SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Basheer Jihad scored 20 points and Jayden Quaintance scored 19 points and Arizona State took control in the second half and beat UMass 78-62 on Saturday.

Alston Mason scored 13 points and BJ Freeman added 11 for Arizona State (9-2), which won for the seventh time in its last eight games.

Rahsool Diggins scored 24 points for the Minutemen, who ended their two-game winning streak.

Jihad’s 3-pointer gave the Sun Devils a 47-46 lead with 11:46 to play, and the basket started an 11-0 run that gave ASU the lead for good. Freeman’s three-pointer with 8:14 left gave the Sun Devils their first double-digit lead of the game.

Jayden Ndjigue made two foul shots to cap a 7-2 UMass run and bring the Minutemen within 62-56, but they never got closer. UMass led 33-31 at halftime.

UMass (5-8) begins Atlantic 10 Conference play when it takes on Saint Joseph’s on New Year’s Eve. The Sun Devils next play BYU on New Year’s Eve to begin Big 12 Conference play.

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