. #8 Arizona (2/21/01); MINUTES: 26 vs. Oregon State (3/3/01); FG MADE: 4, twice, vs. Oregon State (3/3/01); FG ATT.: 9 vs. #8 Arizona (2/21/01); 3-PT MADE: 26 vs. Oregon State (3/3/01); 3-PT ATT.: 6 at California (3/8/01). #22 TYSON JOHNSTON: Played 15 minutes vs. Utah on Dec. 4...transferred from Utah after started both games of 2001 Washington trip due to ankle injury to Chad Prewitt...six points, five boards and four blocks at UW on Jan. 11 in first career start...21 minutes and four points vs. #2 Stanford on Jan. 4...nine points and five boards at SDSU on Dec. 16. CAREER HIGHS FOR TYSON JOHNSTON POINTS: 9 at San Diego St. (12/16/00); REBOUNDS: 5, twice, at Washington (1/11/01); BLOCKS: 4 at Washington (1/11/01); MINUTES: 28 at Washington (1/11/01); FIELD GOALS MADE: 3, twice, at Washington (1/11/01); FIELD GOALS ATT.: 6 at San Diego St. (12/16/00); FT MADE: 3 at San Diego St. (12/16/00); FT ATT.: 7 at San Diego St. (12/16/00). #42 SHAWN REDHAGE: An excellent student-athlete who has a 3.3 GPA in construction science Pac-10 All-Academic selection...has made 151-of-181 (.834) free throws in his three-year career...16 points vs. UCLA on Jan. 18, points and seven boards vs. Stanford on Jan. 4, points and 12 boards vs. Charlotte on Dec. 30, earned ASU Holiday Classic All-Tournament honors in CAREER HIGH SHAWN REDHAGE SEASON HIGH 20 vs. Washington (1/13/00)... POINTS vs. Stephen F. Austin (11/17/01) 12 vs. Charlotte (12/30/00)...REBOUNDS...5 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 7 vs. Washington State (1/15/00)... ASSISTS... 3, twice, vs. PV A&M (12/1/01) 37, twice, vs. Ohio (12/29/00)...MINUTES...16 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 8 vs. Washington (1/13/00)... FIELD GOALS MADE...4 vs. UC Riverside (11/27/01) 13 vs. UCLA (1/18/01)...FIELD GOALS ATT....5 vs. PV A&M (12/1/01) 3 at USC (2/15/01)...STEALS 9, twice, vs. Mercer (12/20/00)...FTS MADE...6 vs. Stephen F. Austin (11/17/01) 10 vs. Winthrop (11/11/00)... FTS ATT...6 vs. Stephen F. Austin (11/17/01) 5, twice, vs. #2 Stanford (1/4/01)... BLOCKS #52 CHAD PREWITT: Has five 20-point games in career, three of them this year...has six career double-doubles and two this year...had 18 points and eight boards at Oregon State on Dec points at BYU on on Nov. 24 (7-10 FGs)...played just eight minutes vs. Portland State on Nov. 27 after hyperextending his left knee, as ASU was winning 19-4 when he went out of the game...21 points in season opener vs. Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 17. CAREER HIGH CHAD PREWITT SEASON HIGH 23 vs. Charlotte (12/30/00)... POINTS...21, twice, vs. Montana St. (12/13/01) 11, twice, vs. PV A & M (12/1/01)...REBOUNDS 8, twice, vs. Charlotte (12/30/00)... FGS MADE... 9 vs. Montana St. (12/13/01) 19 at Oregon State (12/22/01)... FGS ATT. 37 at Washington State (2/10/00)...MINUTES at Oregon State (12/22/01) 7 at #1 Stanford (1/6/00)...FTS MADE...6 vs. Stephen F. Austin (11/17/01) 9, twice, at Oregon (3/2/00)... FTS ATT...7 vs. Stephen F. Austin (11/17/01) 4, twice, vs. Mercer (12/20/00)...STEALS... 2, twice, vs. Montana St. (12/13/01) 8 vs. Oregon (3/1/01)... ASSISTS...4 vs. PV A & M (12/1/01) 3, twice, vs. Colgate (11/21/00)... BLOCKS... 2, twice, vs. Montana St. (12/13/01) BAD LUCK: Since 1990, 43 of 44 Pac-10 teams who have won at least 11 conference games have been selected to the NCAA Tourney. The exception? ASU in , when it was 11-7 and tied for third. Also, 47 of 49 teams since 1990 who have posted 18 overall wins and 10 Pac-10 wins have qualified for the NCAA. Again, the odd teams out were ASU in and A VOTER: Rob Evans is one of the 31 coaches on The USA TODAY/ESPN Board which votes on the Coaches Top 25. The 31-member panel also includes Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Bob Huggins (Cincinnati), Gene Keady (Purdue), Rick Majerus (Utah), Dave Odom (South Carolina), Oliver Purnell (Dayton) and Gary Williams (Maryland). LAST YEAR: ASU tied for sixth in the Pac-10 in 2001 after being picked eighth in the preseason media poll. After starting Pac , the Sun Devils went 5-6 after February 1, when center Chad Prewitt was back at full strength. ASU lost one player (senior Alton Mason) from last year's team. The Sun Devils played 15 games against NCAA Tournament teams and were 5-0 against non-conference NCAA teams, beating Conference USA champion Charlotte, Big South champion Winthrop, Mountain West Conference champion BYU, Mid-American champion Kent State and Mid- Continent champion Southern Utah. SHELL AND ALLEN UPDATES: Tanner Shell, who averaged 9.1 points per game in Pac-10 games including a 24-point effort at USC, broke his left hand in practice in late December last year and missed the remainder of the season and took a medical redshirt. In , he had six double-figure scoring games and averaged seven points per game. His 9.1 points per game in Pac-10 play was third on the team. Shell took an indefinite leave of absence from the team on Nov. 27 this year for personal reasons. Also, Justin Allen redshirted last season as he recovered from Hodgkin's Disease and is back on the court this season.