Women's Basketball defeats Fort Lewis College

November 08, 2010

Kali Bennett scored a game-high 14 points and Dymond Simon and Markisha Patterson added 11 points each as Arizona State defeated Fort Lewis College 89-56 in an exhibition contest played on Sunday at Wells Fargo Arena.<separator></separator>Both teams shot 45 percent for the game, however the Sun Devils capitalized on a 27-7 advantage on the offensive boards, which translated into 27 second-chance points. In addition, ASU scored 33 points on the Skyhawks' 27 turnovers.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils also helped their cause with a 6-of-11 performance (.545) from behind the arc.<separator></separator>Bennett, who made seven of her 11 field goal attempts, led ASU's strong rebounding effort, collecting eight boards while Becca Tobin and Kimberly Brandon added seven rebounds each.<separator></separator>ASU opened the game with a 20-7 run in the first 6:02 and never looked back on its way to a 28-point halftime lead.<separator></separator>A jumper by Simon gave ASU its largest lead of the game, 52-20, with 19:21 left in the game.<separator></separator>Thirty of ASU's 89 points were scored by players who were either injured in 2009-10 (Simon - 11 points and Patterson - 11 points) or are new to the program (freshman guard Adrianne Thomas - eight points). Simon saw her first action since suffering a knee injury in ASU's 2008-09 regular season finale at Stanford while Patterson, who was 3-4 from 3-point range on Sunday, used a medical redshirt last season after transferring to ASU from Central Arizona.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils open the regular season this Friday when they host Northern Arizona at 6:30 p.m. For tickets, contact the Sun Devil ticket office at 480-727-0000.

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