SANTA CLARA, Calif. - After a season-opening victory against Idaho State, Santa Clara men's basketball faces UC Davis on Friday in the Bronco Invitational, a four-team, round-robin tournament.

Josip Vrankic had 24 points, six rebounds and four assists, and Jalen Williams scored 13, tallied four steals and blocked two shots in leading the Broncos (1-0) to a 62-49 win over the Bengals on Wednesday.

The Aggies (0-1) were edged by Nicholls, 101-93, though Ezra Manjon (25) and Damion Squire (21) combined for 46 points for a UC Davis squad that shot 59 percent from the floor, but turned the ball over 20 times.

Tipoff between the Broncos is Aggies is set for 1 p.m. A matchup between Idaho State and Nicholls follows at 4 p.m.

Due to current guidelines in Santa Clara County, spectators will not be permitted inside Leavey Center.

QUICK HITS...
• The Broncos are coming off a 20-13 mark last season, their first 20-win campaign in seven years and just fourth occurence in the last 19.
• Wednesday's win over Idaho State improved the Broncos to 9-1 during the month of November since the start of 2019-20. Santa Clara opened last season by winning its first 15 games in Leavey Center and has won its last 18 at home vs. nonconference foes.
• Santa Clara returns four starters and seven of its top nine scorers from last season, including preseason All-West Coast Conference performer Josip Vrankic, a three-year starter. The senior ranked first on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg) and rebounding (5.4 pg) last season. DJ Mitchell was third in scoring (10.7 ppg) and second in rebounding (5.2 pg).
• The Broncos return six players who started at least 15 games last season.
• Before his injury at the beginning of league play, junior Guglielmo Caruso was among the most productive and efficient big men in the WCC. He would have ranked first in the league in field-goal percentage (66.1) and third in blocked shots (1.1 pg) but did not appear in enough games to qualify.
• Mitchell and junior Keshawn Justice were two of the top three 3-point shooting threats in the league in 2019-20. They each shot 38 percent from behind the 3-point line with Justice ranking sixth (38.5) in the school history in that category.
• The Broncos had two of more productive first-year players in the WCC a year ago. Jaden Bediako was a member of the WCC All-Freshman team and Jalen Williams proved to be one of the most explosive first-year players in the league. Bediako was inserted into the starting lineup for Caruso as conference play opened and went on to average a team-best 11.9 rebounds per 40 minutes of play. Williams started the final 23 games and tallied the third-most steals (44) by a freshman in school history.
• Newcomers include freshman guard Trent Hudgens Jr. and three transfers in Christian Carlyle (Florida Gulf Coast), Joe Foley (Lehigh) and Vittorio Reynoso-Avila (Princeton). Carlyle and Reynoso-Avila are graduate transfers.

YEAR FIVE UNDER SENDEK...
The Broncos are in their 114th year, including fifth under Herb Sendek, who has been successful in each of his four head-coaching stops. With a resume that includes 18 postseason appearances and three conference coach of the year awards, Sendek has led the Broncos to three winning seasons, including a 20-13 mark in 2019-20. The program had not recorded three winning season during a four-year stretch since Dick Davey led it to seven in a row from 1994-95 through 2000-01. He is in his 27th season as a collegiate head coach with stops at Arizona State, North Carolina State and Miami (Ohio).

UC DAVIS SERIES...
Santa Clara owns a 17-2 record against UC Davis. In the most recent matchup, the Broncos fell to the Aggies, 63-58, in the 2016 Cable Car Classic.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES...
• Miguel Tomley saw his first-career action on Wednesday, playing nine minutes off the bench against Idaho State (Nov. 25). The redshirt freshman missed last year with a knee injury. Christian Carlyle, a graduate transfer Florida Gulf Coast, suited up for the Broncos for the first time. He started and played 32 minutes, scoring six points and dishing out two assists.
• Josip Vrankic drew nine of the 23 fouls committed by Idaho State, which led to 11 free throws for the senior who connected six times.
• Jalen Williams' four steals were one off his career-high of five set vs. Gonzaga (Jan. 30, 2020). Willliams led the team last season with 44 steals.
• Keshawn Justice matched his career-high with three steals against Idaho State (Nov. 25).

NONCONFERENCE SUCCESS...
The Broncos have won their last six nonconference games overall and 18 straight nonleague home contests, the second-longest stretch in school history (19 from 1987-90). The last overall loss was a 97-68 road defeat at the hands of Nevada on Dec. 4, 2019. Idaho State was the last nonconference foe to knock off the Broncos in Leavey Center, escaping with a 68-66 victory on Dec. 7, 2018.

BY THE NUMBERS
1...One year after having nine underclassmen (four sophomores and five freshmen) scholarship players on the roster, the Broncos have two freshmen - Miguel Tomley, a redshirt, and Trent Hudgens Jr.
2...The number of consecutive years Josip Vrankic has earned All-WCC. He was also voted to the 2020-21 preseason All-WCC squad.
3...The Broncos finished 2019-20 third in the WCC in field-goal percentage defense (42.4), assists per game (15.4), and steals per game (6.9).
4...The number of times Keshawn Justice and Josip Vrankic scored 20-plus points in 2019-20, tying for the team lead.
4...Number of returning starters - Jaden Bediako, Keshawn Justice, Jalen Williams and Josip Vrankic.
24...Jalen Williams and Keshawn Justice lead the team with 24 straight starts.
28...Josip Vrankic ranks 28th in school history in scoring (1,147 points).
71.5...Percentage of points scored by current members of the team during 2019-20.
72.6...Percentage of steals posted by current members of the team during 2019-20.
82.2...Percentage of rebounds corralled by current members of the team during 2019-20.

RADIO/LIVE STREAM
Anthony Passarelli (play-by-play) calls for his 14th season. All Broncos home games and West Coast Conference contests (not on an ESPN platform, CBS Sports Network or BYUtv) will be streamed through WCC Network (local blackout restrictions apply for games broadcast over the air). In addition, games can also be heard on the Tunein app.

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