And then there were seven . . . as in scholarship players for the Arizona State men's basketball team.
It wasn't exactly the way coach Bobby Hurley wanted to start a stretch in which the Sun Devils will be playing six games in 12 days but the first leg went off all right as ASU surged past visiting Washington 97-64 in Pac-12 play Tuesday night at Desert Financial Arena.
It was ASU’s largest Pac-12 win since Jan. 22, 2015 when it turned in a 79-44 win at Cal.
ASU (8-11, 5-8) spotted Washington (5-18, 4-14) a 7-2 lead early but it was all Sun Devils after that.