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Charlie Turner Thorne’s ASU women return to fast and familiar form this season

by Bob Young
  • Slug: Sports-ASU Women’s Basketball, about 875 words.
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By Nathan Hiatt
Cronkite News

TEMPE – With Kianna Ibis, Courtney Ekmark, Charnea Johnson-Chapman and Sophia Elenga gone from Arizona State’s 2019 NCAA Sweet 16 team, Sun Devil women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne knew this season’s team would be different.

But also fast and familiar.

Turner Thorne said the Sun Devils will be a more perimeter-oriented team this season, and will have to shoot the ball well to succeed. She added, though, that the Sun Devils are deeper, especially at the guard position, which will allow them to play a more typical ASU style.

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