Reactions to Arizona State's Worst Offensive Performance in Nearly 80 Years

It wasn't what the Arizona State Sun Devils expected following a return home from the Bahamas, as the team looked hungover from their Battle 4 Atlantis trip in a horrid loss to Washington State.

There's forgettable performances, and then there's box scores you should simply toss into a fire to never see the light of day again. 

It hasn't exactly been the year of the Sun Devil, especially on Arizona State's court. The Sun Devils opted for a strong early-season schedule that involved a road trip to San Diego State and an appearance in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, where ASU faced talented teams such as Baylor, Syracuse and Loyola Chicago. 

As a result, the Sun Devils entered Desert Financial Arena to play Washington State on a four-game losing streak, looking to overturn their poor form to begin Pac-12 play. 

Still without forward Marcus Bagley (knee), the Sun Devils hoped to prevent head coach Bobby Hurley's first ever five-game losing skid at Arizona State. 

As it turns out, ASU couldn't prevent much of anything on Wednesday night, setting historical records for all the wrong reasons in a 51-29 loss to the Cougars. 

Yes, we're still talking about basketball. 

Only one player (guard DJ Horne) hit double-digit scoring, as Arizona State shot a horrid 12-of-57 (21%) from the field, converting only 3-of-26 (12%) from downtown and making 2-of-8 free throws. 

Arizona State trailed 18-10 at halftime. According to 247 Sports, the last time Arizona State scored only 10 points in a half was on Feb. 25, 2016, when they trailed Utah 44-10 at halftime.

The Sun Devils were outrebounded 53-39, and capped their efforts by making only one of their last eight field-goal attempts in the loss. 

The 29 points were the lowest amount of points Arizona State has scored in the shot-clock era, as we have to travel back nearly 80 full years to see the last time the Sun Devils scored less points in a complete game.

ASU’s worst scoring performance since its regular-season finale in 1946. https://t.co/Jq9Nsd906c

— Chris Karpman (@ChrisKarpman) December 2, 2021

The Cougars' 33 points in the second half was more than ASU's combined score in both halves. 

It was an all-around embarrassing output from the Sun Devils, and the world made sure to let Arizona State know on social media. 

Reactions to Arizona State's Loss

Arizona State had a total 14 separate plays in which they scored points tonight, in basketball. The English Women's Soccer team had 20 such plays in their World Cup Qualifier yesterday. pic.twitter.com/KKNQDaCcuo

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 2, 2021

We’ve become the Arizona football of the hoops world. Sad.

— SunDevilPete ☀️😈 (@SundevilPete) December 2, 2021

I’m a old man that has been to plenty of basketball games and this was the worst one I’ve ever seen in my entire life. Still, Go Devils. https://t.co/2liXtOb11u

— Ras Josh (@RasJosh10) December 2, 2021

If Bobby Hurley is not handed a pink slip immediately after he exits the court ASU is making the wrong move.

— Greg Peterson (@GUnit_81) December 2, 2021

I don’t know…can Spencer Rattler play basketball? Asking for Bobby Hurley. https://t.co/l5OYLqvb6r

— julian chwang (@ChwangJulian) December 2, 2021

Arizona State hopes to bounce back in a road trip to Oregon on Sunday.