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Arizona State continues its crisscrossing journey when it takes on No. 18 Purdue in the first game of the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.The Sun Devils (5-3) traveled 4,300 miles from Phoenix to New York on Sunday, part of a road schedule that has taken them to Orlando and the Bahamas since Nov. 17. By the time Arizona State meets San Diego State on Dec. 10, they will have flown 12,900 miles and slept in hotels 11 of 25 nights.The road warriors could be feeling the effects of the extended travel. Going into Saturdays win over UNLV, Arizona States defensive two-point field goal percentage of 56.4 was last among the Power Five conference teams.The Sun Devils gave up 115 points in a loss to Kentucky and 100 in a 17-point win over The Citadel.Tra Holder, Torian Graham and Shannon Evans II are all averaging 17 points and at least 31 minutes for the Sun Devils, who are coached by Bobby Hurley, the 1992 Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Tournament out of Duke. Hurleys father, Bob, is the Hall of Fame coach at St. Anthonys in Jersey City.We have to have more energy, Hurley told AZ Central. The things that I talked about early in the season -- we have to be scrappy and feisty and use our quickness. I think we allowed our inability to play efficiently on offense to affect our mood and how we defended (against Kentucky).We have to move past that. If we miss a bad shot or if we turn the ball over, we have to be able to flip the switch and aggressively play that end of the floor at all times.Arizona State made a team-record 18 3-pointers against UNLV, but its perimeter defenders will be tested by Boilermakers shooters that have made 62 3-pointers in the last five games and ranks 13th nationally in 3-pointers per game (10.5). Purdue (6-2) is shooting 43.3 percent from long distance, good for fifth nationally and first in the Big Ten.The Boilermakers committed a season-low nine turnovers in a 90-56 win over Morehead State on Saturday and had a season-high 27 assists. Purdue ranks seventh nationally in assists per game (19.8) and has had at least 20 in five of its eight games.We got into a flow because we made shots, we moved the ball, we had good inside-outside balance, Painter told the Lafayette Journal and Courier after the Morehead State win. But it all looks better when it goes in. I mean, it just does.Purdue is led by Caleb Swanigan, one of the premier big men in the country. The 6-foot-9 sophomore forward is 10th in the country in rebounding (11.5) and is one of two players nationally to average 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. (Dedric Lawson of Memphis is the other).Since 1993-94, just six players in NCAA history have averaged 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in a season.Purdue and Arizona State last met in Las Vegas on Dec. 21, 2002, when the Sun Devils won 70-53 in route to a 2003 NCAA Tournament appearance.The teams have met five times, with Arizona State winning twice. The other Sun Devils win was 85-80 on Dec. 21, 1968, in Tempe when the Boilermakers were ranked 12th. Mike Conley Jersey . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. Memphis Grizzlies Gear . Coach Tom Thibodeau says the former MVP will probably start travelling with the team in the next few weeks. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. https://www.cheapgrizzlies.com/334p-mike-bibby-jersey-grizzlies.html . 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This takes proceedings outside the usual territory, in which a player and team management deals directly with the relevant ICC match referee, and calls for the governing body to also engage lawyers.While it is understood that CSAs legal representative may arrive in Adelaide on Tuesday and there is some chance of the hearing taking place on Wednesday, it could end up occurring in South Africa, with the squad due to depart for home immediately after the end of the day-night match.The convention of engaging lawyers if necessary has been in place ever since former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Rantunga brought lawyers to a hearing in Perth after he was charged with bringing the game into disrepute. He was accused of holding up play after Muttiah Muralitharan was called for throwing by umpire Ross Emerson during an ODI in Adelaide in January 1999.The match referee for that series, Peter van der Merwe, was left to give Ranatunga a watered-down suspended sentence after being threatened with legal action, and the ICC have treaded more carefully with contested charges ever since - ensuring match referees are supported by legal opinion if required.Despite winning the series in Australia in emphatic fashion, South Africas indignation at du Plessis charge for ball tampering has dominated the past few days. From the moment Hashim Amla spoke to the press in Melbourne on Friday with the eentire squad behind him, South Africa have taken on a pugilistic mentality.ddddddddddddThis was summed up on Monday in Adelaide, when the teams security manager Zunaid Wadee twice bundled a reporter out of the way as du Plessis walked through the airport. Reporters had been advised that crews were welcome to shoot vision but not to chase interviews. The footage quickly spread via social media.South Africas tour manager Mohammed Moosajee released a statement defending Wadees actions. The Australian media and Channel 9 News in particular have been advised on numerous occasions over the past few days that Cricket South Africa and captain, Faf du Plessis, are not in a position to comment on the alleged ball-tampering issue, he said.However, despite our best intentions to co-operate with the Australian media, Channel 9 News behaviour has been disappointing. We have advised of our media protocol which has been blatantly ignored, both at the teams hotel on Friday and Saturday and again at the airport in Adelaide today. This is the third incident of a reporter aggressively harassing our players with blatant disrespect of the above-mentioned media protocol.The reporter at the airport disrespected us and continued to harass Faf for comment. The reporter was also in the unusual position of being in the middle of the players walkway to the bus. He was advised to move three times, and did not adhere to this request. The reporter, who also had no official accreditation, then proceeded to lunge towards Faf with an unknown object causing a direct breach of security protocol. The reporter also shoved the team manager in the back.Throughout the tour we have respected all our media obligations and treated media with utmost respect. At the same time, we would like to see this respect reciprocated and will not accept such behaviour as displayed by the Channel 9 News reporter. ' ' '