Back to the Arizona State Sun Devils Newsfeed

ASU Basketball: Sun Devils pleased with performance in loss against No. 5 UCLA

Related Topics: Arizona State Sun Devils

The effort was certainly there.

Despite having its five starters play all but one minute of Thursday night’s game, the Arizona State Sun Devils gave the big, bad, fifth-ranked UCLA Bruins all they could handle before eventually falling, 87-75.

And while the players involved came short of calling the performance a moral victory, there’s no denying the fact that the outing was a step in the right direction for a growing program like Arizona State’s.

“We battled the whole time,” said Kodi Justice after the loss. “I wouldn’t trade the five we had out on the court for anybody.