Bobby Hurley was pleased his team emerged with a 77-71 victory over Washington State in Pac-12 play Thursday night.
But the Cougars hit some big 3-pointers and benefited when ASU twice missed the front end of a one-and-one at the line in the last two minutes.
They turned in one of their better offensive performances, shooting 55.4% , although they were just 5-for-17 from long distance and 10-for-15 from the line. ASU also registered 18 assists, had eight steals and finished with a 36-28 advantage in points in the paint.Washington State got in striking distance at 69-66 on a 3-pointer by Jabe Mullins with 4:15 left to play with that score part of an 8-0 run. The teams exchanged misses and the Cougars had a chance to get within one when D.J.
D.J. Horne scored on a floater for a 73-66 lead and Washington later had a dunk after a Cougar turnover to put ASU up 75-66 with 1:22 left. The Sun Devils hung on from there.Washington scored 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field. That 18 points tied a season-high. He was 8-for-8 from the field in the first half.
Two other Sun Devils also finished in double figures as Desmond Cambridge and Horne tallied 13 and 12 respectively. Luther Muhammad added nine off the bench. It was a bit of irony when it came to the leaders in some other categories. Point guard Frankie Collins had a team-best seven rebounds, five more than the big man Washington who led the team in assists.
Rodman had 16 points and 12 rebounds while Mullins had a team-high 19 for the Cougars with his total including five 3-pointers."It's as good as we've played offensively and I think it could have been a little better. I think we had a couple of good looks throughout the course of the game. I thought we moved the ball well. Got some good work done in the paint again. A lot of good stuff on the offensive end.
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