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 Tra Holder had 15 points, four rebounds and four assists while
Savon Goodman had nine points and six boards for Arizona State
(16-14, 8-9 Pac-12), which snapped a two-game skid and avenged an
89-70 loss in Palo Alto on Jan. 25. Arizona State improved to 22-3
in its past 25 home games despite shooting 3-of-15 from 3-point
range.
Stefan Nastic led Stanford (18-11, 9-8) with 16 points and six
rebounds while leading scorer Chasson Randle had 16 points on
4-of-13 shooting along with five assists. Anthony Brown chipped in
13 points and four boards for the Cardinal, who likely needed a win
to keep their faint NCAA Tournament at-large hopes alive.
 Arizona State held Stanford to 29.6 percent shooting in the opening
period and closed on a 12-0 run over the last 3:06 to move ahead
37-23 at the break. The Cardinal began the second half with a 24-10
run after switching to a zone defense and pulled even at 47 on
Brown’s 3-pointer with just under 11 minutes left.
McKissic scored nine of his team’s next 11 points and the Sun Devils
led 60-54 on Holder’s basket with 1:41 remaining. Randle answered
with a 3-pointer but the Cardinal turned the ball over on three of
their next four possessions and fell to 2-6 in games decided by five
points or fewer.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Stanford F Michael Humphrey, an Arizona native who
had two double-doubles in his previous three games, exited the
contest early in the first half with a sprained left ankle and did
not return. … The Sun Devils can secure the No. 5 seed in next
week’s conference tournament with a win Saturday over California and
a Stanford loss to Arizona. … Reid Travis had six points and eight
rebounds for Stanford, which has trailed at halftime in eight of its
last nine games.
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