Following one of their biggest wins of the season, No. 23 West Virginia fell to Arizona State 65-57 at home Tuesday night.

The Mountaineers struggled throughout, shooting 31% from the field, 13.8% from three and being out-rebounded 46-28. The Sun Devils had four players end in double figures and shot over 48% as a team.

The loss come just a day after the Mountaineers worked their way back into the AP Poll, ranked No. 23. WVU is now 1-2 as a ranked team.

The Sun Devils got on the board first with a three. The Mountaineers were unable to answer initially as they didn’t score for the first 3:45 of the contest, missing their first six field goal attempts.

Coming out of the U16 media timeout trailing 5-2, WVU looked to break out of their early slump. After two successful free throw attempts and layup for Arizona State, West Virginia soon trailed 10-2.

The Mountaineers began to rally, making a 7-0 run and cutting ASU’s lead to one, 10-9. Amani Hansberry had seven points early for WVU.

West Virginia went up short after the U12 timeout and only allowed the Sun Devils to score a point, maintaining a run. After a Jonathan Powell three on a fast break, Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley called a timeout, while WVU was on a 15-1 run, leading 17-11 with 8:27 left in the first half.

The timeout proved to be useful for the Sun Devils as they flipped the script making a run of their own and taking the lead back. After Javon Small recorded his first points of the game via free throws, the Mountaineers tied the game at 19 with the first half beginning to wind down.

West Virginia took the lead back, but ASU had the answer. With under a minute left to play in the first, the Sun Devils led 24-23.

The Sun Devils would take that lead to the locker room at half. WVU struggled mightily to knock down shots, shooting just 27.6% from the field. Small didn’t make a field goal in the first half as Arizona State kept him at bay. Hansberry led the Mountaineers with seven points.

Arizona State began the second half on a high note, going on a 7-0 run building an eight point lead and forcing WVU to call timeout early into the half. West Virginia did not make a field goal until just under 13 minutes in the second half, as Arizona State seemed to have complete control.

West Virginia began to hit shots, but were just unable to get stops, plaguing their ability to comeback. With five minutes left to play the Mountaineers trailed 53-44.

The Mountaineers inched closer and closer, but were unable to come within a score of Arizona State. With a minute left to play WVU trailed by six, 59-53.

Despite showing fight late, West Virginia was defeated 65-57. WVU falls to 13-5 on the season, 4-3 in conference play.

The Mountaineers will be on the road in their next contest when they take on Kansas State on Saturday.