Santiago Trouet scored a season-high 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Arizona State posted an 85-76 victory over Oklahoma State on Tuesday in Tempe, Ariz.
The Sun Devils (13-12, 4-8 Big 12) had six players finish with double-figure scoring, led by Massamba Diop with 17 points.
Maurice Odum had 13 points and seven rebounds, Noah Meeusen finished with 12 points, Andrija Grbovic had 11 points and Anthony Johnson scored 10. Trouet logged his fourth double-double of the season for Arizona State, which had lost three of its previous four games.
Oklahoma State (16-8, 4-7) was swept in its trip to No. 1 Arizona and Arizona State, affecting its status as an NCAA tournament bubble team.
Parsa Fallah and Anthony Roy each scored 16 points to lead the Cowboys. Kanye Clary finished with 11, and Vyctorious Miller had 10.
The Cowboys tied the game twice in the second half, the last time with 14:39 remaining, but could not take the lead.
Arizona State went up 60-52 lead with 10:37 left on a three-point play by Diop.
The Cowboys cut the gap to 60-57, drawing the third foul by Odum and fourth on Diop in that stretch.
Odum was whistled for his fourth foul with 6:32 left, and Jaylen Curry made both free throws to slice the Sun Devils’ lead to 66-63.
Oklahoma State also encountered foul problems with Fallah, Roy and Miller playing with four in the second half.
After a 3-pointer by Clary got the Cowboys within 69-68 with 4:37 left, Arizona State scored the next nine points to pull away. Meeusen capped the surge by making a layup and two free throws.
Arizona State outscored Oklahoma State 17-6 to build a 29-16 lead with 8:08 left in the first half.
Grbovic scored the last seven points in that run by hitting two 3-pointers, one of which resulted in a four-point play when he was fouled taking the shot.
Oklahoma State answered with a 16-3 run to tie the game at 32 with 2:34 left in the half.
The Cowboys failed to make a field goal in the last 3 1/2 minutes, missing their final three shots of the half. They trailed 39-34 at halftime.
Oklahoma State had 10 turnovers that led to 16 points for the Sun Devils at that point. The Cowboys finished with 17 turnovers, resulting in 26 points for Arizona State.
–Field Level Media
