Santa Clara-Pacific Union Game Notes | Single-Game Tickets

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara is home for the second-straight game, after playing its previous five in Southern California. The Broncos, who have won two straight, face Pacific Union at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Leavey Center. Last time out, the Broncos downed San Jose State, 78-75, behind a career-high 29 points and 12 rebounds from junior forward Nate Kratch, who had the team's last three field goals.

SANTA CLARA (2-7) vs. Pacific Union (4-2)

Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 • Leavey Center (4,700) • 7:30 p.m. PST

Live Stream: TheW.tv - Anthony Passarelli (play-by-play) and John Stege (color)

Radio: KSCU (103.3 FM)

Live Stats: www.statbroadcast.com

Tickets: Mini-plans and single-game options are available. Click here to purchase tickets (link to single-game) For information, call (408) 554-4660 weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. or email BroncoTickets@scu.edu. Doors to Leavey Center open one hour prior to tipoff. The ticket office is also open one hour prior to the start of the game.

Parking: There are two venues available for gameday parking. The campus parking structure is located just inside the main campus entrance off El Camino Real. The Leavey Center parking lot also has a limited number of spaces. Gameday parking is $10. Click here for a campus map.

Radio/Live Stream: Anthony Passarelli (play-by-play) and John Stege (color) will call the action for the Broncos on KSCU 103.3 FM. The game can be heard over the air or online through tunein. All Broncos home games will also be streamed through TheW.tv.

Quick Hits...
• The Broncos, led by ninth-year head coach Kerry Keating, are in the midst of three straight home games as they face Arkansas Pine Bluff on Tuesday. With finals in session this week, the schedule has been light with just one game in a 12-day span. Santa Clara played four games in seven days last month at the Wooden Legacy.
• Junior guard Jared Brownridge, a two-year starter, leads the team in scoring at 17.0 points per contest, which is third in the WCC. He is also the team's top assist producer at 2.8 per game and ranks second in rebounding (career-high 4.7 pg). Junior forward Nate Kratch, leads the Broncos in rebounding (9.1 pg/third in the WCC) and field-goal percentage (65.1/first in the WCC). Kratch's 29 offensive rebounds lead the league.
• Despite playing just two seasons, Brownridge already ranks seventh in school history with 204 career 3-pointers made and 25th in scoring (1,229 points). In addition, his career scoring average (16.6 ppg) ranks No. 6 on the Broncos all-time chart and his career 3-point field-goal percentage (41.3) is tops in school history. After missing most of preseason practice Brownridge, however, has not been as accurate in the early going this season, connecting on 31 percent of his field goals, including 26 percent from beyond the 3-point line. But he has only turned the ball over just 19 times on the year, despite averaging 35.8 minutes a game (second in the WCC) while being the focal point of the offense.
• The Broncos have four players on the shelf. Sophomore guard Evan Wardlow is the newest addition to the injury list. He missed the San Jose State game and is out of action for approximately two months after being diagnosed with a broken right wrist. Sophomore forward Jarvis Pugh (knee) has missed the last three games, junior guard Brendyn Taylor (concussion) has missed the last five, and freshman forward Tony Lewis (leg) has not played this season.

Trends...
• After connecting on 34.1 percent from the field, including 25.1 on 3-pointers, in the first five games, the Broncos are hitting 44.9 percent (32.9 on 3-pointers) in the most recent four contests. Two of their three best shooting performances occurred in the last two outings (50.8 vs. San Jose State; 44.0 vs. Boston College).
• The opposition connected on 38.2 percent from behind the 3-point arc in the first five games, but has been held to 22.3 percent in the last four contests. The Broncos held Arizona to a season-low 13.6 percent on 3's (3-for-22).
• During the last three games, Nate Kratch is averaging 17.0 points and 10.0 rebounds. He has hit 24 of his last 29 field goals attempts (82.8 percent).
• In the last two games, freshman guard KJ Feagin has averaged 11.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists.

Kratch Claims WCC Player of the Week...
After a career night in the victory against San Jose State (Dec. 5), Nate Kratch was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week. Kratch posted his second double-double in as many games with a career-high 29 points and 12 rebounds to leading Santa Clara to a thrilling 78-75 win vs. the Spartans. Kratch hit 13 of 15 from the field (86.7 percent), including all eight of his second half attempts and the final three of the game for the Broncos, who won for the second-straight time. The junior scored three baskets in the final 2:21 of the game. He extended a 70-69 lead with a jumper in the lane and then added a pair of gritty layups, including the winning bucket with 48 seconds on the clock.

Scouting the Pioneers...
Pacific Union is off to a 4-2 start after posting an 11-17 mark last season. The Pioneers, who play in the NAIA, finished third in the Cal Pac Conference in 2014-15. Senior guards Mike Hill and Jaron Crump have led the offensive attack. Hill is scoring a team-high 20.3 points per game, while Crump is second at 19.6 ppg. Chris Dorsey, a 6-foot-10 freshman, is the leading rebounder at 6.6 per game. The Broncos and Pioneers will be meeting for the second time. Santa Clara downed Pacific Union, 77-42 on Dec. 8, 2012 in Leavey Center.

Kratch Among Select Company...
Only 12 players in the NCAA this season have hit a higher percentage in a single game (minimum 10 attempts) and only one has connected on a better percentage with at least 15 attempts than Nate Kratch did vs. San Jose State (Dec. 5). Kratch connected on 13 of 15 field goals (86.7 percent) vs. the Spartans and Evan Bradds of Belmont went 14-for-15 (93.3) vs. South Alabama on Nov. 23.

Notables...
• Santa Clara picked up its sixth-straight win vs. San Jose State (78-75) on Dec. 5 as Nate Kratch scored a career-high 29 points and posted 12 rebounds, and KJ Feagin added 16 points.
• Kratch and Feagin have been the team's most accurate shooters. Kratch has connected on 65.1 percent from the floor (first in the WCC), including 82.8 in the last thee games, scoring mostly in the paint, while Feagin has hit 53.4 percent of his field-goal attempts on a mix of drives and jump shots. Forward Jarvis Pugh has connected on 52 percent from the floor, though he has missed the last three games.
• Kratch has posted four double-digit rebound games this season and guard Kai Healy has averaged 6.7 rebounds during the last three games.
• Feagin has totaled 13 assists during the last three games (4.3 pg), playing in a combined 68 minutes (22.7 pg).
• Brownridge and Kratch are the only players to start all nine games. Freshman forward Henrik Jadersten started for the first time in his career and sophomore guard Evan Wardlow made his first start of the season (second of his career) vs. UC Irvine (Nov. 23). Wardlow went on to start the next three games. Healy made his first start of the season (second of his career) vs. San Jose State (Dec. 5). Healy has also averaged 11.0 points over the last two games.

By The Numbers…
1...Jared Brownridge needs one more 3-pointer to move from seventh to sixth on the school's career list. He has 204 and Evan Roquemore posted 205 (2010-14).
6...The Broncos have used six different starting lineups this season.
8...Nate Kratch has eight rebounds in seven of nine games this season, including 12 vs. UC Riverside (Nov 19), 14 vs. UC Irvine (Nov. 23) and 12 vs. San Jose State (Dec. 5).
30.3...Average career games played among the 12 active players on the roster (freshmen Tony Lewis and Bryson Lockley have not played). That group has played in a total of 366 games, with juniors Jared Brownridge (74) and Nate Kratch (74) accounting for 148.