Becca Tobin and Lady Sun Devils Near Impressive School Record
In our weekly look at the Arizona State women’s hoops team, the Lady Sun Devils emerge from their annual Pink Zone Game on the cusp of a history-making moment. What ASU record is about to fall?
Last week (2-0, 17-6, 9-2 Pac-10): ASU 68, Oregon 56; ASU 65, Oregon State 54.
What We Learned: That head coach Charli Turner Thorne certainly has high expectations for her team, and that ASU is capable of winning ugly even when it isn’t playing its best basketball. The Sun Devils won their ninth straight game last weekend and are nearing the school record of 10 consecutive victories.
Nonetheless, Turner Thorne blasted her team’s play after ASU’s win over the Ducks, and wasn’t exactly thrilled after watching the Sun Devils slog through a lackadaisical second half against the Beavers. Quoth Turner Thorne after: “They responded well (after the Oregon game) and did what they needed to do. The fact we didn’t sustain it, that’s an issue that we can address.”
Star of the Week: Reserve post Becca Tobin is making rapid progress in her sophomore season. The 6-foot-5 Glendale Cactus product scored 11 points against Oregon, her second double-figure game in the last three, and had six rebounds plus one block and one assist. She added six points on 3-of-4 shooting and swatted three more shots against Oregon State. Coming into the weekend, she had cracked the Pac-10’s top 20 in rebounds (5.2 per game) and blocked shots (1.0).
Want more Tobin? The Arizona Republic ran a feature on the rail thin Becca Tobin and her assault on ASU’s career blocks mark last week.
What’s Next: ASU will travel to take on the Los Angeles schools this weekend. The Sun Devils had a fairly easy time against UCLA and USC at home last month, but Turner Thorne certainly won’t let her squad think that setting the program’s consecutive victories mark is an inevitability.
Specifically, the coach wasn’t thrilled with the way her team passed the ball and played defense during long stretches of both of last weekend’s games, so those elements will be keys to watch against the Bruins (5-4) and Ladies of Troy (5-4).
ASU still sits in third place in the Pac-10 behind Cal (10-0) and Stanford (9-1).
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