TEMPE, Ariz. -- No. 21 Arizona State and Utah adjusted their starting lineups to great success last weekend.
Their Pac-12 game Thursday in Tempe, Ariz. -- their second meeting in 19 days -- will provide the first clue as to whether those changes were more than just an experiment.
In an attempt to bolster bench production after an 86-77 loss at Stanford a week ago, Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley flip-flopped forwards Mickey Mitchell and Vitaliy Shibel for the game at California, and the move helped everyone.
Mitchell had 12 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, reserve guard Remy Martin had 13 points and reserve center De'Quon Lake had nine points and seven rebounds as the Sun Devils (15-4, 3-4 Pac-12) used 41 bench points in an 81-73 victory on Saturday.