BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Adam Miller scored 18 points and Alston Mason scored 17 points and Arizona State kept Colorado winless in the Big 12 beating the Buffaloes 70-68 in a frantic finish on Tuesday night.
Shawn Phillips Jr. scored 13 points and Basheer Jihad scored nine of his 11 points from the foul line for the Sun Devils (12-8, 3-6).
Reserve Trevor Baskin scored 19 points and Julian Hammond III and Bangot Dak each scored 13 for Colorado (9-11, 0-9).
Phillips – who finished 9 for 11 from the foul line – made 1 of 2 free throws with two seconds left to give ASU a 70-68 lead. Having to go the length of the court, Colorado failed to get off a shot.
Trailing 69-66, Colorado’s Sebastian Rancik got fouled on his 3-point attempt by Phillips and he proceeded to make 2 of 3 from the foul line. On the inbounds, Miller turned it over on a traveling call. After Colorado called timeout, Phillips blocked Andrej Jakimovski’s layup attempt. On the recovery, Jakimovski passed out to Baskin who missed a 3 attempt.
Colorado took its first lead at 45-43 when Hammond made two foul shots with 11:59 left capping an 8-0 run.
The Sun Devils built an 11-2 lead and never trailed. Colorado closed to within 24-22 with the help of a 13-5 run in a four-minute span with 4:37 remaining in the first half. But Arizona State outscored the Buffs 9-4 before halftime and led 33-26 at intermission.
Arizona State returns home to host Arizona on Saturday. Colorado travels to face TCU on Sunday.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Miller | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| A. Mason | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Phillips Jr. | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| B. Jihad | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| B. Freeman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Ali | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Sanon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Best | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Hurley | – | – | – | – |
| J. Williams | – | – | – | – |
| B. Gardner | – | – | – | – |
| Q. McCoy | – | – | – | – |
| C. Clay | – | – | – | – |
| C. Braun | – | – | – | – |
| B. Long | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 70 | 29 | 11 | 19 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Hammond III | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| B. Dak | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Rancik | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Jakimovski | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| E. Malone | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| T. Baskin | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Ruffin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| H. Carrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Diop | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Pease | – | – | – | – |
| G. Gerhardt | – | – | – | – |
| C. Anderson Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| G. Whitt | – | – | – | – |
| N. Randall | – | – | – | – |
| F. Kossaras | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 68 | 31 | 8 | 19 |