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Women's Basketball Plays at Long Beach State Sunday

Women's Basketball Plays at Long Beach State Sunday

THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (3-0) at Long Beach State (3-0)

MATCH INFO
When: Sunday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m.
Where: Walter Pyramid
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Santa Clara

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 4-1 all-time against Long Beach State.
The last meeting was an 54-46 Bronco loss in Leavey Center in 2019.

NOTES

  • The Broncos are averaging 77 points per game this year while shooting 45.7-percent from the field and 37.5-percent from beyond the arc. Defensively, they have allowed 65.0 ppg while forcing 16.3 turnovers per contest.
  • Merle Wiehl leads the team in scoring with 17.7 ppg and 7.0 rpg. Ashley Hiraki is scoring 14.7 ppg with a team-best 3.7 apg. Lindsey VanAllen (14.3 ppg) and Lana Hollingsworth (11.3 ppg) are also averaging in double-figures.
  • Wiehl and Hiraki have all scored in double-figures in each of the first three games.
  • Santa Clara won its first two games by 10-plus points for the first time since 1999-2000 when they beat Oakland 84-66 and Drexel 71-49. The Broncos finished that season 21-9 and went to the WNIT.
  • The Broncos went 14-11 last season and 9-8 in West Coast Conference play. They were the fourth seed and made it to the semifinals of the WCC Tournament for the first time since 2016.
  • Santa Clara brings back all but one player from last season and returns 82-percent of their scoring and 86-percent of their rebounding.
  • Newcomers Sydney Bevington and Rafailia Stergaki join the team.
  • Bill Carr enters his sixth season at the helm of the Broncos.
  • The Broncos stayed perfect on the season with a 67-58 win at San Jose State Wednesday.

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