Thirteen points deep into a 19-0 second half run, Arizona State and its 12,751 supporters at Wells Fargo Arena became one.
Fresh off a miss from Oregon’s Louis King, Remy Martin advanced to the frontcourt, taking a second to relish in a goosebump moment. As he dribbled the ball, a reverberating ‘ASU’ chant echoed from the hardwood to the rafters, by far the loudest the building had been since the Sun Devils’ upset of No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 22.
After dedicating the moment of clamor, Martin went to work. He took three dribbles left, beat Will Richardson to the baseline, jumped and found a cutting Zylan Cheatham for an and-one slam to elevate the commotion further.