Arizona State Sun Devils vs Utah Utes Box Score on Feb 26, 2022

Marreon Jackson sank the tiebreaking layup with six seconds left, Jay Heath scored 20 points and Arizona State edged Utah 63-61 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.

Jalen Graham added 15 points for the Sun Devils (12-16, 8-10 Pac-12) while Kimani Lawrence and Luther Muhammad each had 10. Jackson finished with four points, six rebounds and a game-high six assists to help the Sun Devils win for the fifth time in six games.

Arizona State completed a season sweep of the Utes by shooting 49.1 percent from the field on Saturday. The Sun Devils connected on 60 percent of their field-goal attempts in the second half, but went seven minutes without making a basket to open the door for a late Utah rally.

Marco Anthony led Utah (11-18, 4-15) with 19 points. Branden Carlson added 15 points and six rebounds. The Utes, who have dropped two in a row, sputtered a little on offense after halftime, shooting just 40 percent from the field.

The Utes erased a 14-point deficit behind a 11-0 run and tied it at 59-59 on a 3-pointer from Carlson with 1:14 remaining.

After Graham made two foul shots with 48 seconds to go, Anthony's dunk leveled the score again with 28 seconds left.

Jackson broke Arizona State's lengthy field-goal drought with his game-winner. Utah's Rollie Worster missed a jumper that would have forced overtime with a second left.

Arizona State inched ahead of Utah in the final minutes a back-and-forth first half with solid defense.

After the Utes took a 28-26 lead on a 3-pointer from Gabe Madsen, the Sun Devils held Utah to two points over the final 4 1/2 minutes of the half. Graham paced Arizona State with 10 points before halftime, culminating with a jumper that gave the Sun Devils a 33-30 lead going into the locker room.

Back-to-back layups by Lawrence sparked a run of four straight made shots for the Sun Devils, allowing them to expand their lead to 41-34 early in the second half.

Utah went seven minutes without scoring a basket before David Jenkins Jr. ended the drought with a 3-pointer at the midpoint of the second half. That sequence opened the door for Arizona State to build a double-digit lead.

Arizona State hit nine of its first 11 shots after halftime and was up by 14 with 11:53 to go.

--Field Level Media