Nationally-Ranked BYU Too Much for Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Santa Clara (9-7,3-3 WCC)	9	10	14	11	44
BYU (17-1,7-0 WCC)	21	24	18	13	76

Game Leaders

Santa Clara

Pts: Lindsey VanAllen - 10

Reb: Danja Stafford - 8

Ast: Lana Hollingsworth - 4

BYU

Pts: Tegan Graham - 16

Reb: Lauren Gustin - 11

Ast: Shaylee Gonzales - 9

Team Stats

Santa Clara

BYU

Field Goals

(16-49)

(29-63)

Field Goal %

32.7%

46.0%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

full stats

Posted: Jan 27, 2022

PROVO, Utah – A tough first half doomed Santa Clara women's basketball in a 76-44 defeat at No. 16 BYU on Thursday.

The Broncos (9-7, 3-3 WCC) found themselves down 45-19 at the halftime break as the Cougars (17-1, 7-0 WCC) came out red hot on both offense and defense. They shot 56.7-percent for the floor in the opening 20 minutes while forcing 16 turnovers.

Santa Clara's defense picked up in the second half, allowing just 36.4-percent shooting for BYU to put the Cougars at 46.0-percent for the game. The Broncos also limited the turnovers in the final 20 minutes but couldn't find the offensive touch at any point in the game and finished at 32.7-percent from the floor and just 4-of-15 from deep.

The game was close midway through the first before BYU started an 18-0 run that lasted until the 6:57 mark of the second quarter. The stretch put the Cougars on top 31-9, and after Lindsey VanAllen's triple ended the run, BYU would score five more and never have the lead dip below 22 the rest of the way.

Tegan Graham led all scorers with 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting. Shaylee Gonzales had 13 points and just missed a double-double with nine assists. Paisley Harding scored 11 with Lauren Gustin grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds.

The Santa Clara offense was limited by 23 turnovers that turned into 23 points for the Cougars. VanAllen led the team with 10 points, her fifth consecutive game in double-figures after missing a month with an injury. Lara Edmanson added nine points with Danja Stafford scoring eight with a team-best eight boards. Merle Wiehl also scored eight and had six boards.

NOTES

Santa Clara is now 2-23 all-time against BYU.
Lindsey VanAllen is now at 1,046 career points, good for 23rd all-time at Santa Clara. Next is Emily Wolph (2014-20) with 1,056.
VanAllen played high school basketball with Gonzales and Gustin at Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Arizona.
The Broncos were without Lexie Pritchard who was injured at Long Beach State. Her return is uncertain. Ashley Hiraki who has started the first 14 games of the year was also out for the second game in a row. Ashlee Maldonado is also out and will miss the entire season.