Game Notes | WCC Tournament Central | Bracket

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Eighth-seeded Santa Clara women's basketball heads to Las Vegas to take on ninth-seeded San Francisco in the first round of the West Coast Conference Tournament Thursday at noon.

The Broncos closed out the regular season with an overtime win at Saint Mary's and a heartbreaking loss at Pacific.

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 63-41 all-time against San Francisco with the first meeting coming in 1964-65. The Broncos and Dons split the season series, each winning on the other's home court.

THE BRONCOS
Santa Clara (11-18, 5-13 WCC) averages 69.0 points per game on 41.2-percent shooting from the field and 33.4-percent from downtown while allowing 68.9 ppg.

Tia Hay averages a team high 12.4 ppg, 3.6 assists per game, and 1.3 steals per game. Ashlyn Herlihy is second in scoring with 10.4 ppg and grabs a team best 7.0 rebounds per game. Merle Wiehl has knocked down 42 3-pointers, tops on the team, while averaging 9.1 ppg and 4.2 rpg.

Head coach Bill Carr and Naomi Jimenez preview the 2020 WCC Women's Basketball Tournament! Santa Clara begins play Thursday vs. San Francisco.#StampedeTogether #SCUBroncos pic.twitter.com/2I0Y49NSdK

— Santa Clara Women's Basketball (@Santaclarawbb) March 5, 2020

THE DONS 
San Francisco (12-18, 5-13 WCC) scores 64.4 ppg while allowing 69.2. The Dons shoot 39.6-percent from the floor and 32.2-percent from beyond the arc.

Mikayla Williams leads a trio of double digit scorers with 14.9 ppg and adds 8.8 rpg. Lucie Hoskova scores 14.1 ppg with a team leading 38 3-pointers made and 2.2 apg. Leilah Vigil leads the team with 10.2 rpg and scores 12.3 ppg as well.

TICKETS
The Santa Clara allotment for the men's tournament is sold out as is the full ticket package. Men's and women's single session tickets are available as are women's all session tickets. Click here for details. Tickets are also available through TicketSmarter.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (Times Pacific)

Thursday, March 5
FIRST ROUND 
• Game 1: No. 8 Santa Clara vs No. 9 San Francisco, Noon (NBCSports California, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, BYUtv, WCC Network)
• Game 2: No. 7 Saint Mary's vs No. 10 LMU, 2 p.m. (NBCSports California, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, BYUtv, WCC Network)
 
Friday, March 6
SECOND ROUND 
• Game 3: No. 5 Pacific vs Game 1 Winner, Noon (NBCSports California, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, BYUtv, WCC Network)
• Game 4: No. 6 Pepperdine vs Game 2 Winner, 2 p.m. (NBCSports California, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, BYUtv, WCC Network)
 
Saturday, March 7
THIRD ROUND 
• Game 5: No. 4 Portland vs Game 3 Winner, 1 p.m. (NBCSports Bay Area, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, BYUtv, WCC Network)
• Game 6: No. 3 Brigham Young vs Game 4 Winner, 3 p.m. (NBCSports Bay Area, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, BYUtv, WCC Network)
 
Monday, March 9
SEMIFINALS 
• Semifinal: No. 1 Gonzaga vs Game 5 Winner, Noon (NBCSports Bay Area, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, BYUtv, WCC Network)
• Semifinal: No. 2 San Diego vs Game 6 Winner, 2 p.m. (NBCSports Bay Area, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, BYUtv, WCC Network)
 
Tuesday, March 10
CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Championship Game, 1:00 p.m. (ESPNU, ESPN app)

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