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College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona 42, Arizona State 35
When: 3:30 PM ET, Friday, November 28, 2014
Where: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
Temperature: 80°
Head Official: Mark Duddy
Attendance: 56083

No. 12 Arizona 42, No. 13 Arizona State 35: Nick Wilson ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns as the host Wildcats held off the Sun Devils to claim the Pac-12 South Division title.

Anu Solomon shook off an ankle injury to throw for 208 yards and two touchdowns for Arizona (10-2, 7-2 Pac-12), which will face No. 3 Oregon in the conference title game Dec. 5 after No. 10 UCLA fell to Stanford on Saturday. Samajie Grant hauled in four passes for 91 yards and two touchdowns while Anthony Lopez added a defensive score for the Wildcats, who snapped a two-game losing streak in the Territorial Cup.

Taylor Kelly went 13-of-22 for 144 yards and two touchdowns in three quarters before being replaced by Mike Bercovici, who finished with 123 yards and two scores for Arizona State (9-3, 6-3). Jaelen Strong - who missed the Washington State game with a concussion - caught four passes for 80 yards and a touchdown while Demario Richard, Kody Kohl and De'Marieya Nelson also hauled in TD passes for the Sun Devils.

Arizona jumped out to a 7-0 lead when Scooby Wright sacked Kelly and Lopez picked up the loose ball and ran it back 25 yards for a touchdown before Arizona State replied with Demetrius Cherry's 2-yard scoop and score after Solomon fumbled an exchange with Wilson. The teams traded touchdowns before Wilson's 21-yard scamper gave the Wildcats their third lead of the first half, but the Sun Devils evened the score at 21 when a muffed punt led to Richard's 7-yard TD grab just before intermission.

Wilson added two more touchdowns in the third quarter - including a 72-yard score - to put Arizona on top 35-21 before Arizona State cut the deficit to seven when Kohl snagged a 2-yard TD pass. The Wildcats capitalized on Bercovici's interception with Grant's second TD to go up 42-28 and they gave up a touchdown with 5:02 remaining before stopping the Sun Devils on downs late in the game to set up a rematch with the Ducks next Friday.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Arizona has recorded at least one sack in each of its last 14 games. … Wright, who was recently named a finalist for the Bednarik Award, has made one tackle for loss or more in every outing this season. … Strong surpassed 1,000 receiving yards for the second straight season.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Arizona State   Arizona
Demario Richard Player Nick Wilson
13 Attempts 24
68 Yards 178
5.2 Avg Yards 7.4
0 Touchdowns 3
0 Long 0
Receiving
Arizona State   Arizona
Jaelen Strong Player Samajie Grant
4 Receptions 4
80 Yards 91
20.0 Avg Yards 22.8
1 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Arizona State 380 113 267 5 0 0 4.0 0
Arizona 333 125 208 6 0 1 7.0 1