TEMPE — The Arizona State Sun Devils (4-0) beat the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (1-4) 92-62 Friday night at Desert Financial Arena, with Paulius Murauskas scoring 31 points and pulling down 13 rebounds.
The Warhawks jumped out 5-0 before the Sun Devils scored, on a Ziyade Ndancky three-pointer and a Phillip Tillman layup. ASU came back, and at 13:50 of the first half, Murauskas laid it in off a Ben Defty pass to put the Sun Devils ahead 10-9. After that, it was all ASU.
Murauskas made the first lead stand up. He went 11-of-20 from the field, hit three threes and went 6-of-8 from the line for his 31 points, with 13 rebounds — the biggest night of the game on either side. Joel Foxwell added 16 points and nine assists, and Dillan Shaw had 12 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
ASU shot 45.3 percent from the field and hit 15 three-pointers, to 33.9 percent and six threes for Louisiana-Monroe. The Sun Devils had 23 assists to the Warhawks’ five, won the rebounding 45-32, and turned it over just seven times to Louisiana-Monroe’s 13. ASU blocked five shots; the Warhawks blocked none.
JRob Croy scored eight for ASU, Defty seven, and Bryce Ford eight off the bench. Ajak Nyuon hit both of his threes for six points, and Nate Garcia added four.
Dayjaun Anderson led Louisiana-Monroe with 17 points and eight rebounds. Ndancky scored 13, Tillman 12, and K. London 12 off the bench.
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