Trent Lockett: 'It's a good learning process'

"(The ankle) is obviously still swollen and sore but this time this week it's a lot better than it was this time last week," he said Tuesday.

The junior playmaker reported he was "pretty happy" with the way the ankle held up after playing two games in three days last week, his first action since the injury occurred on January 14.

Despite missing the last month, Lockett was the only Sun Devil to score in double figures against both Utah and Colorado

"If I catch the ball late, late in the shot clock, I have a hard time getting past people but it's getting better," he explained when asked when the ankle gives him the most trouble.

"(I) still have to learn how to play without a good first step and explosiveness because at the end of the day I'm not always going to have that. It's a good learning process."

Head coach Herb Sendek is limiting Lockett to only halfcourt work in practice.

"I don't know that he'll have his normal explosiveness any time the remainder of the season," Sendek stated. "We have to be careful and make sure we keep a good pulse on how he feels."