ASU Basketball: Limiting Washington State’s Robert Franks

After a win over in-state rival Arizona, ASU basketball sets its sights toward Washington State and senior forward Robert Franks.

Rewind a week and the narrative for this Arizona State team is entirely different.

Fresh off a loss to USC, the Sun Devils were sitting 5-3 in Pac-12 and tied for third in the conference. ASU now sits tied for second in the “Conference of Champions,” and the Sun Devils were winners in three of their past four games.

In hopes of continuing its winning ways, Arizona State hosts Washington State, a team that has encountered different results lately. The Cougars, 1-8 in conference, have lost their last five games – all but one of which were by double digits.

In a…