Scores: Kennesaw State 53, Arizona State 91
Records: Kennesaw State (0-3), Arizona State (2-1)
Key Players: Nigel Pruitt (19 points), Kendrick Ray (11 points)
 
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TEMPE, Ariz. – The Kennesaw State Owls lost their second game of the Legends Classic to Arizona State 91-53.
 
The Sun Devils jumped out to an eight point lead early the first at 11-3. Arizona State's largest lead was 14 in the first half, but the Owls cut the deficit to 11 points at halftime with the help of 10 points from Nigel Pruitt.
 
Out of the locker room, Arizona State pushed their lead to 18 in the first two and a half minutes of the second half and continued to extend their lead throughout the second half.
 
The Owls return home tomorrow and will travel to Birmingham, Alabama to take on Samford on Saturday, November 21 at 8 p.m.

Coach Skinner Quotes
On the struggles of defending and rebounding against a team as big as ASU: 
"Our biggest problem is that we had a terrible travel day yesterday. We were travelling for over 12 hours and didn't get in until late last night. So I think part of it was that we were a little bit tired. That definitely affected our legs and what we were doing on the offensive end. There were shots that we had that we were missing, so that was a problem for us. I thought we got good shots in the first half but we didn't put the ball in the basket. Then it started to compound. Our interior defense wasn't what we needed it to be. We were slow. Our legs were heavy and we were slow defensively and we couldn't get off the floor. We're a smaller team anyway and to be at a disadvantage that way obviously impacted us and that's why you had the results that we had."
 
On what he takes away from his team's first three games (Alabama, LSU, ASU): 
"One of the things that we are trying to do is develop our confidence, particularly on the offensive end. I thought in the first half that we did a pretty decent job. We had our shots, but we just didn't make them. And now (ASU) is running out and eventually fatigue caught up to us. You need energy on defense to play good defense and we definitely didn't have that in the second half. We especially need it because we're a smaller team and quickness is important to us. But when you lack the quickness you are going to struggle, and that's what happened this evening."
- Kennesaw State Head Coach Al Skinner
 
 Notes
-  Nigel Pruitt scored in double-figures for the second game in a row and led the team with 19 points.
- Kendrick Ray was the other Owl to score in double figures. He has scored in double-figures in all three games this season.
- Tracy Hector saw his most action of the season with 32 minutes. He pulled down five rebounds and scored two points.
 
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