ASU’S MARTIN BOUNCES BACK
Remy Martin had a rare quiet night in Arizona State’s previous game, playing with what coach Bobby Hurley called a blank look in his eyes.
Arizona State 71, Grand Canyon 70
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Martin’s fire was back against Grand Canyon and the Sun Devils needed every bit of it.
Martin hit a 3-pointer with 9 seconds left and scored 23 of of his 31 points points in the second half, lifting No. 23 Arizona State to a 71-70 victory over Grand Canyon on Sunday in Phoenix.
“I just decided to take it up notch and be myself,” Martin said.
The Sun Devils (4-2) struggled without leading rebounder Marcus Bagley (left calf ) in a 12-point loss to No. 24 San Diego State on Thursday. Bagley was still out, but Arizona State made up for it with blistering second-half shooting and a much more aggressive Martin.
Arizona State made 15 of 27 shots in the second half of the neighboring schools’ first meeting since 1980,
Martin, an AP preseason All-American, had nine points on 2-of-8 shooting against the Aztecs, but pushed the action against GCU and hit 12 of 21 shots — none bigger than his corner 3 with 9 seconds left.
“It’s just his makeup, how he’s wired,” Hurley said. “He’s got a big heart and he wants those moments. Some guys thrive in those moments and other guys don’t handle so well for whatever reason. He’s proven over and over he’s that type of guy.”
Grand Canyon (4-1) rallied from an eight-point deficit to take a 70-68 lead in the final minute on consecutive 3pointers by Jovan Blacksher Jr. and Alessandro Lever.
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No. 3 Iowa 106, Northern Illinois 53: Luka Garza scored 23 points and Joe Wieskamp added 20 to help host Iowa (6-0) beat Northern
Illinois (0-5).
No. 4 Michigan State 109, Oakland 91: Gabe Brown scored a career-high 20 points and Michigan State (6-0) pulled away from 0-7 Oakland (Mich.).
No. 11 West Virginia 87, No. 19 Richmond 71: Miles McBride scored 20 points and West Virginia (5-1) used a hotshooting first half to beat visiting Richmond (4-1).
No. 22 Ohio State 67, Cleveland State 61: Duane Washington Jr. scored 17 points and host Ohio State (5-0) held off Cleveland State (0-3).
West
Cal Poly 75, San Jose State 71: Alimamy Koroma had 19 points off the bench to lead host Cal Poly (2-2) over San Jose State (1-2).
Boise State 70, Weber State 59: Derrick Alston Jr. scored 23 points, draining five 3-pointers, as Boise State
(4-1) beat visiting Weber State (2-1) its fourth straight win.
New Mexico 72, Rice 61: Makuach Maluach had 23 points as New Mexico (1-0) topped Rice (4-1).
California 72, San Francisco 70: Makale Foreman scored his first points of the game on a buzzer-beating 3pointer that gave host California its only lead of the game and a win over San Francisco (5-3).
Washington State 69, Portland State 60: Noah Williams scored 18 points on 8-for-12 shooting as host Washington State (5-0) held Portland State (1-2) at bay.
Drake 81, Air Force 53: D.J. Wilkins scored a careerhigh 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting from 3-point range and host Drake (6-0) rolled past Air Force (2-2).
Notable
USC postponed its Pac-12 home men’s game against Stanford because of a confirmed case of COVID-19.
• Wednesday’s ACC game between No. 25 Louisville and North Carolina State has been postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests within the Cardinals program.
• Northern Iowa says it won’t play its scheduled men’s matchups with No. 13 Wisconsin or Marshall this week.