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Women's Basketball Faces LMU in Quarterfinals of WCC Tournament

Women's Basketball Faces LMU in Quarterfinals of WCC Tournament

WCC Basketball Tournament Central | Bracket

Game Notes

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Fourth-seeded Santa Clara women's basketball opens play at the West Coast Conference Tournament in Las Vegas with a quarterfinal's matchup against eighth-seeded LMU. Tip is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday.

The Broncos closed the regular season with a tough one possession loss to BYU.

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 50-29 all-time against LMU with the first meeting coming in 1984-85. The two teams split the regular season series.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

Tickets N/A
TV NBC Sports California | FOX Sports Prime Ticket
  FOX Sports San Diego | Root Sports NW
  BYUtv
Video WCC Network (local blackout)
Live Stats StatBroadcast


THE BRONCOS

Santa Clara (13-10, 9-8 WCC) finished the regular season scoring 64.7 points per game on 40.9-percent shooting from the floor and 33.8-percent from downtown.

Lindsey VanAllena Second Team All-WCC selection, leads the team in scoring with 12.4 ppg while adding 4.0 rebounds per game. Ashlyn Herlihy, an honorable mention pick, scores 11.6 ppg with a team best 6.6 rpg. Merle Wiehl, also named to the second team, scores 10.7 ppg with 5.2 rpg and leads Santa Clara with 37 3-pointers made, a 52.1-percent mark from the field and a 43.5-percent mark from beyond the arc.

THE LIONS
LMU (7-18, 4-13 WCC) is scoring 60.8 ppg as a team while shooting 39.9-percent from the field and 32.2-percent from downtown.

Ariel Johnson leads the team in scoring with 12.8 ppg, assists with 2.7 pg, and steals with 1.9 pg. Chelsey Gipson has hit a team best 41 3-pointers while scoring 11.3 ppg and Khari Clark scores 9.6 ppg with a team leading 5.9 rpg.

2021 University Credit Union West Coast Conference Tournament Schedule

Saturday, March 6
QUARTERFINALS
• Game 5: No. 4 Santa Clara vs LMU, 11 a.m. (RSNs, BYUtv, WCC Network)
• Game 6: No. 3 San Francisco vs No. 6 Pacific/No. 7 Saint Mary's, 2 p.m. (RSNs, BYUtv, WCC Network)
 
Monday, March 8
SEMIFINALS 
• Semifinal: No. 1 Gonzaga vs Game 5 Winner, 11 a.m. (RSNs, BYUtv, WCC Network)
• Semifinal: No. 2 Brigham Young vs Game 6 Winner, 2 p.m. (RSNs, BYUtv, WCC Network)
 
Tuesday, March 9
CHAMPIONSHIP
• 1:00 p.m. (ESPNU, ESPN app)

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