Prairie View A&M @ Arizona State preview

Arizona State has won six of its last seven games with the lone loss coming against defending national champion Virginia by three points in the championship game of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament in Uncasville, Conn. The Sun Devils will try for their fourth consecutive win on Wednesday night when they host defending SWAC champion Prairie View A&M.

Arizona State comes in off a 77-65 win over Louisiana on Saturday which despite the double-digit victory still had head coach Bobby Hurley frustrated. The Sun Devils shot just 41.8 percent, including a woeful 8-of-26 from 3-point range, and failed to put the visiting Ragin' Cajuns away after building a 38-26 halftime lead with both teams scoring 39 points after intermission. "We got baited into shooting some poor shots," Hurley told reporters. "We did have some open 3's that we missed badly, so when you look at 8-for-26, guys just start have to start hitting from 3, especially when you have a guy down low as productive as Romello." Romello is 6-8, 235-pound junior forward Romello White, who finished with a double-double, scoring a season-high 19 points while also grabbing a season-high 14 rebounds.

TV: 10 p.m. ET, Pac-12 Network

ABOUT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (3-5): The Panthers will be playing their second Pac-12 team of the season and led at Cal, 44-39, with 8:22 to go before eventually losing to the Bears, 54-50. They come in off a 79-72 victory at Texas-San Antonio on Nov. 30 as senior guard Gerard Andrus scored 20 points, including four straight free throws in the final 28 seconds, and grabbed 10 rebounds and forward Lennel Henry added 14 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Andrus, a preseason second team all-SWAC pick, leads the team in scoring (14.3) while guard Chancellor Ellis (12.3) is also scoring double figures with Henry grabbing a team best 7.8 rebounds per game.

ABOUT ARIZONA STATE (6-2): Point guard Remy Martin, who garnered second team all-Pac-12 honors last season, leads the team in scoring (19.9) and assists (3.9) but is just 8-for-26 from the field in his past two games including 0-for-7 from 3-point range. Senior guard Rob Edwards is second in scoring (12.0) and rebounding (4.0) and has connected on 18 of 44 3-pointers (40.9 percent). White (11.7) is also averaging in double figures and leads the team in rebounds (9.1).

TIP-INS

1. Arizona State leads the Pac-12 and ranks 15th nationally in 3-point percentage defense at 26.8 percent.

2. White has had double-doubles in back-to-back games and ranks second in the Pac-12 in rebounding.

3. Martin leads the Pac-12 in steals with an average of 2.5 per game.

PREDICTION: Arizona State 76, Prairie View A&M 63