Arizona State will try to correct the shortcomings coach Bobby Hurley noticed in the season opener when the Sun Devils host Utah Tech on Sunday in Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona State led from start to finish in Monday's 81-64 victory against Southern Utah, but Hurley was not pleased with the overall performance of his team, which has only one player returning from last season.
Allowing 44 points in the paint and committing 14 turnovers will be particular points of emphasis for the Sun Devils (1-0) against the Trailblazers (2-1), who are coming off a 93-67 loss at No. 13 Arizona on Friday.
"The program needed to win and just get off to the right start, so mission accomplished there," Hurley said. "There's a lot of work to be done. ... We lost containment of the ball way too much. I thought we wer

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