TOUGH STRETCH: The Sun Devil men's basketball squad (6-13; 2-7) plays its fourth of five straight games against ranked teams when it hosts the #3 UCLA Bruins on Sat., Feb. 5 (8 p.m./ESPN2) with Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on the call. No Pac-12 team has played five straight games against ranked teams since 2001-02 season when ASU played six straight. ASU lost a tough one to #19 USC Thursday 58-53, despite holding the Trojans to 30 percent shooting (18-of-60), the first time since 1996-97 it had held an opponent to 30 percent or less shooting and lost (27 times).
Men's Hoops Hosts No. 3 UCLA Saturday at 8 p.m.
