Recap: Arizona State vs. Washington
Posted October 18, 2009
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Tempe, AZ (Sports Network) - Danny Sullivan threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Chris McGaha with five seconds remaining to lift the Arizona State Sun Devils over the Washington Huskies, 24-17, in a Pac-10 Conference battle.
Sullivan threw for 263 yards for Arizona State (4-2, 2-1 Pac-10).
Jake Locker finished with 274 passing yards in defeat for Washington (3-4, 2-2).
Washington opened the scoring less than three minutes into the contest, as Locker threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Devin Aguilar.
Arizona State responded just three minutes later, as Sullivan reached the end zone on a one-yard run.
The only points of the second quarter came on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Williams to T.J. Simpson, giving ASU a 14-7 advantage.
The Sun Devils extended their advantage to 17-7 with just under five minutes left in the third quarter on a 24-yard field goal by Thomas Weber.
Washington then managed to cut its deficit to 17-14 on a 23-yard touchdown run by Chris Polk.
With 3:50 remaining in the fourth quarter, Erik Folk hit a 29-yard field goal for the Huskies to tie the score at 17-17. But Washington suffered a major defensive breakdown in the closing seconds, as McGaha was wide open on the decisive scoring play.
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