Women's hoops defeats Oregon for second straight win

January 10, 2009

<a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/lacey_lauren01.html">L… Lacey</a> came off the bench to score a season-best 19 points as Arizona State won its second consecutive game, defeating Oregon 81-53.<separator></separator>Lacey was one of four Sun Devils who scored in double figures for Arizona State (10-6, 2-2- Pac-10), which never trailed and never relinquished the double-digit lead it gained after <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/orsillo_danielle00.htm… Orsillo's</a> 3-pointer put the Sun Devils up 20-9 with 12:26 left in the first half.<separator></separator>Also scoring in double figures for the Sun Devils were freshman <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/brandon_kimberly00.htm… Brandon</a>, who scored a career-best 11 points to go along with career-best numbers in rebounds (6) and steals (2), and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/murphy_kayli01.html">K… Murphy</a> and Orsillo, who added 10 points each.<separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/january_briann00.html"… January</a> (7) and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/simon_dymond01.html">D… Simon</a> (6) combined for 13 of Arizona State's 21 assists. January also had a pair of steals to move into sole possession of second place on Arizona State's all-time steals list. Last weekend January, who leads the Pac-10 in assists and steals per game, became the Sun Devils' all-time leader in assists.<separator></separator>Combined with their 61-36 win at Oregon State on Thursday, the Sun Devils won both their contests in the state of Oregon by an average of 26.5 points to even their record in Pac-10 play.<separator></separator>Oregon (5-9, 2-2 Pac-10), which had won two games in a row coming into Saturday's contest, was led in scoring by Jasmin Holliday, who had 13 points.<separator></separator>With the win, Arizona State improved to 17-3 on the road in the last two-plus seasons of Pac-10 play.<separator></separator>