ASU Basketball: Devils advance after First Four win against St. John’s

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY SportsFor the first time in 10 years, Arizona State’s men’s basketball program won a game in March Madness. The Sun Devils (1-0 in postseason) held off St. John’s 74-65 in the team’s First Four matchup in Dayton.

Freshman guard Luguentz Dort led the Sun Devils with 21 points and the Devils got off to a big lead early in the first half. They threw the first punch in the first postseason win for head coach Bobby Hurley as a Sun Devil.

“I really loved how we started the game and really took control of the game,” Hurley said. “I thought our defense was really good. We mixed our defenses up some and our zone was pretty effective in the first half and we played very well on…