The Arizona State Sun Devils will travel to Alaska Airlines Arena to take on the Washington Huskies this Thursday night in College Basketball action.
The Arizona State Sun Devils dropped to 7-14 on the season after being defeated by the 4th ranked Arizona Wildcats, 91-79, this past Monday. Arizona State had no answers for the Arizona offensive attack and could not fight back after the Wildcats took a 75-53 lead with 8:40 left in regulation. Arizona State shot 42.3% from the field & 43.3% from beyond the arc while allowing Arizona to shoot 56.7% from the field & 36.8% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Sun Devils was Marreon Jackson who had 16 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, & 4 steals.
On the season, Arizona State is averaging 64.2 ppg on 38.9% shooting from the field. The Sun Devils are averaging 6.9 three-pointers per game on 28.9% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Arizona State has been led by DJ Horne (13.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.7 apg), Kimani Lawrence (10.7 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.0 spg, 1.0 bpg), Jay Heath (10.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.4 apg), & Marreon Jackson (9.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.4 spg).
Defensively, Arizona State is allowing their opponents to an average of 70.0 ppg on 40.6% shooting from the field. The Sun Devils have a rebound margin of -6.7 and a turnover margin of 1.8.
The Washington Huskies had their 3-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 12-9 on the season after being defeated by the Stanford Cardinal, 87-69, this past Sunday. Washington struggled on both ends of the court against Stanford and could not fight back after going into halftime trailing by a 46-33 margin. Washington shot 39.1% from the field & 27.3% from beyond the arc while allowing Stanford to shoot 50.8% from the field & 40.7% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Huskies was Terrell Brown Jr. who had 30 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block, & 5 steals.
On the season, Washington is averaging 70.1 ppg on 40.4% shooting from the field. The Huskies are averaging 6.5 three-pointers per game on 31.3% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Washington has been led by Terrell Brown Jr. (22.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 4.2 apg, 2.5 spg), Emmitt Matthews Jr. (11.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg), Jamal Bey (8.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.5 spg), & Daejon Davis (7.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.8 apg, 2.0 spg).
Defensively, Washington is allowing their opponents to average 71.9 ppg on 44.1% shooting from the field. The Huskies have a rebound margin of -6.9 and a turnover margin of 5.1.
The Sun Devils are 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games & 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games. The Huskies are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games & 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games.
Arizona was able to pick up an impressive victory at home vs. UCLA recently, however, this is still a team that has underperformed this season and has lost 8 of their last 10 games. Washington had a slow start to their season, however, the Huskies have played much better as of late and as I just don’t see a Sun Devils team that ranked just 318th in scoring offense & 206th in scoring defense having much success on the road, I think Washington has no trouble covering this small home spread. Good Luck!