This One Goes to 11: Briann January and the Lady Sun Devils Keep Rolling
In our weekly look at the ASU women’s hoops team, the Sun Devils keep within striking distance of league-leading Stanford and Cal by stretching their school record winning streak. How many in a row is that now?
Last week (2-0, 19-6 overall, 11-2 Pac-10): ASU 72, USC 69; ASU 69, UCLA 66
What We Learned: That the Sun Devils are closing out close games at the end, something they weren’t doing earlier in the season. ASU earned its 10th and 11th consecutive victories (a new school record) by hanging on to small leads late in the second half in its games against the Ladies of Troy and the Bruins.
During their record streak, the Sun Devils haven’t been able to make up any ground in the Pac-10 championship race as league-leading Cal has been equally as hot. But the Golden Bears suffered their first Pac-10 loss to Stanford on Saturday, leaving them tied with the Cardinal on top of the conference at 11-1, with ASU lurking just one-half game back. It’s shaping up to potentially be a tremendous three-team race down the stretch for the Pac-10 regular-season title.
Star of the Week: Briann January, an all-conference second-teamer from a year ago, hasn’t had a lot of eye-popping performances on paper this season as she’s deferred some of the scoring and play-making responsibilities to her backcourt mates. But she’s continued to be a steady presence for ASU on both ends of the floor.
Against UCLA, she broke through for 21 points, including four 3-pointers, five assists and three steals. She’s second on the team in scoring at 12.6 points per game and leads the team in assists and steals.
What’s Next: Another win, most likely, as long as the Sun Devils continue to play the way they’ve played over the last 11 games. ASU will take on UA on Saturday in a contest that will feature two teams going in opposite directions. While the Sun Devils are enjoying their record winning streak, the Wildcats are 2-10, sit in ninth place in the Pac-10 and were destroyed by ASU 75-38 last month.
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