Moe Odum scored 23 factors, Massamba Diop added 19 and Arizona State pulled away late to beat No. 14 Kansas 70-60 on Tuesday night time in what might be Solar Devils coach Bobby Hurley’s closing residence recreation.
Hurley is the ultimate 12 months of his contract and the administration hasn’t given any indications it will likely be prolonged amid a fourth mediocre season previously 5 years.
The Solar Devils (16-14, 7-10 Large 12) did all they might to ship their coach off with a win in a bodily, emotional recreation that included the ejection of Kansas coach Invoice Self and considered one of his assistants.
Arizona State jumped on Kansas early, withstood an enormous run and made the important thing performs down the stretch to beat the Jayhawks (21-9, 11-6) for the third time within the Hurley period, with the others 2018 and ’19.
Darryn Peterson scored 13 of his 15 factors within the second half because the Jayhawks twice rallied from double-digit deficits. Kansas went on a 17-1 run to chop a 20-point halftime deficit to 4 and trimmed a 12-point deficit to 2 with 4 minutes left.
Anthony Johnson answered with a 3-pointer and a layup, kicking off a 11-0 run that secured Arizona State’s fifteenth win over a ranked opponent — second this season — in Hurley’s 11 seasons.
Self was hit ejected within the first half for arguing an offensive foul name in opposition to Peterson. Assistant Jacque Vaughn was additionally T’d up and Elmarko Jackson was hit with a flagrant foul for taking down Arizona State’s Allen Mukeba on a drive.
Reporting by The Related Press.
