Arizona State's Evan Gordon
Posted: July 19th, 2012, 8:41 am
Since he's now at a different school, I thought I'd start a new thread. This article actually has a few interesting LU-tied references:
Phoenix (AZ) The Arizona Republic wrote:July 19, 2012 |Click Here for Full Story
Evan Gordon expected to bring scoring to ASU basketball
by Doug Haller - Jul. 18, 2012 11:46 AM
The Republic | azcentral.com
I recently bumped into Arizona State assistant coach Lamont Smith at the program's practice facility. After some small talk, I told Smith that I was there to interview Evan Gordon, a junior guard who sat out last season after transferring from Liberty.
"He can score," Smith said.
For ASU fans, that's good news. After averaging just 61 points last season (and losing top scorer Trent Lockett), the Sun Devils need scorers. In two seasons at Liberty, Gordon, a 6-1 guard, averaged 12 points as a freshman and a team-high 14.4 as a sophomore. Scoring is in his blood. Gordon's older brother, Eric, is one of the NBA's top scoring guards. Here's our conversation:
From where does your scorer's mentality come?
"I think it came from my dad (Eric Gordon, Sr.) He went to Liberty University and had an outstanding scoring career, and when he was teaching us basketball growing up he made sure to teach my brother and teach me and teach my little brother how to score. I was a little stubborn. I wanted to be a pass-first point guard and take that route, but lately I've seen the need for the ability to score. My freshman year at Liberty I really worked on it and my sophomore year I continued and built my confidence. Transferring here, I'm trying to apply it."
