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Coming back from a 13-point deficit with 11 minutes left to go in the game, No. 11 Arizona State notched a 77-75 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night led by Shannon Evans II who had 22 points (all in the second half), six rebounds and seven assists, all team highs.

"We defended and fought through possessions and to be down 13 with under 12 and to really have a response to that is not easy just based on even what we've been going through in the last ten days or so," said head coach Bobby Hurley. "It was really fun to see the guys come through down the stretch in a tight game and prove that we can win games that way. It was fun to watch."

The Sun Devils (14-3, 2-3 Pac-12) entered today's game with a much-needed win after coming off a loss to Oregon on Thursday night.

Both teams started off slow offensively and neither established a strong lead. Going into the locker rooms at halftime, Oregon State held a 33-34 lead. The lead already changed 10 times at this point.
After exchanging buckets to begin the second half, the Beavers started an 11-0 run to take a commanding lead over Arizona State. As the game looked like a potential loss in a conference game, the Devils came storming back from 13 down with an 11-0 run to make it 55-57 with eight minutes left.
SPURTABILITY: ASU has has come back from deficits of at least nine points in six wins. A look at games where ASU has flipped the score and changed deficits.

DEFICIT (TIME/HALF)/FINAL SCORE
Nov. 14: -9 vs. San Diego State (19:22/2nd)/90-68, +31 final 19 minutes
Nov. 23: -9 vs. Kansas State (18:16/2nd)/92-90, +11 final 18 minutes
Nov. 24: -15 vs. #15 Xavier (3:16/first)/102-86, 73 points final 23 minutes
Dec. 10: -13 at #2 Kansas (16:39/first)/95-85, +23 after 15-2 deficit
Dec. 17: -13 vs. Vanderbilt (15:03/first)/76-64 ; +25 after 13-0 deficit
Jan. 13: -13 vs. Oregon State (11:32/second)/57-44; 33-18 final 11:30

Oregon State halted ASU's attempt to take the lead and the Beavers pushed out to a six-point lead. The Sun Devils, however, stayed resilient. Big shots from Evans and an and-one from Remy Martin helped the team take back the lead at 70-68. That lead change turned out to be the first of the half and the last of the game.

"I thought down the stretch that the play that was made was by multiple guys, so you can't really single out one particular player. There were numerous guys making plays down the stretch. You can look at Remy (Martin)'s three-point play, Shannon (Evans) and his deep three, Kodi (Justice)'s great pass to De'Quon (Lake) and the minutes he had, Kimani with his drive to the hoop, so just a lot of great winning plays that were made against a team that was very determined and again effectively went into shot clocks," said Hurley.

Kodi Justice (14), Martin (12) and De'Quon Lake (11) all finished the game with double digits in points to add with Evans' 22 points. ASU's bench outscored Oregon State's bench by 27-7. Arizona State scored 19 points off of the Beavers' 14 turnovers.

The Sun Devils play at Stanford, who is 4-1 in Pac-12 play, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 8:00 p.m. PT/9 p.m. MT.


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