TEMPE, Ariz. — Jamiya Neal scored 19 points, Adam Miller added 18 and Arizona State held off Colorado for a 76-73 victory on Saturday night.
Arizona State (10-5) moves to 4-0 in the Pac-12 Conference for the fourth time in program history, the last coming in 2007-08.
Colorado's KJ Simpson scored six points during a 13-3 run and Tristan da Silva capped it with a 3-pointer that tied it 66-all with 4:53 remaining. It was tied again at 70 before Arizona State hit 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for a 75-70 lead with 15 seconds left. Alonzo Gaffney also blocked his third shot of the game for the Sun Devils during the spurt.
Simpson hit a 3 with 10 seconds to go, but Arizona State's Frankie Collins split a pair of free throws to cap the scoring with seven seconds left. The Sun Devils forced Simpson to the free-throw line to end it.
Neal and Miller were a combined 12-of-26 shooting from the field and 9 of 12 from the foul line. Miller made three of the Sun Devils' eight 3-pointers. Collins chipped in 12 points.
Simpson scored 23 points and made three from long range to lead Colorado (11-4, 2-2). J’Vonne Hadley added 19 points and da Silva finished with 17.
Miller scored nine points during an 11-0 run to give Arizona State a 39-31 advantage late in the first half, and the Sun Devils led 44-38 lead at the break.
Each team shot 27 free throws, with Colorado making 20 and Arizona State 18.
Colorado is at California on Wednesday.
Arizona State is on the road with a Thursday game against Washington.
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