Sun Devils close Old Spice Classic


ASU vs Wake Forest

Keala King had 25 points and Trent Lockett added 20 as Arizona State beat Wake Forest 84-56 in a consolation round game at the Old Spice Classic on Friday night.

Lockett had 14 points and King contributed 10 as Arizona State (2-3) took a commanding 40-21 lead at halftime. Consecutive layups by Kyle Cain and Lockett put Arizona State up 32-15 with 4 minutes left in the first half.

Wake Forest (3-2) got 17 points from C.J. Harris. He has scored in double-figures in all five games this season.

Chris Colvin's 3-point play gave Arizona State a 45-21 lead with 17 minutes to play. King hit a long-range jumper that extended the Arizona State lead to 59-31 at the 11-minute mark.

King had all six points for the Sun Devils when they grabbed an early 6-1 lead. Lockett's 3 made it 19-7 midway through the half.

Lockett had 15 points and seven rebounds in Arizona State's 55-44 loss to Fairfield on Thursday.

Wake Forest shot just 28 percent (7 for 25), compared to the Sun Devils' 59.3 percent (16 for 27) during the opening 20 minutes.

Wake Forest went four minutes into the second half before scoring. Harris ended the drought on his 3-point play.

This was the first meeting between Wake Forest and Arizona State.

ASU vs. DePaul

Cleveland Melvin had 18 points and Brandon Young added 13 to help DePaul hold off a late charge by Arizona State and secure a 68-64 win on Sunday in the fifth-place game of the Old Spice Classic.

Arizona State trailed by four points at halftime and throughout the second half before getting it down to a basket in the waning seconds. But Jordan Bachynski came up empty on a pair of free-throw attempts that would have tied it at 66.

Two free throws by Melvin on the other end then helped provide the final margin.

Arizona State was led by Keala King's 22 points, followed by Trent Lockett with 19. But the Sun Devils were hamstrung by 19 turnovers, a throwback to their tournament-opening loss to Fairfield in which they turned it over 22 times.