Rams fall in Sunday contest to No. 17/19 Arizona State, 70-39

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State women's basketball team fell to the No. 17/19-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils, 70-39, on Sunday afternoon from Moby Arena.

Sophomore forward Lena Svanholm tallied 11 points on 5-for-10 shooting and added a team-high six rebounds in her first collegiate start. Colorado State (4-4) also received an 11-point effort from junior guard Mollie Mounsey, who shot 3-for-7 from three-point range. Sophomore guard Lore Devos scored eight points and tallied a pair of assists for the Rams.

Arizona State (7-2) heated up from three-point range early and used it to seize control of the game, making four triples over the first five minutes to jump out to a 14-5 lead. ASU extended its lead to 11 at the 3:54 mark of the first quarter, and while the Rams cut the deficit back to nine twice, the Sun Devils never led by fewer than 11 for the final 32:36 of Sunday's game.

Despite a quality fourth quarter for Colorado State, Arizona State had outscored CSU, 20-7, in the third quarter to put the game out of reach. The Rams had matched the Sun Devils with 12 points apiece over the final 10 minutes of the game, led by Svanholm, who poured in eight of those points on 4-for-7 shooting in the final quarter.

IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams
"Obviously they're a very good basketball team. They're deserving of their 17th ranking. Their personnel is talented, and it was very, very disruptive today, end of story."

On the first quarter and ASU's pressure defenseively:
"They came out really shooting the basketball. It's disappointing we didn't locate No. 22, (Courtney) Ekmark. She's obviously the No. 1 kid on the scout when we're zoning, and we were just really slow getting to her early. They had a really good shooting first quarter, and after that they probably shot normal. But we had some opportunities as well, and just didn't run very good offense today. Their pressure had some things to do with it, but we've got to be able to compete against that and not let their pressure make us flat. That's what happened today."

NOTES

Sophomore forward Lena Svanholm made her first collegiate start against Arizona State on Sunday.
Sunday's game marked the first time that Colorado State has had multiple forwards in its starting lineup this season (Svanholm, Tatum Neubert).
Svanholm has scored double-digit points three times for the Rams this season.
Mounsey has scored in double figures in half of the Rams' eight games in 2018-19.
Mounsey has led the team or tied for the team lead in two of the Rams' eight games this year.

UP NEXT
The Colorado State women's basketball travels to Provo, Utah to face the BYU Cougars on Saturday, Dec. 15. Tip time is scheduled for 2 p.m. MT from the Marriott Center.

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