Canadian Luguentz Dort scores 21 points in Arizona State’s first NCAA tournament win since 2009 Globe_Sports
The 11th-seeded Sun Devils will play Mid-American Conference champion Buffalo on Friday in the West Region, coming off their first NCAA tourney win in 10 years.“It was just great,” Dort said. “At the beginning of this year we knew that we wanted to do something special.”
“We’re so close, and we talk so much,” Hurley said. “And I’m sure he’s very familiar with our team and our players. Just getting a chance to spend time with him this afternoon a little bit — it means everything that he took the time out.” The Pac-12 was 0-3 in the tournament last season, with two teams — Arizona State and UCLA — falling in the First Four. Arizona then got knocked out in the round of 64.St. John’s was the last team picked for the tournament, sneaking in despite a late-season fade. The Red Storm wound up one of the first ones out as well.Shamorie Ponds scored 25 points for St. John’s, which hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 2000. The Red Storm never led on Wednesday.
Dort returned and hit a pair of free throws and a layup that blunted the Red Storm’s comeback . His fast-break layup rebuilt the lead to 16 points.
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