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Dec. 22, 2006
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - A Sun Devil rally fell short Friday in the championship of the Sleep America Classic, as Davidson knocked off Arizona State 75-70.
The Wildcats (11-3), paced by 25 points from Jason Richardson, led by as many 20 points. Davidson earned a 2006 NCAA Tournament bid last year by winning the Southern Conference title.
It was just the second loss in the championship game of the tournament for ASU in the last nine years. The Sun Devils lost in the first round in 2000.
Jeff Pendergraph had 17 points and 12 rebounds, his fifth double-double this season, for the Sun Devils (6-5). Pendergraph is averaging 11.2 points and 10.8 rebounds in the past five games.
Davidson shot 49 percent, including 9-of-17 from 3-point range, while winning its seventh game in a row.
Boris Meno and Stephen Curry each made a pair of baskets to start the second half as Davidson built a 45-33 lead. The Wildcats followed with an 11-3 run to go up 65-45 with 8:25 remaining.
Serge Angounou scored 10 of his 17 points during a 12-0 Arizona State spurt and later made two free throws to cut the lead to 72-68 with 1:44 left. After Davidson missed three of four free throws, Derek Glasser scored a layup with 24.3 seconds left to cut it to 73-70, but Arizona State could get no closer.
Angounou is averaging 13.6 points and 9.6 boards in the past seven games and is 17-of-33 (.515) from the three-point arc in that time.
Jason Richards was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player and was joined on the All-Tournament team by Boris Meno and Thomas Sander. Jeff Pendergraph and Serge Angounou were named from ASU, while Whitney Davis of Ohio was the sixth selection.