All’s well that ends well, right?

Jeff Pendergraph’s final homestand started off sour but it sure ended sweet.

The senior forward made one last victory lap around Wells Fargo Arena Saturday, exchanging high fives with the ASU faithful after a convincing 83-66 beat down of Cal.

Turns out, all the Sun Devils needed were a few spares and strikes to ease their mind.

Friday night, just a day after suffering an embarrassing 74-64 home loss to Stanford, the No. 21 ASU men’s basketball team hit the bowling lanes.

Sophomore Kraidon Woods took home the team’s high score with about a 175. ASU coach Herb Sendek was nowhere to be seen.

When asked if he was upset after not getting invited to the Friday night function, Sendek responded meekly.

“Yeah,” Sendek said. “I wasn’t going to bring it up until you mentioned it. You blew my cover, I didn’t even get invited. You nailed me.”

Coach said he was busy preparing for Cal. Sounds about right.

It paid off, though, as ASU executed its offense efficiently, notching 18 assists on its 26 field goals. Junior point guard Derek Glasser led the way with 11 assists to go along with his 12 points. He and sophomore guard James Harden were responsible for setting up the team bowling night as well.

“We needed something to come together,” Harden said. “Where we could just have fun together and get back to knowing each other outside the court. I thought it would help us on the court as well. I thought we did a pretty good job of stepping up together and making shots and playing as one unit.”

Pendergraph stole the show, dropping 27 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. He often finished plays with menacing dunks against a porous Golden Bear defense.

Though he didn’t have the prettiest line (five points, eight rebounds, two blocks, two steals and five fouls) ASU sophomore guard Ty Abbott played a fine game himself. He was all over the boards and even more active on defense before fouling out in the late going.

The Sun Devil offense never met much resistance throughout, building up a comfortable 42-26 lead by halftime that was never threatened.

Offensively, the Golden Bears received yet another eye-popping outing from junior guard Jerome Randle. Whether he was hitting tough runners in the lane or bombing deep a 3-pointer, Randle seemed one step ahead of the ASU defense.

“It’s extraordinary how many terrific players are in this league,” Sendek said. “We saw it today for Cal. I mean Jerome Randle, are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? I mean, some of the shots he makes.”

Randle probably should have got four points for some of the shots he made on Tuesday. On a few occasions, he hoisted a shot up from at least 25 feet out and made it look easy.

After the game, Pendergraph was all smiles. Saturday he passed Eddie House as the school leader in all-time starts.

Reach the reporter at Alex.espinoza@asu.edu.