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63
Fresno St. Fresno 3-3,0-0 Mountain West
81
Winner Santa Clara SCU 5-2,0-0 WCC
Fresno St. Fresno
3-3,0-0 Mountain West
63
Final
81
Santa Clara SCU
5-2,0-0 WCC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Fresno St. Fresno 15 11 22 15 63
Santa Clara SCU 18 22 15 26 81

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball Pulls Away in Fourth to Beat Fresno State

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara women's basketball pulled away late for an 81-63 win over Fresno State Sunday afternoon from Leavey Center. The Broncos (5-2) had a double-digit lead at the half before the Bulldogs (3-3) made it close in the third, but Santa Clara rebuilt its lead in the fourth to pick up the victory.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Santa Clara started the game with back-to-back triples and scored the first 10 points of the day to build the early lead, but Ashlyn Rean stepped up and scored all eight in an 8-1 run for Fresno State to make it a three-point game. After some back and forth, the Broncos held an 18-15 lead after the first.
  • The second started with Santa Clara stretching its lead out to eight with back-to-back bucket. A 3-pointer for the Bulldogs made it a six-point game with 4:15 left in the period before the Broncos scored the final eight of half to take a 40-26 lead into the break.
  • Fresno State turned it on in the third and used an 8-0 run early on to get within 42-36. The Bulldogs would score five in a row later in the period to get within 47-45 but Ashley Hawkins followed with five in a row and then scored the final three of the third to give her team the 55-48 lead heading to the fourth.
  • Fresno State hung around to start the fourth, cutting the deficit to two three different times but couldn't pull even and Santa Clara finally started to put some distance between the teams with a 14-1 run that made it a 73-58 game with 1:58 to go. The Broncos would finish the game on an 8-2 run to put all doubt away.
 
NOTABLE:
  • Santa Clara shot 41.9-percent (26-of-62) from the field and went 5-of-18 from deep. The Broncos also were 24-of-32 from the free throw line.
  • Four players scored at least 15 for Santa Clara with Sophie Glancey's 17 leading the way. She also added 12 rebounds for the double-double and had five blocks. Hawkins scored 16 with six assists and Maia Jones and Ava Schmidt both scored 15, with Schmidt grabbing seven boards. Schmidt's 15 points tied her career high.
  • Fresno State shot 40.0-percent (24-of-60) from the floor and was 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. The Bulldogs went 11-of-15 from the charity stripe.
  • Rean led all scorers with 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting and added 10 rebounds for the double-double. Jasia Gamble also scored in double figures with 14. Neither player was in the starting lineup.
  • Santa Clara won the battle of the boards 40-33 and 15-11 on the offensive glass.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS:
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