Freshman Jayden Quaintance scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help Arizona State defeat UMass 78-62 Saturday in a nonconference game at the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Springfield, Mass.
Brasheer Jihad added 20 points and eight rebounds for the Sun Devils (9-2), who trailed 33-31 at halftime but outscored the Minutemen 47-29 over the final 20 minutes. Quaintance was 8 of 14 from the field.
Alston Mason (13 points) and BJ Freeman (11) also scored in double figures for Arizona State.
UMass (5-8) made its last field goal of the game with 6:52 remaining.
Rahsool Diggins scored a game-high 24 points for UMass, while making four of his eight 3-point attempts. Diggins entered the game shooting 30.9 percent from the field and 25.3 percent from 3-point range.
Jaylen Curry entered the matchup leading UMass in scoring (14.3 points) but was held to two points in 26 minutes. He missed 5 of his 6 shots from the field.
Akil Watson, who played for Arizona State last season, scored seven points in 17 minutes for the Minutemen.
Arizona State led 25-23 following a Mason layup with 7:07 to play in the first half, but UMass went on an 8-0 run to go in front 31-25. The Minutemen held their two-point advantage at halftime despite missing all of their five free-throw attempts in the opening 20 minutes.
UMass used a 6-0 spurt to take a 46-41 lead with 12:58 remaining, but Arizona State scored the next 13 points and held a 54-46 lead with 10:22 to play. The Sun Devils extended their edge to 60-49 on a Freeman 3-pointer with 8:14 to play.
The Minutemen trailed 62-56 when Arizona State assumed control by scoring the next 11 points to take a 73-56 lead with 2:04 to play.
It was the first meeting between the programs.
--Field Level Media
Arizona State | Massachusetts | |
Basheer Jihad 20 | Scoring | Rahsool Diggins 24 |
Alston Mason 6 | Assists | Marqui Worthy 5 |
Jayden Quaintance 11 | Rebounds | Daniel Rivera 9 |
Alston Mason 5 | Free Throws Made | Rahsool Diggins 4 |
Basheer Jihad 3 | Steals | Malek Abdelgowad 2 |
Jayden Quaintance 4 | Blocks | Shahid Muhammad 2 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Arizona State | 78 | 45.2 | 8-20 | 14-16 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
Massachusetts | 62 | 38.3 | 6-16 | 10-18 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 11 |