November 10, 2024
The Sun Devil men's hoops team (2-1) battled with one of the top teams in the nation at one of the toughest places to play Sunday afternoon, but fell to Gonzaga 88-80 in the first game of a home-and-home series that will have the Bulldogs coming to Tempe in 2025-26.
ASU had quality games from Alston Mason (19 points on 8-of-13 shooting), Basheer Jihad (22 points including perfect in seven free throws and 10 boards) and B.J. Freeman (12 points) but couldn't keep Gonzaga off the line (18-of-22) or get there enough (11-of-12).