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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona State 81, California 73
When: 10:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 20, 2018
Where: Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, California
Officials: # Dick Cartmell, # Kelly Pfeifer, # Deldre Carr
Attendance: 8107
Arizona State guard Tra Holder had 13 points and forward Mickey Mitchell tied a career-high with 12 points as the No. 16 Sun Devils held on for an 81-73 Pac-12 victory over the California Bears at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley on Saturday night.

Remy Martin had 13 points and Shannon Evans II had 10 for the balanced Sun Devils (15-4, 3-4), who had seven players score at least seven points.

Evans had two 3-pointers and Martin had one for a 71-60 lead after Cal climbed within four points at 62-58 with 7 1/2 minutes to play. The Bears never were closer than six points.

Six-foot-11 forward Marcus Lee tied a season high with 23 points and had eight rebounds and guard Darius McNeill had 16 for the Bears (7-12, 1-6), who have lost six in a row.

Lee was 10-of-13 from the field but 3-of-10 from the free throw line.

Vitaly Shibel had eight points and Kimani Lawrence had a career-high seven for the Sun Devils, who played five of their first seven Pac-12 games on the road.

Led by Martin, Mitchell and Lawrence, ASU had a decisive 41-10 edge in bench points.

Arizona State held Cal to 46.7 percent shooting from the floor and posted a 39-30 rebounding advantage. Mitchell had 11 rebounds, and reserve center De'Quon Lake had seven rebounds to go with nine points.

The Sun Devils hit 10 of 21 3-pointers, with Evans, Shibel, Mitchell and Martin hitting two apiece

Justice Sueing, who was averaging 19.2 points had 12 points for Cal, all in the second half.

Mitchell and Lawrence helped the Sun Devils overcome a sluggish start.

Mitchell had eight points, Lawrence had five and six other ASU players scored during a 29-12 run for a 37-21 lead with four minutes remaining in the half.

Arizona State got some easy looks off a full-court press and took advantage of the absence of Sueing who picked up his third foul with 11:43 left in the first half and spent the rest of the half on the bench.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Arizona State   California
Tra Holder 13 Scoring Marcus Lee 23
Shannon Evans II 5 Assists Marcus Lee 3
Mickey Mitchell 11 Rebounds Marcus Lee 8
Tra Holder 4 Free Throws Made Marcus Lee 3
Vitaliy Shibel 1 Steals Don Coleman 1
De'Quon Lake 2 Blocks Marcus Lee 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Arizona State 81 47.5 10-21 13-16 15 35 5 2 12
California 73 46.7 5-16 12-22 13 27 7 3 9