SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Charise Holloway tied a career-high with 19 points but it wasn't enough as Santa Clara women's basketball's comeback attempt at San Diego came up short in a 51-40 defeat Saturday afternoon.
Despite trailing by as many as 15 in the first half, the Broncos (7-18, 3-11 WCC) cut the Toreros (14-11, 7-7 WCC) lead to one on a pair of free throws from Holloway four seconds into the fourth quarter.
San Diego responded by going on an 11-2 run and outscored Santa Clara 18-8 over the final 9:46.
Both teams struggled to take care of the ball, committing a combined 42 turnovers. San Diego took advantage of the Broncos' 22 by scoring 19 points with Santa Clara scoring just seven off of 20 Toreros miscues.
Holloway scored nine in a row for the Broncos over four minutes in the third quarter. She knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and added an and-one to get Santa Clara within 30-26 with 3:04 left in the period.
Sydney Williams scored six points around a 3-pointer from Aubrey Ward-El to put San Diego on a 9-0 run over two and a half minutes early in the second quarter. The run build the Toreros lead to 19-5 with 6:04 to go.
Maya Hood paced the Toreros with a double-double (14 points/12 rebounds) and Ward-El added 14 as well.
Five in a row from Taylor Berry and a jumper from Holloway at the 1:24 mark of the second quarter cut the Bronco deficit to 24-16.
Berry gave Santa Clara 11 points and nine rebounds and Morgan McGwire had a game-high 13 boards.
San Diego outscored Santa Clara 10-0 in the first quarter. The Broncos were 0-for-9 from the field and turned the ball over 10 times.
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS | How about this second quarter from Taylor Berry in Saturday's @WCCSports matchup at San Diego? FULL HIGHLIGHTS ▶️ https://t.co/16FgOHC6dv #StampedeTogether #SCUBroncos #WCCHoops pic.twitter.com/mZBZ8wvC5E
— Santa Clara WBB (@Santaclarawbb) February 13, 2018
NOTES
- Santa Clara is now 34-40 all-time against San Diego.
- Taylor Berry made her 99th consecutive start.
- Santa Clara grabbed 11 offensive rebounds and scored 10 second chance points.
- The Broncos collected 12 steals in the game.
- Santa Clara was 10-for-12 from the free throw line while San Diego was 5-for-10.
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