Pac 12 Previews:  Arizona State University

An entirely new coaching staff, nine new players, seven players lost to graduation or transfer. A new era for ASU.

Last Season:   The Sun Devils were 12-14 and 4-9 in Pac 12 Play

The Coaching Staff:   

Natasha Adair is the new Head Coach after 5 years as Head Coach at Delaware going 95-58 and last season to the NCAA tournament.   Previously Adair was the Head Coach at Georgetown.

Darrell Mosley joins Adair after one season at Delaware and before that Head Coach at Lincoln University.

Mykala Walker spent the previous 5 years as an assistant coach at Delaware.

Camille Collier comes to ASU after coaching at Virginia Tech

 

The Losses:  

Charlie Turner Thorne retired after 24 years as the Head Coach.  The assistants from last season are all gone as the new staff takes over.

Jade Loville the leading scorer at 16 ppg.  Transfer to Arizona.

Mael Gilles the 2^nd leading scorer at 10 ppg and the leading rebounder at 8 per game.  She graduated.  

Taya Hanson who averaged 8 ppg.  Transfer to Oregon.

Ayzhiana Basallo who averaged 5 ppg.  Transfer to Santa Clara.

Katelyn Levings who averaged 5 ppg, Transfer to Tulsa.

Jayde Van Hyfte averaged 3 points

Gabriela Bosquez, 5-7 Grad Student Guard who averaged 3 ppg

That’s 50 of the 63 ppg for the team.   

The Returning Team:  

Jaddan Simmons, 5-9 Jr PG, averaged 10 points.

Maggie Besselink, 6-3 Jr Forward who averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds.

Isadora Sousa, 6-0 Jr Guard who played just 7 games.   

Sydney Erikstrup, 6-1 Jr  Wing averaged 1.6 ppg

Imogen Greenslade, 6-4 Jr Post averaged 2 ppg

  

The Additions:  

Meg Newman 6-3 Redshirt Frosh who didn’t play last season ranked # 35 out of HS.

Trayanna Crisp, 5-7 Incoming Frosh Guard from Arizona, ranked # 73.  

Jaylah Robinson, 5-11 Incoming Frosh Guard from PA

Journey Thompson, 6-2 Incoming Frosh Forward from PA

Treasure Hunt, 6-2 Jr Wing from Kentucky who averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds.

Lauryn Satterwhite  

Morasha Wiggins 6-0 Soph Wing from North Carolina who averaged 1.5 ppg.  However Wiggings was ranked # 18 out of HS.  

Kayla Mokwuah Grad Transfer, 6-4 Post from TCU, averaged 5 ppg and 2 rebounds last season at TCU.  

Tyi Skinner, 5-5 Soph PG from Delaware, averaged 13 ppg last season at Delaware.

Nine newcomers and as many as 4 could start.   So many gone plus the coaching staff

 

Predictions:                     

ASU is pretty much starting over.   They did get the Coach’s Point Guard so that’s a start however they will be picked last in the conference.  It’s going to be a very hard year.  

 

The Schedule:  Not yet announced beyond a tournament with American, Notre Dame, and probably LSU.

2023 Recruiting:  None yet.