HONOLULU – A cold shooting day cost Santa Clara women's basketball in a 63-51 loss to Vermont in Hawaii on Saturday. The Broncos (6-3) fell behind early but clawed back to take a lead in the third before another cold stretch from the field allowed the Catamounts (6-2) to pull away a bit late.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The teams went back and forth early in the first quarter but a 7-0 run for Vermont made it a 14-8 game. The teams would trade baskets with Santa Clara down 17-11 after the period.
• The Broncos pulled even with 3:22 left in the second quarter with five straight points before the Catamounts responded with back-to-back buckets of its own. Santa Clara would go into the half down 26-23.
• Keira Hanson got hot and scored nine in a row for Vermont in the early going of the third that put her team on top 35-28. The Broncos came back to even the score with a 6-0 run of their own and took the lead a few possessions later on a 3-pointer from Kylee Fox, but the Catamounts would score the final five of the quarter and lead 44-40 headed to the final 10 minutes.
• Santa Clara tied things up with 9:14 left in the fourth with the first two buckets of the quarter but Vermont came back with a 6-0 and an 13-4 stretch gave the Catamounts a 57-48 lead with 4:20 to go. A Maia Jones 3-pointer at 2:52 got the Broncos within six but it was their last points of the day and Vermont converted at the free throw line down the stretch to close the game on a 6-0 run.

 
NOTABLE:

• Santa Clara shot just 28.8-percent (19-of-66) from the field and 2-of-25 from beyond the arc. The Broncos also struggled from the free throw line, going 8-of-15.
• Jones led the team with 15 points and Ashley Hawkins added 12 but was 3-of-12 from the field and 0-of-5 from downtown. Fox grabbed a team high eight rebounds.
• Vermont shot 44.8-percent (26-58) from the floor and also struggled from deep going 4-of-18.
• Hanson led all scorers with 19 on 8-of-15 shooting. Nikola Priede had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds and Jayden Weltz scored 12 with Malia Lenz adding 10 points.
• Santa Clara won the rebounding battle 45-36 and 18-6 on the offensive end but could only turn that into an 11-7 advantage in second chance points.
• Vermont turned 13 Bronco turnovers into 21 points while Santa Clara turned nine Catamount turnovers into just six points.

HIGHLIGHTS:
 

rangeeeee ?? @AniyaHooker #StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/K0bXLnDyim

— Santa Clara Women's Basketball (@Santaclarawbb) November 29, 2025

AND 1 ASH ??? #StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/SU8HBH3kZE

— Santa Clara Women's Basketball (@Santaclarawbb) November 29, 2025

kylee from deep??#StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/Q3vp1Ap05Y

— Santa Clara Women's Basketball (@Santaclarawbb) November 29, 2025

NEXT UP

• The Broncos play host Hawaii tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. Pacific.