OMAHA, Neb. – The Sun Devil men's basketball team overcame an eight-point second half deficit to win its third straight game, defeating Creighton 58-57 on Tuesday night.
DJ Horne (12 points), Marreon Jackson (10 points) and Enoch Boakye (10 points) all scored in double figures for the Sun Devils (5-6), who shot 48 percent in the second half.
Tuesday's game was the seventh time in eight games in which the Sun Devils played an NCAA tournament team from last season. ASU has now played against last year's MWC champion (San Diego State), the defending NCAA champ (Baylor), Syracuse (Sweet 16), Loyola (Sweet 16), the Pac-12 champion (Oregon), the WAC champion (GCU) and Creighton (Sweet 16).