Cal-Arizona State Postgame Notes

MBB1/20/2018 8:35 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Cal-Arizona State Postgame Notes

Cal-Arizona State Postgame Notes

  • Starters: Darius McNeill, Juhwan Harris-Dyson, Justice Sueing, Marcus Lee, Kingsley Okoroh
  • This is the first time this season that the Bears have used this starting five and the first time that Don Coleman has come off the bench in 2017-18.
  • Marcus Lee tied his career high with 23 points. His previous career-best came on Dec. 2 as he scored 23 points against Saint Mary's.
  • This was Lee's third 20-point game of the season. He previously scored 21 points against Cal Poly on Nov. 12 and scored 23 against Saint Mary's.
  • Lee also tied a career-high with 10 made field goals and 10 free throw attempts. He had previously made 10 free throws against Saint Mary's and taken 10 free throws against Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 16.
  • Lee made 10-13 shots from the field for a .769 field goal percentage. That is Lee's highest mark of the season when he has taken more than five shots in a game.
  • Justice Sueing scored 12 points to reach double figures in scoring for the seventh consecutive game. He has recorded double-figures in every Pac-12 game.
  • Juhwan Harris-Dyson matched his career high with 10 points. This is the sixth time this year that he has scored exactly 10 points.
  • Darius McNeill recorded his seventh straight game with a three-pointer as he made four from downtown. His career-best streak is 12 consecutive games with a three-pointer made. He now has 44 three-pointers on the year and is one away from tying Charlie Moore (2017) for fifth in the freshman record book with 45.
  • McNeill finished with 16 points, surpassing a new Pac-12 high. His previous best in conference play came when he scored 13 points against Stanford on Dec. 30.
  • The Bears finished with seven blocks, the team now has recorded 106 blocks on the year.
  • Kingsley Okoroh (2.2) and Marcus Lee (1.9) rank second and third in the Pac-12 in blocks per game and they combined for five blocks on Saturday evening.
  • McNeill tied a career high with two blocks.
  • The Bears only committed nine turnovers, their best mark during Pac-12 play this year. The previous best came against Stanford on Dec. 30.
  • Arizona State's top two scorers Tra Holder (19.3) and Shannon Evans II (17.1) average a combined 36.4 points per game, but the Bears defense held them to a combined 23 points on 7-19 shooting. Holder finished with 13 points and Evans II had 10.
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