Game notes from Xavier men's hoops game

December 15, 2007

ASU's 77-55 win over No. 17 Xavier on Saturday is the largest win over a ranked team in school history. The previous best was ASU's 20-point win at top-ranked Oregon State (87-67) on March 7, 1981.<separator></separator>Margin, Score, Date (22)--ASU 77, #17 Xavier 55 (Dec. 15, 2007) (20)--#5 ASU 87, @#1 Oregon State 67 (March 7, 1981) (19)--ASU 89, #5 San Francisco 70 (Dec. 3, 1977) (18)--ASU 71, #6 Colorado 53 (Dec. 21, 1962) (17)--ASU 79, #13 Michigan 62 (Nov. 22, 1994) (17)--ASU 95, #3 USC 78 (Dec. 1, 1971) (16)--ASU 88, #10 Arizona 72 (Jan. 23, 2002) <separator></separator>OTHER NOTES *ASU has now won its past two games against ranked foes, as its last game against a ranked opponent was on Feb. 18, 2007, and it topped No. 22 USC 68-58.<separator></separator>*ASU's first non-conference home win over a ranked opponent since No. 14 Arizona State beat No. 7 Ohio State 71-58 on Dec. 20, 1980.<separator></separator>*ASU's highest-ranked non-conference win since 97-90 win over seventh-ranked Maryland on Nov. 23, 1994.<separator></separator>*It marked Xavier's worst defeat since an 80-49 loss to La Salle in the 1999-2000 season.<separator></separator>*ASU's 59.5 shooting percentage is the best against Xavier since Elite Eight-bound St. Joseph's in 2003-2004 shot 60 percent. That St. Joseph's team was undefeated for all of the regular season.<separator></separator>*ASU held Xavier to just over 30 precent shooting percentage, the worst since it shot 29.8 percent at UC in 2004-05.<separator></separator>*The win was <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sendek_herb00.html">He… Sendek's</a> 31st against a ranked team.<separator></separator>COACH SENDEK'S WINS AGAINST RANKED TEAMS (31) Date~ Score Dec. 15, 2007 ~ Arizona State 77, #17 Xavier 55 Feb. 18, 2007 ~ Arizona State 68, #22 USC 58 Jan. 10, 2006 ~ NC State 78, @#15 Boston College 60 Dec. 30, 2005 ~ NC State 79, #12 George Washington 58 Mar. 20, 2005 ~ NC State 65, #13 UCONN 62 (NCAA Tournament at Worcester, Mass.) Mar. 11, 2005 ~ NC State 81, #3 Wake Forest 65 (ACC Tournament at Greensboro) Feb. 16, 2005 ~ NC State 82, #22 Maryland 63 Jan. 16, 2005 ~ NC State 76, #8 Georgia Tech 68 Mar. 6, 2004 ~ NC State 81, @#11 Wake Forest 70 Feb. 25, 2004 ~ NC State 79, @#18 Georgia Tech 69 Feb. 15, 2004 ~ NC State 78, #1 Duke 74 Feb. 4, 2004 ~ NC State 73, #16 Wake Forest 68 Jan. 24, 2004 ~ NC State 76, #11 Georgia Tech 72 Mar. 15, 2003 ~ NC State 87, #9 Wake Forest 83 (ACC Tournament at Greensboro) Jan. 22, 2003 ~ NC State 80, #3 Duke 71 Mar. 9, 2002 ~ NC State 86, #2 Maryland 82 (ACC Tournament at Charlotte) Feb. 6, 2002 ~ NC State 85, #8 Virginia 68 Jan. 5, 2002 ~ NC State 81, @#4 Virginia 74 Dec. 8, 2001 ~ NC State 82, @#9 Syracuse 68 Feb. 7, 2001 ~ NC State 90, #6 Virginia 80 Jan. 6, 2000 ~ NC State 68, #12 Maryland 66 Dec. 1, 1999 ~ NC State 61, @#19 Purdue 59 Dec. 23, 1998 ~ NC State 62, #23 Oklahoma 58 (San Juan, P.R.) Feb. 21, 1998 ~ NC State 86, @#1 North Carolina 72 Dec. 4, 1997 ~ NC State 71, @#22 Georgia Tech 69 (OT) Nov. 11, 1997 ~ NC State 47, #19 Georgia 45 (Meadowlands) Mar. 8, 1997 ~ NC State 65, #22 Maryland 58 (ACC Tournament at Greensboro) Mar. 7, 1997 ~ NC State 66, #7 Duke 60 (ACC Tournament at Greensboro) Feb. 17, 1997 ~ NC State 60, @#4 Wake Forest 59 (OT) Feb. 1, 1997 ~ NC State 58, #7 Clemson 54 Mar. 16, 1995 ~ Miami (Ohio) 71, #15 Arizona 62 (NCAA Tournament @Dayton)