ASU’s Jayden Quaintance among top freshmen in the country

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The Arizona State men’s basketball team looks to snap a four-game losing streak when it faces West Virginia in its fifth true road game. It is the first of back-to-back against Top-25 competition and the fourth overall game against a ranked foe for the Sun Devils.

While it has been a tough stretch, true freshman Jayden Quaintance continues to establish himself as one of the top freshmen in the country. Quaintance, the youngest player in college basketball, has recorded 54 blocks thus far and is now the nation’s leader in blocks per game (3.2) after adding five more in Saturday’s loss at Cincinnati. He has 10 in the last two games and has already surpassed Pac-12 career blocks leader Jordan Bachynski on the ASU freshman single-season blocks list. Quaintance is now only one block shy of matching the single-season record by a freshman in program history of 55 set by Mario Bennett (1991-92). Quaintance has done it in only 17 games. He has two or more blocks in 15 of 17 games this year, including eight 4+ block performances.

Not only has Quaintance solidified his status as a premier shot blocker, he has also been a leading rebounder. He is on pace to become the program’s all-time leader in rebounds per game by a freshman, a record previously set by Ike Diogu back in 2002-03. Quaintance now has 10 or more rebounds in seven games, after grabbing 15 in Saturday’s loss. He leads all freshmen nationally and has the third most rebounds in the Big 12 by any player.

Quaintance has posted five double-doubles this season.

Arizona State (10-7, 1-5) at West Virginia (13-4, 4-2)

Time/Site: Tuesday, 7 p.m. MST, West Virginia Coliseum, Morgantown, W.V.

TV: CBSSN Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM (KMVP)

About the matchup: It will be the first meeting between the two programs and West Virginia makes for the fifth program ASU has played for the first time during this season. The others were Gonzaga, St. Thomas, UMass, and Central Florida. This is also the only meeting of the season between the two teams….

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Publish date : 2025-01-20 20:13:00

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