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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Torian Graham scored 22 points and Shannon Evans II had 21 to lift Arizona State to an 80-71 victory over Tulane in the losers bracket of the Tire Pros Invitational.Sam Cunliffe scored 10 for the Sun Devils who pulled away from Tulane in the final seven minutes to improve to 3-1. ASU lost its first game in the tournament by 19 points to Northern Iowa.We showed up ready to play today, ASU Coach Bobby Hurley said. I dont want to make excuses, but that game (Northern Iowa) wasnt our best effort. We were lethargic the whole time. I thought we were much more aggressive defensively and when a couple of shots fell, we settled down to play pretty good offensively.Tulane (1-3) got 22 points from Melvin Frazier Jr. and 17 from Cameron Reynolds, but the Green Wave offense fizzled in the final seven minutes when the game was still within reach.We had a nice run where we got defensive stops and were taking our time on offense, Reynolds said. But as soon as we started rushing things, we let them push it back at us and didnt defend like we should.ASU had an 11-point lead at halftime, but couldnt shake the Green Wave until late in the second half.Tulane found some room taking the ball to the basket against ASUs man-to-man defense and cut their deficit to just 61-58 when Von Julien scored on a driving layup with 7:02 left in the game.ASU center Ramon Villa woke up the Devils offense with a follow-shot jam and Graham scored five straight points to push the lead back to a more comfortable 68-58 with just under five minutes left.The Green Wave never got closer than seven the rest of the game.BIG PICTUREArizona State: The Sun Devils were basically a no-show in its first game of the tournament, losing 82-63 to Northern Iowa, so the win over Tulane was a huge lift. The game against Northern Iowa didnt feel good at all, Graham said. We were much better at executing today. It feels good to come back and get a victory after the way we played.Tulane: Green Wave coach Mike Dunleavy was impressed with his teams effort as well. In that second half, we ran some nice sets, but they hit some shots at crucial times and that was the difference, Dunleavy said. Our guys played hard, but we missed some shots at the rim and they hit at the other end.THREE INSTEAD OF TWOTulane was six of 14 on 3-pointers in the first half, but only 2 of 9 from inside the arc. Cameron Reynolds, who missed his first five shots, hit three straight 3-pointers in a 2-minute stretch late in the half.UP NEXTArizona State will play Davidson Sunday in the fifth place game.Tulane, which has lost twice in the tournament, will play Missouri in the seventh place game Sunday. Bernie Kosar Browns Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. 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Elaine Thompson got another sprint double for Jamaica on Wednesday at the Olympics.She blasted out of the blocks and never gave Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers, the reigning world champion, a chance to catch her on the straightaway of the 200 meters. Thompson finished in a season-best 21.78 seconds for an edge of .10 over Schippers.After winning the 100 meters on Saturday, Thompson has a double that her compatriot Usain Bolt has specialized in.Thompson became the first woman since Marion Jones in 2000 to win both Olympic sprints. Jones records have since been stripped, so Thompson is officially the first woman to win both races since Florence Griffith Joyner, who starred in the Seoul Games in 1988.I saw photos on Google, yes. I didnt know the person, Thompson said of the American great Griffith Joyner, who died 18 years ago.Since then, no female sprinter has had anything close to a lock on the shortest distances like Bolt has had over the past decade.Jamaica had stars like Veronica Campbell-Brown and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce raking in Olympic gold medals, but a double always eluded them. It all came together for the 24-year-old Thompson.I had rough days training, but I did not let that overcome me, Thompson said. Im a warrior, a strong girl. I guess hard work pays off.It was evident in the race itself. Schippers was the sprinter to beat, but she is known to be slow out of the blocks. Thompson, running two lanes in front her, knew her task: Get out like lightning and make sure Schippers could never get close.ddddddddddddI know Dafne is a strong finisher, so I knew I had to have a strong finish, as well, just keep my composure and execute straight to the line, Thompson said.She did exactly that. Try as Schippers might, this was not going to be like last years world championships, when Schippers beat Thompson for gold in Beijing during a thrilling duel.Both dipped for the line on Wednesday, but Thompson was stronger. So much so that Schippers crashed just as she leaned at the finish.I was getting closer and closer, Schippers said. I felt I was nearly passing her, but then I broke down, as well.Schippers said she had a groin injury that pushed her back into fifth place in the 100.Thompson, who came into the Olympics nursing a hamstring injury, fell to the track when she saw gold was hers. Lactic pains from the effort immediately seized her legs.I had to lay down to recover, to do my celebration, she said.Like Bolt has done twice before, Thompson now can go for a triple. The 4x100 relay heats are on Thursday, with the final on Friday.Tori Bowie of the United States earned bronze in 22.15, adding to her 100 silver.Who wouldnt be thankful for another medal? Bowie said. Now I have two.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '