No. 14 Arizona State blows out Yale 84-38

November 19, 2007

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/simon_dymond01.html">D… Simon</a> scored 17 points and sparked a 34-2 run in the first half to help No. 14 Arizona State beat Yale 84-38 on Monday night.<separator></separator>The 5-foot-5 Simon also grabbed five rebounds, had three assists and led eight different scorers during the first-half spurt that began after Yale scored two early baskets.<separator></separator>Arizona State (2-1) led 43-15 at the half.<separator></separator>Jamie Van Horne led the Bulldogs with nine points.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/january_briann00.html"… January</a> added 13 points and six assists while <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/thompson_kirsten00.htm… Thompson</a> had 13 points and seven rebounds for the Sun Devils, who have won two straight after a season-opening loss to North Carolina.<separator></separator>Lindsey Williams added eight points for Yale (0-2), which opened the season with a 100-44 loss to No. 5 Stanford on Nov. 9.<separator></separator>The Bulldogs turned a pair of early Sun Devil turnovers into easy baskets to take a 4-0 lead in the first three minutes before Arizona State ran off eight straight points. Yale got another layup but then Simon, who suffered a knee ligament injury 10 months ago, hit a 3-pointer and a layup to begin a 26-0 run.<separator></separator>Yale missed 19 of its 24 first-half shots and were outrebounded 29-11 in the first 20 minutes.