Given how streaky Arizona State (20-11, 11-9 Pac-12) has shot all year-long, there was a lingering feeling that their most crucial games down the road would come down to how well they made self-generated shots.
Sunday’s matchup against USC (22-9, 14-6 Pac-12) was as crucial as it gets. The Sun Devils could only obtain the No. 5 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament with a win, but more importantly, a victory would keep them on the right side of most Bracketologists’ bubbles.
The Sun Devils shot just 29.2% from the field, and despite another last-minute comeback, dropped the regular-season finale 68-65 to the Trojans at the Galen Center.