SFA Opens Season with Loss to Arizona State
11/17/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 17, 2001
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack basketball team dropped its 2001-02 regular-season opener Saturday to Pacific 10 opponent Arizona State, 92-61.
The Sun Devils were hard to stop offensively as they had five players record double-figure points, led by Chad Prewitt's 21 on 7-of-11 shooting. SFA tried to claw its way back into the game behind junior Ben Hunt's (Victoria, Australia) 14 points on 4-of-8 shooting (2-of-3 outside the three-point arc), but the Lumberjacks were hurt by fouls. Both Hunt and junior Edwin Tatum (Oklahoma City, Okla.) fouled out of the game. Tatum finished the game with four points, two rebounds and two assists in only 15 minutes of action.
Forward Ransom White led the Lumberjacks on the boards with nine rebounds, he also added seven points. White's nine boards led all rebounders in the game.
The Sun Devils were too much offensively, connecting on 29-of-51 shots for a .569 percentage compared to the Lumberjacks' 15-of-50 (.300) from the floor. Skip Jackson, a junior guard from beaumont had shot over 50 percent from the field in the 'Jacks two exhibition games heading into the regular season opener was only 2-8 from the field against ASU. He was one of six on three-point attempts in the game.
SFA returns to action Wednesday against Jackson State. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., from the Williams Athletic Center in Jackson, Miss.
