Overview
- Arizona State edged Kansas State 87-84 in Tempe for its first conference victory, leaving the Wildcats 0-3 in Big 12 play; the game streamed exclusively on Peacock.
- The Sun Devils flipped the game with a second-half 14-1 run, won the boards 48-34, and held a 50-28 edge in paint points, with Massamba Diop and Moe Odum scoring 21 apiece.
- Kansas State made 13 threes and got 25 points from P.J. Haggerty and 22 from Abdi Bashir, but a late rally after Haggerty’s clutch 3-pointer came up short.
- Unbeaten Arizona (15-0, 2-0) heads to TCU on ESPN, carrying the Big 12’s top scoring and rebounding rates and an interior-heavy attack that drew 39 free throws against Kansas State.
- TCU (11-4, 1-1) returns home after an overtime loss at Kansas in which it led by 15 late, and under Jamie Dixon the Horned Frogs have a track record of upsetting top-10 visitors in Fort Worth.