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 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Arizona State keeps referring to the "March mentality." It's about doing all the little things down the stretch, wearing teams down and rising to a new level leading up to the NCAA tournament — and the Sun Devils certainly applied that approach Sunday, even with their star players in foul trouble.
Kirsten Thompson scored eight straight points in crunch time and had all 14 of her points in the second half, leading No. 9 Arizona State past 25th-ranked California 60-53 and into the Pac-10 tournament title game.
"That's what you call a gritty win. That's a March game," said coach Charli Turner Thorne, who earned win No. 200 at Arizona State. "What amazes me about this team is that different players keep stepping it up."
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