Arizona Wildcats forward Azuolas Tubelis (10) elbows his way around Stanford Cardinal forward Lukas Kisunas (32) in the first half of their Pac 12 men’s basketball game at McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz., March 3, 2022.
LAS VEGAS – Arizona will face Stanford in a Pac-12 quarterfinal game Thursday after the Cardinal pulled off a stunning comeback to beat ASU 71-70 in a first-round game Wednesday.
James Keefe hit a six-foot bank shot as time expired to win it for Stanford, which improved to 16-15 overall after going 8-12 in Pac-12 play.
ASU, which had won seven of eight games entering the tournament, held a 69-59 lead with 2:15 to go but melted down. Jalen Graham missed an eight-foot hook shot with nine seconds left, and Stanford’s
Spencer Jones led Stanford with 26 points on 8-for-17 shooting.
DJ Horne led ASU with 21 points while making 5 of 12 3-pointers while Marreon Jackson scored 14 and Jay Heath had 12.
Leading 31-27 at halftime, ASU raced to a 17-point lead early in the second half. They went on a 14-4 run to take a 50-33 lead by the time Alonzo Gaffney hit a 3-pointer with 13:35 to go.
Stanford scored seven straight points to cut ASU’s lead to 10 with 9:01 left, just after ASU forward Jalen Graham picked up his fourth foul, but the Sun Devils still led most of the final 10 minutes by double digits.
In the first half, both teams shot 41% fro the field and less than 50% from the line in the first half. But ASU took the lead by hitting 7 of 15 3-pointers while Stanford was just 3 of 10 from long range.
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