National Basketball Association
Arizona St. 60, North Dakota State 57
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 10, 2011
Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Arizona
Officials:
# Scott Brown, # Ken Ditty, # Mike Greenstein
Attendance:
4995
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Carrick Felix drilled a 3-pointer just before the final buzzer and Arizona State overcame a poor shooting game to beat visiting North Dakota State 60-57 on Saturday.
After North Dakota State’s Mike Felt hit an off-balance 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to tie the game at 57, Arizona State (4-5) answered when Chanse Creekmur inbounded the ball to Trent Lockett, who passed to Felix for the game-winning shot.
Taylor Braun had 16 points and eight rebounds for North Dakota State (7-2), which shot 36 percent from the field. The Bison were 3-of-21 (14 percent) from beyond the arc.
Playing one day after highly touted freshman point guard Jahii Carson was ruled academically ineligible for the season, Arizona State committed 16 turnovers and shot just 15-of-44 (34 percent) from the field.
Kyle Cain and Lockett combined for 24 points and 25 rebounds for Arizona State. The Sun Devils played without point guard Chris Colvin, who sat out for disciplinary reasons.
North Dakota State was outrebounded 42-28 and fell to 0-4 against Pac-12 teams since beginning Division I play in 2004-05.
Top Game Performances
| North Dakota State |
|
Arizona St. |
|
Taylor Braun 16 |
Scoring |
Carrick Felix 15 |
|
Taylor Braun 5 |
Assists |
Kyle Cain 3 |
|
Taylor Braun 8 |
Rebounds |
Kyle Cain 13 |
|
Lawrence Alexander 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Kyle Cain 10 |
|
Taylor Braun 3 |
Steals |
Trent Lockett 1 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Chanse Creekmur 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| North Dakota State
|
57 |
36.2 |
3-21 |
12-18 |
11 |
29 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
| Arizona St.
|
60 |
34.1 |
5-18 |
25-35 |
12 |
42 |
3 |
1 |
16 |