SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Being down three starters didn't rattle Santa Clara women's basketball as they took care of Pacific 75-64 to move to 9-1 at home on the season.

The Broncos (10-7, 4-3 WCC) rode a career-high tying 32 points from Lindsey VanAllen and a career-high 17 from Danja Stafford to compensate for being without Ashley Hiraki, Lana Hollingsworth, and Lara Edmanson.

It was the second 32-point performance in the last three games for VanAllen who finished the day 10-of-19 from the field and 10-of-12 from the free throw line while adding six rebounds and three assists. Stafford was 6-of-9 from the field, including a pair of triples, and added six rebounds as well.

After a slow start to the game, Santa Clara finished the first quarter on a 20-6 run and would hold the lead the rest of the afternoon. The Broncos shot 43.1-percent from the field and were 7-of-18 from behind the arc on the day.

Another slow start to the third quarter saw the Tigers (4-13, 1-5 WCC) score the first eight of the half and get within 42-38 but the Santa Clara stars of the day, Stafford and VanAllen, responded with back-to-back layups. A 13-3 run later in the quarter took most of the drama out of the rest of the game.

Santa Clara also did a good job taking advantage of 15 Pacific turnovers, having a 26-6 edge in points off turnovers. Merle Wiehl chipped in 10 points and seven rebounds with Bryce Nixon scoring seven and setting a career-high with seven boards.

Liz Smith led Pacific with 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting with Anaya James and Liz Elliot both adding 11. Three others scored six points each. The Tigers shot 42.9-percent as a team and were 6-of-17 from downtown.

NOTES

• Santa Clara is now 32-26 all-time against Pacific.
• The Broncos had 16 assists on 25 made baskets.
• Lindsey VanAllen is now at 1,078 career points, good for 21st all-time at Santa Clara. Next is Liz Bruno (1978-82) with 1,081.
• The Broncos were without Lexie Pritchard who was injured at Long Beach State. Her return is uncertain. Ashley Hiraki who started the first 14 games of the year was also out for the third game in a row. Lana Hollingsworth and Lara Edmanson were out for this game as well. Edmanson had started the first 16 games of the year and Hollingsworth had started 11 of the last 12 and appeared in all 16. Ashlee Maldonado is also out and will miss the entire season.
• For the second game in a row, associate head coach Michael Floyd led the team from the sidelines.

NEXT UP
The teams play again Monday in Stockton at 7 p.m.

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