Shawn Phillips Jr. BJ Freeman, who entered Tuesday averaging Phillips also hauled in nine rebounds. Trevor Baskin had 19 points and Julian Hammond III and Bangot Dak scored 13 apiece for the Buffaloes , , who are still searching for their first conference victory.
The Sun Devils opened up a point lead in the first two-plus minutes of the second half, but Colorado proceeded to chip away at its deficit. Sebastian Rancik hit a 3-pointer and Baskin converted a putback to tie the game at 43 with left. Jihad was then hit with a technical, and Hammond hit the two ensuing free throws to give the Buffaloes their first lead of the game at Arizona State's next five points came from the free-throw line, and the game went back and forth over the next few minutes.
The Sun Devils soon started to pull away, though, getting a three-point play from Mason and hitting two more free throws before Miller drained a jumper to make it ASU with left. Miller's fourth 3-pointer of the night extended the lead to , but Colorado later responded with Dak's dunk and free throw, making it a two-point game, Arizona State missed on the other end, and Rancik's driving layup tied the affair with left.
However, Jihad answered with a three-point play to put the Sun Devils up with remaining. Shortly after the teams traded turnovers, Colorado's Andrej Jakimovski and Jihad each made two free throws before Rancik was fouled on a 3-point attempt.
He made just two foul shots with 16 seconds to go to cut the Buffaloes' deficit to , and the Sun Devils turned the ball over with 11 seconds left. Rancik missed a corner 3-point attempt with four seconds left, Phillips split a pair of free throws two seconds later and Rancik was off on a halfcourt heave at the buzzer. Arizona State led at the break. Steve Harvey took it upon himself to lecture a Family Feud team after one of their teammates made a major on-air blunder.
