Overview
- Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday at the Fertitta Center with television coverage on ESPN.
- Houston enters 16-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big 12, is 9-0 at home this season, and is allowing a nation-low 59.3 points while opponents shoot 39.1%.
- Arizona State is 10-7 and 1-3 in league play after an 89-82 rivalry loss in which Moe Odum scored 23 points and added seven assists.
- The Sun Devils’ depth is thinned with forward Marcus Adams expected out and guards Vijay Wallace and Adante Holiman sidelined for the season.
- This is the teams’ only regular-season meeting after Houston won last year’s game 80-65, with Emanuel Sharp (15.9 ppg) and freshman Kingston Flemings (about 15 ppg) leading the Cougars’ scoring this season.