The ASU men's hoops team could not pull off the second straight upset and fell to the No. 4 Arizona Wildcats 91-79 Monday night.
The Sun Devils came off the gate scorching hot, securing a 14-1 lead after notching four three-pointers. That forced Arizona to call an early timeout with only 3:10 minutes played, as ASU made 13 three-pointers.
However, an 11-0 run by the Wildcats cut the lead short and made Bobby Hurley call another timeout as the scoreboard showed the score 16-14 for ASU. From that point on, both teams traded buckets, as there were five lead changes in the last eight minutes of the first half.
Although Arizona was leading by six at the end of the half, Jamiya Neal made a good steal off a pass and dunked the ball with authority to go to the locker rooms with the Wildcats up 40-36. ASU scored 32 points off 20 turnovers.
The second half saw a turn of events, as ?ASU could not find an answer to Arizona's scoring.
The Wildcats came from the locker room and recorded three straight runs (6-0, 10-0 and 8-0) to get away from the Sun Devils. That unified with the foul trouble, which made ASU be on the penalty with still 13:10 minutes to play. Those problems made Enoch Boakye and Jalen Graham to foul out
Despite the loss, four Sun Devils recorded double figures in scoring. Marreon Jackson and Jay Heath (4-of-7 from three) led ASU with 16 points. The other top scorers were DJ Horne (with three triples) and Kimani Lawrence (who also led in rebounding with Graham with four), both scoring 11 points.
The Sun Devils hoops team will now travel to Seattle to face Washington Thursday (Feb. 10) at 8 p. PT/9 p.m. MST on FS1.