TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Massamba Diop scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half, Moe Odum also scored 21 and Arizona State Sun Devils held off Kansas State Wildcats 87-84 on Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak and pick up its first Big 12 win this season.
Diop, a 7-foot-1 freshman, was 8-of-10 shooting, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked five shots. Anthony Johnson added 18 points, Santiago Trouet had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Allen Mukeba also scored 10 points for ASU (10-6, 1-2).
P.J. Haggerty, coming in seventh in the nation in scoring at 22.7 ppg, finished with 25 points, and Abdi Bashir Jr. made 6 of 12 3-point tries in finishing with 22 points for the Wildcats (9-7, 0-3), who lost their third straight.
Kansas State had a 64-58 lead midway through the second half but then went over five minutes without a field goal when ASU scored 10 straight points to begin a 18-3 run capped by Diop’s dunk to lead 76-67 with less than five minutes left.
Khamari McGriff’s follow with 16.6 seconds remaining got Kansas State within three. After a Johnson free throw, Haggerty banked in a long 3-pointer with five seconds remaining and the Wildcats were within a point. They quickly fouled Odum, who made both free throws. But coming out of a timeout, Haggerty was short on a half-court attempt.
ASU made only 3 of 22 3-point attempts while Kansas State hit 13 of 31. But ASU outscored the Wildcats 50-28 in the paint and made nine more free throws.
The Wildcats led 38-36 at halftime.
Kansas State is home against No. 25 UCF on Wednesday.
Arizona State is at top-ranked Arizona on Wednesday.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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4
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P. Haggerty G | 25PTS | 3REB | 3AST | |
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35
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M. Diop C | 21PTS | 9REB | 1AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| P. Haggerty | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Bashir Jr. | 22 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| K. McGriff | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Rapieque | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| N. Johnson | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| T. Manning | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Buca | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Castillo | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Kostic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jones | – | – | – | – |
| M. Johnson | – | – | – | – |
| M. Ikegwuruka | – | – | – | – |
| S. Osei | – | – | – | – |
| E. Wilson | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 84 | 28 | 14 | 27 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| M. Odum | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| M. Diop | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Johnson | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Mukeba | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Trouet | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Grbovic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| N. Meeusen | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Holiman | – | – | – | – |
| B. Ford | – | – | – | – |
| M. Adams Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| Q. McCoy | – | – | – | – |
| T. Best | – | – | – | – |
| V. Wallace | – | – | – | – |
| K. Polk | – | – | – | – |
| J. Icitovic | – | – | – | – |
| D. Salane | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 87 | 41 | 14 | 17 |