Days removed from a largely surprising loss to Princeton, Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley sat in disbelief at the podium once again, this time having to field questions after his Sun Devils watched a 17-point lead evaporate into a 96-86 loss to Utah in both team’s conference opener.
Having struggled to defend the perimeter in recent defeats against Vanderbilt and Princeton, ASU once again could not contain its opponent behind the 3-point line as the Utes caught fire in a 16-of-30 shooting performance from beyond the arc.
“They shot a very high percentage, some of them were wide open.