Gordon's overtime play drives Sun Devils past Colorado
Evan Gordon's buzzer-beating layup in overtime lifted Arizona State past Colorado 63-62, Feb. 15, his first game in coming off the bench this year.
Gordon's game-winner came after Spencer Dinwiddie's bucket with 8.3 seconds left had given the Buffaloes a 62-61 lead. Gordon finished with 14 points.
Jahii Carson's 18 points led the Sun Devils (19-7, 8-5 Pac-12), which won for the first time in four tries in Boulder and swept the season series against the Buffaloes.
ASU had used the same starting lineup for the first 24 games but wanted to get some more scoring off the bench, so Gordon came off the bench and played 30 minutes and had 14 points, including 4-of-8 from the three-point stripe. ASU entered the game as only one of six Divison I teams to use the same starting lineup in every game.
It was just the sixth loss in 48 home games under Colorado coach Tad Boyle.
Dinwiddie led Colorado (17-8, 7-6) with 24 points and Askia Booker added 17 to break out of a four-game shooting slump.
The game was tied at 52 at the end of regulation following a furious rally by Colorado from a 54-48 deficit with 1:19 left. The Buffs tied the game on Xavier Johnson's dunk with 2.5 seconds left and Carrick Felix missed a potential game-winner at the buzzer.
ASU moved to 3-0 in overtime, as it defeated Utah (55-54 on Jan. 2) and USC (98-93 on Jan. 24) in overtime already this year.
SUN DEVIL POSTGAME NOTES
--ASU moved to 6-5 in one-point games in Coach Sendek's seven seasons including a 2-0 mark this year. It also beat Utah 55-54 on Jan. 2.
--The 19 offensive boards by Colorado is tied for the most given up a by a Coach Sendek-led team at Arizona State.
MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS BY ASU OPPONENT
19 at Colorado (Feb. 16, 2013)
19 at Washington (Feb. 6, 2010)
19 at Oregon (Jan. 14, 2010)
19 vs. Charlotte @Anaheim (Nov. 27, 2008)
19 vs. Southern Illinois (Mar. 20, 2008)
--ASU is now 5-2 against the other top six teams in the league, with a sweep over Colorado and single wins over UCLA, USC and California.
--Senior Carrick Felix played 43 minutes without a turnover. In ASU's three overtime games this year (all wins), he has played 130 of 135 minutes (43.3 per game) and is averaging 9.3 rebounds and has just one turnover to go along with nine assists.
--Freshman Jahii Carson in the six Pac-12 road games is averaging 21.2 points in 37.5 minutes and shooting .538 (50-of-93) from the field. He is also 9-of-20 (.450) from the three-point stripe.
--ASU now has 170 blocks on the year, the most by a Sun Devil squad since the 1996-97 team set the school record with 172. UCLA holds Pac-12 record for blocks with 199 in 2010-11.
PAC-12 FRESHMAN SCORING LIST
1. Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Cal, 1995-96, 21.1
2. O.J. Mayo, USC, 2007-08, 20.7
3. Harold Miner, USC, 1989-90, 20.6
4. Jerryd Bayless, Arizona, 2007-08, 19.7
5. Ike Diogu, Arizona State, 2002-03, 19.0
6. Don McLean, UCLA, 1988-89, 18.6
7. Cliff Robinson, USC, 1977-78, 18.4
8. Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA, 2012-13, 18.5
9. James Harden, Arizona State, 2007-08, 17.8
10. Jahii Carson, Arizona State, 2012-13, 17.7
ASU OVERTIME GAMES UNDER COACH SENDEK
With the 63-62 win over Colorado, ASU is now 9-4 in overtime under Coach Sendek. This year's three free basketball games are the first overtime games since a 73-72 loss to UCLA on Jan. 29, 2011. It also went 2-2 in 2008-09, 4-0 in 2007-08 and lost its only overtime game in 2006-07.
2012-13 (1-0)
ASU 63, @Colorado 62 (Feb. 16, 2013(
ASU 98, USC 93 (Jan. 24, 2013)
ASU 55, Utah 54 (Jan. 2, 2013)
2010-11 (0-1)
UCLA 73, ASU 72 (Jan. 29, 2011)
2008-09 (2-2)
@Washington State 51, ASU 49 (Feb. 28, 2009)
#21 @Washington 73, #14 ASU 70 (Feb. 26, 2009)
#16 ASU 61, #9 UCLA 58 (Jan. 17, 2009)
#20 ASU 59, IUPUI 58 (Dec. 14, 2008 at Phoenix)
2007-08 (4-0)
ASU 72, #7 Stanford 68 (Feb. 14, 2008)
#22 ASU 99, @California 90 (Jan. 17, 2008)
ASU 64, Arizona 59 (Jan. 9, 2008)
ASU 87, LSU 84 (Nov. 21, 2007 at Maui)
2006-07 (0-1)
California 66, ASU 62 (Dec. 20, 2006)