(Omaha, NE) Coach Bobby Hurley‘s Sun Devils have done a great job of coming back from halftime deficits, winning close games and getting quality non-conference road wins.
The Sun Devils hit the trifecta Tuesday night at Creighton (8-3) in a 58-57 win in a place where the home team had won 91 of 98 games against non-conference competition.
The Sun Devils notched their 30th halftime comeback win under Coach Hurley and their 14th on the road — the best marks in the Pac-12 in his time at ASU — and earned their 18th win in a game of five points or less in past three seasons, tied for the national lead with Western Kentucky.
Down 32-26 at the half, ASU fell behind 40-32 as Creighton hit its first two three-pointers, but the Sun Devils settled down defensively and held the Bluejays to 21-of-54 (.389) shooting and didn’t allow Creighton to make a three-pointer in the final 16 minutes, forcing 10 straight misses.
ASU forced nine Creighton turnovers the first half, but CU went on an 8-2 run to end the half. But after shooting .355 in the first half (11-of-31), ASU shot 14-of-29 (.483) in the second half, outrebounded the Bluejays 18-15 and had just three turnovers.
DJ Horne led ASU with 12 points, while Marreon Jackson added 10 points, five rebounds and four assists. ASU won the battle of bench points 22-8, as Jay Heath added 10 with a season-best seven rebounds.
Up next for the Sun Devils is a contest versus undefeated San Francisco (10-0) on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Desert Financial Arena.
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Doug Tammaro
