Tempe, Ariz. • After trailing by 17 points in the half, Utah roared back for a 96-86 victory over Arizona State to open the Pac-12 basketball schedule Thursday night at Arizona State.
The Utes (7-6) were down 28-11 midway through the first half. They outscored ASU 85-58 the rest of the way.
The Sun Devils (9-4) recently beat then-No. 1 Kansas and were ranked No. 17 before falling out of the AP Top 25 this week, thanks to a one-point loss to Princeton.
Sedrick Barefield scored 12 straight Utah points in one key stretch of the second half and finished with 24 points.