National Basketball Association
Arizona St. 68, Coppin St. 52
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 29, 2012
Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Arizona
Officials:
# Deidre Carr, # Rod Dixon, # Gregory Nixon
Attendance:
5623
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Arizona State 68, Coppin State 52: Jahii Carson tallied 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the host Sun Devils cruised past the Eagles.
Jonathan Gilling had 14 points and seven rebounds while Carrick Felix chipped in 11 points and six boards for Arizona State (11-2), which outrebounded Coppin State (3-11) 39-26 en route to its seventh win in its last eight games.
Troy Franklin, Michael Murray and Patrick Cole each scored 13 points for the Eagles.
After seven straight Coppin State points gave the Eagles a 21-17 lead with 6:36 left in the first half, the Sun Devils closed the opening 20 minutes on a 20-5 run courtesy of four 3-pointers, two coming from Evan Gordon.
After taking a 37-26 lead into halftime, layups by Felix and Carson and another Gordon 3-pointer pushed the Arizona State lead to 44-26 just 2:01 into the second half. Coppin State never threatened down the stretch.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Gordon finished with 11 points. ... Coppin State had just eight assists. ... Jordan Bachynski blocked five shots for ASU, which totaled 10. The Eagles had just two blocks.
Top Game Performances
| Coppin St. |
|
Arizona St. |
|
Patrick Cole 13 |
Scoring |
Jahii Carson 15 |
|
Taariq Cephas 4 |
Assists |
Jahii Carson 7 |
|
Michael Murray 6 |
Rebounds |
Jahii Carson 8 |
|
Taariq Cephas 1 |
Free Throws Made |
Ruslan Pateev 3 |
|
Zach Burnham 2 |
Steals |
Jahii Carson 2 |
|
Charles Ieans 1 |
Blocks |
Jordan Bachynski 5 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Coppin St.
|
52 |
33.3 |
10-31 |
2-4 |
8 |
26 |
2 |
9 |
10 |
| Arizona St.
|
68 |
47.2 |
10-30 |
8-10 |
17 |
39 |
10 |
6 |
14 |
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