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01/10 16:50 CST Diop and Odum score 21 points each to lead Arizona State to
87-84 win over Kansas State
Diop and Odum score 21 points each to lead Arizona State to 87-84 win over
Kansas State
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) --- Massamba Diop scored 17 of his 21 points in the second
half, Moe Odum also scored 21 and Arizona State held off Kansas State 87-84 on
Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak and pick up its first Big 12 win
this season.
Diop, a 7-foot-1 freshman, was 8-of-10 shooting, grabbed nine rebounds and
blocked five shots. Anthony Johnson added 18 points, Santiago Trouet had 10
points and 10 rebounds and Allen Mukeba also scored 10 points for ASU (10-6,
1-2).
P.J. Haggerty, coming in seventh in the nation in scoring at 22.7 ppg, finished
with 25 points, and Abdi Bashir Jr. made 6 of 12 3-point tries in finishing
with 22 points for the Wildcats (9-7, 0-3), who lost their third straight.
Kansas State had a 64-58 lead midway through the second half but then went over
five minutes without a field goal when ASU scored 10 straight points to begin a
18-3 run capped by Diop's dunk to lead 76-67 with less than five minutes left.
Khamari McGriff's follow with 16.6 seconds remaining got Kansas State within
three. After a Johnson free throw, Haggerty banked in a long 3-pointer with
five seconds remaining and the Wildcats were within a point. They quickly
fouled Odum, who made both free throws. But coming out of a timeout, Haggerty
was short on a half-court attempt.
ASU made only 3 of 22 3-point attempts while Kansas State hit 13 of 31. But ASU
outscored the Wildcats 50-28 in the paint and made nine more free throws.
The Wildcats led 38-36 at halftime.
Up next
Kansas State is home against No. 25 UCF on Wednesday.
Arizona State is at top-ranked Arizona on Wednesday.
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