Massamba Diop powers Arizona State to another stellar win vs Northern Arizona

Arizona State v Texas | Mitchell Layton/GettyImagesMassamba Diop was the only player to define 73-48 win of Arizona State over Northern Arizona. The 7-foot-1 center delivered a career-best performance, dominating inside and swinging the game in ASU’s favor. Where other scorers started slowly, Diop was the anchor man on both ends of the floor with ASU in charge the whole game.

How Diop took over the game

Arizona State had opened its inside game early and had assiduously been feeding the ball to Diop, standing up tower-like over the undersized Lumberjacks. NAU did not have answers to his size and touch on the rim. ASU made 40 of their 73 points in the paint, with Diop leading the example of…