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Women's Basketball Faces Pacific in WCC Tournament First Round

Women's Basketball Faces Pacific in WCC Tournament First Round

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THE TEAMS
No. 7 Santa Clara (14-14, 8-10 WCC) vs. No. 10 Pacific (6-22, 3-14)

GAME INFO
When: Thursday, March 3 at 2 p.m.
Where: Orleans Arena
TV: NBC Sports California | BYUtv
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Santa Clara

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 32-27 all-time against Pacific.
The teams split this season, each winning at home.

NOTES

  • The Broncos are averaging 69.1 points per game this year while shooting 41.5-percent from the field and 33.3-percent from beyond the arc. Defensively, they have allowed 68.1 ppg while forcing 14.7 turnovers per contest.
  • Lindsey VanAllen leads the team and is second in the WCC in scoring with 19.0 ppg. Merle Wiehl leads the team with 6.9 rpg and scores 11.9 ppg. Ashley Hiraki is scoring 6.9 ppg with a team-best 3.5 apg and adds 3.3 rpg. Lana Hollingsworth scores 9.0 ppg with 4.4 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. Both were projected starters before the season.
  • Lindsey VanAllen scored her 1,000th career point on January 20 against LMU, becoming the 27th Bronco to accomplish the feat. She is currently tied for eighth all-time at Santa Clara with Meagan Fulps (2009-13) at 1,297 points. Next is Christine Silvernail (1990-94) with 1,325.
  • Santa Clara won 11 home games this season, their most since 2015-16.
  • 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 fell at San Diego in the regular season finale Saturday.

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