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Women's Basketball Travels to San Francisco for Rescheduled Contest

Women's Basketball Travels to San Francisco for Rescheduled Contest

THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (8-4, 2-0 WCC) at San Francisco (6-10, 0-4 WCC)

GAME INFO
When: Monday, Jan. 17 at 5 p.m.
Where: War Memorial
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Santa Clara

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 65-43 all-time against San Francisco.
The Broncos won at home on Saturday.

NOTES

  • The Broncos are averaging 72.1 points per game this year while shooting 42.2-percent from the field and 32.1-percent from beyond the arc. Defensively, they have allowed 62.1 ppg while forcing 16.2 turnovers per contest.
  • Lindsey VanAllen leads the team in scoring with 17.0 ppg and is third in the West Coast Conference. Merle Wiehl leads with 7.8 rpg, good for fourth in the WCC, and scores 12.9 ppg. Ashley Hiraki is scoring 9.5 ppg with a team-best 3.8 apg. Lana Hollingsworth scores 9.8 ppg with 4.7 rpg as well.
  • The Broncos are missing Lexie Pritchard who was injured at Long Beach State on November 21. Ashlee Maldonado will miss the season with a torn ACL. All three were projected starters before the season.
  • The first four games of the WCC schedule were postponed due to Covid-19.
  • 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 team's 39 attempted 3-pointers at Kansas tied a program record. They also attempted 39 January 8, 2006 at Portland.
  • The 58-point win over Holy Names on December 20 was tied for the sixth largest margin of victory in program history and was the third largest in Leavey Center.
  • Merle Wiehl was named Preseason All-WCC. She was Second Team All-WCC last season and was named to the WCC All-Tournament team.
  • Bill Carr enters his sixth season at the helm of the Broncos.
  • The Broncos beat San Francisco 83-78 on Saturday at home.

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