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Pivotal Game as Sun Devils visit Huskies in Pac-10 Showdown

By Cory Williams

Ah, mediocrity. The word is used as a descriptor for a lot of things in life - the Diamondbacks, Olive Garden, Family Guy, Bud Light. Never has the word been so apt as right now in 2010 when describing the Pac-10 basketball slate. Despite losing two NBA draft picks in 2009, the Sun Devils are sitting atop the conference with a dazzling 6-4 record.

At 16-7 overall, ASU needs to win six more games to have a good shot at making the NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid. There are 8 regular season games remaining on the slate, and then ASU will be playing at least once in the Pac-10 Tournament. What this information really implies is the following: the Devils cannot have a letdown game tonight, or lose next weekend to either of the Oregon schools. The next three games are essential.

Washington has looked good lately after an abysmal start to Pac-10 play. The Huskies decimated the Cougars, then beat a now-tough Arizona Wildcats team. Sitting at 15-7, UW must win a lot of games in order to be dancing in March.

In reality, our conference may only get 2 or 3 bids. But if UW, ASU, Cal and Arizona can all win the majority of their remaining games, we may have a shot at 4. UCLA is out unless they win the Pac-10 Tournament.

Man, lets look at the stats, shall we?

FG 3PT FT Rebounds Misc
G M M A Pct M A Pct M A Pct Off Def Tot Ast TO Stl Blk PF PPG
Quincy Pondexter 22 31.4 7.4 13.3 55.5 0.5 1.3 39.3 5.5 6.7 82.3 3.5 4.8 8.3 1.6 2.2 1.4 0.7 2.5 20.7
Isaiah Thomas 21 30.2 5.0 12.6 40.2 1.6 5.4 30.1 5.4 7.4 73.5 0.8 3.4 4.2 2.6 2.7 1.0 0.0 2.0 17.1
Venoy Overton 22 22.7 2.8 6.4 43.3 0.5 1.6 27.8 2.8 3.6 78.5 0.7 2.1 2.8 3.5 2.3 1.6 0.1 3.1 8.8
Matthew Bryan-Amaning 22 20.7 2.8 5.7 48.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.5 55.4 1.8 3.2 5.0 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.3 2.6 7.0
Scott Suggs 21 16.7 1.8 4.6 39.2 1.3 3.4 38.9 1.0 1.3 81.5 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.0 1.8 6.0
Elston Turner 22 15.0 1.9 5.0 36.9 1.0 3.0 33.3 0.5 1.0 47.6 0.5 1.5 1.9 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.1 1.0 5.2
Adbul Gaddy 22 20.0 1.9 4.6 41.6 0.1 0.8 11.8 0.9 1.7 54.1 0.7 0.8 1.5 2.6 1.7 0.6 0.1 2.8 4.8
Justin Holiday 20 18.5 1.9 5.0 37.4 0.1 0.8 13.3 1.0 1.2 79.2 1.7 2.1 3.8 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.5 4.8
Tyreese Breshers 21 12.0 1.4 3.2 44.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 50.0 1.2 2.1 3.4 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.0 3.0 3.9
Darnell Gant 22 13.0 1.1 2.9 37.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.9 78.9 1.0 1.7 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.2 2.9
Clarence Trent 18 5.8 0.7 1.5 48.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.8 73.3 0.9 1.0 1.9 0.2 1.0 0.1 0.1 1.1 2.1
Brendan Sherrer 7 1.9 0.3 0.6 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6

Ty Abbott's stats have been increasing nicely over the past few weeks...

FG 3PT FT Rebounds Misc
G M M A Pct M A Pct M A Pct Off Def Tot Ast TO Stl Blk PF PPG
Rihards Kuksiks 23 30.0 4.1 9.5 43.6 2.6 6.7 38.7 1.6 1.8 85.7 0.6 2.7 3.3 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.3 2.1 12.4
Ty Abbott 22 25.8 4.0 8.5 46.3 2.4 5.4 44.1 1.5 2.0 75.0 1.0 3.5 4.5 1.4 1.3 1.0 0.3 2.5 11.8
Derek Glasser 23 32.3 2.8 7.3 38.9 1.2 3.0 40.6 3.6 4.1 88.3 0.1 2.3 2.4 5.2 2.3 1.2 0.2 0.8 10.5
Trent Lockett 23 22.6 2.8 5.4 51.6 0.2 0.7 23.5 2.5 3.4 72.2 1.1 2.4 3.6 1.0 1.6 1.0 0.1 2.4 8.2
Eric Boateng 23 26.0 3.3 5.0 65.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.7 59.7 2.4 4.3 6.7 0.7 2.0 0.7 0.7 2.6 8.1
Jamelle McMillan 19 29.0 2.8 6.1 46.6 1.4 3.4 40.6 0.8 1.4 61.5 0.5 3.2 3.6 3.2 1.2 1.2 0.2 2.7 7.9
Demetrius Walker 18 12.2 1.2 3.8 30.9 0.5 1.4 36.0 1.4 2.1 68.4 0.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.2 1.3 4.3
Jerren Shipp 20 12.8 1.3 2.9 43.9 0.3 1.4 22.2 0.7 0.9 76.5 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.1 1.0 3.5
Taylor Rohde 20 8.9 1.0 1.9 51.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.9 1.7 54.5 0.5 1.0 1.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.2 2.8
Victor Rudd 13 6.0 0.9 2.5 37.5 0.5 1.9 24.0 0.4 0.6 62.5 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.9 2.7
Rusian Pateev 17 8.9 0.8 1.5 53.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 64.7 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.1 2.3
Marcus Jackson 7 3.0 0.1 0.4 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.7 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
Brandon Thompson 9 3.2 0.2 0.4 50.0 0.2 0.4 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.7


GO DEVILS!

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