Top 25 roundup: No. 16 Arizona St. jolts No. 2 Kansas
The Sports Xchange
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Senior guard Tra Holder scored a game-high 29 points Sunday and sparked a 15-0 second-half run that No. 16 Arizona State used to topple No. 2 Kansas 95-85 in Allen Fieldhouse.
Holder, who came in averaging 20.3 points and had a 40-point effort earlier this season against Xavier, was not the only guard to help the Sun Devils (9-0) remain undefeated.
Senior Shannon Evans added 22 points and freshman Remy Martin chipped in 21. Arizona State scored at least 90 points for the seventh time.
Kansas (7-2) had won 37 consecutive games at home coming off a loss, but could not bounce back from an upset defeat four days earlier against another Pac-12 opponent, Washington.
No. 4 Villanova 77, La Salle 68
PHILADELPHIA — Phil Booth and Donte DiVincenzo scored 18 points each and the No. 4 Wildcats pulled away from their gritty Big 5 rival for a victory.
Jalen Brunson contributed 17 points and Mikal Bridges had 10 for the Wildcats, who improved to 10-0 for the second straight season and won their 21st consecutive Big 5 game.
La Salle (5-6) was led by B.J. Johnson with 21 points. Amar Stukes added 16 and Pookie Powell had 12 for the Explorers, who dropped their second in a row. Powell missed all seven of his 3-pointers and fouled out.