The Washington Huskies will look to continue their dominance over the Arizona State Sun Devils when they tip off at new American Airlines Arena today. The Huskies have had the Sun Devils number in the Lorenzo Romar era as the Huskies are 6-1 against ASU at home and have won 14 out of the last 17 games.
That is a trend that will likely continue. The Huskies are playing some really good basketball lately, after the Huskies dismantled Cal on Sunday, the Huskies defeated Arizona 85-68 in Thursday's game for first place in the Pac 10.
Ever Since Point Guard Abdul Gaddy went down with his injury, Isaiah Thomas has also been dominant force. On Thursday he recorded his second double double in many games. Isaiah Thomas will be the X factor for the Huskies for the rest of the season as the Huskies are most dangerous when Isaiah Thomas is playing his game and creating offense for his teammates.
Arizona State comes into the game with a 9-9 record and 1-5 in the Pac 10. Arizona State is coming off a disappointing 78-61 loss to Washington State. In that game the Sun Devils shot only 32% from the field and 64% from the foul line. Those are too stats ASU will have to improve on if the Sun Devils want to compete with the Huskies today.
For Arizona State to pull off the upset the Huskies will have to get solid play from Ty Abbott. Abbot is a 6-3 guard and is a very good shooter as he is shooting 40% from the three point range. The Sun Devils will also have to stop the big three from Washington. In the Huskies win over Arizona on Thursday, Matthew Bryan Amaning, Isaiah Thomas and Justin Holiday scored 62 of Washington's 85 points.
For the Huskies to take of business today, they will have to put the Sun Devils away early. When ever you are playing a weaker team, you don't want the underdog to stay in the game. The longer an underdog stays in the game, the more confident the Sun Devils will get. However, I don't see that happening. The Huskies have won 17 out of 19 Pac 10 home games and it should be 18 out of 20 games by the end of the night. The final score will be 96-57.
The game starts at 1pm and will be on TV on FSN.
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