National Basketball Association
Arizona State 83, Washington St. 74
When: 6:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 7, 2020
Where: Desert Financial Arena (Tempe), Tempe, Arizona
Officials:
# Tony Padilla, # Kevin Brill, # DG Nelson
Attendance:
8829
By Field Level Media
Alonzo Verge Jr. had 20 points and seven rebounds, and Remy Martin added 18 points and six assists to lead Arizona State to an 83-74 win over Washington State in a Pac-12 game Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.
The victory assures Arizona State (20-11, 11-7 Pac-12) of a third-place finish in the conference and a bye into the quarterfinal round Thursday in the Pac-12 tournament at Las Vegas.
Tony Miller had a career-high 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting with eight rebounds for Washington State. Isaac Bonton scored 17 points but was 5 of 25 from the field. Leading scorer CJ Elleby had only six points on 2-of-19 shooting. Bonton and Elleby combined to shoot 1 of 19 from 3-point range.
Washington State (15-16, 6-12) trailed 61-44 with 10:37 remaining in regulation before the Cougars went on a 21-4 run to tie the game at 65 with 3:36 left. Miller made the last nine points for Washington State in that stretch, including consecutive putbacks following offensive rebounds at the end.
Verge's 3-pointer with 3:26 remaining was Arizona State's first from beyond the arc since the first minute into the second half. The Sun Devils had missed nine straight 3-point attempts.
Rob Edwards made a 3-pointer with 1:35 left to give the Sun Devils a 73-68 lead.
After Bonton was fouled, he made two free throws to cut the lead to 73-70 with 1:19 remaining.
Verge then made a jump shot and Elleby turned the ball over. Romello White dunked the ball on an inbound pass after a foul and Arizona State's lead grew to 77-70 with 38 seconds left.
Arizona State turned an eight-point deficit in the first half to a 40-29 halftime lead.
The Sun Devils, who trailed 12-4 about five minutes into the game, later went on a 12-2 run to take a 40-26 lead with 44 seconds left in the first half.
Jervae Robinson's 3-pointer cut Arizona State's lead to 40-29 going into the half.
Martin led the Sun Devils with 10 points at halftime, and Edwards posted five rebounds and three assists.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Washington St. |
|
Arizona State |
|
Tony Miller 21 |
Scoring |
Alonzo Verge Jr. 20 |
|
Isaac Bonton 5 |
Assists |
Remy Martin 6 |
|
CJ Elleby 12 |
Rebounds |
Alonzo Verge Jr. 7 |
|
Isaac Bonton 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Remy Martin 6 |
|
CJ Elleby 4 |
Steals |
Taeshon Cherry 4 |
|
CJ Elleby 2 |
Blocks |
Taeshon Cherry 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Washington St.
|
74 |
36.6 |
5-25 |
17-21 |
9 |
43 |
6 |
8 |
20 |
| Arizona State
|
83 |
40.6 |
7-29 |
20-25 |
14 |
35 |
5 |
13 |
16 |
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