SANTA CLARA, Calif. - It's a rematch that is a whole 21 days in the making. Santa Clara men's basketball heads to Moraga on Saturday looking to knock off the last undefeated team in WCC play, Saint Mary's, in a 5:00 p.m. tip at the UCU Pavilion. The game will be carried live on NBC Sports Bay Area and available to stream on the WCC Network outside of the Bay Area and Southern California. 

THE MATCHUP
Santa Clara (16-5, 4-2 WCC) vs. RV/24 Saint Mary's (17-4, 6-0 WCC)

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara leads 136-97

GAME INFO
When: Saturday, Jan. 21 • 5 p.m. PT
Where: Moraga, Calif. (UCU Pavilion)
TV: NBC Sports Bay Area
Streaming: WCC Network (outside Bay Area and SoCal markets)
Audio: TuneIn (Subscription) | KDOW 1220 AM
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Santa Clara | Saint Mary's

NOTES

• The Broncos are looking for revenge against Saint Mary's after narrowly falling to the Gaels, 67-64, earlier this season. 

• SCU is coming off a key 83-76 win over BYU that pushed the Broncos up to third place in the WCC standings.

• Santa Clara is the only team in the WCC with three players currently in the top 10 in scoring in league games. Podziemski (19.2 ppg), Justice (17.0 ppg) and Stewart (16.3 ppg).

• Brandin Podziemski leads the team in PPG (18.6), RPG (8.4), APG (3.5) and SPG (2.05). He ranks third in the WCC in RPG and fourth in PPG.

• Podziemski ranks 26th nationally with 373 points and 45th with 169 rebounds. He has seven double-doubles, which ranks second in the league and 29th nationally.

• Keshawn Justice ranks 16th in school history in career scoring (1,467).

• Justice leads the WCC and is 16th nationally with 60 3-pointers made and ranks 13th nationally with 164 attempts. 

• Carlos Stewart has tallied 15 steals in the last four games and is coming off a career-high six vs. BYU. He leads the WCC with 2.8 steals per game in league play.

• Stewart ranks 7th in the WCC in total ppg (15.2) and second in FT percentage (84.4).

• Santa Clara ranks 10th nationally in rebounds per game (40.0).

• Parker Braun leads the WCC with 6.7 Defensive RPG in league play and is third with 8.7 total RPG in league games.

• The Broncos have had two players score 20 or more on five occasions, including the last two games.

• The Broncos lead the WCC with just 15.0 fouls per game.

• Podziemski won WCC Player of the Week honors twice in the first five weeks of the year.  He's the first Bronco since Jared Brownridge in 2016-17 with multiple WCC POTW honors. 

• Jaden Bediako is fourth in the WCC with 22 blocks while Braun is t-5th with 21. The Broncos are 3rd as a team with 3.6 per game. 

• Herb Sendek has 526 victories, tied for 61st most all-time in D1 history.

• With a 12-3 mark, SCU tied for their 2nd most non-conference wins in program history.

• The Gaels are alone at the top as the last undefeated team in league play at 6-0 and ranked 24th in the latest Coaches Poll. Led by Randy Bennett in his 22nd season at the helm, Saint Mary's is 17-4 overall and riding an eight-game win streak (including one over the Broncos) into Saturday's game. As always, the Gaels boast a fantastic defense. They are currently fourth nationally in scoring defense at just 57.1 points allowed per game and are ninth overall in scoring margin (14.7). While Saint Mary's doesn't pull down quite as many rebounds as SCU's squad, they have the nation's fifth best margin at plus-8.6. Freshman sensation Aiden Mahaney continues to lead the scoring efforts individually at 14.7 points per contest while Mitchell Saxen ranks third in the WCC with 8.3 rebounds per game. 

• Meeting for the second time in less than a month, Saturday's game will be the 234th all-time meeting between the Broncos and Gaels. Santa Clara holds a big lead all-time with a 136-97 advantage, but Saint Mary's has fared well in recent years, including a 67-64 victory inside the Leavey Center earlier this season. SCU won one out of the three meetings last season and is looking for thier first win inside the UCU Pavilion since Jan. 29, 2021 (66-64). 

Full game notes for both teams are available in the links above. 

HOW TO WATCH 
Saturday's game will be carried by NBC Sports Bay Area. Ted Robinson (play-by-play) and Mike Montgomery (analyst) will have the call live from Moraga.

HOW TO LISTEN
All home games and road contests can be heard on the TuneIn app (subscription required), while a majority of the games can be heard on KDOW-AM 1220. Anthony Passarelli will have the call live from Moraga with Henry Caruso serving as his color commentator. 

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