The Arizona State women’s basketball team continued its resurgence in the 2025-26 season, setting a school record of 10 straight victories to start a season, winning back-to-back home games at the Briann January Classic Dec. 5-6 to stay perfect.
Jyah LoVett and McKinna Brackens scored 15 points apiece, Gabby Elliott added 10 points, eight steals and five rebounds and the Arizona State Sun Devils routed the San Francisco Dons, 67-44, Dec. 6 to run their record to 10-0.
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ASU was 27-for-52 (52%) from the field while holding USF to 16-for-48 shooting, including 4 for 22 from 3-point range. The Sun Devils raced to a 31-20 halftime lead and pushed the advantage to 18 after three quarters.
Candy Edokpaigbe was the only USF player with more than five points, scoring 17 to go with a team-high five rebounds.
USF defeated Nevada and former ASU star Amanda Levens, now the Wolf Pack’s head coach, 68-45, in the first game on Dec. 5.
One night earlier, ASU turned the ball over on seven of its first eight possessions against McNeese State and eight times in the first quarter alone. But ASU righted itself in a big way in the second quarter and held on for a 57-47 win.
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The Sun Devils outscored the Cowgirls 23-7 in the second quarter and led by as many as 18 points in the second half. McNeese cut the lead to 45-40 early in the fourth quarter before Elliott hit back-to-back jumpers to push the lead to nine.
Elliott’s 19 points led ASU, with 14 points and 15 rebounds from Brackens.
“We talked in practice about how fast they were going to be and the energy they were going to play with,” Elliott said. “But nothing really replicates it until you actually see it, so once we actually saw it and got a feel for it, we were just able to adjust.”
Arizona State’s defense helped the Sun Devils take control, forcing tough shots late in the shot clock and using a size advantage to affect shot attempts. On offense, the Sun Devils outscored the Cowgirls 28-18 in points in the paint.
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“As much as I wanted to use the size advantage, I don’t think that we used it well,” ASU head coach Molly Miller said. “It’s good film to have and say hey, they were smaller than us but they pushed us around inside. That can’t happen again. Looking back I’m sure we’ll see where we could have maybe taken advantage of them inside.”
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: ASU women’s basketball rolls to 10-0 start with rout of San Francisco
