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ASU Basketball: Big play from bench helps advance team to Sweet 16

After losing in the second round of the NCAA Tournament the past three seasons, No. 5 Arizona State outlasted No. 4 Miami in a tremendous game that went down to the final seconds.

A key for Arizona State was they great play they got out of their second unit. Throughout the season ASU has been one of the deepest teams in the nation and it payed off tonight.

“I said I think our bench is going to be the difference in the game going into this game,” Arizona State head coach Charli Turner Thorne said, “and I think they were.