Coach Herb Sendek returned sophomore Jerren Shipp to the starting lineup against Washington, and he responded with eight points and seven rebounds. The tradeoff was that the Sun Devils' bench produced only eight points on 3-for-13 shooting.

PLAYER ROTATION
Usual Starters -- F Jeff Pendergraph, G Jerren Shipp, G Ty Abbott, G Jamelle McMillan, G James Harden. Key Subs -- G Derek Glasser; G Antwi Atuahene; G Christian Polk; C Eric Boateng.

GAME REVIEW

Stanford 67, Arizona State 52

Washington 72, Arizona State 61

Washington State 56, Arizona State 55

GAME PREVIEW

at UCLA, Thursday, Jan. 31.

at USC, Saturday, Feb. 2.

at Arizona, Sunday, Feb. 10.

vs. Stanford, Thursday, Feb. 14.

IN FOCUS
The Sun Devils need to do something special on the road in Los Angeles to make sure all their good early-season work doesn't begin to unravel. They now have dropped three straight after being swept at home by the Washington schools, and they won't find the road any easier at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, where they have not won since 2003. Hard to imagine how they're going to slow down Bruins' freshman center Kevin Love.

ROSTER REPORT

-- Junior forward Jeff Pendergraph, who was leading the Pac-10 in field-goal accuracy until recently, is struggling. He totaled 15 points and 13 rebounds in two home games against the Washington schools, and has made only 9 of his 25 shots the past three games.

-- Freshman Ty Abbott bounced back from a 1-for-7 shooting performance against Washington to score 13 points in the loss to WSU.

-- Freshman James Harden has scored double-digits in 13 consecutive games, and has scored at least 16 points in 12 of those.

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