SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara women's basketball won its sixth in a row with a 94-65 victory over Seattle Tuesday night. The Red Hawks (4-9, 0-2 WCC) were right there in the first quarter thanks to some hot shooting, but the Broncos (12-3, 2-0 WCC) stepped up the defense after that, and their high-powered offense put some distance between the two teams.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Santa Clara jumped out to a lead to start the game, but Seattle hung around thanks to red hot shooting, going 10-of-14 from the field and 3-of-4 from downtown in the first quarter. The Red Hawk's hot stretch was capped with a 7-0 run later in the period to take a 21-17 lead. The Broncos would battle back and take 27-25 lead at the end of the first thanks to Sophie Glancey's 3-pointer in the waning seconds.
- Seattle tied it up to begin the second, but Santa Clara followed with an 11-2 run, featuring 3-pointers from three different players, that put the Broncos up nine. Things cooled down for a while before Santa Clara finished the half on an 8-2 run that gave them a 50-37 lead heading into the locker room.
- A 7-0 run early in the third got the Broncos lead out to 18 and got it to 20 for the first time midway through the quarter. They would lead 73-51 at the end of the period.
- The lead hung around 20 for most of the fourth but Seattle's last points came on an and-one with 4:55 left in the game and Santa Clara closed things out with a 10-0 run.
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NOTABLE:
- Santa Clara shot 47.2-percent (34-of-72) from the floor and went 12-of-33 from deep.
- Glancey led all scorers with 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting and set a career-high with three 3-pointers made in a career-high-tying six attempts. She also pulled down seven rebounds. Ashley Hawkins scored 14 and dished out seven assists with no turnovers while Aniya Hooker tied her career-high with 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting. Kylee Fox added 10 points with Ava Schmidt contributing nine points and seven rebounds while Tyler Gildersleeve-Stiles pulled down a game-high eight boards to go with six points.
- Seattle finished the night at 43.8-percent (28-of-64) from the field and 6-of-19 from downtown.
- Tamia Stricklin led the Red Hawks with 17 points and added six boards. Ella Brubaker scored 15 with Andjela Bigovic scoring 13 and Lucija Milkovic chipping in 10 with six boards.
- Santa Clara committed just five turnovers while forcing 17. The Broncos held a 23-4 advantage in points off turnovers because of the discrepancy. They also collected 13 steals.
- The Broncos had a 39-5 edge in fastbreak points.
- Every Bronco that played scored with 10 of the 11 making a field goal.
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POSTGAME COMMENTS:
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NEXT UP
- The Broncos play at LMU Friday at 6 p.m.
