Score is even closer than the game was.
An identity was established on the road tonight, even if it was against Oregon - who remains winless in the conference.
This is James Harden's team. Everyone we play knows what he can do and knows they need to stop him. He came onto Oregon's court and dropped 36 points.
36 points - 11-21 FG, 5-10 3P, 9-10 FT. 5 reb, 2 stl, 3 blocks, 2 assists. The guy dominated.
He is the best player in the conference, and one of the best in the country. His supporting cast did enough, but they did not need to do much. Pendergraph played ok. Boateng fouled out. Glasser had 7 assists but 5 turnovers. There is plenty the team's role players need to improve on, but we got to see a special performance by James Harden tonight.
Stats after the jump.
| 1 | 2 | T | ||
| #23 | ASU (17-5) | 32 | 34 | 66 |
| ORE (6-16) | 27 | 30 | 57 | |
Final
| ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jeff Pendergraph, F | 25 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| Derek Glasser, G | 36 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerren Shipp, G | 26 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Ty Abbott, G | 38 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| James Harden, G | 40 | 11-21 | 5-10 | 9-10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 36 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Eric Boateng, C | 15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jamelle McMillan, G | 19 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Kraidon Woods, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rohde, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 21-45 | 8-23 | 16-17 | 8 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 66 | ||
| 46.7% | 34.8% | 94.1% | ||||||||||
| OREGON DUCKS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Joevan Catron, F | 28 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Josh Crittle, F-C | 21 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| LeKendric Longmire, G | 17 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Tajuan Porter, G | 36 | 6-14 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Garrett Sim, G | 25 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Churchill Odia, G | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kamyron Brown, G | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Dunigan, C | 17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Matthew Humphrey, G | 17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Drew Wiley, F | 19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 17-41 | 8-18 | 15-23 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 57 | ||
| 41.5% | 44.4% | 65.2% | ||||||||||