Although it wasn’t easy, the Sun Devils prevailed and will live to see another day.
In the opening game of the 2019 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament, the fifth-seeded Arizona State Sun Devils defeated the 12th-seeded Colorado Buffaloes 66-49.
With the victory, the Sun Devils advanced to the quarterfinals, where they will face the fourth-seeded UCLA Bruins.
Despite the final box score, the numbers don’t quite reflect the uphill battle it was for ASU.
After building an 18-point lead in the second quarter, the Sun Devils saw the Buffaloes storm back to cut the lead to one in the final minute of the third.