Martin, Lawrence lead Arizona State past Washington 80-72

<p>TEMPE, Ariz. &mdash; Remy Martin scored 31 points and Kimani Lawrence 21 with 20 rebounds as Arizona State pulled away with a late 8-0 run to defeat Washington 80-72 on Thursday night.</p>
<p>Alonzo Verge and Lawrence made six free throws as the final 58 seconds ticked away, and Lawrence added a fast-break layup off a steal as Arizona State (9-11, 6-8 Pacific-12 Conference) took control at the very end in a game that saw 11 lead changes and nine ties.</p>
<p>UW missed its last seven shots after Cole Bajema knotted the score at 72-72 with his layup at the 2:02 mark. </p>
<p>Bajema finished with 11 points for the Huskies (5-19, 4-15), Quade Green led with 16 points but was 2 of 7 from distance. Jamal Bey finished with 14 points and Erik Stevenson scored 13.</p>
<p>Marcus Tsohonis had scored in double figures in six of Washington’s previous eight games but was held to five points on 2 of 9 shooting Thursday.</p>
<p>Martin scored 19 of the Sun Devils points in the first half, which ended in a 35-35 tie. Lawrence picked up his second-straight double-double on the Sun Devils’ first possession of the second half. He was trailing Holland Woods, who wrapped a no-look pass around UW center Nate Roberts. <a href="https://twitter.com/SunDevilHoops/status/1365106480467177475">Lawrence caught it in stride and put it up in traffic. </a></p>
<p>Arizona State scored 23 points off 14 UW turnovers while Washington scored 11 off a dozen ASU miscues.</p>
<p>The Sun Devils scored 40 in the paint to Washington’s 30. The Huskies put up 27 3-pointers, making 11 and missed four straight from behind the arc as time was winding down.</p>
<p>Washington is at Arizona on Saturday to wrap up its regular season and await the beginning of the Pac-12 Tournament on March 10. The Sun Devils host Washington State for two games, Saturday and Monday.</p>
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