21 at halftime after dominating the glass, outrebounding Arizona State 26-15

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DURBAN, South Africa -- A vastly improved South Africa scored in each half to beat Angola 2-0 at the African Cup of Nations on Wednesday, giving the host nation huge relief and reviving Bafana Bafanas chances of making the quarterfinals. Home fans were lifted from near the depths of despair when defender Siyabonga Sangweni netted with a volley from a tight angle in the 30th minute, easing the crushing pressure on coach Gordon Igesund and his team. Substitute Lehlohonolo Majoro then sneaked a shot through Angola goalkeeper Lamas legs in the 62nd for a vital cushion in the Group A game at Moses Mabhida Stadium. Apart from a third-minute scare, when Angolas Mateus Da Costa flashed an early shot at Itumeleng Khunes goal, South Africa had the majority of the play in Durban. "The guys stood up and were counted today, every single one of them," Igesund said. Sangwenis sweet volley after a loose defensive header and Majoros skilful second also allowed South Africa to rid itself of Saturdays awful performance in the tournament opener as Igesund made five changes and went for broke after a nervous and impotent showing at Soccer City. "I told them, if they dont want to believe in themselves, I believe in what theyre doing," Igesund said. "Today I took a big risk. I played with almost five strikers." Initially fearing another depressing performance, home fans ended the game singing and dancing and launched themselves into Mexican waves at the seaside venue. Just four days ago, South Africas lack of attacking intent in its dreadfully limp 0-0 draw with tournament debutant Cape Verde had the country desperately gloomy. Home fans groaned again at the sellout 56,000-seat Moses Mabhida when Da Costa forced Khune to scramble to his right to get a slight deflection on a teasing low shot early on. But after that, South Africa impressed its authority on a disappointing Angola team for much of the remaining 87 minutes -- although Angola coach Gustavo Ferrin had real problems with what he called "poor refereeing." "We knew that it was going to be difficult because of all the pressure behind this game," he said through an interpreter. "I believe that South Africa has got enough capacity to win it (the game) by itself, therefore we dont understand why they had to be pushed." Sangweni connected with a good low volley for the opening goal and first of Group A after a header from Lunguinha sent the ball looping into the air. In the second half, Majoro picked up possession out on the left and jinked his way to the byline, and then back infield to deceive defenders and Lama for the second, allowing South African fans to wildly celebrate. Igesund started with a new striker partnership and two new central midfielders in Durban, including Oldhams Dean Furman, who ran the game in a man-of-the-match performance and nearly scored himself with a low curving shot that Lama just got fingertips to. "We know what the nations expecting," Furman said. "We want to give them a team to be proud of. This is just a start." Recalled centre forward Katlego Mphela troubled Angolas defence for much of the game, allowing Thuso Phala, new striker Tokelo Rantie and Bernard Parker space to threaten regularly. Angolas best chance of the second half came when Da Costa pulled a cross back for Guilherme Afonso in the 52nd but his powerful low shot went straight at Khune. South Africa could have even added a third in a hugely different and far more positive display when Majoro attempted a lob from the edge of the penalty area with a minute to go and it drifted just over the crossbar. 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Arizona turned the first desert rivalry game into a rout, racing away from the Sun Devils for a 91-68 win in Tucson on Jan. 16. A lot has changed in a month. Arizona lost one of its best players in its only loss of the season when forward Brandon Ashley injured his right foot against California two weeks ago. The Wildcats managed to win their first two games without the versatile sophomore, against the two Oregon schools last week, but had to rejigger their lineup to compensate for his abssence.dddddddddddd Arizona State has been on a roll since that loss, winning five of its past six games to get back into the NCAA tournament picture. The Sun Devils also had Marshall, their second-leading scorer, back in the lineup after he missed the first game with a groin injury and Bachynski has been playing better after missing all three of his shots in Tucson. Marshall made a huge difference in the rematch after an ugly start that featured more combined fouls (11) than points (nine) the opening eight minutes. Marshall scored 12 of the Sun Devils 19 points in the first half, hitting 5 of 10 shots while the rest of the team 3 for 17. Arizona led 26-21 at halftime after dominating the glass, outrebounding Arizona State 26-15, including 9-3 on the offensive end. Marshall continued to carry the Sun Devils early in the second half, scoring on a three-point play on a turnaround shot in the lane and earning a chance at another on a hard drive before missing the free throw. Then it was Carsons turn. He had two points on 1-of-5 shooting in the first half, but started to assert himself more midway through the second half, scoring six straight points to put Arizona State up 47-41. Arizona managed to keep the Sun Devils close despite struggling at the free-throw line, but Carson added a step-back jumper and Bachynski hit a free throw to make it 51-46. The Wildcats fought back, though, with Aaron Gordon scoring on a three-point play and McConnell on a breakaway lead layup to tie it at 51-all with 49 seconds left. Both teams had a chance to take the lead at the end of regulation, but got off poor shots to send the game to overtime. ' ' '