The Sun Devils (10-10, 2-5 Pac-12) will be without at least three players Wednesday when they host Oregon State.
Junior guard Roosevelt Scott and freshman center Connor MacDougall will be ineligible for their third straight game due to a "violation of team rules," according to coach Herb Sendek Tueday. Neither player traveled with the team on its last trip to the Bay Area.
Sendek said he was "not at liberty to discuss" any specifics on the suspensions.
Additionally, freshman guard Kodi Justice has been ruled out for the season by doctors after breaking his ankle against Stanford last Saturday. Justice said he injured the ankle on his first appearance in the game. He said the doctors told him the timetable for his recovery is "about three to five months."
Sendek said that Justice had been progressing well and that he knows Justice will come back strong for next season.
"He has the best part of his career still ahead of him," Sendek said. "He's going to get stronger and keep getting better. We feel badly for him that this had to happen."
Sophomore forward Savon Goodman said that despite the missing players, the team must focus on doing its job anyway.
"We're a team, so where one person lacks, another's got to pick up," Goodman said. "We can't sit here and feel sympathy because we don't have a person. Somebody's got to come in their place and step up. That's it."
One way ASU has adapted recently to the lack of depth was changing the starting lineup. Sendek said that it will vary by opponent, but switching the starters in the front court allowed more flexibility.
"We decided not to start Savon and (junior forward) Eric (Jacobsen) together to preserve more fouls at the post position last game," Sendek said. "It had nothing to do with who's playing better. Sometimes it's just a function of matchups."
Goodman said that he's here to do what is best for the team in regards to the situation.
"I never complain or worry about what position I'm playing," Goodman said. "On this team it's not really about position, it's about just going out there, playing hard and doing what coach asks."
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