SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The 2022-23 season has arrived, with the Santa Clara University women's basketball team tipping things off at 4 p.m. Monday against UC Santa Barbara inside the friendly confines of Leavey Center. The game is part of a season-opening doubleheader with the Santa Clara men's team, which hosts Eastern Washington at 7 p.m.

THE MATCHUP
Santa Clara (0-0) vs. UC Santa Barbara (0-0)

SERIES HISTORY
Santa Clara is 8-5 all-time against UC Santa Barbara. The last meeting was a 73-51 Santa Clara win in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Dec. 19, 2020.

GAME INFO
When: Monday, Nov. 7 • 4 p.m.
Where: Leavey Center
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Tickets: Click here
Game Notes: Santa Clara | UC Santa Barbara

SEASON PREVIEW

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— Santa Clara Women's Basketball (@Santaclarawbb) November 5, 2022 

NOTES

• The Broncos are playing the first of 16 regular season home games, which include four straight to start the season and six of seven December games played at Leavey Center. Santa Clara will play five of its six games scheduled for Nov. 17-30 away from home, including two games at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic (Nov. 25-26), and a true road game at 2021 national champion and 2022 Final Four team Stanford (Nov. 30).
• Santa Clara posted its second consecutive winning season in 2021-22 – the first time the Broncos had logged consecutive winning campaigns in 16 years. The Broncos have won at least 12 games in five of head coach Bill Carr's six years at the helm. They'll be looking to log their third straight winning season in 2022-23 for the first time in 20 years – since the program wrapped up a run of 13 straight winning years in 2002-03.
• The Broncos' regular season success has also shown through in the postseason the last two years. Santa Clara reached the West Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals in 2022 with back-to-back wins in the first and second rounds. That came a year after they reached the semifinals in 2021.
• Santa Clara's 2022-23 roster features eight players who haven't played for the Broncos in at least a year – that includes six newcomers who have never donned an SCU jersey, and returners Ashlee Maldonado and Lexi Pritchard, who are both returning from season-long injuries.
• Santa Clara's six newcomers include three freshmen and three transfers. The trio of transfers feature senior guard Azhiana Basallo, a San Francisco native who comes to the South Bay from Arizona State via San Jose State and Cal Poly, sophomore forward Olivia Pollerd from Washington of the Pac-12 Conference, and junior guard Jayde Cadee out of UC Irvine. The rookies include 6-foot, 3-inch forward Georgia Grigiripoulou from Athens, Greece, 5-10 guard Tess Heal out of Melbourne, Australia, and 6-0 guard Marya Hudgins out of Aurora, Colo.
• Heal played with the Australia U18 Women's National Team in India during early September at the FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship. She helped the Gems not only qualify for the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup, but was also part of the team's first-ever championship at the event, as the Gems went undefeated to hoist the trophy.
• All six newcomers and eight returners (including Maldonado and Pritchard who haven't played for a year) had a chance to warm up on Tuesday with an exhibition game against NCAA Division II member Academy of Art. Many things clicked for the Broncos, as they won the exhibition going away, 95-36. 

HOW TO WATCH ON THE WCC NETWORK
All Santa Clara home games and West Coast Conference contests not shown on a national platform (ESPN, CBS Sports Network or BYUtv) will be streamed through the WCC Network. Local blackout restrictions apply on WCC Network for regional TV broadcasts. All events that are not selected for a Stadium Plus broadcast or a national outlet, can be viewed on the following platforms:

• WCCsports.com
• Roku
• Android Device
• iOS Device: Mobile • tvOS
• FireTV

Joe Ritzo will once again serve as the play-by-play voice for all Santa Clara women's basketball home games on the WCC Network.

TICKET INFORMATION
Season tickets are on sale now for Bronco Basketball! Click here to purchase your tickets online, call the Broncos ticket office (408-554-4660) or email them at broncostickets@scu.edu.

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