National Basketball Association
Arizona State 88, UCLA 79
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 10, 2018
Where: Wells Fargo Arena (AZ), Tempe, Arizona
Officials:
# Dick Cartmell, # Bert Smith, # Jim Schipper
Attendance:
14025
By Field Level Media
Arizona State guard Shannon Evans II had 23 points and four 3-pointers and Tra Holder had 22 points as the Sun Devils completed their first weekend sweep in Pac-12 play with an 88-79 victory over the UCLA Bruins at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday.
Kodi Justice had 17 points and freshman Kimani Lawrence had a career-high eight points with seven rebounds for the Sun Devils (19-6, 7-6), who have won three in a row and could find their way back into the AP Top 25 after a one-week absence.
Aaron Holiday had 20 points and five assists and Thomas Welsh had 14 points and eight rebounds for UCLA (17-8, 8-5), which had a four-game winning streak broken two days after it controlled No. 13 Arizona in an 84-72 victory in Tucson.
Kris Wilkes and Gyorgy Goloman had 11 points apiece for the Bruins.
The Sun Devils led 40-32 at halftime and never led by fewer than eight after Evans' 3-pointer in the first minute of the second half.
Lawrence hit two free throws with 6:30 remaining to make it 67-55 before Holder hit a layup and Evans hit a jumper for a 75-59 edge with 3:47 left.
Holiday hit a 3-pointer with 51 seconds remaining to bring UCLA within 85-77, but the Sun Devils made 11 free throws in the final 1:57 to maintain control.
Holder and Justice had two 3-pointers apiece as the Sun Devils were 9-of-29 from distance.
The Sun Devils committed only seven turnovers, one more than in their 80-79 victory over USC on Thursday.
UCLA shot 45.5 percent and went 8-for-26 from 3-point range after hitting 51.6 percent against Arizona on Thursday.
Welsh had seven points, including a 3-pointer, when the Bruins opened a 22-18 lead nine minutes into the game before Arizona State went on an 11-0 run fueled on two 3-pointers by Evans and one by Holder.
Martin's 3-pointer with four minutes remaining gave the Sun Devils a 36-26 lead en route to their 40-32 halftime edge.
The Sun Devils meet No. 13 Arizona at home Thursday.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| UCLA |
|
Arizona State |
|
Aaron Holiday 20 |
Scoring |
Shannon Evans II 23 |
|
Aaron Holiday 5 |
Assists |
Tra Holder 4 |
|
Thomas Welsh 8 |
Rebounds |
Kimani Lawrence 7 |
|
Aaron Holiday 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Tra Holder 8 |
|
Gyorgy Goloman 2 |
Steals |
Kimani Lawrence 3 |
|
Gyorgy Goloman 1 |
Blocks |
Romello White 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| UCLA
|
79 |
45.5 |
8-26 |
11-12 |
11 |
33 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
| Arizona State
|
88 |
42.2 |
9-29 |
25-28 |
13 |
37 |
4 |
9 |
7 |