SUN DEVIL HOOPS GAME NOTES: ASU (2-0) Meets Cornell Tuesday At 7 p.m. At Wells Fargo Arena

Sun Devils are 5-0 vs. the Ivy League, meets Cornell for the first time.

Nov. 19, 2012

The Arizona State men's hoops team (2-0) takes on Cornell Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Tempe in the second game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. ASU is 2-0 for the first time since 2009-10, when it started 4-0.

VS. THE IVY LEAGUE: Arizona State will meet Cornell for the first time, and the Sun Devils are 5-0 against the Ivy League. The Sun Devils have single wins over Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn and Princeton.

BACK-TO-BACK FIVE DUDES IN DOUBLE DIGITS: ASU has put five guys in double-digits in back-to-back games in the first two games of the year, the first time it has done that in consecutive games since Dec. 23 and Dec. 29, 2008). In the win today, Jahii Carson had 20 points, Chris Colvin had 15 off the bench, Jordan Bachynski added 14 and Carrick Felix and Jonathan Gillingeach added 13 points.

GILLING POSTS CAREER-HIGH REBOUNDS: Sophomore Jonathan Gilling had a career-high 15 rebounds in the Nov. 18 Florida A&M win, including 14 on the defensive end.

5 DAYS TO PREPARE: With the win Nov. 18 following game Nov. 10, the Sun Devils are 17-8 (.680) in past six years when Herb Sendek and his staff have at least five full days in between games, and seven of the wins have been against teams that would make the NCAA Tournament in that season.

SUN DEVIL CAREER BLOCKS
1. 191 - Mario Bennett, '91-95
2. 167 - Tommy Smith, '99-2003
3. 160 - Rodger Farrington, '95-97
4. 153 - Ike Diogu, '02-05
5. 148 - Alton Lister, '78-82
6. 131 - Jeff Pendergraph, '05-09
7. 93 - Kurt Nimphius, '76-80
8. 83 - Sam Williams, '78-81
8. 83 - Mike Batiste, '96-99
10. 76 - Jordan Bachynski, '10-present
10. 76 - Shawn Redhage, '99-2003
10. 76 - Jim Deines, '82-85

100: Coach Sendek became the fourth Sun Devil men's hoops coach to have 100 wins with the 97-70 win over Florida A&M on Nov. 18. Ned Wulk coached for 25 years from 1957-82 and had 406 wins. Bill Frieder was coach from 1989-97 (eight seasons) and had 132, while Rob Evans had 119 wins in his eight seasons (1998-2006).

POINTS: ASU's 97 points vs. Florida A&M is the third-most in the Coach Sendek era, while the 45 first-half points is tied for the ninth-most in his seven seasons.

MOST POINTS BY ASU IN COACH SENDEK ERA
ASU 104, San Francisco 65 (Nov. 20, 2009)
ASU 99, @California 90, 2 OT (Jan. 17, 2008)
ASU 97, Florida A&M 70 (Nov. 18, 2012)

MOST POINTS BY ASU IN FIRST HALF UNDER COACH SENDEK
ASU 58, San Francisco 23 (Nov. 20, 2009)
ASU 54, Stanford 22 (Feb. 2, 2010)
ASU 54, Florida Gulf Coast 26 (Nov. 28, 2007)
ASU 51, Saint Francis (Pa.) 27 (Dec. 29, 2007)
ASU 49, Central Arkansas 31 (Nov. 10, 2012)
ASU 49, Central Connecticut State 22 (Dec. 29, 2008)
ASU 46, @Oregon 27 (Jan. 14, 2010)
ASU 46, UTEP 37 @Anaheim (Nov. 30, 2008)
ASU 45, Florida A&M 32 (Nov. 18, 2012)
ASU 45, Tulsa 25 (Jan. 12, 2011)

BLOCKS: ASU's 11 blocks vs. Florida A&M is tied for the most in the Coach Sendek era, and you only have to go back one week to find the other 11-block game. It was the opener vs. Central Arkansas.

MOST BLOCKS BY ASU IN COACH SENDEK ERA
11 vs. Florida A&M (Nov. 18, 2012)
11 vs. Central Arkansas (Nov. 10, 2012)
11 vs. Southern Illinois (Mar. 20, 2008)

MOST POINTS IN COACH SENDEK ERA --ASU 104, San Francisco 65 (11/20/09)
--ASU 99, @Cal 90, 2 OT (1/17/08)
--ASU 97, Florida A&M 70 (11/18/12)

CHRIS PLAYING WELL
Chris Colvinin his final 15 games last year averaged 8.7 points (fourth on the team), 31.1 minutes and had 75 assists (5.0 per game). He had six double-figure scoring games in that time, including a career-best 18 at WSU (Feb. 18), 16 vs. WSU (Jan. 28) and 15 at Colorado (Jan. 19). He has picked up where he left off with 11 points and five assists vs. Central Arkansas in the opener and 15 points and six rebounds in the Nov. 18 Florida A&M win. Below is his breakdown of his first 16 games at ASU and then the past 17.

CHRIS BREAKDOWN: FIRST 16 GAMES OF LAST SEASON/NEXT 17 GAMES (INCLUDING TWO THIS YEAR)
POINTS PER GAME: 4.9/9.2
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE: .277 (18-65)/.427 (50-117)
THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE: .250 (5-20)/.389 (14-36)
ASSISTS PER GAME: 2.8/4.9
REBOUNDS PER GAME: 1.3/3.6

JORDAN'S FREE THROWS
Jordan Bachynskientered the Stanford Feb. 2, 2012, game 40-of-90 (.444) from the free throw line in his 44-game career, but was 10-of-12 (.833) in that game and is now 40-of-57 (.701) in his past 12 games.

VS. CENTRAL ARKANSAS
ASU had 69 field goal attempts vs. Central Arkansas on Nov. 10, its most since it had 70 in the first game of the Coach Sendek era on Nov. 13, 2006...junior Jordan Bachynski not only set Sun Devil record with nine blocks but his eight field goals made was a career-best and his 30 minutes matched a career-high. His 12 rebounds was just one off his career-high of 13. It marked his second career double-double (11 points and 12 boards at Utah on Feb. 9, 2012)...senior Carrick Felixhad a career-high rebounds with 11 (seven offensive)... ASU's 49 first-half points was the most since it led Stanford 54-22 on Feb. 2, 2010 and is tied for fifth-most under Coach Sendek...five Sun Devils reached double figures.

SUN DEVIL CAREER 20-POINT GAMES
23, Carrick Felix vs. UA (3/4/12)
22, Carrick Felix at USC (1/5/12)
21, Jonathan Gilling vs. UA (3/4/12)
21, Carrick Felix vs. Tulsa (1/12/11)
20, Jahii Carson vs. Florida A&M (11/18/12)
20, Jordan Bachynski at Stanford (2/2/12)
20, Carrick Felix vs. WSU (1/28/12)
20, Jonathan Gilling vs. UW (1/26/12)
20, Carrick Felix vs. New Mexico (11/18/11)

Evan Gordon's 20-PT GAMES AT LIBERTY
26 at Coastal Carolina (2/3/11)
26 vs. Winthrop (12/4/10)
24 vs. Charleston Southern (2/27/10)
24 at VMI (1/2/10)
23 vs. Virginia Intermount (11/12/10)
22 at Presbyterian (1/7/10)
21 vs. Charleston Southern (12/3/09)
20 vs. Radford (2/10/11)