TEMPE, ARIZ. (AP) -- Dorian Pickens, playing just down the road from where he grew up, scored all 20 of his points in the second half for Stanford and the Cardinal held on through a wild final minute to beat Arizona State 84-83 on Saturday.
Reid Travis had 22 points and 14 rebounds and KZ Okpala 18 points and 10 boards for the Cardinal (17-14, 11-7 Pac-12), who boosted their chances for a top-four finish in the conference and first-round bye in next week's Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas.
Tra Holder had 19 points, Shannon Evans 17 and Remy Martin 14 for Arizona State (20-10, 8-10).
Daejon Davis' spin move for a layup proved to be the winning basket with 42 seconds left.
.@DaejonDavis gives the Card the lead!!!
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Arizona State, down 19 early in the second half, tied it at 82 on Kodi Justice's 3-pointer with 1:13 left but Justice missed three of four free throws in the final 20 seconds. Pickens also missed two from the line with 18 seconds, though, and a Stanford turnover with 4.1 seconds left gave Arizona State a final chance. Evans drove the lane and passed to Martin, who had to rush his shot in traffic from the baseline and it bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
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The Cardinal outscored Arizona State 22-1 at the end of the first half and start of the second to lead 55-36 on Pickens' 3-pointer just 3:16 into the second half. The Sun Devils went 7 ½ minutes without a field goal in that stretch.
But, utilizing a full-court press, Arizona State came back with an 18-4 run, cutting the Stanford lead to 59-54 on Kimani Lawrence's dunk with 12:45 to play. Pickens responded with three 3s in a 13-4 surge that boosted the lead to 72-58 with 9:11 left.
Big shot after big shot, all day long.@DorianPickens11 BALLED OUT in his home state.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/PYObufnX4j
— Stanford Men's Basketball (@StanfordMBB) March 3, 2018
The Sun Devils, who never led in the second half, rallied yet again to set up the wild finish.
Stanford scored the final seven points of the first half to lead 40-35.
The Cardinal opened the second half with a 14-1 outburst, including two 3s by Pickens, who went to high school in Phoenix and said he had about 25 friends and family members watching.