LAS VEGAS — Charli Turner Thorne was happy to get the opening game jitters out of the way.
Courtney Ekmark scored 18 points and No. 20 Arizona State used a run at the start of the fourth quarter to pull away from Colorado and win 66-49 on Thursday in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
"I told our team in the locker room, sometimes it's not the worst thing to have the play-in game," Turner Thorne said. "The first game is the hardest. ... The pressure and excitement of the moment can get to you."
Ekmark hit six 3-pointers for the Sun Devils (20-9), who will play UCLA on Friday in the quarterfinals.