Men's Hoops Falls to No. 9 Florida in Atlanta
Arizona State had its eight-game win streak snapped by No. 9 Florida.
Team Huddle vs Florida
The Arizona State men's basketball team (8-2) had its eight-game win streak snapped by the No. 9 Florida Gators (10-0) Saturday afternoon, 83-66, in Atlanta.
Adam Miller led ASU with a season-high 18 points, but Florida outrebounded the Sun Devils 47-27 and held ASU to just 23-of-62 (.371) from the field. The Gators had a 9-0 run in just over 1:25 midway through the second half to put the game out of reach, as ASU found itself down by only nine at halftime, but could not keep pace with a red-hot Florida team.
ASU will next play UMass on Saturday, Dec. 21 in its final non-conference game in Springfield at MassMutual Center at 6 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.
JAYDEN QUAINTANCE NOTES
Jayden Quaintance posted his fifth double-digit scoring game in the past six tilts with a season-best 14 points. He has 34 blocks thus far in the 2024-2025 season, second-most blocks by a freshman in program history and has done it in only 10 games. He is averaging a double-double (10.3 points/10.0 rebounds) in his past six games.
Sun Devil Freshman Blocks Record (1978-79-present)
55, Mario Bennett, 1991-92
34, Jayden Quaintance, 2024-25
33, Jamal Faulkner, 1990-91
31, Ike Diogu, 2002-03
NEUTRAL
The Sun Devils are 4-1 in neutral site games, previously defeating Santa Clara (Las Vegas), Grand Canyon (Phoenix), New Mexico (Palm Springs) and Saint Mary's (Palm Springs), all of whom won 20+ games in 2023-24 while GCU, New Mexico and SMC were NCAA Tournament teams.