TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) BJ Freeman scored 19 points and Jayden Quaintance recorded a double-double and Arizona State seized control early and cruised to an 81-61 win over Colorado on Saturday.
Quaintance scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Basheer Jihad scored 17 points and reserve Amier Ali scored 10 points shooting 7 for 7 from the foul line.
Arizona State (10-3, 1-1) won its first-ever Big 12 Conference game shooting 51.9% (28 of 54) including 46.4% (13 for 28) from 3-point range.
Colorado reserve Trevor Baskin scored 23 points and outscored the Buffaloes’ starters by two points.
Alston Mason’s 3-pointer just under two minutes in put Arizona State ahead 8-6 and the basket ignited a 14-2 Sun Devils run over the next six minutes for a 19-8 lead.
Colorado’s Harrison Carrington stopped the hemorrhaging briefly with a 3 with 10:43 left before halftime, but a 13-0 ASU outburst in a little more than two minutes made it 32-11 with 7:52 left before intermission. Ali made three foul shots, Mason made a jump shot, Quaintance made a 3 and a jumper and Jihad made a 3 during the run.
Arizona State led 40-27 at the break on the strength of 51.7% shooting (15 for 29) to the Buffaloes’ 34.3% (12 for 34) including 2 for 14 from 3-point range.
Colorado continues its road trip as it heads to Central Florida on Wednesday. Arizona State travels to face seventh-ranked Kansas on Wednesday.
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6
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T. Baskin F | 23PTS | 10REB | 2AST | |
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10
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B. Freeman G | 19PTS | 4REB | 4AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Jakimovski | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| E. Malone | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| R. Smith | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| A. Diop | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Hammond III | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| T. Baskin | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| H. Carrington | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Rancik | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Ruffin | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| B. Dak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Pease | – | – | – | – |
| G. Gerhardt | – | – | – | – |
| C. Anderson Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| G. Whitt | – | – | – | – |
| N. Randall | – | – | – | – |
| F. Kossaras | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 61 | 31 | 17 | 16 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Freeman | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| B. Jihad | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Quaintance | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Miller | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Mason | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Ali | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Phillips Jr. | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Hurley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Williams | – | – | – | – |
| A. Nunez | – | – | – | – |
| B. Gardner | – | – | – | – |
| J. Sanon | – | – | – | – |
| Q. McCoy | – | – | – | – |
| C. Clay | – | – | – | – |
| C. Braun | – | – | – | – |
| B. Long | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 81 | 34 | 15 | 19 |