Latvian forward Rihards Kuksiks ('88) led Arizona State to the victory over Southern California (59-54) after an amazing contest, scoring 24 points (6/9 threes), grabbing 5 rebounds and having 3 steals in 36 minutes. The Sun Devils will play today against UCLA and Wednesday they will start their participation at the Pacific Life Pac-10 Tournament.

In the game against Southern California there was another european at visitors squad: Nikola Vucevic ('90). The montenegrin prospect scored 2 points and collected 4 rebounds in 18'.