The race was already on, two Pac-12 foes flying up and down the court, when the 7-foot freshman stole the inbounds pass under one basket, turned around, and saw a wide-open path to the other.
So Evan Mobley took off without a second thought, sprinting coast to coast like a gangly gazelle bound for the NBA lottery, leaving every Sun Devils defender in his dust. All game long, USC let Arizona State dictate the breakneck pace, but as Mobley burst from end to end early in the second half, here were the Trojans and their star telling the speedy Sun Devils try to keep up.