Dec. 30, 2018, was a night to forget for the Sun Devils.
Arizona State, coming off a grueling non-conference schedule, opened Pac-12 play in Tucson against the Arizona Wildcats in what was Arizona’s toughest game of the season.
The Wildcats started fast thanks to guard Aari McDonald. The redshirt sophomore scored nearly half of Arizona’s points finishing with 24 points on on 9-for-17 shooting.
Arizona State had one of their worst shooting performances in recent years as the team mustered only 39 points on 13 made field goals in a 51-39 defeat.
The Wildcats, due to the speed of McDonald, got forward Kianna Ibis in early foul trouble and head coach Charli Turner Thorne said it affected their rotations.