The Arizona State men's basketball team lost at the last second to the UCLA Bruins 75-72 Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion.
ASU fell to 19-9 (10-5 Pac-12) as UCLA improved to 18-11 (11-5 Pac-12).
The Sun Devils got a 30-point performance from Remy Martin and 23 points from Rob Edwards, but were unable to overcome the Bruins, who went on an 18-2 run in the first half.
Edwards shot 7-of-9 from three, a career-high for him. Verge was the third player to get into double-digit points with 12.
At the end of the first half, the Sun Devils trailed UCLA 41-35. Rob Edwards had 12 points and Remy Martin had 11 to lead Arizona State.
In the second half, ASU was down by as much as nine points until they went on a 10-0 run to take a 60-58 lead over the Bruins.
The teams battle battled it down to the wire, exchanging leads or remaining tied until a game-winning three by UCLA ended the game.
Arizona State plays at USC Saturday at 5 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN 620.
ASU fell to 19-9 (10-5 Pac-12) as UCLA improved to 18-11 (11-5 Pac-12).
The Sun Devils got a 30-point performance from Remy Martin and 23 points from Rob Edwards, but were unable to overcome the Bruins, who went on an 18-2 run in the first half.
Martin now has 10 games of at least 24 points in his career, with seven of them taking place on the road.
REMY MARTIN 24+ SCORING TILTS
33 at Princeton (11/26/19)
31 vs. Arizona (1/31/19)
30 at UCLA (2/27/20)
29 at Oregon (1/11/20)
27 at Arizona (3/9/19)
25 vs. #20 Colorado (1/16/20)
24 at Stanford (2/13/20)
24 vs. Arizona (1/25/20)
24 at Oregon State (1/9/20)
24 at California (1/9/19)
Martin is averaging 22.7 ppg. and has seven 20-point games in ASU's 10 road contests (6-4) this year. He led the team last year in road scoring at 15.0 ppg and in his freshman season was 11-of-23 (.478) from three and 24-of-29 (.828) from free throw line in road games. He has posted 10 games of 24+ points in his career, seven of them have been on the road.
The game had eight ties and 12 lead changes, but ASU was whistled for 21 fouls to only 13 for UCLA which led to both Alonzo Verge Jr. and Romello White fouling out. UCLA was 13-of-17 at the foul line, while ASU was 10-of-11.Edwards shot 7-of-9 from three, a career-high for him. Verge was the third player to get into double-digit points with 12.
At the end of the first half, the Sun Devils trailed UCLA 41-35. Rob Edwards had 12 points and Remy Martin had 11 to lead Arizona State.
In the second half, ASU was down by as much as nine points until they went on a 10-0 run to take a 60-58 lead over the Bruins.
The teams battle battled it down to the wire, exchanging leads or remaining tied until a game-winning three by UCLA ended the game.
Arizona State plays at USC Saturday at 5 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN 620.