The Sun Devils went on a 12-2 run in the final 1:16 that started with a Graham three-pointer. Stanford had the ball up 67-63 twice, but a Kodi Justice block and a missed three allowed Graham to bring it to 67-66. His next three-pointer and ASU free throws late won the game as ASU trailed by nine in the final 10 minutes. ASU swept Stanford for the first time since 2009-10 as four of the five starters scored in double figures.
In the final 37 seconds, everything changed for the Sun Devils when Graham nailed the three pointer to cut the lead to 69-68.
"It was an amazing finish, I'm so proud of my team," said head coach Bobby Hurley. "The courage, the heart that they showed when we were down 56-47 to overcome that deficit with great defense. We had good defense and things worked out."
The Cardinal led the Devils 33-32 going into halftime. Holder and Torian Graham led the team with eight points. Shannon Evans II added three rebounds and Obi Oleka with three assists.Stats after Stanford took 56-47 lead (9:19)
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FG: ASU 6-10/STAN 5-14
3FG: ASU 5-6/STAN 0-4
FT: ASU 11-15/STAN 3-8
POINTS: 28-13
Stanford's Michael Humphrey led all scorers before the half with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Stanford went 14-34 (41.2%) from the field in the first period. Stanford broke away with under 10 minutes left in the second half to stake their largest lead of the game, 56-47.
With under four minutes left in the second half, ASU turned a nine point deficit into a 64-61 game in part by Justice's four points in that span.
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"All game, we were going through adversity," said Graham. "We've been through adversity a lot throughout this season, and we knew if we got a couple of stops the ball would find its way through."
TORIAN GRAHAM 20+ GAMES (10)
30 at Stanford (12/30/16)
26 at #3 UCLA (1/19/17)
26 vs. Central Arkansas (12/22/16)
24 vs. Stanford (2/11/17)
24 at USC (1/22/17)
24 vs. #9 Creighton (12/20/16)
23 vs. Portland State (11/11/16)
22 vs. UNLV (12/3/16)
22 vs. Tulane (11/18/16)
21 at Oregon State (2/4/17)
Stanford's significant size was proven by their 46 rebounds (21 offensive) to ASU's 24. The Sun Devils went head-to-head earlier this season with the Cardinal, taking home a 98-93 win.
The Sun Devils now head to Seattle, Washington to play the Huskies on Thursday, February 16, at 8 p.m. PT/9 p.m. MT. The match up will be televised on Fox Sports 1.Earlier this season, the Devils hosted the Huskies, defeating Washington 86-75. Shannon Evans II and Tra Holder led with 23 points.
ASU VS. STANFORD IN TEMPE PAST FOUR SEASONS
ASU 75, STAN 69/Feb. 11, 2017
ASU 74, STAN 64/Mar. 3, 2016
ASU 67, STAN 62/Mar. 5, 2015
ASU 76, STAN 64/Feb. 26, 2014
SWEEP NOTE: This season marks ASU's first sweep of Stanford since 2009-10 and just the second in the past 12 seasons. ASU also swept the Cardinal in 2009-10, 2004-05, 1993-94, 1992-93, 1990-91, 1984-85, 1981-82, 1980-81, 1979-80.
QUOTING STANFORD COACH JAROD HAASE
"I thought we did some nice things in the second half to build up the lead, but they have a lot of offensive firepower. That showed in the second half making some tough threes down the stretch and at no point do I think our guys became comfortable or complacent. Some good players made some big-time plays. Their guys made more impressive plays and big-time plays that our team was not able to make. We made some mental errors, but at the same time you have to give credit to guys that make 25 footers over a hand and they were able to do that.
JAROD HAASE ON THE ZONE DEFENSE
"At times, we went back and forth consistently throughout the game and there were some positives to our zone, but at the end of the game we were in man trying to make sure we weren't fouling but we were going to contest all threes, but it didn't go well enough."
SUN DEVIL MOST THREE-POINTERS IN A SEASON
1. 113, Stevin Smith/1992-93
6. 82, Jeremain Marshall/2013-14
7. 81, Rihards Kuksiks/2009-10
7. 81, Kevin Kruger/2005-06
9. 80, Torian Graham/2016-17
9. 80, Ron Riley/1994-95
AT THE HALF: ASU has won six games despite trailing at the half under Bobby Hurley, after going 12-64 (.157) in that category the previous five seasons. It has done it twice this year, at San Diego State and then vs. Stanford on Feb. 11.
SIX HALFTIME DEFICIT WINS UNDER COACH HURLEY
(-7) @SDSU 32, ASU 25 (Dec. 10, 2016/ASU 74, @SDSU 63)
(-3) #23 USC 30, ASU 27 (Feb. 12, 2016/ASU 74, USC 67)
(-12) @UNLV 37, ASU 25 (Dec. 16, 2015/ASU 66, @UNLV 56)
(-8) @Creighton 41, ASU 33 (Dec. 2, 2015/ASU 79, @Creighton 77)
(-2) UCSB 29, ASU 27 (Nov. 29, 2015/ASU 70, UCSB 68)
(-1) Stanford 33, ASU 32 (Feb. 11, 2017/ASU 75, Stanford 69)