No one would have blamed them if they had called it quits.
The Arizona State Sun Devils led Wednesday afternoon’s Pac-12 Tournament opener for nearly all of the final 44 minutes of regulation, finally faltering when the Stanford Cardinal sent the game to overtime with a long jump shot on their final possession of the second half.
Nevertheless, Arizona State (15-17) persevered.
Not ready to end its season just yet, the team found a new gear in the additional five-minute period, outscoring the tournament’s nine-seed 17-7 to lock up a 98-88 victory.