Santa Clara-San Francisco Game Notes | Single-Game Tickets

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara closes out a three-game homestand Thursday with area-rival San Francisco. Each team suffered a loss in its last outing.

After hitting the game-winner vs. Pepperdine two days earlier, Jared Brownridge scored 20 points and dished out four assists, but LMU connected on ten 3-pointers and grabbed 14 offensive rebounds to prevail 76-66 in Saturday's WCC tilt. USF was knocked off 98-84 at home by Pepperdine on the same day.

Thursday's game features two of the top three scorers in the WCC with USF's Devin Watson ranking second (20.3) and Brownridge third (19.4).

SANTA CLARA (7-13, 3-5) vs. San Francisco (9-9, 3-5)

Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 • Leavey Center (4,700) • 8 p.m. PST

TV: CSN Bay Area- Glen Kuiper (play-by-play) and Dan Belluomini (analyst)

Live Stream: TheW.tv (blackout in local markets)

Radio: KSCU (103.3 FM) - Anthony Passarelli (play-by-play) and John Stege (analyst)

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. During games, Chad Cardinal and Jesse Moreno of the ticket operations staff will be located above Section 105 to answer questions.

Game Promotions: The first 150 Bronco students who enter Leavey Center will receive a Santa Clara Athletics multi-purpose Fandana. In addition, the Santa Clara men's soccer team will be recognized at halftime for winning its 12th West Coast Conference title in the fall.

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 and West Coast Conference contests will also be streamed through TheW.tv (local blackout restrictions apply for games broadcast over the air).

Quick Hits...
• After dropping their first seven games of the season, the Broncos, led by ninth-year head coach Kerry Keating, have gone 7-6 since Nov. 29.
• Jared Brownridge, in his third year as a starter, ranks No. 39 nationally in the scoring (19.4 ppg). He is second on the team in assists (2.6 pg) and third in rebounding (career-high 3.6 pg). He is connecting on 83.6 percent of his free throws (third in the WCC) and his 102 makes from the charity stripe are tied for No. 22 in the NCAA this year. He also ranks tied for 22nd nationally on 3-point field goals (57). Brownridge is one of only two players in the nation to rank in the top 25 of both those categories. Junior forward Nate Kratch is second on the team in scoring (11.0 ppg) and leads in both rebounding (8.8 pg/third in the WCC) and FG percentage (57.6/fourth in the WCC).
• Despite playing just two-plus seasons, Brownridge already ranks third in school history with 245 career 3-pointers and 14th in scoring (1,463 points). In addition, his career scoring average (17.2 ppg) ranks No. 6 on the Broncos all-time chart and his career 3-point field-goal percentage (42.2) is tops in school history. After missing most of preseason practice Brownridge had an uneven start to the season, but has heated up. He has scored in double figures each of the last 11 games, averaging 21.3 points on 44.7 percent shooting from the floor, including 47.1 from behind the 3-point line.
• KJ Feagin has emerged in the last month as another scoring option and been a consistent distributor. The freshman guard has scored in double figures in seven of the last 12 games and averaged 12.3 points in that span. He has posted a career high in assists twice in WCC action (8 vs. Pacific, Dec. 21; 9 vs. Saint Mary's, Dec. 23) and tallied the second-highest point total of his career (25), including a career-best 13 FTs, vs. Portland (Jan. 2).
• Eight of Santa Clara's 13 losses have been by eight points or less, including six that were within three. The Broncos have lost three times in overtime.
• The Broncos have three players on the shelf. Sophomore guard Evan Wardlow (broken right wrist) missed the last 11 games and will be out approximately two months. Sophomore forward Jarvis Pugh (knee) missed the previous seven games before playing against Saint Mary's (Dec. 23), but sat out the last five. Junior guard Brendyn Taylor (concussion) returned vs. Nevada (Dec. 19) after missing seven games. Freshman forward Tony Lewis (leg) has not played this season. Sophomore forward Matt Hubbard was limited to only five minutes vs. Saint Mary's due to an ankle injury, but did play in the last six games.

Team Trends...
• Santa Clara has averaged 21 free throw attempts in the last five games, including a season-best 37 vs. Portland (Jan. 2). The Broncos rank fourth in the WCC in free-throw percentage (71.5). After connecting on only 58.1 percent during the BYU and San Diego games, they have hit 75.9 percent in the last two contests.
• After connecting on 48.6 percent of their 3-point field goals in the previous five-game stretch, the Broncos have hit 31.4 percent in the last five. However, they have nailed 49.7 percent of their 2-point field goals in that span.
• The Broncos have posted fewer than 10 turnovers in five of the last seven games.
• The opposition connected on 38.2 percent from behind the 3-point arc in the first five games, but has been held to 32.3 percent in the last 15 contests. In five of the last seven games, the Broncos have held foes to 33 percent or less on 3-pointers. Santa Clara ranks third in the WCC in opponent 3-point shooting (33.9 percent).

Spreading the Wealth...
The Broncos placed four players in double figures for the third time in the last four games in Thursday's win vs. Pepperdine. Nate Kratch led the way with a game-high 15 points. During the first 15 games of the season, Santa Clara only had as many as three players in double figures six times. The Broncos are 6-3 when at least three players reach double figures, including 3-0 with four players scoring 10 or more.

Tidbits...
• With 20 points vs. LMU (Jan. 16), Jared Brownridge (1,463) moved from 15th to 14th on the school's career scoring list, passing Mike Stewart (1,446/1970-73).
• With five assists vs. LMU, KJ Feagin (77) moved from 10th to tie for eighth on the school's freshman list. He passed Brownridge (76 in 2013-14) and equaled Steve Kenilvort (77 in 1982-83).
• Kai Healy, who tallied a career-high 15 points vs. LMU, scored in double figures for the fourth time this season, including third in the last six games.
• Since an 0-for-3 performance from the free-throw line at Pacific (Dec. 21), Feagin has connected on 23 of 24 free throws (95.8 percent). He has improved from 59.1 to 78.3 percent from the line in the last six games.
• The Portland game was the first time in school history two Bronco players made at least 13 free throws. Brownridge was 13-for-13 and Feagin 13 of 14. Brownridge is the fifth Santa Clara player on record to be perfect from the line in Leavey Center with at least 10 attempts. The last was Steve Nash who made all 21 of his attempts (a school record) vs. Saint Mary's on Jan. 7, 1995
• Brownridge has scored 20 or more points in seven of the last 11 games and nine times on the season. He has connected on seven or more 3-pointers three times (seven vs.  Arizona, Nov. 26; seven at Nevada, Dec. 18; career-high eight vs. Pacific, Dec. 23).
• Sophomore forward Jarvis Pugh made his return from a knee injury vs. Saint Mary's, playing 24 minutes and scoring six points to go with four rebounds. However, he had to sit out the last five games with the same ailment.

Scouting the Dons...
San Francisco, 9-9 (3-5 WCC) on the season, has lost its last three games after winning three of four. Sophomore Devin Watson is one of the top scorers and distributors in the WCC. He ranks second in scoring (20.3 ppg) and sixth in assists (5.2 pg). Senior guard Tim Derksen is second on the team in both scoring (15.1 ppg) and rebounding (6.1 pg). He is also the fifth in the league in 3-point FG percentage (44.9). Junior forward Dont'e Reynolds leads the team in rebounding (6.7 pg). USF surrenders the second most points in the WCC (77.5 ppg) and rank 10th in opponent 3-point shooting (38.2 percent), but is first in offensive rebound percentage (34.2). Only Gonzaga (86.6) is scoring more per game in WCC play than USF (84.2).  

The USF Series...
The series began in 1908 with the Broncos holding a 112-104 lead. Santa Clara has two of the last three at home, but the Dons have captured three of the last four overall. The series has been even in recent years, with each team winning nine times during head coach Kerry Keating's tenure.

Notables...
• Nate Kratch and KJ Feagin have been the team's most accurate shooters. Kratch has connected on 57.6 percent from the floor (fourth in the WCC), scoring mostly in the paint, while Feagin has hit 45.8 percent of his field-goal attempts on a mix of drives and jump shots. Forward Jarvis Pugh has connected on 50 percent from the floor, though he has missed 13 games with a knee injury.
• In eight conference games, three players - Henrik Jadersten (50.0/9 of 18) Kai Healy (47.6/10 of 21), Jared Brownridge (44.1/26 of 59) and - have each hit at better than a 40-percent clip on 3-pointers.  
• Feagin has totaled 63 assists during the last 13 games (4.8 pg), including a career-high nine vs. Saint Mary's (Dec. 21). His assist-to-turnover ratio in that span is 2.6-to-1.
• Brownridge and Kratch are the only players to start all 20 games. Emmanuel Ndumanya made his first career start in the Gonzaga game (Dec. 31) and was also in the starting lineup the last five games. His 24 minutes played vs. Gonzaga were one shy of his career high (25 vs. Portland, Feb. 7, 2015).
• Until the Gonzaga game, the Broncos used the same starting lineup - Kratch, Matt Hubbard, Brownridge, Feagin and Healy - for six straight outings. Ndumanya was in the starting lineup vs. the Bulldogs replacing Hubbard who injured an ankle in the previous game vs. Saint Mary's (Dec. 23). Hubbard started eight straight games.

By The Numbers…
2...Jared Brownridge is one of only two players in the NCAA to rank in the top 25 in both made free throws (t-22nd at 102) and 3-pointers (22nd at 57) this season. He is joined by Josh Adams of Wyoming.
7...The Broncos have used seven different starting lineups this season.
8...Nate Kratch has eight rebounds in 12 of 20 games this season, including 12 vs. UC Riverside (Nov 19), 14 vs. UC Irvine (Nov. 23), 12 vs. San Jose State, 18 vs. Pacific Union (Dec. 5) and 14 vs. Portland (Jan. 2).
10...Santa Clara has a combined 10 turnovers in the last two games (three vs. Pepperdine; seven vs. LMU).
38.8...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 466 games, with juniors Jared Brownridge (85) and Nate Kratch (85) accounting for 170.