Arizona’s massive senior class was honored before the final home game of the season, the first at newly named Casino del Sol Stadium. And they went out on top, with many stepping up to keep the win streak going.
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Arizona State Sun Devils lose cool, then the lead in costly home loss to UCLA
Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley is rarely at a loss for words. Wednesday night was one of those rare occasions, at least when it came to addressing the only topic anyone wanted to talk about.
The Sun Devils lost to UCLA 68-66 in a Pac-12 game at Desert Financial Arena. It wasn’t that they lost. It was how they lost that had Hurley fuming after the game, although he wouldn’t lash out quite like he wanted to.
The Sun Devils (10-7, 4-2), who started the night in second place, right behind Oregon in the conference standings, were called for four second-half technical fouls and a flagrant. ASU’s Shawn Phillips, a 7-foot-center, was ejected after two technicals at the 10:10 mark of the second half in what proved to be the turning point of the contest.
“I’d like to say how I really feel but I won’t. I’m not going to say how I really feel,” Hurley fumed after the game, no doubt alluding to any criticism of the officiating would lead to a lofty fine at the least.
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“So I am just going to start out by saying that when you look at the stat sheet, proud of my team’s shooting percentages, from 3, from 2 against a very good defensive team against a team that is starting to find itself. Had six turnovers compared to their 11. That’s all I’m going to say. Really.”
ASU’s biggest lead was 13 points early in the second half.
The Bruins (8-10, 3-4) had whittled that lead to 49-43 when the fireworks started. ASU’s Adam Miller was called for a hard foul on UCLA’s Lazar Stefanovic who was driving toward the bucket. With Stefanovic sprawled out under the basket words were said by Phillips who was assessed a technical, then quickly given another resulting in his departure.
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UCLA’s Adem Bona was called for a technical as well, which offset one of the ASU technicals.
When order was restored Stefanvic went to the line and made all four shots to cut the deficit to 49-47.
UCLA then got the ball on the next possession and Will McClendon nailed a 3-pointer to give the Bruins their first lead of the game at 50-49.
“I am happy with everything that happened on the basketball court besides the free-throw line,” Hurley said. “No one wanted to explain anything to me. I had to ask them to explain what happened but I’m tired of the explanations. I’m just not going to talk about it any more.
“We just tried to hold it together. Some responsbility certainly lies with our guys. In a heated game I’m sure there’s a lot of communication,” he added. “And we’re the bad guys. So now we’re the bad guys. You’ll never see a bad guy like us again. But that’s what we were tonight. We we were the bad guys. I’m sure no one else said anything except us. All night.”
It was a tight contest the rest of the way.
Then with 3:50 left and ASU up 60-56, ASU’s Jamiya Neal was called for a personal foul and then assessed a technical foul. The damage could have been worse there as UCLA made just two of four tries to keep ASU leading 60-58.
Bryant Selebangue got the last technical almost just minute and a half later, after a battle for a rebound on the UCLA end. Stefanovic made both free throws for a 62-60 lead.
Sun Devils make one last push
But ASU was not done. ASU regained the lead with 2:04 to play on a 3-pointer by Frankie Collins, only to have UCLA answer on its end of the floor with a bucket by Sebastian Mack that gave the visitors a 64-63 lead with 1:12 to go. They hung on from there.
The barrage of technical fouls was a big reason for the disparity in free throws as UCLA made 17 of 23 tries while ASU made 9 of 14.
“The refs told us not to say a word and we’re still talking. Just trying to tell him (Selebangue) this is a critical moment. You can’t do that,” Collins said.
Collins and Miller each scored 16, while Neal added 13 and Jose Perez 12 as the Sun Devils shot 42.6% (23-for-54) from the field. That’s including an 11-for-27 from deep.
UCLA, which started two freshmen and two sophomores after significant roster overhaul, got 18 from Stefanovich and 13 from Brandon Williams, with the Bruins shooting 47.8% (22-for-46). It also won the rebounding battle 33-27. Bona had nine points, six rebounds and seven blocks before fouling out.
It marked the first loss at home for ASU, which had been 7-0 at home so far this season. More importantly, it’s a result that means ASU will lose further ground in trying to advance its cause for a postseason bid. Not only does it still need some quality wins, it could not afford to lose to an opponent with a losing record, particularly at home.
ASU now has to regroup for Saturday’s noon game against USC (8-10, 2-5) which lost to Arizona 82-67 in Tucson Wednesday night. The Trojans are playing without three injured starters.
ASU lost both regular season games with USC a year ago but defeated the Trojans in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal.
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Theo Mackie and Bob McManaman discuss the Arizona Cardinals’ 41-22 loss to the San Francisco 49ers at State Farm Stadium on Nov. 16, 2025.
The Arizona Cardinals continue their 2025 NFL regular season schedule with an NFL Week 12 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars today.
The Cardinals are coming off a 41-22 loss against the San Francisco 49ers in their NFL Week 11 game.
The Jaguars beat the Los Angeles Chargers in the 11th week of the season, 35-6.
This is the first game between Arizona and Jacksonville Jaguars since 2021, when the Cardinals defeated the Jaguars in Jacksonville, 31-19.
Follow our live updates of the game, which is being played at the Cardinals’ State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for the latest score, news, notes and analysis of the Week 12 NFL game on Sunday, Nov. 23.
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The Wildcats outscored Baylor 27-0 in the second half, including 20 points in just over four minutes in the fourth quarter, for a 41-17 win. It was the fourth in a row overall for the UA (8-3, 5-3 Big 12) and improved its home record to 6-1, tying the school record for most home wins in a season.
Kedrick Reescano ran for three touchdowns, including a 19-yarder to turn a 4-point game into a 2-score advantage, while Noah Fifita threw for 183 yards and a TD and Arizona’s defense forced three turnovers and made three stops on fourth down.
Several UA seniors had huge games. Kris Hutson had nine catches for a career-high 133 yards and a TD, Ismail Madhi ran for 93 yards and a score, Dalton Johnson had 18 tackles and Treydan Stukes intercepted a pass in the end zone to preserve what at the time was a 4-point lead.
Baylor (5-6, 3-5) scored on its first two drives then had one field goal the rest of the way, gaining 129 yards after taking a 17-14 lead at halftime. FBS passing leader Sawyer Robertson was limited to 162 yards with a TD and two interceptions, making the Bears the ninth opponent not to reach 200 passing yards.
The UA won for the third straight game despite trailing at the half but went ahead for good just over three minutes into the third quarter on a 1-yardReescanorun. That came after the game’s fourth pass interference penalty thrown in the end zone.
Four consecutive 3-and-outs followed before Baylor put together a sustained drive, getting into the red zone to start the 4th quarter. The Bears went for it on 4th and 3 from the UA 12 but Robertson’s pass was picked off in the end zone byStukes.
The UA drove into the red zone after the interception but had to settle for a field goal, with Michael Salgado-Medina missing to the right from 38 yards out. It was his ninth miss of the season.
Yet a play later the Wildcats had the ball back, with Taye Brown forcing a fumble and Michael Dansby recovering it. The next snap saw Ismail Madhi score on a 28-yard run for a 28-17 lead with 10:29 to go.
Reescano’s third TD, from 19 yards out, came with 6:38 remaining, and 11 seconds later Jabari Mann returned a pick 34 yards for a score.
Baylor scored on its opening drive, only the third opponent to do so this season. A 30-yard pass on the first play and a pass interference call on 4th down set up Robertson’s 9-yard TD pass to Josh Cameron for a 7-0 lead less than three minutes in.
Arizona matched that score on its first possession, also benefitting from a pass interference call, with Reescano scoring on a 2-yard run immediately after.
The Bears went up 14-7 in the final minute of the first quarter on a 2-yard Robertson run after another pass interference call on Arizona. The Bears converted a 4th down earlier in the drive after also catching a break when forward progress was ruled on what looked like a UA fumble recovery.
The first stop of the game came with 4:59 left before halftime when, after Arizona forced a 49-yard field goal attempt, Baylor’s Connor Hawkins was wife left. But the Wildcats didn’t capitalize, with a Fifita pass going off Tre Spivey’s hands to Baylor’s DJ Coleman for an interception.
That snapped a streak of 140 consecutive attempts for Fifita without a pick.
Baylor turned that into points just before the half, getting a 48-yard field goal from Hawkins.
The UA wraps up the regular season Friday at ASU, looking to take back the Territorial Cup and win for the second time in a row in Tempe.
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Freed sex offender allegedly poses as doctor, sexually assaults student at Arizona elementary school: police
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Friday – A convicted sex offender freed from prison two weeks ago allegedly posed as a doctor and sexually assaulted a student inside an Arizona elementary school, sparking outrage and calls for answers from parents, according to reports.
Abel Kai Gblah, 25, is accused of sexual assault and kidnapping after he accessed school grounds and posed as a doctor to lure a student into a classroom and assaulted her at Orangewood Elementary School on Nov. 19, according to the Phoenix Police Department (PPD).
PPD officials said in a statement to Fox News Digital that officers were called to the school after administrators reported that an incident had occurred on campus.
“When officers arrived, they learned an unauthorized man had made it onto school grounds and lured a grade-school-aged girl into a classroom where he sexually assaulted her,” police said. “At some point, the student was able to push the man away. He then ran from the scene before officers arrived.”
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Abel Kai Gblah was accused of sexually assaulting and kidnapping a student at a Phoenix elementary school on Nov. 19. (National Sex Offender Registry)
FOX 10 Phoenix reported that court documents show Gblah allegedly drew the attention of a student by impersonating a doctor and expressing that he had to examine her.
After fleeing the school, police located Gblah, who was booked into jail on multiple charges.
Gblah was released from prison two weeks ago on similar charges, according to the outlet, and was also allegedly involved in human smuggling across the U.S. border.
According to FOX 10, a prosecutor at Gblah’s court appearance said he was convicted twice in 2021 for sexual conduct with a minor and a registered sex offender.
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Abel Kai Gblah was arrested this week after allegedly sexually assaulting a student at a Phoenix elementary school. (iStock)
The news station reported that the Washington Elementary School District said in a statement that school administration immediately called 911 and placed the school on lockdown for over an hour.
“He was on campus for approximately 10 minutes and during that time, he made inappropriate contact with a student,” the district wrote.
The district shared a separate statement with Fox News Digital that it released to parents on Friday, which revealed the results of its internal investigation, including that Gblah was a former student of the school who attended from 2012 to 2015.
Abel Kai Gblah allegedly assaulted a student at Orangewood Elementary School in Phoenix on Nov. 19. (Google Maps)
While initial reports indicated that the Gblah gained access to the campus behind a student who had buzzed in, further investigation revealed that he entered through an unlocked lobby door, and walked in with a tardy student, the district stated.
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Following the investigation, a staff member has been placed on administrative leave, the district added.
“We understand how alarming this situation has been and want you to know that we are reviewing every aspect of our safety procedures and communication to ensure that an event like this does not happen again, wrote Orangewood Elementary Principal Emily Paterson.
According to FOX 10, Gblah is being held on a cash-only bond of $500,000, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Dec. 1.
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