TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Massamba Diop scored 19 points and Arizona State Sun Devils dominated the second half to pull away for a 73-48 win over Northern Arizona Lumberjacks on Tuesday night.
The Sun Devils (8-2) beat Oklahoma 86-70 in Phoenix on Saturday, but had a hard time shaking the Lumberjacks (4-5) in the first half.
Arizona State used a short run to lead by eight at halftime and took over to start the second half, using a 15-2 run to stretch the lead to 54-32. The Sun Devils held Northern Arizona to 7-of-27 shooting from the floor in the second half and 5 of 26 from 3 overall.
Isaiah Shaw led the Lumberjacks with 21 points.
Arizona State had runs of 11-2 and 14-2 with the 7-foot-1 Diop drawing attention in the lane and altering shots on defense.
The Lumberjacks had a couple of runs of their own keyed by defense, holding the Sun Devils scoreless for four minutes during one stretch.
Northern Arizona used an 8-0 run to pull with 26-24, but Diop returned and quickly hit a jump hook, then an alley-oop dunk. Diop had 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting and Arizona State led 35-26 at halftime.
Arizona State ran away from the Lumberjacks in the second half behind its defense.
Northern Arizona opened the first half 1 for 10 from the field and Arizona State scored 13 straight points to go up 48-30 to turn a close game into a rout.
Northern Arizona: plays at San Diego on Saturday.
Arizona State: plays Santa Clara in Las Vegas on Saturday.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| I. Shaw | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Z. Davidson | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Osojnik | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| R. Abelman | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Bradford | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| O. Fort | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Campisano | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Jackson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| K. Poom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Peterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Komin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Timme | – | – | – | – |
| J. Amundsen | – | – | – | – |
| E. Poran | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 48 | 21 | 8 | 20 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| M. Diop | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| S. Trouet | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Ford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Grbovic | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Odum | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Mukeba | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Johnson | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| M. Adams Jr. | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| N. Meeusen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Best | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. McCoy | – | – | – | – |
| K. Polk | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 73 | 38 | 15 | 10 |