The Arizona State men's basketball team earned its second Pac-12 win by defeating the Utah Utes 83-64 Saturday night at Desert Financial Arena. Rob Edwards hit five threes and scored a season-high 24 points to lead the Sun Devils. Remy Martin had 20 points, making his sixth straight game with at least 20 points and his 12th for the season. ASU did what it has done very well the past two seasons -- bounce back from a loss -- as the Sun Devils are now 14-3 (.824) in the past two seasons after a loss, including 5-2 this year.
ROB EDWARDS TOP SUN DEVIL SCORING TILTS
28 at Utah (2/16/19)
24 vs. Utah (1/18/20)
23 vs. CCSU (11/14/19)
20 vs. Colorado/China (11/9/19)
ASU CONSECUTIVE 20-POINT GAMES (LISTED MOST RECENT, 6 OR MORE, 1969-PRESENT)
6-Remy Martin, Jr. (Dec. 28, 2019-present)
6-Ike Diogu, Jr. (Dec. 22, 2004-Jan. 8, 2005)
8-Eddie House, Sr., (Dec. 18, 1999-Jan. 15, 2000)
7-Jeremy Veal, Sr. (Jan. 24-Feb.19, 1998)
7-Trent Edwards, Sr. (Feb. 11-March 9, 1989)
6-Seabern Hill, Jr. (Feb. 15-March 4, 1969)
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Taeshon Cherry was another player to score double-digits, putting up 11 points and grabbing a team-high five rebounds.
TAESHON CHERRY DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES (8-0)
19 vs. Omaha (Nov. 28, 2018)
15 vs. Oregon (Jan. 19, 2019)
15 vs. Utah State (Nov. 21, 2018)
14 vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 1, 2018)
12 vs. Oregon State (Jan. 17, 2019)
11 vs. Utah (1/18/2019)
11 vs. Stanford (Feb. 20, 2019)
10 at San Francisco (Dec. 3, 2019)
The Sun Devils jumped out first and led the entire first half thanks in part to Rob Edwards' 11 points. Arizona State went into halftime with a six-point lead, up 29-23 over the Utes.
Early into the second half, as Utah struggled as the Sun Devils turned up the defense, starting off 1-for-10 from the field, ASU built their lead up to 14 and then eventually built up to the largest lead of the game, 19, before the game ended.
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The team shot .692 from the field (18-of-26) and hit eight of its 11 threes in the second half to help make the push. Arizona State shot .517 from the field (30-for-58) and .611 from three (11-of-18).
The Sun Devils are off until next Saturday when they play Arizona at Desert Financial Arena at 7:30 p.m.
REMY MARTIN CAREER 20+ SCORING TILTS (19)
33 at Princeton (11/26/19)
31 vs. Arizona (1/31/19)
29 at Oregon (1/11/20)
27 at Arizona (3/9/19)
25 vs. #20 Colorado (1/16/20)
24 at Oregon State (1/9/20)
24 at California (1/9/19)
23 vs. Texas Southern (12/28/19)
23 vs. Georgia (12/14/19)
23 vs. Colorado/China (11/9/19)
22 vs. Utah (1/3/19)
21 vs. Prairie View A&M (12/11/19)
21 vs. #7 Virginia (11/23/19)
21 at Georgia (12/15/18)
21 at #2 Kansas (12/10/17)
20 vs. Utah (1/18/20)
20 at #25 Arizona (1/4/20)
20 vs. Rider (11/17/19)
20 vs. Colorado/Las Vegas (3/7/18)
SUN DEVIL CAREER RECORDS
POINTS
1. 2,044 – Eddie House, '96-2000
2. 1,984 – Jeremy Veal, '94-98
3. 1,946 – Ike Diogu, '02-05
4. 1,834 – Ron Riley, '92-96
5. 1,797 – Tra Holder, '14-18
29. 1,113 – Dwayne Fontana, '90-94
30. 1,093 – Scott Lloyd, '73-76
31. 1,079 – Dennis Hamilton, '63-66
32. 1,077 – Bobby Lazor, '78-82
33. 1,072 – Remy Martin, '17-present
34. 1,043 – Kodi Justice, '14-18
STARTING LINEUP COMBINATIONS (8)
Cherry, Edwards, Lawrence, Martin, White (1): Utah
Cherry, Edwards, Martin, Verge, White (3): Creighton, TSU, @UA
Cherry, Edwards, Martin, Valtonen, White (2): Georgia, SMC
Cherry, Lawrence, Martin, Verge, White (3): @OSU, @UO, CU
Edwards, Martin, Thomas, Valtonen, White (3): @USF, LA, PVAM
Edwards, Lawrence, Martin, Valtonen, White (3): SJU, UVA, @PU
Edwards, Lawrence, Martin, Verge, White (1): Rider
Edwards, Graham, Lawrence, Martin, Verge (2): CCSU, CU