Bobby Hurley had a timeout. He didn’t use it. From the bench, the Arizona State coach signaled for the Sun Devils to run the offense.
With six seconds left, Tra Holder used a screen and drove left. USC’s Chimezie Metu, one of the Pac-12’s top shot blockers, came over to defend, but the senior guard kept going, lofting a running shot that banked in with 1.9 seconds left.
Throughout ASU's rough conference start, Hurley had said it over and over. We're right there. We've been in every game. We just let it slip away in the final minutes.