Spring Break
No. 6 Sun Devils advance to face Huskies Tuesday
Brittany Perotti
Issue date: 3/30/09 Section: Sports
TRENTON, N.J. - It was another day of upsets in the NCAA tournament, at least for one team.
The Sun Devils played a back-and-forth game against the Aggies Sunday afternoon in the second game at Trenton. Despite the fact that they were the lower seed, they only trailed for the first 29 seconds of the game and shot 66 percent in the first half.
ASU broke out in the closing minutes of the game, pulling up the upset of the No.2 seed Texas A&M in the Trenton Regional, winning 84-69.
As the Sun Devils took their final free throws, ASU head coach Charli Turner Thorne went down the line high-fiving her players.
"I'm a little bit speechless, to be honest, and that doesn't happen very often," Turner Thorne said. "Just overwhelming pride….usually we don't win giving up 69 points."
Briann January scored 22 points in 24 minutes to lead all scorers.
The win is the program's second in the Sweet Sixteen in 26 years. ASU has advanced to the Elite Eight once before - in 2007 - where it defeated Bowling Green, 67-49. The Sun Devils lost to Rutgers in that year's Greensboro Regional final.
The Sun Devils played a back-and-forth game against the Aggies Sunday afternoon in the second game at Trenton. Despite the fact that they were the lower seed, they only trailed for the first 29 seconds of the game and shot 66 percent in the first half.
ASU broke out in the closing minutes of the game, pulling up the upset of the No.2 seed Texas A&M in the Trenton Regional, winning 84-69.
As the Sun Devils took their final free throws, ASU head coach Charli Turner Thorne went down the line high-fiving her players.
"I'm a little bit speechless, to be honest, and that doesn't happen very often," Turner Thorne said. "Just overwhelming pride….usually we don't win giving up 69 points."
Briann January scored 22 points in 24 minutes to lead all scorers.
The win is the program's second in the Sweet Sixteen in 26 years. ASU has advanced to the Elite Eight once before - in 2007 - where it defeated Bowling Green, 67-49. The Sun Devils lost to Rutgers in that year's Greensboro Regional final.
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