Arizona State seeks 3-0 start as Hofstra visits
An inability to finish off opponents in the second half has yet to haunt Arizona State Sun Devils. Hofstra Pride hasn't been nearly as fortunate.
The Sun Devils will continue a season-opening five-game homestand on Tuesday when they host the Pride in Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona State (2-0) last played Friday, when it cruised to a 90-63 win over Northern Colorado.
Hofstra (1-1) has been off since Thursday, when it squandered a nine-point lead in the final 1:31 of a 60-58 loss at Princeton.
The Sun Devils ended any upset hopes by Northern Colorado by finishing the first half on a 36-14 run to take a 48-26 lead. They led by at least 16 the rest of the way.
But the competitive second half by a mid-major foe continued an early trend for Arizona State, which outscored East Tennessee State by just four points in the second half of a 75-65 win on Nov. 2.
"It's good to get separation," said Arizona State coach Randy Bennett, who is in his first season with the Sun Devils after 25 years at Saint Mary's.
"Little steps we're making. One of them is learning how to do that -- get a lead, stretch the lead and stretch the lead and just never have a run where they cut it and make it close."
Hofstra finished with 18 turnovers -- its most since Nov. 19, 2024, when the Pride had 20 in a 79-61 loss to Florida State.
"It was the turnovers that cost us, especially late in the game," said sixth-year Hofstra coach Speedy Claxton. "That's one that I wish we could have back."
Paulius Murauskas, who played the previous two seasons at Saint Mary's, leads Arizona State with 27.0 points per game.
Dillan Shaw, another Saint Mary's transfer, is averaging 10.5 points and a team-high 9.0 rebounds while Joel Foxwell adds 11.0 points and leads the Sun Devils with 6.5 assists per game.
Tanner Thomas and Trey Boyd III are each averaging 12.0 points for Hofstra, which returned one player (Joshua DeCady) who saw action with last year's NCAA Tournament team.
Thomas leads the Pride with 8.0 rebounds per game. Nick Jefferson is averaging 10.5 points and shares the team lead in assists with Justin Moore (4.0).
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:19 |  | +1 | Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 24-31 |
| 4:19 | | +1 | Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 24-30 |
| 4:19 |  | Joshua DeCady personal foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul) | ||
| 4:39 | | +3 | Trey Boyd III makes three point jump shot (Nick Jefferson assists) | 24-29 |
| 4:55 | | +2 | Paulius Murauskas makes two point layup | 21-29 |
| 5:11 | | Deywilk Tavarez turnover (bad pass) | ||
| 5:26 | | +2 | Paulius Murauskas makes two point layup | 21-27 |
| 5:43 | | Dillan Shaw defensive rebound | ||
| 5:45 | | Spence Wewe misses two point jump shot | ||
| 6:02 | | Nick Jefferson defensive rebound | ||
| 6:02 | | Paulius Murauskas misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 6:02 | | Imanuel Zorgvol personal foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul) | ||
| 6:06 | | Ben Defty defensive rebound | ||
| 6:08 | | Nick Jefferson misses two point jump shot | ||
| 6:30 | | Pride defensive rebound | ||
| 6:32 | | Dillan Shaw misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:43 | | Dillan Shaw offensive rebound | ||
| 6:45 | | Spence Wewe blocks Joel Foxwell's two point layup | ||
| 7:05 | | +2 | Nick Jefferson makes two point jump shot | 21-25 |
| 7:21 | | +1 | Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 19-25 |
| 7:21 | | TV timeout | ||
| 7:21 | | Imanuel Zorgvol shooting foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul) | ||
| 7:21 | | +2 | Paulius Murauskas makes two point jump shot | 19-24 |
| 7:50 | | +3 | Trey Boyd III makes three point jump shot (Nick Jefferson assists) | 19-22 |
| 8:11 | | Nick Jefferson defensive rebound | ||
| 8:13 | | Paulius Murauskas misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:20 | | Paulius Murauskas defensive rebound | ||
| 8:22 | | Nick Jefferson misses two point jump shot | ||
| 8:44 | | Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound | ||
| 8:46 | | JRob Croy misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:59 | | Sun Devils offensive rebound | ||
| 9:01 | | Paulius Murauskas misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:04 | | Ben Defty offensive rebound | ||
| 9:04 | | Paulius Murauskas misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 9:04 | | Tanner Thomas shooting foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul) | ||
| 9:04 | | +2 | Paulius Murauskas makes two point layup (Ben Defty assists) | 16-22 |
| 9:13 | | Bryce Ford defensive rebound | ||
| 9:15 | | Deywilk Tavarez misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:36 | | Deywilk Tavarez defensive rebound | ||
| 9:38 | | Ben Defty misses two point layup | ||
| 9:40 | | Ben Defty offensive rebound | ||
| 9:42 | | Joel Foxwell misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:46 | | Deywilk Tavarez shooting foul (Ben Defty draws the foul) | ||
| 10:10 | | +3 | Deywilk Tavarez makes three point jump shot (Nick Jefferson assists) | 16-20 |
| 10:26 | | Nick Jefferson defensive rebound | ||
| 10:28 | | Bryce Ford misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:44 | | Deywilk Tavarez personal foul | ||
| 10:48 | | TV timeout | ||
| 10:48 | | Justin Moore personal foul (Dillan Shaw draws the foul) | ||
| 10:48 | | Dillan Shaw offensive rebound | ||
| 10:50 | | Bryce Ford misses two point jump shot | ||
| 11:12 | | +2 | Justin Moore makes two point jump shot | 13-20 |
| 11:34 | | +3 | Dillan Shaw makes three point jump shot (Joel Foxwell assists) | 11-20 |
| 11:44 | | Ben Defty defensive rebound | ||
| 11:46 | | Imanuel Zorgvol misses two point layup | ||
| 12:20 | | +3 | Bryce Ford makes three point jump shot (Paulius Murauskas assists) | 11-17 |
| 12:48 | | +1 | Imanuel Zorgvol makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 11-14 |
| 12:48 | | Ben Defty shooting foul (Imanuel Zorgvol draws the foul) | ||
| 12:48 | | +2 | Imanuel Zorgvol makes two point alley-oop dunk (Nick Jefferson assists) | 10-14 |
| 13:04 | | +1 | Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 8-14 |
| 13:04 | | +1 | Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 8-13 |
| 13:04 | | Tanner Thomas personal foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul) | ||
| 13:07 | | Dillan Shaw defensive rebound | ||
| 13:09 | | Nick Jefferson misses two point jump shot | ||
| 13:36 | | Joel Foxwell turnover (bad pass) | ||
| 13:40 | | Joel Foxwell defensive rebound | ||
| 13:42 | | Joel Foxwell blocks Justin Moore's two point layup | ||
| 13:47 | | Filip Malesevic turnover (lost ball) (Tanner Thomas steals) | ||
| 13:51 | | Filip Malesevic offensive rebound | ||
| 13:53 | | Dillan Shaw misses two point layup | ||
| 14:00 | | Dillan Shaw defensive rebound | ||
| 14:02 | | Nick Jefferson misses two point jump shot | ||
| 14:15 | | Filip Malesevic personal foul | ||
| 14:15 | | Pride defensive rebound | ||
| 14:15 | | Joel Foxwell misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 14:15 | | +1 | Joel Foxwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 8-12 |
| 14:15 | | Joshua DeCady shooting foul (Joel Foxwell draws the foul) | ||
| 14:25 | | +1 | Imanuel Zorgvol makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 8-11 |
| 14:25 | | +1 | Imanuel Zorgvol makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 7-11 |
| 14:25 | | Filip Malesevic shooting foul (Imanuel Zorgvol draws the foul) | ||
| 14:31 | | Dillan Shaw turnover (lost ball) | ||
| 14:34 | | Dillan Shaw defensive rebound | ||
| 14:36 | | Paulius Murauskas blocks Joshua DeCady's two point jump shot | ||
| 14:51 | | Paulius Murauskas personal foul (Justin Moore draws the foul) | ||
| 14:51 | | Pride offensive rebound | ||
| 14:52 | | Justin Moore misses two point jump shot | ||
| 15:12 | | +2 | Joel Foxwell makes two point jump shot | 6-11 |
| 15:29 | | +2 | Tanner Thomas makes two point jump shot | 6-9 |
| 15:46 | | Joel Foxwell turnover (bad pass) | ||
| 15:59 | | TV timeout | ||
| 15:59 | | Trey Boyd III turnover (bad pass) | ||
| 16:03 | | Spence Wewe defensive rebound | ||
| 16:05 | | Dillan Shaw misses three point jump shot | ||
| 16:12 | | Paulius Murauskas defensive rebound | ||
| 16:14 | | Trey Boyd III misses three point jump shot | ||
| 16:31 | | +2 | Ben Defty makes two point layup (Dillan Shaw assists) | 4-9 |
| 16:35 | | Joshua DeCady personal foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul) | ||
| 16:40 | | Joel Foxwell defensive rebound | ||
| 16:42 | | Justin Moore misses three point jump shot | ||
| 17:04 | | +2 | Joel Foxwell makes two point jump shot | 4-7 |
| 17:30 | | +2 | Spence Wewe makes two point layup (Justin Moore assists) | 4-5 |
| 17:48 | | Trey Boyd III defensive rebound | ||
| 17:50 | | Paulius Murauskas misses three point jump shot | ||
| 18:13 | | +2 | Justin Moore makes two point jump shot | 2-5 |
| 18:41 | | +3 | Joel Foxwell makes three point jump shot (Dillan Shaw assists) | 0-5 |
| 18:43 | | Dillan Shaw offensive rebound | ||
| 18:45 | | JRob Croy misses three point jump shot | ||
| 18:50 | | Joel Foxwell defensive rebound | ||
| 18:52 | | Tanner Thomas misses two point jump shot | ||
| 19:10 | | +2 | Dillan Shaw makes two point layup (Ben Defty assists) | 0-2 |
| 19:19 | | JRob Croy defensive rebound | ||
| 19:21 | | Justin Moore misses two point jump shot | ||
| 19:36 | | Spence Wewe defensive rebound | ||
| 19:38 | | Dillan Shaw misses two point jump shot | ||
| 20:00 | | (Sun Devils gains possession) |
| Min. Per Game | ||
| Pts. Per Game | ||
| Ast. Per Game | ||
| Reb. Per Game | ||
| Field Goal % | ||
| Three Point % | ||
| Free Throw % |
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+ 1 | Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 4:19 |
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+ 1 | Paulius Murauskas makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 4:19 |
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Joshua DeCady personal foul (Paulius Murauskas draws the foul) | 4:19 |
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+ 3 | Trey Boyd III makes three point jump shot (Nick Jefferson assists) | 4:39 |
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+ 2 | Paulius Murauskas makes two point layup | 4:55 |
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Deywilk Tavarez turnover (bad pass) | 5:11 |
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+ 2 | Paulius Murauskas makes two point layup | 5:26 |
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Dillan Shaw defensive rebound | 5:43 |
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Spence Wewe misses two point jump shot | 5:45 |
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Nick Jefferson defensive rebound | 6:02 |
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Paulius Murauskas misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | 6:02 |
| Team Stats | |
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|---|---|---|
| Points | 24 | 31 |
| Field Goals | 9-23 (39.1%) | 11-25 (44.0%) |
| 3-Pointers | 3-6 (50.0%) | 3-12 (25.0%) |
| Free Throws | 3-3 (100.0%) | 6-9 (66.7%) |
| Total Rebounds | 11 | 20 |
| Offensive | 0 | 6 |
| Defensive | 8 | 13 |
| Team | 3 | 1 |
| Assists | 5 | 6 |
| Steals | 1 | 0 |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Fouls | 10 | 4 |
| Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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| Team Stats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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77.5 PPG | 49.0 RPG | 12.5 APG |
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82.5 PPG | 39.5 RPG | 14.5 APG |
| Key Players | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. Boyd III G | 12.0 PPG | 3.0 RPG | 1.0 APG | 45.0 FG% |
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. Murauskas F | 27.0 PPG | 7.0 RPG | 2.5 APG | 58.1 FG% |
| Top Scorers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Boyd III G | 6 PTS | 1 REB | 0 AST | ||
| P. Murauskas F | 13 PTS | 2 REB | 1 AST | ||
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| T. Boyd III | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Moore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Wewe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. DeCady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| T. Boyd III | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Moore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Wewe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. DeCady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| I. Zorgvol | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D. Tavarez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N. Jefferson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C. Lopez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| X. Blake | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| E. Gelin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. Stennett | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R. Dunn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M. Cascione | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B. Onwughai | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 24 | 8 | 5 | 9/23 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| P. Murauskas | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4/7 | 0/3 | 5/7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Foxwell | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Shaw | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Defty | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Croy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| P. Murauskas | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4/7 | 0/3 | 5/7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Foxwell | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Shaw | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Defty | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Croy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| B. Ford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. Malesevic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| V. Wallace | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N. Garcia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. Nyuon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Rudaitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 31 | 19 | 6 | 11/25 | 3/12 | 6/9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 |