COLLEGE BASKETBALL With 20-0 closing run, ASU tops Utah by two
Courtney Ekmark’s two free throws with under a second remaining capped a 20-0 gameending run as No. 19 Arizona State stunned visiting Utah 60-58 on Sunday.
Andrea Torres’ 3-pointer with 8:09 left extended the Utes’ lead to 18 points, but those would be the only points scored by Utah (18-7, 7-7 Pac-12) in the final period.
Robbi Ryan, who scored 10 of her 11 points in the fourth quarter, tied the game on a 3-pointer with 11.5 seconds left. After Torres was called for an offensive foul, Ekmark was fouled on a 3-point try and made the first two free-throw tries.
“What an unbelievable fourth quarter by this team,” ASU head coach Charli Turner Thorne said. “They finally shifted gears, locked in . ... It was different people making plays down the stretch. It was really fun.”
Arizona State (18-6, 9-4) — which had been down by six with 1:28 left before winning on a buzzer-beater in the teams’ first meeting — made its first five shots in the fourth quarter Sunday and finished 8-for-13 in the period. Utah was 1-for-10 in the final quarter.