Historic Beatdown: Lady Sun Devils Get Medieval on UA
In our weekly women’s hoops update, Sybil Dosty and the Sun Devils laid a historic smackdown on the Wildcats this weekend. How bad was the beating? Keep reading to find out.
(Photo courtesy the Arizona Republic.)
Last week (1-0, 13-6 overall, 5-2 Pac-10): ASU 75, UA 38
What We Learned: That the gap between a motivated Sun Devils team and a rebuilding Wildcats squad has never been bigger. ASU dismantled UA in every phase of Saturday’s game en route to handing the Wildcats their biggest loss in the rivalry since 1980.
The Sun Devils started 0-2 in Pac-10 play, but have since won five straight and now are tied for second place with USC and UCLA, both of which ASU already beat. Cal (7-0) and Stanford (6-1), the two conference teams to beat the Sun Devils, sit on top of the Pac-10.
We also learned that coach Charli Turner Thorne picked up her first commitment for 2010 in point guard Adrianne Thomas. Thomas, out of Summit High School in Fontana, Calif., is a two-time league most valuable player.
Star of the Week: Phoenix Mercury general manager Ann Meyers Drysdale took in Saturday’s game to scout ASU guard Briann January, who could be a first-round WNBA pick next year, and post Sybil Dosty.
The 6-foot-3 Dosty (pictured above) certainly impressed all those in attendance with her fourth double-double of the season (13 points, 11 rebounds). Dosty, who grew up in Tucson and no doubt was thrilled to play so well against the Wildcats, outplayed the conference’s double-double leader, Ife Ibekwe.
What’s Next: A trip to the Evergreen State where the Sun Devils should probably be favored to pick up another couple of victories. Washington and Washington State have identical 1-6 records and are tied for eighth in the Pac-10 ahead of only winless UA.
The Sun Devils are in the middle of a stretch of games against the conference’s bottom half, and it’s imperative that they don’t slip against one of these teams, because, as ASU has already seen, the upper half of the Pac-10 looks pretty strong.
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So, that is a dude suited up for the Wildcats in the above photo, right? How did the officials let this happen?
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