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1 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 13-6 OVERALL, 5-2 PAC-10 NOVEMBER 5 CHINESE NAT L TEAM# L, CASSOVIA BARDEJOV# W, TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO W, SOUTH FLORIDA W, Asahi Rainbow Wahine Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 24 vs. Stephen F. Austin W, Hawaii W, #22/22 NC State L, DECEMBER 1-3 ASU HOLIDAY CLASSIC 1 LA SALLE W, Kent St. vs. UCSB UCSB, Kent State vs. La Salle LS, (Consolation Game) UC SANTA BARBARA L, (Championship Game) 6 at Northern Arizona W, at Denver L, CAL ST. NORTHRIDGE W, ASTRAZENECA HOOPS FOR THE CURE CLASSIC (Bank One Ballpark) #2/2 TENNESSEE (Fox) L, WAKE FOREST (Cox) W, JANUARY 4 at #21/22 Stanford* L, at California (Fox)* W, WASHINGTON* L, WASHINGTON ST. (Cox)* W, at UCLA* W, at USC* W, #23/25 ARIZONA* W, FEBRUARY 1 OREGON STATE (Cox)* 7 p.m. 3 #22/21 OREGON (Cox)* 7 p.m. 8 at Washington State* 7 p.m. 10 at Washington* 2 p.m. 15 USC (Cox)* 7 p.m. 17 UCLA (Cox)* 7 p.m. 24 at #NR/23 Arizona* 2 p.m. MARCH 1 at #22/21 Oregon* 7 p.m. 3 at Oregon State* 7:05 p.m. 8 CALIFORNIA (Cox)* 7 p.m. 10 STANFORD* 2 p.m NCAA First & Second Rounds NCAA Regionals 30 NCAA Final Four (Savvis Center - St. Louis, Mo.) APRIL 1 NCAA Championship Game # - Exhibition game * - Pacific-10 Conference game Fox - Fox Sports Net Cox - Cox Communications (Channel 9) Home games in bold - Game times are local to the site. Rankings are listed Associated Press/USA Today ESPN Coaches at time of game. All ASU regular-season games will be broadcast on XTRA 910 AM ARIZONA STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL Arizona State Sun Devils (13-6, 5-2 Pac-10) vs. Oregon State Beavers (11-6, 3-4) Thursday, February 1, p.m. MST Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State Sun Devils (13-6, 5-2 Pac-10) vs. #22/21 Oregon Ducks (12-5, 5-2) Saturday, February 3, p.m. MST Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Ariz. Both Games on XTRA 910 AM and Cox Communications (Channel 9) Standing atop the Pac-10 standings at 5-2 in conference play after winning their last four games, the Arizona State Sun Devils look to continue their homestand with games against Oregon State Thursday night and No. 22/21 Oregon Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Winners of their last four games and five of their last six, the Sun Devils knocked off intrastate rival and 23rd-ranked Arizona last weekend to end a 14-game losing streak to the Wildcats. The Sun Devils are 13-6 overall and 5-2 in the Pac-10 which puts them in a first-place tie with the Oregon Ducks. The team s next victory will tie the wins total from last season (14-15) and be the most victories for ASU since the Sun Devils went ASU s Pac-10 leading four-game winning streak marks the most consecutive victories since the team opened the season 4-0, while the Sun Devils have not won four consecutive Pac-10 games since the season. Probable Starters Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG NOTES #23 Betsy Boardman G/F 6-1 Fr th in Pac-10 at 2.1 steals per game #52 Cian Carvalho F 5-11 Jr First career start vs. A r i z o n a #35 Melody Johnson C 6-2 Jr pts, career-best 12 rbs vs. A r i z o n a #4 Amanda Levens G 5-9 Jr nd in Pac-10 in FTpercentage (83.2) #33 Natalie Tucker G 5-9 Sr * Team-high 6 assists at UCLA Off the Bench Pos. Ht. Cl. PPG RPG NOTES #3 Liz Paulson G 5-11 Sr * Coming off major back surgery #11 Aubrey McFadyen G/F 6-1 Sr Nine points vs. South Florida #12 Brett Leonard G 5-5 So * Career-best 12 pts, 6 rbs at UCLA #13 Leah Combs F 6-2 Jr pts on 3-of-5 shooting at UCLA #31 Jen Albert F 6-2 Fr points vs. Cal State Northridge #32 Rainy Crisp G 5-6 Jr Career-high 9 points vs. Arizona #34 Li i Liu G/F 5-10 Fr Has team s highest vertical jump * assists per game Exposure ASU s flagship station XTRA 910 AM will broadcast both games to the Valley of the Sun with Vince Marotta calling the action. The broadcasts are also available via the ASU official athletics web site ( Cox Communications (Channel 9) will broadcast both games to a local cable audience with George Allen and Fat Lever calling the action. ASU is 3-1 when playing on television this year. Over the last two seasons, the Sun Devils are a perfect 8-0 when appearing on Cox Communications. In the Rankings Arizona State continues to garner attention in the national polls, receiving 22 votes to rank 30th in the Jan. 29 Associated Press poll. Oregon State is not ranked, and Oregon is ranked 22nd by AP and 22nd by the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll. Previously this season, the Sun Devils made an appearance in the Nov. 27 Associated Press poll, earning nine votes to tie for 39th but dropped from the ranks of vote getters after falling to UCSB Dec. 3. Arizona State has faced four ranked opponents this season and earned its first victory with Saturday s victory over the No. 23/25 Arizona Wildcats. Prior to that, the Rhonda Lundin, Women s Basketball Contact ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box , Tempe, AZ (480) Fax: (480) lundin@asu.edu

2 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL PAGE 2 team s last upset over a ranked opponent was a win over then undefeated and No. 7 Washington at Wells Fargo Arena on Jan. 8, Before its win over the Wildcats, ASU had come up short in three contests with ranked teams this year, including a pair of losses under five points, falling to then No. 22 North Carolina State Nov. 26 in the Rainbow Wahine Classic and to then No. 2 Tennessee Dec. 27 in the AstraZeneca Hoops for the Cure Classic. As a team, Arizona State has been ranked a total of 34 weeks in the team s history. ASU s last ranking came on March 1, 1992 when the Sun Devils were ranked 25th by the Associated Press, but the team fell out of the polls the following week. The Sun Devils spent most of the and seasons ranked in the national polls, climbing as high as ninth in the middle of the campaign. Last Time Out Arizona State junior Melody Johnson turned in her third double-double of the season with 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds to lead Arizona State to a upset of No. 23/25 Arizona Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. For the Sun Devils, the victory snapped a 14-game losing streak to the Wildcats and marked the team's first win over a ranked opponent since knocking off then No. 7 Washington at Wells Fargo Arena on Jan. 8, ASU jumped ahead early, taking a lead with 11:30 to play in the first half on a three-pointer by freshman Brett Leonard and never looked back. The team built up a lead at halftime on the strength of 12 points and nine rebounds from Johnson in the first half. In the second half, the Sun Devils increased their lead to as many 16 points en route to the victory. Junior Amanda Levens turned in 11 of her team-high 15 points in the second half. For Arizona State, Levens and Johnson led the scoring with efforts of 15 and 14 points, respectively, while junior Rainy Crisp scored a career-best nine points on 4- of-4 shooting from the field. Crisp also added three assists and three steals, while freshman Betsy Boardman added eight points, four steals and a career-best 10 rebounds. For Arizona, senior Reshea Bristol had 16 points and seven rebounds, while junior Elizabeth Pickney added 11 points and seven rebounds and freshman Aimee Grzyb chipped in with 10 points. As a team, the Wildcats outshot the Sun Devils 47.3 to 45.0 percent, but ASU won the battle of the boards, outrebounding Arizona The team also grabbed 12 steals and won the turnover battle More Attendance Records Falling With 5,379 fans in attendance Saturday night vs. Arizona, the Sun Devils broke their single-game attendance record for Wells Fargo Arena. The team's overall singlegame record is 16,782 set earlier this season vs. Tennessee at Bank One Ballpark, while the crowd for the Arizona game surpassed the 5,271 who attended last year's Arizona game on Feb. 26, ASU ranks 28th in the country this season, averaging 2,861 fans per game. First and Facts About This Season So far this season, the Sun Devils have accomplished a number of things that the team has not done in at least seven years: The team s current four-game Pac-10 winning streak is the first for the team since ASU earned its first victory over Arizona in seven years, snapping a 14-game losing streak. With wins at UCLA and USC, Arizona State completed its first Pac-10 Conference road sweep since and notched its first sweep over the Los Angeles schools since the season and the first ever on the road. ASU s win at UCLA snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Bruins and marked the team s first victory at Pauley Pavilion since , while the Sun Devils victory at Cal also marked the first for the team since that same season. ASU has won games at Cal, USC and UCLAin a single season for the first time in school history. ASU QUICK FACTS University Information Location...Tempe, Ariz. Founded Enrollment...44,255 Conference...Pacific-10 Nickname...Sun Devils Colors...Maroon and Gold Arena...Wells Fargo Arena (14,198) Year Built President...Dr. Lattie F. Coor Alma Mater...Northern Arizona 58 Faculty Rep...Dr. Jerry L. Kingston Alma Mater...Wayne State Athletics Director...Gene Smith Alma Mater...Notre Dame Senior Assoc. AD/SWA...Betsy Mosher Alma Mater...Illinois State 72 Athletics Dept. Phone...(480) Ticket Office...(480) Basketball Information Head Coach...Charli Turner Thorne Alma Mater...Stanford 88 Record at ASU (fifth year) Career Record (eighth year) Assistant Coaches...Mark Lewis...(Southern Mississippi 82)...Kim Gervasoni (Cal State Fresno 88)...Laura Hughes (Santa Clara 92) Basketball Operations...Carrie Greene Trainer...Lisa Himmelspach Basketball Office Phone...(480) Record Pac-10 Record Pac-10 Finish...Tied for 7th Inaugural Season All-time Record Last NCAAAppearance Letterwinners Ret./Lost...8/4 Starters Ret./Lost...2/3 Newcomers...7 Media Relations Asst. AD/Media Relations...Mark Brand Associate SID...Doug Tammaro Assistants...Jason Bellamy, Jeff Evans, Rhonda...Lundin, Will Phillips, Erin Rowley WBB Contact...Rhonda Lundin General Office Phone...(480) Lundin s Home Phone...(480) Lundin@asu.edu Office Fax...(480) Press Row...(480) Sun Devil Sports Hotline...(480) Web Site... Bench Production Arizona State s bench has averaged 22.8 points over the last four games (23 vs. WSU. 32 at UCLA, 18 at USC, 18 vs. Arizona), led by junior forward Cian Carvalho

3 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL PAGE 3 ARIZONA STATE S RECORD WHEN... Scoring first Leading at halftime Trailing at halftime Tied at halftime In overtime Scoring 70 points or more Scoring points Scoring points Scoring less than 50 points Holding opponent under 50 points Holding opponent to points Holding opponent to points Allowing 70 points or more Games decided by five pts. or less Shooting 50 percent or better Shooting better than opponent Outrebounding opponent Being outrebounded Tied in rebounding Outscoring opponent bench Being outscored by opponent bench Tying opponent bench Playing at home Playing on the road Playing at a neutral site Non-conference games Pac-10 games Playing on Sunday Playing on Monday Playing on Tuesday Playing on Wednesday Playing on Thursday Playing on Friday Playing on Saturday Playing during the day Playing at night Playing outdoors Playing on television CLIMBING THE CAREER CHARTS FREETHROW PERCENTAGE Patti Peppler, Kim Griffee, Theresa Jantzen, Sherry Poole, Olivia Jones, Karen O Connor, Robin Connolly, t Jodi Rathbun, Lisa Salsman, ( )...Natalie Tucker 1998-pres. ASSISTS Jodi Rathbun, Ryneldi Becenti, Patti Peppler, Carolyn DeHoff, Karen O Connor, Cassandra Lander, Robin Connolly, Natalie Tucker, 1998-pres Crystal Cobb, Sandra Hamilton, THREE-POINTERS MADE Crystal Cobb, Molly Tuter, Kristine Sand, Ryneldi Becenti, Stephanie Freeman, Natalie Tucker, 1998-pres Rosalind Senior, Tiffany Krahenbuhl, Michelle Tom, who cracked the starting lineup Saturday night vs. Arizona to make her first career start. Carvalho has averaged 10.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over the last five games including a career-high 16 points to lead the team at UCLAon Jan. 18, the third consecutive game that she notched a career scoring best. Also providing sparks off the bench are sophomore guard Brett Leonard and junior guard Rainy Crisp. Leonard has averaged 7.3 points per game over the last four games (up from her season average of 3.6 ppg) with a career-high 12 on 4-of-7 shooting at UCLA, while Crisp has scored 5.0 points per game over the last four with seven points at USC on Jan. 20 and a career-best nine vs. the Wildcats on Saturday night. Levens Named Pac-10 Player of the Week Junior guard Amanda Levens earned Pac-10 Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Jan after averaging 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in ASU s first road sweep over the Los Angeles schools and its first Pac-10 road sweep since On the weekend, the Belvidere, Ill., native shot 40 percent from three-point range (4-10) and was a perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line. Against USC, Levens notched a team-high 15 points and recorded a game-high four assists. She matched her scoring effort with 15 points at UCLA, adding seven rebounds in a career-best 34 minutes of play. The honor is the first of Levens career. It is also the second for ASU this season and the 19th all-time selection for the Sun Devils. Earlier this season, junior Melody Johnson earned the first league player-ofthe-week honor of the year after averaging 17.0 points and 7.3 rebounds to lead ASU to a 2-1 record and its runner-up finish in the Rainbow Wahine Classic. About Oregon State and #22/21 Oregon Oregon State heads to Tempe following a pattern that has been familiar to the Sun Devils, alternating a win with a loss in each of their last eight games. Last weekend, OSU, which is 11-6 overall and 3-4 in the Pac-10 (tied for sixth), downed UCLA on Jan. 25 and fell in overtime to USC on Jan. 27. Junior guard Felicia Ragland is leading the Beavers in scoring (18.5 ppg) and rebounding (7.2 rpg) and ranks in the top five in the Pac-10 in each of those categories as well (second in scoring and fourth in rebounding). Sophomore guard Nicole Funn (13.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and junior center Ericka Cook (12.9 ppg, 6.5 rpg) also rank in the top 10 in the Pac- 10 on scoring and rebounding as well. After opening Pac-10 play with four straight wins, the Ducks stumbled slightly (with a couple of key players out with injuries), falling at Washington State on Jan. 20 and at home to USC on Jan. 25. UO snapped the brief losing spell with a victory over UCLAon Jan. 27 to stay tied for first in the league at 5-2 in conference play and 12-5 overall. Oregon will take on Arizona on Thursday night before heading to Tempe for Saturday night s contest. Senior forward Angelina Wolvert leads the team in scoring at 12.5 points per game, while junior guard Jamie Craighead is averaging 10.5 points per game and leads the Pac-10 in three-point shooting, knocking down 45.3 percentage of her attempts from beyond the arc (43-95). As a team, the Ducks lead the Pac-10 in scoring defense (58.1), field goal percentage (46.7), field goal percentage defense (37.0) and three-point defense (27.8). Comparatively Speaking...ASU...OSU...UO Points Per Game Field Goal Percentage Pt. FG Percentage Free Throw Percentage Rebounds Per Game Assists Per Game In the Series Oregon State holds a slim advantage over Arizona State in a series which dates back to the season. Last year, Oregon State took a victory in Corvallis on Feb. 4 (after the Sun Devils arrived in Oregon at 3 a.m. on game day following a long flight delay in Phoenix), while the Sun Devils rebounded with a decision in Tempe on March 4. Before that loss in Corvallis last year, the Sun Devils had won five straight in the series including sweeps in each of the two previous seasons. Arizona State has won four straight games over the Beavers in the

4 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL PAGE 4 friendly confines of Wells Fargo Arena. Oregon also leads the series with the Sun Devils with a 24-8 advantage dating back to the season. The only Pac-10 school that head coach Charli Turner Thorne has not yet led her team to a victory over in her four-plus seasons at ASU, the Ducks have won the last 11 games in the series including a win in Eugene on Feb. 6 and a victory in Tempe on March 2. Arizona State s last victory over Oregon came on Jan. 28, 1995 in a decision in Tempe. Oregon Connections Oregon State assistant coach Stephanie (Osburn) Norman lettered for Arizona State from Currently in her first year as a Beaver assistant coach, Norman led the Sun Devils in free throw percentage in her senior year, knocking down 77.1 percent of her attempts from the charity stripe in Prior to becoming an assistant coach at OSU, she also spent time at Oregon in the same capacity and was the assistant athletics director at Marist High School in Eugene. The Sun Devils also have two players who hail from the state of Oregon in senior Liz Paulson (Lake Oswego) and freshman Betsy Boardman (Portland). A 1996 graduate of Lakeridge High School, Paulson led the Beaver State in scoring as a junior at 21.6 points per game. She arrived at ASU last year after spending two years at Pepperdine University (redshirting one) and one at Central Florida Community College. Boardman came to ASU from Beaverton High School where she was an honorable-mention high school All-American in each of the last three seasons and runner-up for Oregon Player of the Year following her senior season. In 2000, Boardman led her Beavers to the school s first Metro League championship and was selected as the league s MVP. Keeping Em Off the Scoreboard Arizona State ranks second in the Pac-10 Conference and among the best in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 59.2 points per game so far this season. ASU has held six opponents to 50 points or less this season including 47 by Cal on Jan. 6, while four of those teams have managed 45 points or less (with a season-low 39 by South Florida). ASU held then No. 2 Tennessee to just 67 points, 16.4 points short of the Lady Vols season average of 83.4, while Arizona scored just 57 points, 23.8 points lower than their conference-leading 80.8 points per contest. Prior to ASU s win at Cal, the last time ASU held a Pac-10 opponent under 50 points was in with a win over Oregon State in Tempe, while 47 is the fewest points for a league opponent since defeating Oregon in Tempe on Jan. 30, Prior to that, ASU had never held a Pac-10 opponent to less than 50 points on the road in the previous 14 years of conference play. Taking Care of the Ball Arizona State is averaging a Pac-10 low 16.4 turnovers per game in which may not sound so good until you consider that the team had 20.5 turnovers per game last season. The Sun Devils turned in a season-low nine turnovers vs. La Salle and has had 16 or less giveaways in nine of the team s 19 games this year (including 13 each vs. Washington and Washington State). The Sun Devils have also won the turnover battle (having fewer turnovers than their opponents) in 17 of 19 games including a advantage over then No. 2 Tennessee and a edge at then No. 21/22 Stanford. Last year, the lowest turnover total for the team was 13 in their final game of the season in the WNIT vs. Colorado State. The Sun Devils lead the Pac-10 in turnover margin, forcing 4.53 more turnovers than they commit per game. ASU is also tied for first in the league in assist-toturnover ratio at 0.86 (267 assists to 312 turnovers). Senior Natalie Tucker, who leads the team with an average of 3.4 assists per game (seventh in the Pac-10), is third in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.44). Home-Court Advantage With a 7-3 home mark this year, the Sun Devils have turned in an 18-6 mark at home in the last two seasons including an 11-3 mark last year which ranked second on the ASU list for home victories in a season with the 11-1 mark of the team. Last year, the Sun Devils won their first eight home games of the season. MEDIA INFORMATION Game-Day Services The Arizona State women s basketball media room is located in the west tunnel (Room 6) and is the first door on the right upon entering Wells Fargo Arena. Scores, notes, stats and media guides are available there. Telephones are available in the room behind the basket at the east end of the floor, directly through the double doors. Up-to-date press releases, statistics and game results on Arizona State women s basketball can be found on the World Wide Web on ASU s official athletics web site Fax-On-Demand ASU updated stats, box scores and releases can be accessed via InfoConnection and MediaTeamlink on the internet. To access InfoConnection, call using the handset on your fax machine. The Pac- 10 passcode is For complete information, call the Pac-10 Conference public relations office. ASU InfoConnection Codes Latest Release Latest Box Score Pac-10 Teleconferences The Pac-10 Conference will hold 10 teleconferences during the season starting Wednesday, Dec. 13. The first call of the Pac-10 season will be Jan. 9. All 10 men s and women s basketball coaches will participate on the calls. ASU head coach Charli Turner Thorne is the first coach on the call starting at 10:35 a.m. MST. Call the Pac-10 office ( ) or the ASU Media Relations office to obtain the media-only phone numbers for the teleconferences. Radio and TV Exposure The Sun Devil Sports Network has partnered with XTRA910 AM to broadcast all of Arizona State s women s basketball games. In his first year as the voice of ASU women s basketball, Vince Marotta will provide playby-play for all home and away games, while former Sun Devil Kristine Sand will provide color analysis at home. XTRA s broadcasts of ASU games can also be heard live over the Internet at Fox Sports Net will broadcast two of ASU s games to a live national audience Dec. 27 vs. Tennessee and Jan. 6 at Cal while Cox Communications will also broadcast seven of ASU s games locally.

5 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL PAGE 5 ASU Picked Fifth, Sixth in Preseason Pac-10 Polls Arizona State was picked to finish fifth in the Pac-10 Conference by the league s coaches and sixth by the media in their preseason polls, the same spots they were picked last season. Following are the complete Pac-10 preseason polls: Coaches Media 1. Stanford (9) 1. Stanford (16) 2. Oregon (1) 2. Oregon (3) 3. USC 3. USC 4. Arizona 4. Arizona 5. Arizona State 5. UCLA 6. Washington 6. Arizona State 7. UCLA 7. Washington 8. Oregon State 8. California 9. California 9. Oregon State 10. Washington St. 10. Washington St. A Springboard for the Future Arizona State s invitation to the Women s National Invitation Tournament last year bodes well for the future. Of the 32 teams that advanced to the WNITin , seven earned NCAA Tournament bids in 2000 and nine advanced to the WNIT for a second season (a total of 16 teams in postseason play). Tough Slate This season, Arizona State will take on 10 teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament or the Women s National Invitation Tournament last year including 2000 national runner-up Tennessee. Other NCAA qualifiers on the slate include Stephen F. Austin, North Carolina State, UCSB, A r i z o n a, Oregon, Stanford and UCLA, while USC and Hawaii advanced to the WNIT. Attendance Records With 16,782 fans in attendance at the AstraZeneca Hoops for the Cure Classic Dec. 27 at Bank One Ballpark, the Sun Devils shattered their own singlegame attendance record of 5,271 set vs. Arizona on Feb. 26, 2000 at Wells Fargo Arena. The game is the fifth highest attended college women s basketball game so far this season. ASU also set the Pac-10 women's basketball single-game record which was previously held by the University of Oregon with 9,738 fans at McArthur Court in a game vs. Oregon State (March 8, 1996). The event, which was the first outdoor w o m e n s college basketball game and raised $10,000 for breast cancer research, treatment and education in the Valley of the Sun, also became the largest attended women s college basketball contest in the state of Arizona since the University of Arizona s single-game record is 5,272 (March 4, 2000 vs. Oregon). ASU is ranked 28th in the country in attendance, averaging 2,861 fans per home game. Great Start With a 4-0 start to the season, the Sun Devils won their first four games for the first time since , while the team s 8-4 record is one game off the pace of last year s squad. One year ago, ASU turned in the team s best start since with a 7-1 record, winning its first three games before falling at then No. 10 North Carolina then capturing four straight victories (including two in the 1999 Wells Fargo Classic) before losing to then No. 25 Texas in Austin Dec. 21. Notes From Beyond the Arc Arizona State has knocked down 34.0 percent of its three-pointers (80-235), led by junior Amanda Levens who has met success on 39.2 percent of her attempts. Levens has a team-best 31 three-pointers on the season which is already 10th on ASU s single-season charts. The 5-9 junior ranks fourth in the Pac-10 in three-point field goal percentage and seventh in three-pointers made (1.63 treys per game). Levens drained three treys of the team s eight treys in the team s wins at Hawaii and UCLA, which was one shy of the school single-game record of nine three-pointers made in a contest. Levens also knocked down a career-high 4-of-4 three-pointers in ASU s win over Washington State on Jan. 13. Levens has drained at least one three-pointer in 15 games and more than one in 10 of those contests, while freshman Betsy Boardman has at least one trey in 13 games. Boardman also ranks eighth in the Pac-10 in three-point field goal percentage, draining 33.9 percent of her attempts (19-56). Head Coach Charli Turner Thorne Since Charli Turner Thorne took over the reins of the program in , the Sun Devils have begun a steady climb back to the national prominence that the team enjoyed in the early 1990s. She has improved the team s wins total in her four seasons and guided ASU to four consecutive double-digit win seasons in as many years. In , Turner Thorne led the Sun Devils to a regular-season record and a 7-11 mark in the Pac-10 Conference, both of which marked the school s most victories since Turner Thorne s Sun Devils also earned the team s first postseason appearance in eight seasons, falling to Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo., in the first round of the 2000 Women s National Invitation Tournament. The Sun Devils win over La Salle in the first game of the ASU Holiday Classic on Dec. 1 marked the 90th win of head coach Charli Turner Thorne s coaching career and her 50th while at ASU. She has notched a record in four-plus seasons at Arizona State and was in her three seasons at Northern Arizona. Notes From the Charity Stripe Since shooting just 40.9 percent from the free throw line (9-22) in its season opener vs. Texas-San Antonio, ASU has shot 65.4 percent from the charity stripe since ( ) The team turned in a season-high 80 percent (16-20) from the charity stripe at USC on Jan. 20 Junior Amanda Levens is shooting a team-best 83.2 percent from the free throw line (84-101) which is good for second in the Pac-10 UCLA s Michelle Greco leads the Pac-10 in that category at 88.7 percent but has attempted almost half as many free throws as Levens (47-53) Levens miss in the second half vs. Arizona ended a streak of 17 consecutive free throws (last three attempts vs. WSU, 4-4 at UCLA, 8-8 at USC, 2-3 vs. Arizona), while earlier this season, she had a streak of 16 consecutive free throws that ended in the Stanford game In the last 10 games, ASU has been to the free throw line 284 times (an average of 28.4 free throw attempts per game) and drained 64.8 percent of those attempts ( ). Super Juniors After sitting out last season as Division I transfers, juniors Amanda Levens and Melody Johnson have made themselves right at home this season. The pair is 1-2 in scoring this season and has also been named all-tournament in both of ASU s tournaments this season (Asahi Rainbow Wahine Classic and ASU Holiday Classic) Levens, a 5-9 guard who transferred from Old Dominion University, is pacing the ASU squad at 14.4 points per game and ranks fifth in the Pac-10 in that category. Levens has notched double figures in all but three of ASU s games this season. Johnson, a 6-2 guard from the University of Colorado, is second on the squad and sixth in the Pac-10 in scoring at 13.9 ppg and has scored in double figures in 19 of 19 games and had nine points in each of the other two. Levens, who was last week s Pac-10 Player of the Week, has hit a team-best 31 three-pointers, while Johnson, who earned the first conference player-of-the-week award this year, leads the Sun Devils in rebounding at 6.8 boards per game which is good for fifth in the Pac-10. Welcome Additions Arizona State s top four scorers are making their debuts for the Sun Devils this season, led by junior Amanda Levens, a transfer from Old Dominion University who is

6 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL PAGE 6 averaging 14.4 points per game. Junior Melody Johnson, who transferred from the University of Colorado, is averaging 13.9 points and a team-best 6.5 rebounds, honorable-mention high school All-American Betsy Boardman is averaging 10.6 points and junior Cian Carvalho, a junior college transfer from Hutchinson (Kan.) Community is fourth on the team with 7.1 points per game and second with 4.9 rebounds per contest (which ranks tied for 19th in the Pac-10). ASU s newcomers have been the leading scorers in each of ASU s 19 games this season, most recently with Carvalho scoring a career-high 16 points at UCLA (her first game as the team s leading scorer) and Levens turning in 15 points at USC and again vs. Arizona. Three-Dot Data Three Sun Devils rank in the top 16 in the Pac-10 Conference in scoring (Amanda Levens-fifth, Melody Johnson-sixth, Betsy Boardman-16th), while Johnson and Cian Carvalho are among the top 10 rebounders in the conference (Johnson-fifth, Carvalho- 19th) ASU s win at UCLA marked the 25th Pac-10 victory for Charli Turner Thorne, while her first conference win at ASU also came against UCLA, in Tempe in With a career record, Turner Thorne is just two victories shy of hitting the century mark for career wins With a 13-6 record so far this season, the Sun Devils have notched double figures in wins in each of the last four seasons, something the program had not accomplished since Last year, the Sun Devils turned in an 11-8 mark through 19 games but lost seven of their last 10 to end the year at Senior Natalie Tucker has started 75 consecutive games, every game of her three-year career at ASU Tucker leads the team in assists for the third straight season at 3.4 assists per game, while the senior guard has 305 career assists (an average of 4.1 per game) which ranks eighth on the ASU career list she also ranks in ASU s top 10 charts for career three-pointers and free throw percentage ASU has overcome two half-time deficits for victories this season, both on the road (at Northern Arizona and at California) ASU is averaging 14.1 assists per game in with 12 of 13 players getting into the action ASU has held 12 teams to four three-pointers or less this season including three opponents with no treys. Ball Thefts The Sun Devils are averaging 8.7 steals per game and have turned in double figures in that category in seven of the past 12 games with nine in two other games in that stretch. ASU had a season-best 16 steals vs. Cal State Northridge including seven by freshman Betsy Boardman. Both totals surpassed last year s highs of 14 takeaways (at Texas-San Antonio, 12/18/00) and five by two players last season. Individually, Boardman jumped into the Pac-10 rankings in that category this week and is fifth in the conference with 2.1 steals per game. Road Warriors Arizona State s trip to Los Angeles marked the end of a stretch that saw the Sun Devils play four of six games on the road. ASU picked up its third road win of the year and first Pac-10 road victory with a decision at Cal on Jan. 6, the team s first win in Berkeley since the season, while the Sun Devils are 5-2 on the road this season (including three Pac-10 victories). The last ASU team to turn in more than five road wins was the squad which was 7-5. ASU s win at UCLA snapped a streak of eight losses in Pauley Pavilion, while ASU has won games at Cal, USC and UCLA in a single season for the first time in school history. ASU s over Hawaii marked the team s first road victory since defeating Washington State in Pullman, Wash., on Jan. 15 of last year, a span of eight consecutive road losses. With their victory at Cal Jan. 6, the Sun Devils matched their total of three road victories from last season. Last year, the Sun Devils earned two non-conference road victories but managed just one during the Pac-10 slate, ending the season with a 3-12 road record.

7 ASU Women's Basketball Arizona State University Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 29, 2001) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (13-6) (7-3) (5-2) (1-1) CONFERENCE... (5-2) (2-1) (3-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (8-4) (5-2) (2-1) (1-1) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Levens, Amanda Johnson, Melody Boardman, Betsy Carvalho, Cian Tucker, Natalie Combs, Leah Leonard, Brett Allen, Sarah Crisp, Rainy McFadyen, Aubrey Albert, Jen Paulson, Liz Liu, Li'i TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND SCORING TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO W Points per game SOUTH FLORIDA W Scoring margin # vs Stephen F. Austin W FIELD GOALS-ATT # at Hawaii W Field goal pct # vs North Carolina State L POINT FG-ATT % LA SALLE W point FG pct % UC SANTA BARBARA L pt FG made per game at Northern Arizona Women W FREE THROWS-ATT /18/00 at Denver L Free throw pct CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W REBOUNDS ^ TENNESSEE L Rebounds per game WAKE FOREST W Rebounding margin * at Stanford L ASSISTS * at California W Assists per game * WASHINGTON L TURNOVERS * WASHINGTON STATE W Turnovers per game * at UCLA W Turnover margin * at USC W Assist/turnover ratio * ARIZONA W STEALS Steals per game # Asahi Rainbow Wahine Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) BLOCKS % ASU Holiday Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Blocks per game ^ AstraZeneca Hoops for the Cure Classic (Bank One Ballpark) WINNING STREAK * Pac-10 Conference Game Home win streak ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total Arizona State University Opponents

8 ASU Women's Basketball Arizona State University Season Box Score (as of Jan 29, 2001) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (13-6) (7-3) (5-2) (1-1) CONFERENCE... (5-2) (2-1) (3-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (8-4) (5-2) (2-1) (1-1) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Levens, Amanda Conference-Only Johnson, Melody Conference-Only Boardman, Betsy Conference-Only Carvalho, Cian Conference-Only Tucker, Natalie Conference-Only Combs, Leah Conference-Only Leonard, Brett Conference-Only Allen, Sarah Conference-Only Crisp, Rainy Conference-Only McFadyen, Aubrey Conference-Only Albert, Jen Conference-Only Paulson, Liz Conference-Only Liu, Li'i Conference-Only TEAM Conference-Only Total Conference-Only Opponents Conference-Only SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total Arizona State University Opponents DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF TOTAL Arizona State University Opponents

9 ASU Women's Basketball Arizona State University Game-by-Game Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Jan 29, 2001) All games Opponent Date Score WL PAULSON,L LEVENS,AM MCFADYEN, LEONARD,B COMBS,LEA ALLEN,SAR BOARDMAN, ALBERT,JE CRISP,RAI TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO W SOUTH FLORIDA W vs Stephen F. Austin W at Hawaii W vs North Carolina State L LA SALLE W UC SANTA BARBARA L DNP DNP at Northern Arizona Wom W DNP at Denver 12/18/ L DNP CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W DNP TENNESSEE L DNP WAKE FOREST W DNP at Stanford L DNP DNP at California W DNP DNP DNP WASHINGTON L DNP DNP WASHINGTON STATE W DNP at UCLA W DNP at USC W DNP ARIZONA W DNP DNP DNP Opponent Date Score WL TUCKER,NA LIU,LI'I JOHNSON,M CARVALHO, TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO W DNP SOUTH FLORIDA W vs Stephen F. Austin W at Hawaii W DNP vs North Carolina State L DNP LA SALLE W DNP UC SANTA BARBARA L DNP at Northern Arizona Wom W DNP at Denver 12/18/ L DNP CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W TENNESSEE L DNP WAKE FOREST W DNP at Stanford L DNP at California W DNP WASHINGTON L DNP WASHINGTON STATE W DNP at UCLA W DNP at USC W DNP ARIZONA W DNP

10 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL SUPERLATIVES ASU INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Points...28 by Levens vs. Stephen F. Austin, 11/24/00 Field Goals...10 by Johnson at Hawaii, 11/25/00 FG Attempts...17 twice by Johnson (last vs. Washington, 1/11/01) FG Percentage (5-6) by Carvalho vs. CSUN, 12/21/00 3-Point Field Goals...4 by Levens vs. Washington State, 1/13/01 3-Point FG Attempts...7 by Levens at UCLA, 1/18/01 3-Point FG Pct (4-4) by Levens vs. WashingtonState, 1/13/01 Free Throws...10 twice (by Johnson vs. Wake Forest, 12/30/00) Free Throw Attempts...17 by Johnson vs. Washington, 1/11/01 Free Throw Percentage six times...(last by Levens (8-8) at USC, 1/20/01) Offensive Rebounds...6 four times...(last by Johnson and Boardman vs. Arizona, 1/27/01) Rebounds...12 by Johnson vs. Arizona, 1/27/01 Assists...6 by Tucker at UCLA, 1/18/01 Steals...7 by Boardman vs. Cal State Northridge, 12/21/00 BlockedShots...3 by Johnson vs. NC State, 11/26/00 (Minimums: five FG attempts, three 3-pt. attempts, five FT attempts) ASU TEAM HIGHS Points...83 vs. Washington State, 1/13/01 Points in 1st Half...49 vs. Washington State, 1/13/01 Points in 2nd Half...45 vs. Cal State Northridge, 12/21/00 Field Goals...29 twice (last vs. Cal State Northridge, 12/21/00) Field Goals Attempts...63 vs. South Florida, 11/19/00 Field Goal Percentage (27-53) vs. Washington State, 1/13/01 3-Point Field Goals...8 twice (last at UCLA, 1/18/01) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...20 at UCLA, 1/18/01 3-Point FG Percentage (6-11) vs. WashingtonState, 1/13/01 Free Throws...30 vs. Wake Forest, 12/30/00 Free Throw Attempts...40 vs. Wake Forest, 12/30/00 Free Throw Percentage (16-20) at USC, 1/20/01 Offensive Rebounds...21 vs. Washington, 1/11/01 Rebounds...49 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 11/24/00 Assists...21 vs. South Florida, 11/19/00 Steals...16 vs. Cal State Northridge, 12/21/00 BlockedShots...4 vs. NC State, 11/26/00 Turnovers...21 twice (last at USC, 1/20/01) Fouls...24 vs. Tennessee, 12/27/00 ASU TEAM LOWS OPPONENT TEAM HIGHS Points...92 by Stanford, 1/4/01 Points in 1st Half...49 by Stanford, 1/4/01 Points in 2nd Half...49 by UCSB, 12/3/00 Field Goals...34 by Stanford, 1/4/01 Field Goals Attempts...62 by UCLA, 1/18/01 Field Goal Percentage (30-50) by UCSB, 12/3/00 3-Point Field Goals...10 by Stanford, 1/4/01 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...18 twice (last by USC, 1/20/01) 3-Point FG Percentage (10-15 by Stanford, 1/4/01) Free Throws...17 twice (last by Washington, 1/11/01) Free Throw Attempts...25 by Tennessee, 12/27/00 Free Throw Percentage (14-15) by Stanford, 1/4/01 Offensive Rebounds...16 by Tennessee, 12/27/00 Rebounds...47 by Stanford, 1/4/01 Assists...22 by UCSB, 12/3/00 Steals...11 by Cal State Northridge, 12/21/00 BlockedShots...9 by Tennessee, 12/27/00 Turnovers...29 by Cal State Northridge, 12/21/00 Fouls...28 by Wake Forest, 12/30/00 OPPONENT TEAM LOWS Points...39 by South Florida, 11/19/00 Points in 1st Half...18 twice (last by Cal State Northridge, 12/21/00) Points in 2nd Half...19 by Texas-San Antonio, 11/18/00 Field Goals...13 twice (last by South Florida, 11/19/00) Field Goals Attempts...40 by South Florida, 11/19/00 Field Goal Percentage (13-47) by Texas-San Antonio, 11/18/00 3-Point Field Goals...0 three times (last by Hawaii, 11/25/00) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...3 twice (last by Hawaii, 11/25/00) 3-Point FG Percentage three times (last by Hawaii, 11/25/00) Free Throws...1 by Arizona, 1/27/01 Free Throw Attempts...5 twice (last by Arizona, 1/27/01) Free Throw Percentage (1-5) by Arizona, 1/27/01 Offensive Rebounds...5 by South Florida, 11/19/00 Rebounds...25 twice (last by Arizona, 1/27/01) Assists...6 three times (last by Hawaii, 11/25/00) Steals...1 by La Salle, 12/1/00 BlockedShots...0 by South Florida, 11/19/00 Turnovers...15 by UCLA, 1/18/01 Fouls...16 twice (last by Arizona, 1/27/01) Points...51 vs. NC State, 11/26/00 Points in 1st Half...20 at Denver, 12/18/00 Points in 2nd Half...25 vs. NC State, 11/26/00 Field Goals...18 vs. NC State, 11/26/00 Field Goals Attempts...48 at California, 1/6/01 Field Goal Percentage (18-53) vs. NC State, 11/26/00 3-Point Field Goals...1 vs. NC State, 11/26/00 3-Point Field Goal Attempts...8 vs. Cal State Northridge, 12/21/00 3-Point FG Percentage (1-11) vs. NC State, 11/26/00 Free Throws...9 three times (last vs. La Salle, 12/1/00) Free Throw Attempts...15 twice (last vs. La Salle, 12/1/00) Free Throw Percentage (9-22) vs. Texas-San Antonio, 11/18/00 Offensive Rebounds...9 vs. Hawaii, 11/25/00 Rebounds...21 at Stanford, 1/4/01 Assists...10 at Denver, 12/18/00 Steals...2 at Hawaii, 11/25/00 BlockedShots...0 six times (last vs. Arizona, 1/27/01) Turnovers...9 vs. La Salle, 12/1/00 Fouls...10 at California, 1/6/01