National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona St. 71, Gardner-Webb 48
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 11, 2010
Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Arizona
Officials: # Dick Cartmell, # Bobby McRoy, # Teddy Greenstein
Attendance: 5216

Ty Abbott and Rihards Kuksiks combined for seven 3-pointers, as Arizona State grabbed a much-needed 71-48 victory over road-weary Gardner-Webb Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena.

Abbott scored 18 points and Kuksiks added 15 for the Sun Devils, who snapped a three-game losing skid and recorded their first win since Trent Lockett’s buzzer-beater against Weber State in the semifinal of the Great Alaska Shootout on Nov. 26.

Lockett, the team’s leading scorer, had 16 points, seven rebounds and three steals against the Runnin’ Bulldogs.

Arizona State jumped out to an early 14-3 lead behind 3-pointers from Abbott and Kuksiks and stretched the lead to 15, before settling for a 37-25 halftime lead.

The Bulldogs got within eight in the second half but a dunk and 3-pointer over a one-minute span by Abbott pushed the edge to 65-46 with 4:06 remaining.

Jonathan Moore and Brian McNair scored 11 points each for Gardner-Webb (6-7), which was playing its ninth of 10 straight games on the road.
Top Game Performances
 
Gardner-Webb   Arizona St.
Brian McNair 11 Scoring Ty Abbott 18
Luke Davis 4 Assists Keala King 4
Joshua Henley 5 Rebounds Kyle Cain 11
Jonathan Moore 3 Free Throws Made Trent Lockett 4
Luke Engelken 3 Steals Ty Abbott 3
Santoine Butler 3 Blocks Kyle Cain 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Gardner-Webb 48 30.4 7-23 7-9 12 28 3 10
Arizona St. 71 44.6 11-24 10-16 17 37 4 7